Ooops. I guess life got a bit in the way of updating this blog the past 2 and a half weeks. Well a quick synopsis of what I've been up to: went down to Charlotte, NC to visit some fam for a weekend, then went up to NJ for a family wedding the following weekend. All-in-all I've been real proud of myself for keeping up with Insanity for the most part while on my travels. I did the DVDs with my little 2 and 4 year old cousins down in NC, which was freaking hilarious. I was only able to get 1 workout in when I was up in NJ which was also funny because my parents house is about 100 years old and all the jumping in the Insanity workout was shaking the whole house so my dad made me take my laptop outside and do it in the back yard. It was a nice day so I actually got the most out of it and enjoyed being out there.
Today was typical Wednesday... wake up with the best intensions of getting to the gym at 6am but still hung over from post-kickball beers so snooze the alarm a few times and pledge to do Insanity after work. I got a good weight lifting workout today at lunch with Ian and made it down after work at around 7pm for Insanity. These "Max" workouts so far have been freaking INSANE. 1st of all they are just about an hour as opposed to the 40 minute month one workouts. Not only that, but they are way harder to boot! Holy crap they are killer. Today's was actually a bit easier than yesterday's Max Plyo workout, but still harder than any of the 1st month ones. Should be interesting to see what the "Max Recovery" workout brings tomorrow.
As far as diet - it was a really good day. I started drinking the Shakeology beach body shake for lunch and I'm hoping that starts to pay dividends as I look to shed these last 10-15 lbs.
Maybe I'll have time at work tomorrow to add the workout and diet schedule. But for now it's late and I've got a date with my boy Shaun T in 6 hours.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Insanity Day 15 - Fit Test
Fit Test again today. I'll try to put the actual #s down at some point but they are at home and I'm at my office. Just know they were greatly improved. I will say that I was probably going at 90-95% for the 1st one just so I could have improvement and today I went 100% on pretty much all of them. It will be interesting to see if I can improve them again in 2 weeks, because I felt pretty maxed out. Also, I paused the DVD a few times just for an extra 30 seconds rest between Fit Test exercises.
For the diet today I don't remember everything I ate but I know I did have 2 beers after the VFD meeting.
For the diet today I don't remember everything I ate but I know I did have 2 beers after the VFD meeting.
Insanity Day 14 - Off
Another "Off" day. I'm very glad to have Sundays off right now. I have football on Sunday morning so I'll still be getting a decent workout in. Other than that nothing big to report here and I definitely don't remember what I ate.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Insanity Day 13 - Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs
Just finished the first double workout of this Insanity workout program, with the addition of the 16 min long Cardio Abs. Pure Cardio is a hard workout... no rest. Putting an extra 16 min workout after that is challenging. Cardio Abs is unique because there are litterally ZERO crunches or sit-ups in this Ab workout. Very unusual. I took some week 2 pics after the workout which I will post soon. Off to football practice.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Insanity Day 12 - Cardio Power and Resistance
Still fighting this damn cold. Not to mention I bruised my shin sliding in softball last night. When I woke up at 6am this morning, I thought I might be able to make it though the workout, so I hopped in the car and headed out to Tysons. The whole way there my leg was throbbing and I could barely walk on my way out to the car. I decided to skip the morning workout and just took a nap in my car. Definitely a good idea. I worked out with Ian at lunch (real tough one) and my leg was feeling much better by then. By the time I left the office at 6pm to go back to the gym for Insanity I was probably at 80-90% with my shin, and probably 70% with the cold. I'll take it!
My lunch workout with Ian was really hard today. Probably partly because I wasn't 100% but also it was just freakin intense. Shaun T would have been proud. We did was we call the "56" workout... basically pick one exercise for each muscle group (chest, shoulders, back, bi's, tri's) and then do 10 sets with reps decreasing each set from 10 to 1 (totalling 56 reps... hence the "56" workout). Started with bench press at 135 lbs (hard). Then military press at 85 lbs (also hard). Then lat-pulldown at 100 lbs (I think... it wasn't too hard so after the 5th set we pushed it up to 120 lbs). Then shrugs (rack). Finished with manual resistance curls and tricep press. Well, we didn't finish there... of course we had to do some killer ab work. All in all a really good and tough workout.
Insanity after work was nice. Didn't have to worry about finishing on a schedule like my morning workouts, so I was able to pause it towards the end, give myself a short 2 minute break then get back on it. I've done this Cardio Power and Resistance workout a few times so I'm not going to go into great detail about it, but it is a tough one. Well the first set of exercises is hard but not killer. The second set with Globe Jumps and Moving Pushups and Mountain Climber was freaking insane. I paused it after the 3rd set of these exercises before the bonus workouts (8 squat hops and 8 pushups times 4).
Diet/Workout
Morning Workout - none
Kashi GoLean with Bananas and Skim Milk
Activia Lite Yogurt
8 oz V8
Lunch Workout - weightlifting with Ian (45 min)
Chicken Cheesesteak
20 oz Pepsi
Fritos
Powerbar Harvest Energy
Evening Workout - Insanity Cardio Power and Resistance (45 min)
half a Protien bar
Chicken French with Risotto and mixed veggies from Wegmans
Ice cream sandwich
Thoughts on the Day
Still sick. Bad cough mostly. That plus the fact I could barely walk on my left leg this morning and I'm really happy I was able to get 2 workouts in today. I also ordered Shakeology today which I'm planning on having for lunch from now on. Should really help with the diet.
