My other workouts
So, I haven’t done a in-home workout for a while. Lately I have been wanting to get outside, or go to the gym. So This is what I have been doing for the past month. I have been meeting my future father in law at the gym, so we can have some bonding time.
We always start off with lift weights, we usual do chest and triceps, back and biceps, and legs and shoulders. We alway do around 20-30 mintues of cardio afterward to. So that is what I have been doing at the gym. Lately at the gym, I have been doing the Stair Machine or the elliptical. But I have also been wanting to run, but haven’t been able to because I have injured my knee again, the ground and pound is just to much. So I decided that I needed to start riding my mountain bike again. I didn’t go on any trails, but I did make a round trip of 16.2 miles, which is pretty good. I haven’t biked in a long time but it was definitely worth it, although my butt is hurting from the seat.
I hope to continue on update my workout site, so you can continue to read my progress. There are a lot of things I want to do. I would love to take another run at the Insanity workout, plus I would like to possibly do the Turbo Fire Workout one of these days. I have also been wanting to do the P90x workout again. I just have no idea which prder I want to do these workouts in. I know these workouts are great and they do work, but it is hard to do workouts everyday in front of a television.
I have also been trying to eat healthy again, my fiance is really trying to help me with that, because she is incredible at staying in shape and eating correctly.
Insanity Workout Review: Day 41
So I finally Got back into the Insanity workout today. It has been a long time coming, but I am finally back into action. Today I did the Max Cardio Conditioning Insanity Workout, and it was a tough one to jump back in with. It has been about three weeks since I got terribly sick, and my body definitely felt weak today. Everything was a struggle, I am also still fighting of this cold. I feel good enough to workout though, I had a little hard time breathing and my ears wouldn’t pop, so it was a little annoying. On top of my sinuses still being plugged, my legs felt like lead, my legs definitely knew that they haven’t been worked out in awhile.
Today’s Insanity workout was a very tough workout, and I am sure it would have been tough even if I was in better shape. After the warm ups and the stretching, it is pretty much non stop for 32 minutes straight. The only time you take breaks is when Shaun T is showing you a workout that you are unfamiliar with.
This workout will definitely get your blood pumping, it is fast action and sweat dripping. I really struggled today with the cardio power moves. Anything that involved any strength I really struggled with. It is weird how much ground you can lose physically when you stop working out even just for three weeks. The Flu really takes a toll on the body, it has taken my body so long to recover. I don’t think I had the swine flu, but who knows…most people get over the Swine flu without any medication at all anyways.
I really want to finish this last month strong, so I got to get re-focused, and motivated again. The hardest part is getting motivated again to start working out. It is easy to make that first initial decision to workout, and then once you get in the flow of things, it is simple to keep on working out. But if you take a break from your workout, I always find its the most hard to get back into the swing of things after taking a break.
This will be good for me. I am going to try to eat well too. No pop, no fast food, no white breads.
Insanity Workout Review: Be Back Soon
So I am starting to feel better, my sickness is finally starting to come to an end. It has been a really rough week with having flu symptoms and feeling pretty weak. I expect that in the next couple days I will pick the Insanity Workout back up and finish this second month. I am going to finish this Insanity workout and I will see results from it! Once I start doing all the workouts again, I know I will start eating healthier and taking care of my body once again too. There is something about exercising that motivates you to be more healthy in all the areas of your life, just not with fitness, but eating too.
I got back from my elk hunting trip, and unfortunately I did not get anything, neither did my Dad or my Uncle, we got shut out.
Insanity Workout Review – The 40th Day
Today was the 40th day of my Insanity workout review. I have missed the last two days of the insanity workout, because my body was feeling pretty fatigued and it really needed to rest, but I jumped back into the insanity workout today! I did the the Max Interval Circuit today, which is extremely hard to do, but I got through it and should have a great time finishing the last 20 daysof my Shaun T Insanity Workout.
This has been the longest workout so far, it is seconds away fom being a whole hour long. I was exhausted by the 30th minute, and then I still had 30 minutes to go. The full body workout is still one of the toughest workouts in this Insanity workout. That is the one where you drop down in plank posiition and then sprint, then you do 4 moving push ups, and then you do four wide sprints in plank posistion. There are other workouts other than that one that are tough. Frog jumps are difficult, the suicide oblique push ups are difficult, and anything that has to do with a squat or a lunge is difficult.
Tomorrow I will be doing the Max Plyometrics workout, bright and early, my body got plenty of rest the last couple days, so I should be all ready to go.
For my nutrition today I have had a bowl of cereal and some grapes, I have not really planned what the rest of my day is going to look like eating wise.
Insanity Workout Review – Day 37 – Max Plyo
In my Shaun T Insanity workout today, I did the Max Interval Plyometrics workout and I’ve got to be honest…I struggled today. I do have a great excuse though, I blame….the cycle class I did yesterday evening. It was probably one of the toughest workouts I have ever done, even in the first five to ten minute I was dripping in sweat. By the end of the cycle class my shirt was so wet, I probably could have rung out my shirt.
