Insanity: Max 30 Journey Day 38 - Max Out Sweat

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 38: Max Out Sweat

Max Out Sweat, we meet again!

It's been a whole week since the last time I got chewed up and spit out by Shaun T's Max Out Sweat and, despite doing this in the early morning hours, I was prepared to conquer the Max Out Time I had set last week. Just a reminder to you and me, that was a measly 7 minutes, 52 seconds.

Now, sure, my body felt like my legs were anchored to the ground for the first portion of the workout; and I felt like pudding by the end of the workout, but I just trucked along. The only thing I would say that maybe I felt I cheated myself was I took nano breaks between each move as I set up. Ultimately, I would take a second, two tops, as I got into the next move.

Did that help me get a better Max Out Time? I can't be 100 percent sure. But the sweat dripping off my face and that accumulated on my shirt would beg to differ.

My whole goal for this week is to get any workout that my Max Out Time was less than 10 minutes and bump it over the 10-minute mark. (Friday Fight: Round 2, where I have to boost my MOT by nearly four minutes, is going to be very tough.) Fortunately I was able to do this in Max Out Sweat.

My Max Out Time today was 14:40. It was still a killer workout, even if I improved by nearly seven minutes. I still hated every second of it, just like last week. Maybe the difference this week was the cool air of the morning compared to the warmness of the sun in the early evening.

Either way, I felt like I could go a little more, which got me to a break, which propelled me to the big uptick in the Max Out Time. I will hope to maintain the morning workout to give me that advantage going forward (only two and a half weeks to go!). Next up: Max Out Strength.

Recap

Workout:               Max Out Sweat

Max Out Time:    14:40
Weep Time:           24:42 (I took a five-second cat nap after I hit the floor)

Weekly Weigh-in:   Stay tuned for Day 43 of the journey

Monthly Photo:       Stay tuned for Day 60 of the journey