Insanity: Max 30 Journey Day 40 - Friday Fight Round 2

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 40: Friday Fight: Round 2

I struggled mightily again with this one. By far -- and when I say by far, I mean Earth to the moon far -- the toughest Insanity Max 30 workout. Max Out Sweat is extremely tough, but Friday Fight: Round 2 takes the cake.

My goal was to get all the workouts I was sub-10 minute Max Out Time to over that mark. I was successful with my other workouts this week, but this wasn't quite where I wanted to be.

A week ago, I clocked in at 6:17. This week, I improved, which is a great accomplishment. However, it wasn't by much. Today's Max Out Time came in at 6:23. Six seconds of improvement. But as Shaun T says, one second is an improvement. So I'll take it.

Again, with Friday Fight: Round 2, the one-minute-long moves followed up by no breather to another one-minute-long move and so on makes it hard. It doesn't make any sense (to my mind or my legs) why we do an intense plyo-style squat-lunge move followed by ski-hops. My quads are burning and I just can't make it through -- yet. Next week, my goal is to get through that seventh minute. If I get through that, I know I can make it to the 10-minmute mark.

But for now, I sweated big time. I took breaks. I had to. In fact, I turned to my wife part way through and pointed out to her that most of the people on the set were so winded (early in the workout) that they weren't doing anything. So I wasn't the only one.

Shaun T, I think you may have outdone yourself on this one. Nonetheless, they all pushed through; I pushed through; and I hope you pushed through too. The journey is two weeks from complete. Next up: Pulse

Recap

Workout:              Friday Fight: Round 2

Max Out Time:    6:23
Weep Time:           11:05

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

Monthly Photo:       Stay tuned for Day 60 of the journey