Febraury 11, 2014-Insanity

On February 11, 2014 we took part in Insanity. I was glad we were doing insanity because we haven't done this particular fitness activity in a while now.  This was one of the hardest fitness days for me and it was challenging to keep up with the video, especially near the end. When we were doing some of the endurance exercises my legs were burning, but I had to tell myself to keep on going because just like Mr. Neufeld said "Nobody said this was going to be easy." As I mentioned my legs felt a burning sensation, but it's a good thing because that tells me that I am working my legs to their maximum. When taking part in fitness activities, you need to know how it feels to work hard and I definitely felt that feeling. When doing insanity this time, I noticed that I worked harder and felt more exhausted after the workout than I did the last time we did insanity, which was in mid October. I think the reason why I felt more tired and felt that I pushed myself harder this time, may be because my fitness levels have improved since then. I am very proud of my efforts because there was an improvement from last time we did insanity to this time. At the end of the block, I felt exhausted but at the same time very pleased on how I encountered  the obstacles I faced while working out. For example, one of the obstacles was during the end of the video when we were doing push ups. At one point during the end, I stopped doing the push ups for around 5 seconds, and with that 5 seconds I needed to regroup and refocus myself by listening to the voice in my head that was saying "you're almost done, don't give up now". After that, I went back into the workout feeling even stronger and tried my best not to stop again while doing the push ups. Overall I got an even better understanding of what maximum efforts look like and more importantly, what they feel like.