Since we all survived the rapture, I guess I'll continue with writing. :)
Today wrapped up week 1. It actually went by pretty quick. Today was the same workout that we did on Tuesday. But I think I sweat a lot more today. I think as we progress, we'll be able to push harder on these workouts.
I feel like I don't have as much to write about with this program. It's all cardio stuff so there really isn't anything to explain like there was with p90x.
Well, we have tomorrow off and will be back Monday. :)
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Insanity - Pure Cardio
Tonight was the Pure Cardio workout. Holy crap. This total length is about 35 minutes. After the 10-15 minute warmup, it was pretty much 20 minutes straight. No breaks unless you take them on your own. Which I did. There wasn't any crazy moves or anything like that...but it was just non stop and really worked you out. Definitely a good workout though.
I'm finding that there isn't as much to write about as there was with p90x. There really isn't any 'gains' like there were in the last one. I'm not moving up in weights or anything like that. All I can really do is just push myself as hard as I can to keep doing the moves. On the ones that aren't muscle intensive (like sitting in a squat for 60 seconds), I really try to dig deeper and stick it out. But there are some where my legs are just on fire and actually start to cramp up. I try really hard to get past the muscle pain, but when they start to cramp, that's when I take a break.
Tomorrow we will complete our first week. This one is only 8 weeks long, so it'll probably go pretty quick.
I'm finding that there isn't as much to write about as there was with p90x. There really isn't any 'gains' like there were in the last one. I'm not moving up in weights or anything like that. All I can really do is just push myself as hard as I can to keep doing the moves. On the ones that aren't muscle intensive (like sitting in a squat for 60 seconds), I really try to dig deeper and stick it out. But there are some where my legs are just on fire and actually start to cramp up. I try really hard to get past the muscle pain, but when they start to cramp, that's when I take a break.
Tomorrow we will complete our first week. This one is only 8 weeks long, so it'll probably go pretty quick.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Insanity - Recovery
Today was the recovery workout. Kinda like the yoga day in p90x, it was just a lighter version. Doing mostly stretches and stuff. I was still sweating a lot though. Not much to report on this one. Tomorrow kicks back up to a "normal" workout. haha.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Day 3, with nutrition information.
Today was officially day 3 of the insanity workout, although it was only the second huge workout. Oh man, today was just as tough. There was a little more 'strength' workouts involved today..including some pushups and stuff. I really wish I could describe the workouts more...but it's tough to really explain just how intense they are.
I'm hoping that the results in 60 days will show it. I definitely see the need to eat more. Here's a typical meal for me during the day.
Breakfast - oatmeal with raisins and an orange.
Morning snack - fruit cup and yogurt, string cheese, Snack crackers with assorted lunch meat.
Lunch - sandwich or wrap including lunch meat, lettuce, tomato, cucumber. an apple and some mixed nuts.
afternoon snack - fruit cup, string cheese, english muffin with peanut butter and banana
dinner - Picante chicken, peas and carrots and a salad.
All that combined is A LOT of food, but it keeps me around 2500 calories. I am a little concerned that it is too high to get the results I want...but it was actually calculated out to 2800. So I decided to drop own a bit to see how it goes. I am going to monitor my energy level during the workouts and adjust my calorie intake as needed. Overall my daily numbers are in good shape. 69g of fat (85% recommended daily allowance), 206mg cholesterol (55%). My sodium is high at 4444mg, but I drink enough water to balance that out...I average at least 130oz of water a day. Carbs is at 336g (90%). I could try to lower this value, as this is where the stomach area is effected most. Fiber is high at 53g (170%), but not a big deal. Protein is at 155g (248%) but i need that. My sugars are at 188g, but almost all of it is from the fruit.
We'll see how this goes. Like I said, I worry that I'm eating too much and won't be able to lose the stomach area that I want to do. But, I think I can adjust what I eat and cut down on the carbs which again comes mostly from the fruit and breads.
Till next time.
