Day: 34, Insanity Core Cardio & Balance

Workout

Insanity Core Cardio & Balance Status: Completed The final core cardio and balance is done. The program calls for it a few more times in month 2, but they also gave me max interval sports training to sub in on those days, so this probably is it for a while for this workout. It's been a good recovery week. I got tired in the middle, but overall the week kept my heart rate up without killing my muscles. I still feel a little beat up, but I'm ready to go for month 2 on Sunday. Also it's back to my doubles schedule that day too. I'm really not planning on doing anything but working out on Sunday. Wish me luck. Adios recovery week, week 5! Dig deep!

Day: 33, Insanity Core Cardio & Balance

Workout

Insanity Core Cardio & Balance Status: Completed Another core cardio and balance is completed. The difference today is that today I had a fantastic workout! I worked late last night, which means I go into work late today. That means I got to sleep in (until 7:30) and that made a HUGE difference! I had a lot more energy, and took significantly fewer breaks during the cardio section. I really pushed it too, and was pretty soaked by the time the ab work came in. The ab stuff is my favorite part of this workout, and I had a lot more focus today. The sleep really changes things. I like getting my workout done before I start my day so I can do homework or see my girlfriend after work, but I may need to throw in one or two night workouts again. The additional sleep in the week will really help me out, and I'll get a lot better workouts overall. Especially with the max workouts starting next week, I really want to bring it as hard as possible. I'll keep you posted. Quick note, I really like this workout. It's a good whole body thing, I like the random punches in it, and the cardio gets me going. Plus it's definitely a recovery workout; I just feel better after doing it. After insanity I'm thinking about doing one week of the P90X recovery week before starting Rushfit. My body will be hurting after 4 more weeks of Insanity, and I want to start Rushfit strong. Like I said a few months ago, I think I've outgrown kenpo x, so I may do this workout in that week instead. I know I'm a few weeks from that mattering, but I wanted to throw it on the blog so I don't forget. Dig deep!

Day: 32, Insanity Core Cardio & Balance

Workout

Insanity Core Cardio & Balance Status: Completed Another round of core cardio and balance is in the books. Oh man, I was completely drained this morning. It was a rough workout, but I pushed through. The recovery week is exactly what I need this week, and I'm ready to kick it back into gear on Sunday with month 2. Time for work, so I'm making this short. Dig deep!

Day: 31, Insanity Core Cardio & Balance

Log Entry

Daily Note: Quick shout out, my buddy Peter started Insanity yesterday. He texted me that he'd completed plyo cardio and that he was pretty sure he was dying, so I congratulated him and told him the recovery week is awesome. Good luck Peter! Start a blog!

Workout

Insanity Core Cardio & Balance Status: Completed Another round of core cardio and balance is complete. More and more this is turning into my favorite workout. It has a good pace and I sweat, but I don't feel like I'm dying at the end which I personally think is great. Three more of these workouts and I begin the max routines. I'm going to enjoy this week as much as possible, because I foresee a great deal of pain and terror in the 4 weeks after. Dig deep!

Day: 30, Insanity Core Cardio & Balance

Workout

Insanity Core Cardio & Balance Status: Completed Core cardio and balance is done. I like this workout. It's a lot of fun, works a lot of different areas and isn't nearly as intense as the other insanity stuff. That's awesome, especially because I am tired as hell this morning and was having trouble getting energy. Big note for the day, today is Day 30. This is actually a 63 day program, not 60 as advertised, but I'm still calling today the half way point since I'm used to taking pictures every 30 days. I see a lot more definition in my upper body, and my stomach feels a lot tighter than 30 days ago. So far so good. I wonder where I'll be in another 30 (33) days. Dig Deep!

