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Bull Dozier said:
Snotbubbles said:
Giant Wooden Badger said:
Bull Dozier said:
Did cardio core and balance for the first time yesterday (missed Monday). The workout wasn't bad, though I'm not sure I'll do it every day for the rest of the week. I did have a good sweat worked up by the end, but I certainly wasn't sweating throughout.
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What does it involve?
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Here's a good review: http://www.extremely-fit.com/fitness-tips/...o-conditioning/
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This is the one I was referring to. Link
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That sounds like a decent workout. Good to know.

 
I honestly don't think I'm eating enough calories. By dinner yesterday, I was getting dizzy and was very hungry. May need to up the intake a little.

 
I missed my first Insanity workout after 25 straight days on the program. My knees have been bothering me for the last couple of days and seem to be getting worse. They don't bother me while working out, but really start to hurt when I am sitting with my legs bent. When I woke up this morning, my knee popped (like knuckle cracking, nothing too serious) and I decided to start my recovery week a couple of days early to ensure that I am fully recovered for Phase II.

I felt guilty all day and decided to do the chest/back and ab ripper day from P90X since it was all upper body. It was a nice change, but I missed the total exhaustion from an Insanity workout. BTW, the ab ripper X was much tougher than cardio abs from insanity.

I'm still wondering what I should do tomorrow to stay on track. I know I should rest, but it is hard to stop once I've gotten rolling on the program. I don't want to lose the momentum and progress hat I have made.

 
3MTA3 said:
I honestly don't think I'm eating enough calories. By dinner yesterday, I was getting dizzy and was very hungry. May need to up the intake a little.
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You've stepped up the pace from the first month and your body requires more fuel. Don't feel guilty about more calories, as long as they are healthy. Listen to your body.
 
Hopheads said:
I missed my first Insanity workout after 25 straight days on the program. My knees have been bothering me for the last couple of days and seem to be getting worse. They don't bother me while working out, but really start to hurt when I am sitting with my legs bent. When I woke up this morning, my knee popped (like knuckle cracking, nothing too serious) and I decided to start my recovery week a couple of days early to ensure that I am fully recovered for Phase II. I felt guilty all day and decided to do the chest/back and ab ripper day from P90X since it was all upper body. It was a nice change, but I missed the total exhaustion from an Insanity workout. BTW, the ab ripper X was much tougher than cardio abs from insanity.I'm still wondering what I should do tomorrow to stay on track. I know I should rest, but it is hard to stop once I've gotten rolling on the program. I don't want to lose the momentum and progress hat I have made.
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I'm 2 weeks in and feeling the same way with my knees, and to some extent my back. The popping has gotten more frequent. I've taken a couple of days off and gone to my pool to swim sprints. This seems to stretch me out a bit and help. Then I'll just jump right back into insanity, and take a day off here and there to swim if I need to. It's still cardio/muscle stuff so I don't feel guilty, and I think I need to do it for my body to recover. The 60 day program may take me 70 this way, but I'm fine with that.
 
Did Cardio Recovery and Cardio Abs (just for kicks) this morning. The ab workout was better this time. I think it may have been because I wasn't as tired from doing Pure Cardio before and my form was better which resulted in more burn.

Still not a killer ab workout but better than before.

Also did the Navy body fat calculator - 17% :thumbup:

 
Did day 3 again, and the second time around was a lot easier than the first. Almost made it all the way. Feel a lot better afterwards as well.

 
8 lbs lost to date, need to really step it up now as I've been stuck at 192 and I want to drop below that 190 point. Going to be hard if I get redeployed as my laptop just bit the ####.

 
offdee said:
Day 20 done. Sweating a lot still. Not really getting much easier.Off day tomorrow. :thankyoushaunt:
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Still running a day behind you. Did Cardio Plyo Circuit this morning. Killed me but feel great now though I am a bit sore.Off day tomorrow.Very worried about phase 2 with the Max workouts coming up in two weeks. :lmao:
 
Day 22 down.

One more week of month 1 hard exercises til the full week of low-key yoga.

Down about 3 pounds so far.

 
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Was doing the rest week this week, but I got antsy to step it up (I've missed plenty of days, so I didn't feel I needed a whole week of rest). Max Interval Circuit was a butt kicker. I was dripping so much sweat. I have a water bottle I keep in the fridge so I have cold water to drink while I work out. Usually I almost finish it, and then down the rest when I'm done. I had to fill it up and finished it the second time before I was done with this. Unfortunately, we had our Parish festival today, so I ate like crap. Otherwise, I'd be curious to see if I lost any weight from that one workout.

 
Month one is complete! on to recovery week (I will add cardio abs and running on an every other day cycle).

Looking forward to the madness that is month two!

