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Insanity: The Asylum – DAY 20 – “Vertical Plyo”

After today, I’ll be two-thirds of the way through The Asylum. Can I make it through the last 10 days? We’ll see.

Shaun T's AsylumI’m no quitter, but, wow my body is worn out. I have a few minor pains and am feeling less than energetic most of the time. However, I get through the workouts without pain, and seem to have the energy to complete them, i.e. I don’t feel like quitting in the middle.

But then, as I said, I’m no quitter, so I’ll definitely stick it out. But, damn, this is difficult.

(BTW, oddly, to me, a friend of mine I had not seen in a couple months, said to me on Saturday that I seemed much more “chipper” than usual. Perhaps the lack of energy is only my own perception, relative to how I want to feel, but I am actually more energetic?)

This is the first time I have numbers to compare, so that’s also a motivator. Let’s see how I did.

  1. Long Jumps – LAST TIME: 7 and 7; TODAY: 8 and 7
  2. Split Squat Back Flys – ? ; ? (forgot to count both times)
  3. Back Fly Tuck Jumps – 28; 26
  4. Low Stance Jacks – ?; 39
  5. Single-Leg Jumprope – 100% (forgot to count, but kept going the full time); 64 and 65
  6. Resistance Tuck Jumps – 28; 28
  7. Plyo Resistance Pushups – ? ; 15
  8. Resistance X Jumps – 18; 20
  9. Mountain Climber Switch Kicks – 38; 53
  10. Low Squat Jumprope – 90; 107
  11. Rotational Agility Jump Squats – ?; 14
  12. Decoy Split Jumps – 12 and 12; 11 and 12
  13. Agility Scissor Jump with Pushups – 40 and 20 (100%); 40 and 28
  14. Double Jumps – 90; 74
  15. Single-Leg Power Jumps- 18 and 18; 19 and 17
  16. Lateral Jumps – 15; 15

Some were higher, some were lower. I had more rest between exercises last time, because I was taking time to write down the actual exercise, so that could account for some of the lower numbers this time.

Looks like the exercises in the middle, 8 through 10, were all up, and the rest were pretty close to even, except for 14, Double Jumps, which were down almost 20%. Counting problem? Could be.

Well, maybe the numbers are not so important after all. Looking forward to comparing again the next time around.

Tomorrow is “Back to Core” again, and then an actual “Rest Day” before five grueling days for the stretch run.

I can do this!