Day: 29, Insanity Core Cardio & Balance

Workout

Insanity Core Cardio & Balance Status: Completed The recovery week has arrived! My body has been working hard for the last four weeks, and I don't think I could have worked as hard today on a normal insanity workout. I definitely don't feel like I could have done a double workout today with P90X. Today and every day this week is core cardio and balance. I didn't know what to expect coming in to this workout, but it was actually pretty awesome. A decent amount of cardio work without getting me completely destroyed like a normal workout, and the ab stuff is pretty fun too. Good workout. I'm a little concerned that I do this DVD every day this week. That feels like a lot to do in a row, and I don't want to get burnt out with it. However, it's only a week, and I really like that shaun t actually says in this workout "welcome to your recovery week" and "you've been working hard the last four weeks." Clearly this workout is here for a specific reason, so I'm trusting the program. Week 5 starts off strong! Dig Deep!

Day: 25, Insanity Cardio Recovery

Workout

Insanity Cardio Recovery Status: Completed The final cardio recovery is complete. I couldn't sleep last night at all, and 5:45 came WAY too quick. I stumbled my way out of bed and hit play around 6:20. Today was mostly me doing each exercise for half of the time length, followed by walking around staring aimlessly until the next exercise. That would have happened no matter what, but it seems to happen more often with this workout. If it's going to happen anywhere, I'm glad it's on recovery day. This isn't a very engaging workout, but since it's deep muscle exercise, stretch, repeat, I figure it's not really meant to be that engaging. I do feel like I got a good stretch, but between you (the world) and me, I miss yoga. The day has begun. I'm going to go get some homework done, followed by heading into the office. I'm debating doing the resistance workout for tomorrow morning tonight instead, but that's still up in the air. We'll see. Dig Deep!

Blog Problems - Days 18 to 20

Wow, I don't know what happened but for some reason my blog started to post to one of my other blogs, which I never actually use, instead of the fatfreejew.blogspot.com account. I just noticed this today, but it looks like I haven't posted (officially) since Tuesday! I've copied those missing blog posts, and have pasted them below. Hopefully from this point out I'll be good to go to post to this account instead. It looks like the iPhone app messed up a bit.

Day: 20, Insanity Plyometric Cardio Circuit

Workout

Insanity Plyometric Cardio Circuit Status: Completed Week 3 is completed, and it couldn't have come at a better time. I had just about 12 hours between workouts today. That always makes me tired for the second one. Add on that my legs felt like garbage after standing all day, plus it was the end of the week and long story short I was brutally tired this morning. Truth be told, I was mostly going through the motions today. My legs were on fire so I took more breaks than I wanted, and nothing had good form. The level 2 drills basically didn't happen. I tried my best, but at this point in the week my body has given all it has. Fortunately, this is Insanity. Just going through the motions and pushing as hard as I could still got me pretty soaked. I figure either good or great or terrible speeds, if I am still pushing myself I am getting a workout, and today definitely proved that theory right. Week 3 is done. I wish today had been stronger, but it is what it is. I am concerned that if the regular workouts in week 3 are still kicking my ass that I'm not going to be ready for the Max workouts. Only one more week plus a recovery week and it's time to step everything up. Well, we'll see what happens. Looking forward to a rest day tomorrow, and hitting the gym hard on Sunday with the last chest & back workout plus pure cardio and cardio abs. Dig deep!

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Day: 19, Insanity Cardio Power & Resistance

Log Entry

Daily Note: Just a quick note, I did P90X Shoulders & Arms last night because I didn't have time this morning. I didn't have the energy to do that and Supreme 90, but I knew that going in. I upped my weight on everything and really beat my arms up. It was great. I was falling asleep after, so I decided to just skip that part of yesterday's blog, hence the note is here. Bring it!

Workout

Insanity Cardio Power & Resistance Status: Completed I really dig this workout. It's a lot of resistance stuff, but at a cardio pace. It's awesome. I was pretty beat by the time I got started. Today was a long day at work, and I was on my feet all day. I didn't get to work out this morning because work started really early too. I pushed through the warmup, which was crazy hard today, and by the time the real workout started I had to push as hard as I could. It wasn't pretty, but it turned into a great workout. Covered in sweat by the end! The third set of each of the two rounds was tricky, but aside from that I kept good form and good pace. My shoulders pretty beat from yesterday too, but they worked hard and feel amazing right now. One more day in Week 3. Dig Deep!