 
Giant Wooden Badger said:
Bull Dozier said:
Max interval plyo is teh suck. At least three moves I physically could not do.
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Because they're too hard or because of a flexibility issue?
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A little of both. The three I'm thinking of are:1-Level 3 drills. I have wussy upper body strength. I can't do two sets of 16 pushups in that amount of time (more like ten minutes maybe). I get through one set (barely) by the time he's done.2-Push ups where you push up to a standing/touching your toes position. Flexibility is a problem there, as well as strength. I'd do regular push ups here, but then I'd be wasted for the level 3 drills. Just jump rope to keep the heart rate up for now.3-Oblique pushups. Don't know if the issue was coordination or strength, but I fell on my face the first time I tried. Didn't try again. I have a bad shoulder, too, so even if I could do it on my left side, it would be a no go for the right.
 
Fell off the wagon, missed two days in a row.

Starting week three. No weight loss, but definitely looking different. still hovering at 165-167. Body fat seems to be getting better. faint signs of a nice V shaped upper body.

:adonis:

:)

The one thing I have noticed is that my quads never seem to recover. They are just fried every morning. Makes doing high knees properly a real #####. Ski abs too and hip flexor stretches too.

 
really thinking about doing this. It seems like exactly what i need from a fitness perspective (a few injuries since December and the inability to work out as a result have tacked 10 or so lbs on and robbed me of my explosiveness).

My only concern is that my condo doesnt have very high ceilings. I dont have a lot of room. Am i screwed or can you do this workout with limited space?

 
TLEF316 said:
really thinking about doing this. It seems like exactly what i need from a fitness perspective (a few injuries since December and the inability to work out as a result have tacked 10 or so lbs on and robbed me of my explosiveness).My only concern is that my condo doesnt have very high ceilings. I dont have a lot of room. Am i screwed or can you do this workout with limited space?
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You don't need much space at all.Me and my gf do it together...I literally do my stuff in about a 7' wide x 5' deep area of floor space and works out fine. There's pretty minimal hands above head jumping and half the time you're too tired to get your hands all the way up anyways.
 
offdee said:
TLEF316 said:
really thinking about doing this. It seems like exactly what i need from a fitness perspective (a few injuries since December and the inability to work out as a result have tacked 10 or so lbs on and robbed me of my explosiveness).My only concern is that my condo doesnt have very high ceilings. I dont have a lot of room. Am i screwed or can you do this workout with limited space?
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You don't need much space at all.Me and my gf do it together...I literally do my stuff in about a 7' wide x 5' deep area of floor space and works out fine. There's pretty minimal hands above head jumping and half the time you're too tired to get your hands all the way up anyways.
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:rant: Your hands don't go up very high when you are on the ground.
 
I have to say I'm nervous about doing month 2...been doing these first 3 weeks pretty religiously and although have a little more stamina I can't say they've gotten any "easier" per say.

Month 2 workouts look to be much longer and harder. After the Fit Test last time I was wiped out and notice coming up is Fit Test and Max Plyo Cardio together... oh boy.

I would imagine Month 2 is where your body really starts to make some drastic changes in weight loss and tone if you're able to stick with it.

 
offdee said:
TLEF316 said:
really thinking about doing this. It seems like exactly what i need from a fitness perspective (a few injuries since December and the inability to work out as a result have tacked 10 or so lbs on and robbed me of my explosiveness).My only concern is that my condo doesnt have very high ceilings. I dont have a lot of room. Am i screwed or can you do this workout with limited space?
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You don't need much space at all.Me and my gf do it together...I literally do my stuff in about a 7' wide x 5' deep area of floor space and works out fine. There's pretty minimal hands above head jumping and half the time you're too tired to get your hands all the way up anyways.
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Thanks.So if someone was 5'11 and is able to dunk a soccer ball when in shape (i assume this workout will get me back there, if not higher) i wont have a problem in a condo with what i believe are 8 foot ceilings?
 
Another misc. thought....

These workouts are very strange for me and the mentality with them....during the actual workout I'm absolutely dieing and sweating my ### off. But as soon as they are over in my head I feel like "that wasn't too bad". It's weird, I don't consciously do that to keep myself motivated or anything, but I seem to feel this way every single time. Is it just because it's only for a short period of time (35-45 mins)?

 
TLEF316 said:
offdee said:
TLEF316 said:
really thinking about doing this. It seems like exactly what i need from a fitness perspective (a few injuries since December and the inability to work out as a result have tacked 10 or so lbs on and robbed me of my explosiveness).My only concern is that my condo doesnt have very high ceilings. I dont have a lot of room. Am i screwed or can you do this workout with limited space?
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You don't need much space at all.Me and my gf do it together...I literally do my stuff in about a 7' wide x 5' deep area of floor space and works out fine. There's pretty minimal hands above head jumping and half the time you're too tired to get your hands all the way up anyways.
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Thanks.So if someone was 5'11 and is able to dunk a soccer ball when in shape (i assume this workout will get me back there, if not higher) i wont have a problem in a condo with what i believe are 8 foot ceilings?
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Nope, shouldn't be a problem. Just don't do the workouts below a spinning ceiling fan.
 
very cool.