Doing that class really made it difficult for me to do my workout today. I started off the workout with a killer headache, so I started drinking more water, eventually the headache went away. My legs were also tired, I was having a hard time getting my legs up. After I warmed up, my body started to feel better. I will not be doing anymore crazy workouts like that but once a week. I really liked the cycling class, it was a great challenge.
The Shaun T Insanity workout today was pretty tough, regardless of me being already tired. There were some very new workouts that I have not seen before, so it was a great learning experience. The Max Interval Plyometrics workout was about 55 minutes long, and the main workout starts around the 38 minute marker. The workout that challenged me the most was the level 3 drills. It is the last workout in the second interval section. You do 16 push ups and then sprint it out in a plank position, and then you do it again. Since you are already exhausted it makes it really tough to to this exercise 3 times.
There are two Interval sections in this Insanity workout, plus there is a five minute workout after the intervals are over. This is a great workout, and I am excited to see what type of results I am going to get.
I ate pretty well yesterday, but I did have some eggnog. I love eggnog, I am like an eggnog addict.
Insanity Workout Review – Day 36 – Max Interval Training
Today was the first day of the 2nd Insanity Workout Month. I was supposed to do the Fit Test again today, but decided to skip it because I did not have enough time. So I went straight to the Insanity Workout called Max Interval Circuit, which is an hour long…Double the time of the first month of the Insanity workouts. If I were to do the fit test, it would have been an hour and a half workout today, and I just did not have that kind of time.
It starts off with a warm up like usual, but the warm up is different than the first month’s warm up. The warm up is around the same length of time as the first months, but with more difficult moves. You will definitely be sweating, by the end of the warm up.
One thing that kind of surprised me, was that the stretching did not seem as long, I could be wrong, but I felt like we did longer stretching in the first month of the Insanity workout. Anyway, you start the main workout with about 42 minutes left in the DVD. Usually you would start around the 22 minute marker…But this is the second month!! This is where it really starts to get crazy!!
There were some pretty tough workouts. There was one particular exercise called the….something? I can’t remember what it was called, but Shaun T has you do 4 ski ab jumps, into 4 jumping jack push ups, into in and outs, then into four oblique push ups. It totally sucked. Another exercise was called “full body drill”…I think. This exercise had you drop down into a plank position, then do sprints, four moving push ups, then four wide sprints, you then got on your feet and jumped and then do it all over again. The workouts were exhausting today. I was glad I decided only to do the Max interval circuit workout, instead of doing the fit test before it.
As for my knee…it is feeling better, the three days of rest really helped it. I started wearing my knee band when I was working at the Elk Camp, and by Sunday there was no more pain. So I wore it today through the workout, and I am wearing it right now.
I was not able to keep to the Nutrition plan this weekend, because at elk camp the only thing to snack on are cookies and chips. Then my Dad makes the most unhealthiest dinners and breakfasts in the world, but they are sooooo delicious.
Later on today, I am going to a cycling class at the gym with my friend. I am going to have to eat a lot of food today, because I heard you can burn anywhere up to 600 to 800 calories from one of those cycling workouts. We’ll see how it goes.
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The 18th Day of My Insanity Workout Review
Today I over slept a little bit, but that is okay because the scheduled Insanity workout was Cardio Recovery. Last night was a good night, I did some more ab workouts before I went to bed on my Swiss exercise ball, plus some other on the floor lower ab workouts. Then I also did some dumbbell lifting before I went to bed, I just worked out my biceps and shoulders, I also did some push ups to workout my chest a little bit. It was nothing to strenuous, just enough so I started feeling a burn…I do not want to wear myself out for the Insanity workout, so any other exercising I do besides the Insanity workout, will be in moderation. It was a good night to fit in some extra exercises, because I knew the next day I was going to have a recovery day.
So the Insanity workout today is said to be a recovery day, but I am still a little skeptical if that is true or not. There are exercises in this Insanity workout that really suck. When you have to hold a squat position and holding a lunge position is just not easy to do, then you after your done holding you pulse up and down in the squat and lunge, it is very difficult to get through, because your legs are on fire. Another difficult exercise in this Insanity workout, are the plank positions. There is a workout that works out your glutes, quads, core and shoulders, all at the same time. There are a couple more exercises in this Insanity workout that burn, but mostly all the rest have to do with balancing and stretching. Some of the balancing poses are difficult for me, but I am getting better…it’s all this darn Yoga stuff…I know it is good for you, but it is weird…who thought up these crazy stretch positions?!! Anyway, I enjoyed my Insanity workout today, it was not to long, so that was nice.
Nutrition: I had another awesome day with my Insanity workout nutrition plan. After my mid-lunch shakeology drink, I had a turkey sandwich for lunch, on whole wheat bread, and an apple. I am pretty sure I just had fruit for my mid-dinner, but for dinner I had a delicious steak. Steak is so good!! I do not understand how anyone can live without eating meat, is it seriously the best thing in the world! All you vegetarians out there are really missing out!
So tomorrow I will continue my Insanity workout review, and do the Cardio Power and resistance workout. I am so happy I have not missed a day yet, but I might have a difficult time doing the workout on Saturday because I am not going to be home, or anywhere with a TV. So I have not figured out what I am going to do yet.
