Rarely has a movie ever moved me in the way that Senna did. I mentioned Ayrton Senna, the late, great, three time World Champion Formula One driver in yesterday's blog. Thinking about him again led me to finally watch the Sundance Film Festival award winning documentary about his life—which is available for streaming on Netflix for anyone who is interested. If you like racing, documentaries or just witnessing sheer will and determination of the human spirit as it pushes the limits of what is physically and mentally possible...watch this movie as soon as possible.
That being said, today was a rough day. Didn't work much sadly because I need money, but I started finally receiving the disbursement of my student financial aid, so I can finally take a breather and not be so worried about how I will pay my bills week to week.
However, after spending some time with my ex—which really helped me relax as her and I have been great and close friends since before we dated—I dropped her off at the bar, had a beer, came home and pushed play. I didn't sit down at my computer and log into Star Wars: The Old Republic, I didn't start reading Gizmodo or Facebook. I simply filled up my water bottle, pressed play on the last bit of Senna that I had to finish while I put my workout attire on and just did my Plyo.
Frankly, I love the Plyo Circuit. I will definitely keep that routine in my back pocket on cold and rainy days when I don't feel like running long after I am done with Insanity. It avoids boredom, I can crank through the warmup, and I just find the first rotation fun. I am terrible at the second rotation as it is almost pure upper body and core which are much weaker for me than my lower body, but I pushed through and really feel like I made improvements today.
As I mentioned yesterday, I stopped using my phone to time how much of my workouts I was resting. That helped a lot today. The times I did rest didn't make the workout feel as choppy as they normally do, and it forced my to mentally push myself farther without being able to look at a clock and think, "well, I'm on pace to beat my previous time already, so I can take it back a notch and relax." It was a great tool early on in Insanity to see improvements day to day, but now I think I can rely simply on listening to my body, knowing how I look and feel, and the fit tests every two weeks.
I didn't eat the best, but it was by no means terrible. The biggest problem I have is getting caught in the trap of skipping breakfast which leads me to gorge at lunch because I am starving and thinking, "hey! I didn't eat breakfast, so that is a whole other chunk of calories I can eat now!" That is a terrible way of thinking about my diet and I am determined to fix it.
That's all for now though. I am determined—with some new tools I found online—to get up and out of bed at 6 AM tomorrow morning to do my workout, eat a good breakfast, and start my day off right. I have a fun day tomorrow seeing one of my favorite indie artists, Jenny Owen Youngs, tomorrow at Schuba's in downtown Chicago. I haven't seen her perform in years and I used to have a bit of a friendship with her, so I'm excited to 'rekindle' that if you will. Plus, now I am old enough to sit and drink with her after her set is over! Not too much of course though, in moderation.
Also, I fixed the numbering of days for my blog posts to match the days since we started this regime and group as opposed to how many days into Insanity I currently am. Twenty-one down—thirty-two left to go!
P.S. Good song to help you relax and enjoy the evening—though since most of you are likely sleeping, maybe save it for tomorrow—New Slang by The Shins. Great song, especially for you Coach. Head out on a solo walk down the beach with that in your ears on a day when you are stressed towards your limit and I assure you will come out the other side a new woman!
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