Thursday, September 9, 2010

DAY 58: MAX CARDIO CONDITIONING and CARDIO ABS and DAY 7: REST

So today was the end of my first week of P90X so I decided to rest instead of doing the X STRETCH video.

Today was Day 58 of INSANITY meaning I did my MAX CARDIO CONDITIONING workout and then CARDIO ABS!!! Today I worked really hard! I pushed through the entire MAX CARDIO CONDITIONING workout at 150% and it was crazy! T

Then I took a short break to have a protein shake then did CARDIO ABS.

Tomorrow should be rough! Can't wait!

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

DAY 57: MAX INTERVAL PLYO and DAY 6: KEMPO X

Whew!!!!!!!!!!

What an amazing morning I just had! I woke up and started my LAST WEEK OF INSANITY!!!! I can't believe it is finally here, the LAST WEEK!!!!

I started today with my MAX INTERVAL PLYO workout! I love the way this workout makes me sweat and makes my legs feel like they are on fire!!!! It's so good! After pushing out this workout, it had a protein shake (yum) and rested for a little bit, 30 minutes.

Then, I started with my P90X workout for the day, KEMPO X. This is probably one of my favorite Beachbody Workouts ever! It's so much fun!!! Because you're doing so much fun stuff, throwing punches, blocking, kicking, etc, the workout flies by and you're burning off so many calories!! This is one of the only P90X workouts that makes me sweat as much as INSANITY!

I just finished KEMPO X and I feel great!!! Time for my RESULTS AND RECOVERY formula and a well deserved shower!!!

Monday, September 6, 2010

DAY 56: OFF and DAY 5: LEGS AND BACK and AB RIPPER X

So today was my last OFF day for INSANITY and tomorrow marks my last INSANITY week!!!!

I can't believe I've been doing this program for 56 days already!!!

Today was also Day 5 of P90X meaning LEGS AND BACK and then AB RIPPER X.
I slightly modified my day today. Since it's Monday and we're going on our usual Monday hike, where I'll get an extensive LEGS workout and a pretty good BACK workout too with all the rock climbing and canyoneering, I chose to replace my LEGS AND BACK workout with my hike.

So today I woke up and did AB RIPPER X and then went on the hike, which was 7 hours of running, hiking, rock climbing and ninja-footing (as we like to call it) up and down Eaton Canyon.

DAY 55: CORE CARDIO AND BALANCE and DAY 4: YOGA X

WOW! Today was rough! I started out with my CORE CARDIO AND BALANCE workout which was fine, I did great, and I love that workout. Then I took a short break and after 15 minutes, I started my P90X workout for the day, YOGA X. Man, what an amazing workout!!! It was an hour and a half of deep muscle work, combined with stretching to make a great yoga workout! By the end of it I was dripping in sweat and my legs were shaking! Good work! I hope I'm okay tomorrow for my hike!

Saturday, September 4, 2010

DAY 54: MAX INTERVAL CIRCUIT and DAY 3: SHOULDERS AND ARMS and AB RIPPER X

WHOOOO!!!

Today I started off my day right!!! I woke up and had my preworkout drink, Jack3d, which gives me a lot of energy and has a thermogenic effect to melt away fat, and started my INSANITY workout for the day, MAX INTERVAL CIRCUIT! It was great! I sweated A LOT and worked my body like crazy!

Today was the first day that I am trying a scoop and a half of Jack3d before my INSANITY workout and then a scoop and half of NO2XPLODE before my P90X workout as my preworkout supplements. For the past 3 weeks I have been on an NO2XPLODE cycle, and before that I was on a Jack3d cycle. It was a great mix to have a little of both before the workouts.

Then I had my P90X workouts for the day, SHOULDERS AND ARMS, and then AB RIPPER X. The SHOULDERS AND ARMS workout was tough! I like it though because it's only as tough as you make it. If you're not feeling up for it, you can always pick a lighter weight and stuff. It has been a while since I've actually done weight training so it felt good to have dumbbells in my hands again and the feeling of lifting weights in my muscles. This was a GREAT workout! Then can AB RIPPER X! Man on man, this workout kills me!!! It's really good though because I feel my abs getting ripped apart and that means they're going to grow back even bigger!!! Whew, after a solid 2.5 hours of working out, I"m ready for a protein smoothie, and the beach.

DAY 53: MAX RECOVERY and DAY 2: PLYOMETRICS

Hey Everyone

Continuing with my INSANITY and P90X stack today was day 2 of P90X and the PLYOMETRICS workout. I started with this because my INSANITY workout is a recovery one, so I figured it's better to work hard and then recover.

The P90X PLYOMETRICS workout is crazy! It's very interesting how differently the two programs work my body. It seems like for the P90X PLYOMETRICS workout, it's not as cardio based as INSANITY's MAX PLYO workout but it still works my legs like CRAZY!!!! After finishing PLYOMETRICS and giving myself a little break to have my Results and Recovery Formule, I started the MAX RECOVERY workout. WOW!!! I must say that doing those two back to back is brutal!!! Especially at the end of MAX RECOVERY when we do all the pulses in the squat position, and then when you have to keep a heel off the ground and pulse and stretch and then both heels!!! It was NUTS!!! But I got through it and I felt very accomplished. Onto tomorrow!!!

Friday, September 3, 2010

DAY 52: MAX CARDIO CONDITIONING AND CARDIO ABS and DAY 1: CHEST AND BACK and AB RIPPER X

THE DAY HAS COME PEOPLE!!!

This was my first double day of INSANITY and P90X! It was tough but I think my body will get used to in a day or two. I think that the way that I overlapped the programs was the best in consideration of the workouts and especially the combination of workouts from both programs on each day.

Today I woke up and immediately took my pre-workout drink and started my MAX CARDIO CONDITIONING workout. This was 46 minutes of Cardio Conditioning! I did really well with the workout but I found that since I did it on an empty stomach, half way through I lost a little steam. After I finished, I decided that it would be overtraining if I did both CARDIO ABS and AB RIPPER X in one day. I decided to not to CARDIO ABS since I hadn't done AB RIPPER X in over two months! I went about my day and before I knew it, it was time for my parkour class, another full body workout for today. We got out of class at around 11:00pm. By the time I drove home and relaxed a little, it was 12:45. That's when I decided to start my P90X so I popped in my CHEST AND BACK DVD and banged out the CHEST AND BACK workout and then I did AB RIPPER X!!! Now I am completely exhaused and ready for a protein shake and bed!!!

Tomorrow will be Day 2 of this Hybrid Workout Stack! I have P90X PLYOMETRICS in the morning then INSANITY MAX RECOVERY at night!