Insanity: Max 30 Journey Day 30 - Max Out Power

During the course of two months, I'd like to take you into my journey as I strive to retain a healthy lifestyle through a healthy balanced nutrition program and Beachbody trainer extraordinaire -- and Men's Health cover man -- Shaun T's brand new workout regimen Insanity Max 30.

Day 30: Max Out Power

Power workouts, my bread and butter. I was cautiously optimistic I could do well in this workout (even if I had never done it before) because I spent four weeks building my power and was dominating Tabata Power/Strength in the first month.

I was particularly fond of this workout because of the sprinkling in of pulse moves. While I'm sure some of you may dread pulse moves, I welcome them with open arms. So as the first sequence of moves -- 45 seconds on; 15 seconds off -- all focusing on the legs, I enjoyed the occasional pulse.

The first sequence of moves ends with a one-minute power move, which is challenging. Then, a little water break and onto the second sequence, which is where I maxed out -- pushups. If it were me running the routine, I'd go pushups and move to a different muscle, then back, and so on. With Shaun T, he loves to group them all together. My arms gave out. I hit a Max Out Time of 12:40. I'm proud of that because I made it through a couple pushup moves before ceasing operations.

After maxing out, I continued to push as hard as I could, but I kept conking out because I was juiced. The early-morning workouts are really tough. Digging deeper is doubly challenging in the morning hours as the sun has yet decided to show up. But after the pushup sequence, we moved on to some core and ab moves, as well as some more pulsing and leg moves.

My body, not able to give another second of movement, hit a Weep Time of 21:07, a lot deeper than I thought I would go before I uncontrollably sighed and whined with discomfort. I'm setting some good times as I prep for this second month of agony.

Now, seeing its Day 30 (the unofficial halfway point), I got my before and after photos. I am notorious for not seeing anything. And while the scale has shown a decrease in weight (about nine pounds) and my smaller clothes -- jeans, shirts, etc. -- are fitting comfortably now, I should see something. My eyes are blurred. Take a look below. Are you seeing anything? Let me know. In the meantime, I'm focused onto the next challenge at hand. Next up: Max Out Sweat.

Recap

Workout:               Max Out Power

Max Out Time:      12:40
Weep Time:           21:07

Weekly Weigh-in:   Stay tuned for Day 36 of the journey

Monthly Photo:      

Day 1

Day 30