The list of things Mrs. Gias is not good at is short. However, dancing is clearly on that list.
Mrs. Gias and I kept a conversational heart rate almost the entire workout today and for whatever reason, we were both in a pretty peppy mood this morning. We ended up taking a number of the "back and forth" moves and adding in our own little step, high five or twist...basically we tried to coreagraph some white people dance moves into our workout and I'm sure we ended up looking like big dorks. However, as the picture that starts this post shows, Mrs. Gias may have won the "biggest dork" contest with her increadible impression of "Walk like an Egyptian" at just the right time during the workout.
Yeah, and somehow I'm the geeky one. Whatever makes you sleep at night.
Anyway, today was our first time with Insanity's Core Cardio and Balance routine. It's day one of our recovery week, so our workouts shift from very intense to moderately intense to let our muscles have a week to recover a little bit before we enter phase two of this round with new workouts. Core Cardio and Balance is a 40 minute routine that takes you through about 15-20 moves, all at moderate intensity to get your heart rate up, but not maxed out, and it gives you a good stretch. It also is focused on your core, so your abs stay tight almost the entire time.
When someone hears "recovery week" they probably don't think of a workout like this, because it still gets a nice sweat going, and on at least of few of the "burnout" cycles, it's all you can do to keep up. However, at the same time, it's significantly easier than a regular Insanity workout, so it's a nice break.
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