My lunch workout with Ian was really hard today. Probably partly because I wasn't 100% but also it was just freakin intense. Shaun T would have been proud. We did was we call the "56" workout... basically pick one exercise for each muscle group (chest, shoulders, back, bi's, tri's) and then do 10 sets with reps decreasing each set from 10 to 1 (totalling 56 reps... hence the "56" workout). Started with bench press at 135 lbs (hard). Then military press at 85 lbs (also hard). Then lat-pulldown at 100 lbs (I think... it wasn't too hard so after the 5th set we pushed it up to 120 lbs). Then shrugs (rack). Finished with manual resistance curls and tricep press. Well, we didn't finish there... of course we had to do some killer ab work. All in all a really good and tough workout.
Insanity after work was nice. Didn't have to worry about finishing on a schedule like my morning workouts, so I was able to pause it towards the end, give myself a short 2 minute break then get back on it. I've done this Cardio Power and Resistance workout a few times so I'm not going to go into great detail about it, but it is a tough one. Well the first set of exercises is hard but not killer. The second set with Globe Jumps and Moving Pushups and Mountain Climber was freaking insane. I paused it after the 3rd set of these exercises before the bonus workouts (8 squat hops and 8 pushups times 4).
Diet/Workout
Morning Workout - none
Kashi GoLean with Bananas and Skim Milk
Activia Lite Yogurt
8 oz V8
Lunch Workout - weightlifting with Ian (45 min)
Chicken Cheesesteak
20 oz Pepsi
Fritos
Powerbar Harvest Energy
Evening Workout - Insanity Cardio Power and Resistance (45 min)
half a Protien bar
Chicken French with Risotto and mixed veggies from Wegmans
Ice cream sandwich
Thoughts on the Day
Still sick. Bad cough mostly. That plus the fact I could barely walk on my left leg this morning and I'm really happy I was able to get 2 workouts in today. I also ordered Shakeology today which I'm planning on having for lunch from now on. Should really help with the diet.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Insanity Day 11 - Cardio Recovery
I have to say I was REALLY glad today was Cardio Recovery. I'm on the back end of my cold and my lungs really could use a break... and obviously I wasn't going to miss a day of Insanity for a stinkin cold. After gutting through a full day of work and 2 workouts yesterday, I decided to give myself a few extra hours of Nyquil induced sleep and did Insanity after waking up around 10am.
This workout still gets me pretty damn sweaty for not having any cardio, and reminds me a lot of the first 45 minutes of the P90X Yoga-X workout. Cardio Recovery mixes a bunch of difficult Yoga poses with concentrated squats and lunges to get you sweaty but allowing you to control your breathing. All-in-all I like this workout a lot (P90X Yoga-X was probably my favorite P90X workout).
This workout still gets me pretty damn sweaty for not having any cardio, and reminds me a lot of the first 45 minutes of the P90X Yoga-X workout. Cardio Recovery mixes a bunch of difficult Yoga poses with concentrated squats and lunges to get you sweaty but allowing you to control your breathing. All-in-all I like this workout a lot (P90X Yoga-X was probably my favorite P90X workout).
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Insanity Day 10 - Cardio Circuit (Plyometric Cardio Circuit)
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
On the Insanity Workout Calendar this day is listed as "Cardio Circuit", which got me excited for a new workout... only to find out there was no "Cardio Circuit" DVD and after a quick Google search finding out this is just a typo and should be Plyo Cardio Circuit. So not even half way into Week 2 and I'm already doing the Plyo Cardio Circuit for the 3rd time. Kinda annoying.
Going into the workout this morning I knew I was going to struggle. Plyo Cardo Circuit (PCC) has the hardest 5 minute stretch of any DVD I've done so far (the Basketball Drills section), I'm still sick, and I don't think I got more than 3-4 hours of sleep last night. Bad bad combo. Honestly I'm just glad I had the motivation to get my ass up and to the gym this morning to do it. I had to take a few more breaks than usual, including an extra 2 minute pause before the 3rd set of Basketball Drills.
On an side note, I had free tickets to the National's game tonight but changed my mind about going because all I can think about right now is sleeping. I still feel like crap. Hoping tomorrow will be better.
Diet/Workout
Morning Workout: Insanity Plyo Cardio Circuit (45 min)
Kashi GoLean cereal with cut up banana and skim milk
Lunch Workout: Weight Training with Ian (50 min)
Subway Chicken Teriyaki sub on wheat toast with lettuce, tomato, pickles, banana peppers
apple
16 oz diet snapple iced tea
some reduced fat wheat thins
On the Insanity Workout Calendar this day is listed as "Cardio Circuit", which got me excited for a new workout... only to find out there was no "Cardio Circuit" DVD and after a quick Google search finding out this is just a typo and should be Plyo Cardio Circuit. So not even half way into Week 2 and I'm already doing the Plyo Cardio Circuit for the 3rd time. Kinda annoying.
Going into the workout this morning I knew I was going to struggle. Plyo Cardo Circuit (PCC) has the hardest 5 minute stretch of any DVD I've done so far (the Basketball Drills section), I'm still sick, and I don't think I got more than 3-4 hours of sleep last night. Bad bad combo. Honestly I'm just glad I had the motivation to get my ass up and to the gym this morning to do it. I had to take a few more breaks than usual, including an extra 2 minute pause before the 3rd set of Basketball Drills.
On an side note, I had free tickets to the National's game tonight but changed my mind about going because all I can think about right now is sleeping. I still feel like crap. Hoping tomorrow will be better.
Diet/Workout
Morning Workout: Insanity Plyo Cardio Circuit (45 min)
Kashi GoLean cereal with cut up banana and skim milk
Lunch Workout: Weight Training with Ian (50 min)
Subway Chicken Teriyaki sub on wheat toast with lettuce, tomato, pickles, banana peppers
apple
16 oz diet snapple iced tea
some reduced fat wheat thins
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