To say that this week has been challenging is an understatement. I have worked out with trainers before, I have done tough programs before and I have lifted weights before, but I don't think anything in my past really could have prepared me for the emotional and physical aspects of this journey. I am not complaining at all. In fact, I needed this challenge because I was getting too lax in my workouts. BodyBeast is requiring me to stay focused and I love that. Now, with that said, I am pretty sure that today I died and lived to tell about it, haha. I have done P90X PlyoX, I have done 21 Day Fix Plyo Fix, I have done PiYo Drench and I have done boot camps and other rigorous workouts. I had an idea as to what to expect with today's Beast Cardio workout, but only in the sense of knowing what moves Sagi Kalev would be handing to us. I didn't realize he would be handing me my ass at the same time.
This 30 minute workout was definitely plyometrics based, which means there was a lot of jumping. Jump squats, burpees, mountain climbers, jump lunges and then some planks and a few moves with weights to really add some variety. I will have to say that I was excited to see a return of one of my favorite moves from 21 Day Fix's Dirty 30 workout, the renegade row, but damn, I couldn't keep up to even do more than 2! This time at least. I will get better. I will get stronger. About 10 minutes into the workout, my heart rate monitor was no longer able to detect my heart rate. I am not sure if I was too sweaty or if like I said, I died. I got it working again only to quit reading my heart rate again a few minutes later so no telling just how many calories lost their lives today. Then it was on to the Beast Abs which was about 10 minutes long. Yay, I thought, I'll get to "rest." Haha, nope. It was bam, bam, bam through crunches, Russian twists, cobra, spiderman, one armed plank (with a weight I might add, which I didn't do today) and ending with Beast Abs which is spelling out B-E-A-S-T with your feet both forwards and backwards. Then, at the end of the workout, I curled into the fetal position and couldn't believe what the hell I just did. And, what's even crazier, is how much I loved it. Tomorrow is Build: Shoulders and then a rest day. It can't get here soon enough. I am really hoping I can walk again by then, too, because unfortunately crawling is not a socially acceptable thing to do as an adult. Who knew? Happy Thursday, everyone!
P.S. I am including a video of someone else's review of Beast Cardio so you can kind of get an idea as to what it was like.
Body Beast Cardio Exercises
- Warm Up
- Squat to Overhead Press + Hold
- Toe Tap
- Squat to Jump Squat + Hold
- Mountain Climber + Row + Plank
- Sumo Squat + Hold
- Plyo Push-Up + Hold
- Sumo Jump
- Squat to Upright Row + Hold
- Alt Lunge Jumps + Hold
- Plank + Twist + Sprint
- Cool Down and Stretch
- Crunch
- Russian Twist w/Dumbbell
- Hip-Up
- Crossed Tuck-In
- Cobra
- Spiderman Crunch
- Bucket Drop
- One Arm Open Plank
- Windshield Wiper
- Beast Abs
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