Working from home today - so I decided to spend my lunch break getting Insanity out of the way.
My muscle soreness is pretty severe, but after the warm-up, that was the least of my worries. I do like the quickness of these workouts - the pace is so different from P90X.
Instead of listening to Tony waste 7 minutes on a diatribe, Shaun gives you 30 seconds for water, while he might show off the form for the next move, or talk through something. Then, he’s off again, while many of the models in the video are rushing back to catch up with him, just like you are.
No nonsense. Just plain hard work and sweat.
I will say I liked this workout, I like the additional pushups and variations.
EDIT: My weight today was 178 lbs. Bye bye water weight.
J.
I’m back, long lost tumblr universe. After well over a year - lots of things have changed. I have graduated from college, moved to Washington, DC to begin my career, am living on my own, and subsequently….spend 40 hours a week sitting behind a desk.
Therefore, needless to say, its more of a struggle for me to stay in shape.
So, once again, I’ve turned to Beachbody to help me out. I just ordered Insanity, and am a fit test, and one full workout in.
It’s named properly…I’m having to take a lot of breaks so far…but I’m hoping my cardio will catch up again soon.
See you all around a lot more…
EDIT: My beginning weight is 180 lbs flat. That makes me kind of want to vomit considering I look back at my last p90x post talking about my weight at 153.5. C’est la vie. At least I’m doing something about it.
-Josh
So my plyo disc doesn’t read for some reason…while I’m in the process of getting another one..I’ll just have to do Cardio X instead.
Oh darn.
Today was chest and back. The real deal, WITH the pull up bar again. I feel a little demoralized. I know that I’m still leaps and bounds above where I was on Day 1 of Round 1, but not where I was on Day 90.
3 Reasons:
It’s ok though. No worries.
Unfortunately, I didn’t do Ab Ripper X tonight because my stomach has been feeling weird all day, and just getting through Chest/Back was a stretch. Tomorrow I will make it up.
It’s good to be back at it. I feel better already.
So…first off let me apologize for rolling the week into one post. I decided to start round two the same way I ended round 1. On vacation. Ambitious I know…but a success overall.
I forgot how sore you can get in the first week..it wasn’t as bad as the first time around and my performance was certainly better…but still. Ouch.
I used the bodylastics bands I just purchased for p90x on the road. I must say…they are a great alternative to weights, especially for travel.
I’m ready to see where I can get through another focused 3 months.
Shredded…i hope.
Check out these p90x reviews from Chris, a Beachbody Coach I spoke with this evening. He has a site dedicated to the p90x experience and has a few different participants sharing their stories. Also, you can purchase P90X gear through his site!
What’s up everybody??? I have been super MIA for about a month or so now.
Took an extended vacation from all things exercise while I made some life transitions (new job, etc). BUT..I’m back.
I’m jumping on the P90X wagon for round 2 starting next monday. I’ve ordered some bodylastics bands to enable my workouts while i travel…and have ripped the vids to my ipod. I’m ready to do round two and get CUT UP.
Word.
Yesterday was the first day of my non-P90X-exclusive workout.
I’m wanting to keep it mixed up, so I’m taking a break between rounds to hit the gym and attempt to put on some lean mass.
Here was my routine:
Dumbbell Bench Press - 4 x 6 (45 lbs)
Wide Front Pullups - 3 x max reps
Dumbbell Flies - 4 x 6 (30 lbs)
Chinups - 3 x max reps
Military Pushups - 1 x 20
Lawnmowers - 1 x 8 (40 lbs)
Wide Pushups - 1 x 15
Lawnmowers - 1 x 8 (45lbs)
Standard Pushups - 1 x 15
Chinups - 1 x max reps
Treadmill - 1 mile @ 6.5 mph
Abs:
Bicycles
Crunchy Frog
Wide-Let Situps
Hip Rock ‘n Raise
Mason Twist
Needless to say, my chest is sore today. Hitting it with heavier weight and less reps is definitely a change from the pushup-oriented workouts with P90X.
My abs are a little tender today, but probably just from coming off a week with little ab work. I feel that I need to tweak that portion of my workout, finding some new moves to blast my abs with. Then, when I come back to Ab Ripper, it will still be fresh.
I also think I need to hit my back with more than just pullups…maybe some deadlifts and bent-over rows.
But, it felt good to push some heavy weight again.
Today I’ll do something from P90X. Probably cardio X.
Some mass. I’ve lost a good amount of weight, which has give clarity to the fact that I don’t have NEARLY enough muscle mass.
So that’s my goal for the next couple of months. Put on mass, while continuing to eat clean and attempt to keep the fat gain to a minimum.
I will continue to do P90X cardio workouts, probably 3 times per week, while lifting heavier weights at the gym and increasing my protein intake to roughly 100-150g per day.
Hopefully I can grow some lean mass, and then return to P90X for a 2nd round. I want to keep my “functional strength” high and push my endurance even farther.
I will continue to update my blog here…so look for more info to come!
OK ladies and gentleman.
I’m calling this thing.
I finished up my last strength workout last night, and had used my vacation as my recovery week. So that’s it. 90 days, give or take.
I’ve lost roughly 17 lbs since I began Round 1. From 170lbs to 153lbs. My pullups increased by about 5-7 per set and pushups increased about 10-15 per set.
I am in much MUCH better shape than when I started.
Update pictures are coming soon!