I'm hoping that the results in 60 days will show it. I definitely see the need to eat more. Here's a typical meal for me during the day.
Breakfast - oatmeal with raisins and an orange.
Morning snack - fruit cup and yogurt, string cheese, Snack crackers with assorted lunch meat.
Lunch - sandwich or wrap including lunch meat, lettuce, tomato, cucumber. an apple and some mixed nuts.
afternoon snack - fruit cup, string cheese, english muffin with peanut butter and banana
dinner - Picante chicken, peas and carrots and a salad.
All that combined is A LOT of food, but it keeps me around 2500 calories. I am a little concerned that it is too high to get the results I want...but it was actually calculated out to 2800. So I decided to drop own a bit to see how it goes. I am going to monitor my energy level during the workouts and adjust my calorie intake as needed. Overall my daily numbers are in good shape. 69g of fat (85% recommended daily allowance), 206mg cholesterol (55%). My sodium is high at 4444mg, but I drink enough water to balance that out...I average at least 130oz of water a day. Carbs is at 336g (90%). I could try to lower this value, as this is where the stomach area is effected most. Fiber is high at 53g (170%), but not a big deal. Protein is at 155g (248%) but i need that. My sugars are at 188g, but almost all of it is from the fruit.
We'll see how this goes. Like I said, I worry that I'm eating too much and won't be able to lose the stomach area that I want to do. But, I think I can adjust what I eat and cut down on the carbs which again comes mostly from the fruit and breads.
Till next time.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
First full day of Insanity
Today was the first full day of Insanity. And I'll say, it is quite a fitting name. The disk is about 45 minutes long. You jump right into the warm up which again isn't your typical warmup. You're really moving quick and before it's over, you're sweating buckets. And there is no break in between the different moves in the warmup. Just one after another for about 3.5 minutes. And just when it is over, he throws a wrench in and does it all over again! Except faster this time. And wouldn't you know it...we finish that one and ONE MORE TIME! Ugh. I just remembered trying to focus on my breathing and remembering that I won't be able to keep up with the people on the disk.
It was a crazy workout. While shorter than the p90x plyo workout, I really do feel that it is far more intense. The p90x plyo one is a really good workout, but this is on a totally different level. It's just one after the other and max reps as fast as you can. Non-stop.
The meal plan has been going pretty good so far. The hardest part is planning out the meals. But, it's working so far. Bottom line is that I am really excited about moving forward. Till tomorrow!
It was a crazy workout. While shorter than the p90x plyo workout, I really do feel that it is far more intense. The p90x plyo one is a really good workout, but this is on a totally different level. It's just one after the other and max reps as fast as you can. Non-stop.
The meal plan has been going pretty good so far. The hardest part is planning out the meals. But, it's working so far. Bottom line is that I am really excited about moving forward. Till tomorrow!
Monday, May 16, 2011
Workout - The end of p90x..The start of Insanity
A couple weeks ago we finished the p90x program. We took last week off from working out to prepare for the next program. More on that in a bit, but I want to finish off the p90x part. I got away from blogging about it at the end, but we did finish it and there were some great results. There was some definite muscle gain in my upper body and for sure some weight loss. Here are some before and after numbers. Using our scale that has a supposed body fat calculator, the before number was 21.5% body fat. After 90 days, it said 19.7% body fat. Now, whether or not it is 100% accurate doesn't really matter to me. What matters is that there was a drop in the number and that makes me feel good. My weight is holding steady at the low 170's. This morning I was at 172. My waist and hips each dropped from a 38 to a 36.
Muscle gain visually was there, but when you look at the numbers it doesn't seem like it. My chest went from 40 to 41. Biceps went from 13.5 to 14.5. So no matter what, there was some gain. So thats good. And we didn't do the diet plan at all. We pretty much at whatever we wanted, however it wasn't crazy. We still ate pretty healthy...but definitely splurged whenever we wanted.