The 10th Day of the Insanity Workout Review
I woke up today not remembering what insanity workout I was supposed to do, as I walked down my stairs and picked up the Insanity Calendar I was a little disappointed, because it was the Plyometrics Cardio Circuit again. Don’t get me wrong, this is a great workout, but it is tough! Near the end of this workout there is a part where you seem like you’re in a push up position forever. You do the level 1 exercise, ski jumps, then in and outs, all in a push up position. Your arms just want to die…at least mine did. This is the workout I did last Saturday, where I think I sweated out every bit of moisture I had in my body. Today I did not sweat as much, probably because I was back downstairs in my living room where its cooler, instead of my bedroom upstairs.
It was a great workout today…for the most part. I did a pretty good job keeping up with the workouts, but I think it might be awhile until I can go through the whole workout without a break. I mean…even Shaun T takes breaks to go check out his workout crew. Sometimes I feel sorry for Shaun T, because he has to talk while he is doing these workouts, sometimes you can tell he is having a hard time trying to breath and talk at the same time. Even though this workout is pretty tough (I actually think it is one of the hardest workouts), I still go through it, even if I was on my knees huffing and puffing when it was all done. Sometimes I am so tired I just want to lay on the ground after the work and do nothing, but I have to do the stretches. It’s weird…I sweat a lot during the workouts, but at the end when I am stretching, it seems like my pores open up to a flood of sweat…It drips down my face all the time, so i am constantly using a towel. Oh well, that probably just means that I worked hard.
To compliment my Insanity workout, I ate steak last night for dinner and then had a slice of bread and some all natural peanut butter. This morning I had a bowl of whole grain cereal for breakfast, then I had a turkey sandwich, with a little mayo, mustard, avocado, and some oregano for seasoning. It was grrrrreat! For my lunch I had a shakeology shake, and I have yet to figure out what I am going to have for mid-dinner and dinner. I need to eat my last steak before it goes bad, so I will definitely have that. I also went over to my parents house again and weighed myself, I have lost two more pounds!! So that makes it 6 pounds all together! Woot woo!
Power Cardio – Insanity Workout Review
Last night seemed to fly by, I still got around seven hours of sleep but the morning felt like it came so fast. Although the rest day was nice, sometimes it’s hard to get motivated again after you have a break, because the “rest day” is so nice you just want more of them. But I did my Insanity workout this morning and it went really well. I felt like this was the best I did so far in any Insanity workout. The Power Cardio and Resistance workout is a pretty intense workout…I mean, they all are…there is no really easy workout, but they are all tough in their own way. What do you expect though with a fitness program called Shaun T Insanity!
So in today’s Insanity workout, I really wanted to challenge myself to stay in the workouts as much as possible, take less breaks and more reps. I felt like I did better with that this time around on this power cardio and resistance workout. There were times when I want to take breaks but I decided to push through, even if I did take a break it was only for a few seconds. There are a lot of power moves in this workout, a lot of squats and moves where you need to focus on your core. There are also some wonderful push ups in this workout, so far this workout has the most upper body workouts. After all the circuits are done, there is one last exercise called 8 squats and 8 push ups (something like that). This is where you really have to push through, you are so tired from all the circuits, but this exercise really is important, because this is a great exercise. You want to push your body to failure, where it just cannot do anymore.
Today for my breakfast I had a Shakeology smoothie, I did two scoops of shakeology and blended it with water and ice. I actually really like starting my day off like this, because I make a couple cup fulls of this smoothie. It is pretty much all water, but it fills me up so much. For mid lunch today I will probably have a pita bread sandwich. I do not know what else I am going to have after that, but I what I will not have and that is a roast beef tortilla, those things give me so much gas it is ridiculous!!
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Insanity Workout Review – Rest Day
So today is a rest day, YESSSS! I have officially made it through my first week of the Insanity workout! Today, I am going to take the time to relax. My body still feels great, and I woke up today without any soreness. I haven’t been able to check but I feel slimmer, it feels like I have lost some weight. Hopefully all the working out and eating healthy will pay off, because if it doesn’t I am going to be pissed!
I do not really have much to write on today, except that it was a really good week. The workouts were tough and I have been challenged mentally more than I have in a long time, since P90x. I did P90x last year, and comparing the two so far…well you really can’t. They are two very completely different workouts. Yes, I am exhausted with the Insanity workout and doing all cardio has been extremely difficult for be, but when I did p90x I had a hard time doing simple tasks, like driving, because y muscles were so tired. I would say that the Insanity workout and the P90x are equally the best workouts for what you want them to do.
Let’s talk about my nutrition, on Saturday I started off great, had healthy meals all day, but I did have a date night with my girlfriend and some other friends. Since it was a special night for me and my girl, I decided to have some dessert with her. but my dinner was pretty right on to the diet. I had Fillet Mignon with a Lobster Tail and a baked potato. It was INCREDIBLE!!!! Loved every bite. Today I had another steak and potato, and then I had a turkey burger with some mayo, tomato, and lettuce, it was pretty delicious.