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Day: 18, Insanity Cardio Recovery

Workout

Insanity Cardio Recovery Status: Completed Not the best recovery. I did cardio abs before this (to make up for yesterday) and I was just exhausted in general. I pushed, but decided about halfway through that it just wasn't gonna happen. No worries. I'm going to get an extra workout in tonight (you'll read these seriously out of order) because I won't have time to do my doubles workout tomorrow.

Workout

Insanity Cardio Abs Status: Completed I threw in the makeup cardio abs this morning. I actually thought it went pretty well, but it killed my energy for cardio recovery. Wish me luck on tonight's workout!

Workout

P90X Shoulders & Arms Status: Completed

Day: 11, Insanity Cardio Recovery

Workout

Insanity Cardio Recovery Status: Completed Wow, today was REALLY hard to get moving. I was completely walking through a dream. I slept til 6:30, but couldn't sleep anymore, but I couldn't wake up either. That's the worst, when you're perpetually tired. I finally hit play around 7, and the first 15 minutes I really struggled....from the recovery workout! I realize it's not meant to be that easy, but this felt harder than yesterday's workout. By the time the stretch at the end came I finally got into it, but overall my body just wasn't in the game today. I'm glad this happened on the recovery workout instead of a normal Insanity workout. I really hope I'm not so drained tomorrow. Thursdays are my other doubles day, so I really need to have energy. Wish me luck! Time to finish homework and head to the office. See you tomorrow gym. Dig Deep!

Day: 4, Insanity Cardio Recovery

Workout

Insanity Cardio Recovery Status: Completed Well it wasn't easy, but it was definitely a break from the rest of the insanity that is Insanity. It's a lot of endurance stuff mixed in with stretching. I didn't like that 90% of the moves worked the legs though since my legs are the thing I've used the most in this program. I could barely walk when I woke up this morning, and I don't know if the recovery workout helped them or hurt them. We'll see tomorrow I guess. I'm really looking forward to a day when I can do Insanity and not destroy my calves. It's coming....I'm still in week 1, and expecting huge changes over the next 9 weeks. Honestly though, I miss yoga and would have enjoyed that more today. If I ever do a hybrid program, yoga will definitely be on Wednesdays. Also I didn't care for the 32 minute workout today. Even for recovery, that just feels really short. A few months ago Wednesdays were my 90 minute plus workout, and now they're short. Oh well. Day 4 is in the books. Week 1 is moving along nicely and I'm definitely getting a workout. Dig Deep!

Day: 89, P90X Core Synergistics

Workout

P90X Core Synergistics Status: Completed The final Core Synergistics is completed! I only get to do this one 6 times in a round, so I'm never too familiar with it when I do it. For that reason it always kicks my ass, and I love it. The pushups are all really crazy (I love the staggered hands ones in the beginning) and the full body weight workouts are nuts! The lunge kickback curl press things are my favorite in this whole workout, and I also love that I can do the entire plank chattaranga iso. One more day in this round of P90X, and it's Yoga! I'm ready to wrap this round up and get started with Insanity! Bring it!

Day: 88, P90X X Stretch

Workout

P90X X Stretch Status: Completed Feeling stretched. Running late for work so I'm making this short. Two more days! Bring it!

Day: 86, P90X Core Synergistics

Workout

P90X Core Synergistics Status: Completed The final week is going strong. I woke up at 5:15 to do some homework, and didn't get to work out this morning. After work I was completely drained, but pushed play and had a damn good workout. I always forget how crazy core synergistics is, and it always works me great. I pushed as hard as I could, used heavier weights, got a lot of pushups in and just felt great all over. I love how much I sweat during plank chattaranga iso. Very cool. I think I'm ready to start Insanity. Just a few more days. Bring it!

Day: 54, P90X Core Synergistics

Log Entry

Daily Note: Quick note, Jay is awake! Haven't seen him yet, but his family let us all know last night. More news to come. Glad to hear you're back with us Jay!