Now, onto the next program. We have been talking about doing the Insanity program for a while, so we finally got it. For those of you that might not know what it is, it's made by the same group (Beachbody) but has a different instructor. Where p90x did a nice blend of everything, this one is pure cardio.
http://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness_programs/extreme/insanity.do
This program is only 60 days long. Tonight was day one which was just the fit test. This was pretty much just a small video of 8 workouts. Max intervals for a minute. Do as many as you can. We plugged in the disk and the timer said 25 minutes. We thought...oh this won't be to tough. uhhh...WRONG!
The warm up was killer. It's more than just a typical warmup. If you're used to the p90x warmup...this warmup is more like the plyo workout itself. It's hard to even explain just how intense this workout is. When you think about it...8 workouts. 1 minute each. Bah...easy. By the end of the 3rd or 4th one...i seriously felt nauseous. I've never felt like that before, to the point of all I had to do was bend over and let it go.
This workout is hard. Even after completing p90x, I still don't feel like I had the endurance needed to do this. I do think that making it through definitely helped, but it by no means made it easy. But, I am really excited to see the progress. We do the fit test every 2 weeks, so we'll really be able to see the gains.
Oh! Also, we're doing the nutrition plan this time. You'll notice I called it nutrition plan instead of diet plan. This is why we took that week off, to really try and plan for it. I have to average between 2200 and 2800 calories a day. The higher end will maintain my weight, and the lower I go the more weight I could lose. So I am staying around 2500 a day for now to see how it goes. I need to make sure I have the energy to do these workouts, so i'll have to adjust as necessary.
So here's to the next 60 days. We've only got one planned 'outage' at the end of June where we are going to miss 4 days of the workout. We'll probably just do most of it, and then start that week over when we get back from our trip. But we'll worry about that when the time comes. Stay tuned for results.
Muscle gain visually was there, but when you look at the numbers it doesn't seem like it. My chest went from 40 to 41. Biceps went from 13.5 to 14.5. So no matter what, there was some gain. So thats good. And we didn't do the diet plan at all. We pretty much at whatever we wanted, however it wasn't crazy. We still ate pretty healthy...but definitely splurged whenever we wanted.
Now, onto the next program. We have been talking about doing the Insanity program for a while, so we finally got it. For those of you that might not know what it is, it's made by the same group (Beachbody) but has a different instructor. Where p90x did a nice blend of everything, this one is pure cardio.
http://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness_programs/extreme/insanity.do
This program is only 60 days long. Tonight was day one which was just the fit test. This was pretty much just a small video of 8 workouts. Max intervals for a minute. Do as many as you can. We plugged in the disk and the timer said 25 minutes. We thought...oh this won't be to tough. uhhh...WRONG!
The warm up was killer. It's more than just a typical warmup. If you're used to the p90x warmup...this warmup is more like the plyo workout itself. It's hard to even explain just how intense this workout is. When you think about it...8 workouts. 1 minute each. Bah...easy. By the end of the 3rd or 4th one...i seriously felt nauseous. I've never felt like that before, to the point of all I had to do was bend over and let it go.
This workout is hard. Even after completing p90x, I still don't feel like I had the endurance needed to do this. I do think that making it through definitely helped, but it by no means made it easy. But, I am really excited to see the progress. We do the fit test every 2 weeks, so we'll really be able to see the gains.
Oh! Also, we're doing the nutrition plan this time. You'll notice I called it nutrition plan instead of diet plan. This is why we took that week off, to really try and plan for it. I have to average between 2200 and 2800 calories a day. The higher end will maintain my weight, and the lower I go the more weight I could lose. So I am staying around 2500 a day for now to see how it goes. I need to make sure I have the energy to do these workouts, so i'll have to adjust as necessary.
So here's to the next 60 days. We've only got one planned 'outage' at the end of June where we are going to miss 4 days of the workout. We'll probably just do most of it, and then start that week over when we get back from our trip. But we'll worry about that when the time comes. Stay tuned for results.
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