Day 4: Tabata Power (weekly rematch)
If you don't recall from Day 2 of my journey, I was taken for a ride down Shaun T's extreme chaos that is Tabata Power. I had a Max Out Time of less than seven minutes, and a Weep Time of nearly 29 and a half minutes. Coming into Day 4, I wasn't about to let Shaun T do that to me again.Initially I was concerned about the workout because I was doing it at the most unusual time (for me, anyway). Typically I workout either right before I go to work, or right when I get home. In this case, I had some family over for dinner. So after a night full of filing taxes until after midnight, working out before work was out the question; that left after work, but after my dinner get-together. It wasn't until 9 p.m. when I hit play.
It's life, you just have to go with the flow and embrace whatever is there in front of you, and make it work to your benefit. So as Shaun T's explaining the workout during the warning disclaimer and I'm yelling at him because I just don't want to hear how hard the workout is going to be, I'm mentally preparing for beating my Day 2 Max Out Time, but also my Day 3 - Sweat Intervals Max Out Time which clocked in at about seven and three-quarters minutes.
So as, once again, my calves are burning through the warmup, I'm not even listening to Shaun T trying to motivate me. I'm motivating myself. I can push through, I know it. I'm going to beat 6:48 Max Out Time from before. I own this rematch!
On Day 2, I maxed out on lunge punches -- those plyo moves kill me! So I'm pushing through burpee lunges, lunge hops and eventually we meet my maker from Day 2. I showed those lunge punches who's boss and banged through each interval and made it to the break, getting past the legs.
It wasn't until the second wave of moves -- a variation of pushups and rows -- that I was done for. I clocked in my Max Out Time at 9:57. Took a little break and got back in it -- because after the Max Out Time, everything you push for after that is improvement.
While I blasted through Day 2 without weeping until the very end, the ab/core moves got the better of me on Day 4. I ended up shrieking for mercy at the 19:53 mark of the workout. At this point, I'm thinking it would be a great time to chug a little of my recently-mailed chocolate Shakeology.
Overall, I'm proud of the day's accomplishments. I had people over for dinner and didn't stray away from my nutrition plan; I still managed to do my workout despite having to shift it into a less-than-appealing time slot; and I improved my Max Out Time. Getting the Max Out Time greater than 10 minutes may be an uphill battle coming up, but I'm up for the challenge. What's the point of doing it if you aren't digging deeper, right? Next up: Day 5 - Friday Fight: Round 1
Recap
Workout: Tabata Power (weekly rematch)
Max Out Time: 9:57
Weep Time: 19:53
Weekly Weigh-in: Stay tuned for Day 8 of the journey
Monthly Photo: Stay tuned for Day 30 of the journey
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