March 23rd I confessed my painfully-found respect for aerobic dance workouts. Since then, I’ve tried seven different workouts from Shaun T’s Rockin’ Body videos. As I noted in an earlier
blog, I continued to find myself quite surprised at the intensity of the exercise.
I have now learned most of the moves and enjoy the variety that these additional workouts have brought to my fitness regime. Summer has arrived and I usually increase my physical activity at this time of year. Just before the end of the school year I found myself watching another infomercial, this one for Shaun T’s Insanity program.
It’s summer and you only live once. I ordered the Insanity DVD set. Here’s the funny part. I read that the first video, the Fit Test, only runs twenty-five minutes. I promptly decided that given the time limit and because it was a pre-program test, this would not suffice as my daily exercise and Streak preserver. OMG, I have NEVER been so wrong. With four minutes remaining of the twenty-five, I lay facedown on the floor, surrounded by a pool of sweat, and on the verge of tears.
That’s the unadulterated truth. I was broken in body and spirit. I have exercised every day for over 13 years, and this 25 minutes of a TEST, not even the regular program, utterly broke me. As I write I continue to be amazed at the all-over soreness I am experiencing.
Be healthy. Be insane???
Tom
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