I finished my third Fit Test today. It started off great. The mini-warm up was nothing. It didn't even feel like a warm up. I know I was so out of shape when I first started that even the Fit Test warm up would have had me sweating. Now on to the results:
Fit Test 3
1. Switch Kicks 69
2. Power Jacks 60
3. Power Knees 72
4. Power Jumps 34
5. Globe Jumps 9
6. Suicide Jumps 15
7. Push-Up Jacks 21
8. Low Plank Oblique 37
I improved over the whole spectrum. Honestly, I find the improvement from Fit Test #2 to Fit Test #3 as astounding as my improvements from Fit Test #1 to Fit Test #2. I thought that it might have been a fluke in the beginning or that my improvements would slowly plateau. Well so far, that's been proving false. I also expressed concern for my score due to the Recovery Week, but it looks like it may actually have helped overall.
Fit Test Analysis:
My Switch Kicks did not improve as much as it did last time. Honestly, this doesn't really surprise me. I didn't really notice it on the last Fit Test, but while I was doing it today, I realized that I'm kicking pretty damn fast. My current guess is that I might be able to increase it by another 10 or so, but after that I'm probably going hit my limit for the time period. I honestly wouldn't be surprised or too terribly disappointed if this occurs before the second half is over.
My Power Jacks showed a nice steady improvement this time around as well. The increase isn't as much as it was from the first to the second Fit Test, but overall, a very nice score. I haven't found anything out of the ordinary with this exercise. As for the future outlook, I do see a nice comfortable room for improvement.
Power Knees has increased similarly to the previous fit test. I don't find Power Knees to be too difficult in terms of physical exertion. However, balance is definitely the issue and perhaps the main point of this exercise. A strong core helps to maintain balance and I was having some trouble with it. I do see room for improvement here as well. The one gripe that I might have is, if you follow the video, you only end up doing Power Knees for one knee... It would have been nice to test both.
Then we come to the Power Jumps. My arch-nemesis in this test. Previously, I found Power Jumps to be exhausting. This exercise would sap a lot of my strength and turn my legs to jelly. Furthermore, I found the jumps to be hard on my knees. I only improved by 6 between the first and the second Fit Test. This time around, the story is a little different. I improved a whopping 13 between the second and the third Fit Test. I feel that my Recovery Week played a large role in this improvement. While I stated that my knees were sore during Recovery Week, I think that overall it helped to firm up the muscles around my knees and allowed it to recovery by not doing any high impact knee workouts. Power Jumps still has a huge room for improvement.
As usual, by the time I'm done with my Power Jumps, my legs are shot. Globe Jumps are especially difficult because it is 4 jumps for 1 count. My Globe Jump improvement mirrors the improvement from the prior Fit Test.
For my Push Up Jacks, I improved, but I felt that I could have done better. If there was a section of my Fit Test that I felt the Recovery Week hurt, it would be this section. The number of push ups in the Recovery Week is minimal, numbering only 20 per day or so. A bit more would have been helpful.
As for Low Plank Oblique, I have to give credit to Recovery Week. Recovery Week really helped to solidify my core muscles and it really showed in the Low Plank Oblique. Also, my general fitness increased, allowing me to be less exhausted by the time I reached the end of the test.
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Now time for my rant... or excuses. I was supposed to do both the Fit Test and Max Interval Circuit today.
But I could not.
I'm pretty disappointed in myself for that. I was pretty psyched out for it too. I did some carb loading in the morning so that I don't crash and burn during the workout and had some protein to help out a bit. I made sure to hydrate myself properly too. I wanted nothing to go wrong so that I could power myself through this.
Then... I crashed and burned. I'm not even sure how it happened. My best guess is that I pushed myself too hard during the Fit Test and my body just couldn't keep up. I tried to continue on to the Max Interval Circuit and I couldn't do it. Everything that I tried to do spiked my heart rate and when I felt that I was one exercise away from yakking, I had to just let it go.
So... I guess tomorrow is the day when I really get introduced to the Max workouts.
That's it for now.
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