Workout

P90X Core Synergistics Status: Completed Core is done for the day! Great workout, and a great way to start my day. Not feeling like blogging much today, so I'm making this short. Next time I see core it'll be in the final week. Bring it!

Day: 53, P90X X Stretch

Log Entry

Daily Note: Not workout related, but my buddy Jay is in the hospital and I want to wish him a speedy recovery. He had a seizure in his cousins car yesterday, and they've had to keep him sedated since. He's in ICU and they sound optimistic, but I really haven't heard what happened at all. Jay's one of my best friends, so I'm rooting for him. Heading to the hospital to check on him now that my workout is done, but wanted to make a note on the blog. Feel better buddy! We need you!

Workout

P90X X Stretch Status: Completed I'm all stretched out and feeling great. My body was actually hurting a lot when I woke up this morning, especially my back, so I was looking forward to the stretch and it did not disappoint. For some reason I never do this on Saturdays when I'm supposed to (or at least recommended to) but I never miss it during recovery week. With that track record, the next time I do this workout I'll be knee deep in the final week of my second round of P90X. Just a quick note, during the Dreya Forearm stretch, I always laugh when Tony sticks his hands straight out in front of him and squeezes his fingers and says "pretend you're squeezing whatever you want". Ha! Good times. Halfway through Week 8. Bring it!

Day: 51, P90X Core Synergistics

Workout

P90X Core Synergistics Status: Completed Great Core workout today. I always forget how great this workout is, and tonight was pretty awesome. The arm stuff is great, and I upped my weight from a few weeks ago on almost everything. One of my favorites in this is definitely the steam engines too. Those are some amazing cardio and ab moves! Great workout and the recovery week is off to a great start! Bring it!

Workout

P90X Yoga: MC2 Status: Completed I decided to get up early and make up my Yoga: MC2 workout from yesterday. I was exhausted and it definitely showed in my workout, but I still got through it and it's great way to start the day. Namaste.

Day: 26, P90X Core Synergistics

Log Entry

Daily Note: Not workout related, but today is Mom's birthday and I wanted to give a shout out to her. Happy Birthday Mom!

Workout

P90X Core Synergistics Status: Completed Ouch. I had to get up early today, and the weather is crazy so I didn't sleep well, and man did I feel it during core. This was harder than the original Week 4 Core day! Today just wasn't happening. I made it through 75% of the workout when I decided the energy was gone, and I was doing more damage than good. Today's kind of a wash, but tomorrow is yoga so I'm expecting to get my energy back soon. Recovery week is moving along, and when I start lifting again on Sunday it will be the start of 2011! I've let the diet slide a little in December, but I'm ready to hit the ground running in January! Right when Phase 2 starts, and I have a fresh bag of chocolate shakeology ready too! Bring it!

Day: 25, P90X X Stretch

Workout

P90X X Stretch Status: Completed Another round of X Stretch is in the books. I've been very tight this week, so this stretch workout was really difficult. By the end, though, I was feeling pretty bendy again. This is a nice little treat every recovery week. I was dreading waking up this morning, but for a stretch it's really no big deal. Stretching is a nice way to start the day. Time to go to work. Bring it!

Day: 24, P90X Kenpo X

Workout

P90X Kenpo X Status: Completed Good kenpo workout today. Not great, but good. My legs are still feeling really tight, so that made the kicks difficult. My punches were pretty strong still, and I threw them on the bag with the gloves too. Adding the bag and gloves makes you use so much more strength, and when that occasional weak punch is thrown I can hear it and it motivates me to throw the next one harder. Stretch day tomorrow and man do I ever need it! The recovery week continues. Bring it!

Day: 23, P90X Core Synergistics

Workout

P90X Core Synergistics Status: Completed Core kicked my ass today! I got through it, but it wasn't pretty. I felt pretty rough today in general. My legs and upper body hurt like I worked out too hard. What's weird is, yesterday was yoga and the day before that was a rest day. I should have felt great today. Instead I was tight and moving very slow. That said, I defeated core synergistics and am soaked. That's another victory. Kenpo tomorrow. I'm hoping I'm feeling a lot more loose. Bring it!