I'm actually thinking of pulling the trigger and paying for the DVD's.

I think i'd be a lot more motivated if i actually dropped ~$150 instead of trying to DL it from somewhere.

 
offdee said:
Another misc. thought....These workouts are very strange for me and the mentality with them....during the actual workout I'm absolutely dieing and sweating my ### off. But as soon as they are over in my head I feel like "that wasn't too bad". It's weird, I don't consciously do that to keep myself motivated or anything, but I seem to feel this way every single time. Is it just because it's only for a short period of time (35-45 mins)?
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Same exact thing here. Although I expect that to change in 2 weeks.
 
Bull Dozier said:
Giant Wooden Badger said:
Bull Dozier said:
Max interval plyo is teh suck. At least three moves I physically could not do.
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Because they're too hard or because of a flexibility issue?
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A little of both. The three I'm thinking of are:1-Level 3 drills. I have wussy upper body strength. I can't do two sets of 16 pushups in that amount of time (more like ten minutes maybe). I get through one set (barely) by the time he's done.2-Push ups where you push up to a standing/touching your toes position. Flexibility is a problem there, as well as strength. I'd do regular push ups here, but then I'd be wasted for the level 3 drills. Just jump rope to keep the heart rate up for now.3-Oblique pushups. Don't know if the issue was coordination or strength, but I fell on my face the first time I tried. Didn't try again. I have a bad shoulder, too, so even if I could do it on my left side, it would be a no go for the right.
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I don't know what any of those are but it scares me. And I can do a fair amount of pushups.
 
offdee said:
Another misc. thought....These workouts are very strange for me and the mentality with them....during the actual workout I'm absolutely dieing and sweating my ### off. But as soon as they are over in my head I feel like "that wasn't too bad". It's weird, I don't consciously do that to keep myself motivated or anything, but I seem to feel this way every single time. Is it just because it's only for a short period of time (35-45 mins)?
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same.also, I am shocked at how quickly my heart rate drops during the stretching periods.
 
Giant Wooden Badger said:
Bull Dozier said:
Giant Wooden Badger said:
Bull Dozier said:
Max interval plyo is teh suck. At least three moves I physically could not do.
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Because they're too hard or because of a flexibility issue?
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A little of both. The three I'm thinking of are:1-Level 3 drills. I have wussy upper body strength. I can't do two sets of 16 pushups in that amount of time (more like ten minutes maybe). I get through one set (barely) by the time he's done.2-Push ups where you push up to a standing/touching your toes position. Flexibility is a problem there, as well as strength. I'd do regular push ups here, but then I'd be wasted for the level 3 drills. Just jump rope to keep the heart rate up for now.3-Oblique pushups. Don't know if the issue was coordination or strength, but I fell on my face the first time I tried. Didn't try again. I have a bad shoulder, too, so even if I could do it on my left side, it would be a no go for the right.
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I don't know what any of those are but it scares me. And I can do a fair amount of pushups.
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All I can say is that Sean T should have said in the build up for this workout "I'm really worried about what is about to happen." I'll save any more details and let the anticipation build for you.
 
Bull Dozier said:
Giant Wooden Badger said:
Bull Dozier said:
Max interval plyo is teh suck. At least three moves I physically could not do.
Click to expand...
Because they're too hard or because of a flexibility issue?
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A little of both. The three I'm thinking of are:1-Level 3 drills. I have wussy upper body strength. I can't do two sets of 16 pushups in that amount of time (more like ten minutes maybe). I get through one set (barely) by the time he's done.2-Push ups where you push up to a standing/touching your toes position. Flexibility is a problem there, as well as strength. I'd do regular push ups here, but then I'd be wasted for the level 3 drills. Just jump rope to keep the heart rate up for now.3-Oblique pushups. Don't know if the issue was coordination or strength, but I fell on my face the first time I tried. Didn't try again. I have a bad shoulder, too, so even if I could do it on my left side, it would be a no go for the right.
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side push ups and balance push ups were the tough ones for me. max cardio today, should be fun.
 
Snotbubbles said:
safariplanet said:
cbatm32 said:
safariplanet said:
Already on Day 3 and I feel like a new man. I didn't have that much fat on me to begin with, but all of my muscles are really tight now. I was on Day 2 yesterday and it took me about 45 minutes to get through the 30 minute video.I've also adjusted my diet to include lots of peanut butter, fish, and chicken. My only sugar intake is through my juice addiction.Feelin lean and mean :angry:
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This thread just took a sharp turn straight downhill.
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Who are all these noobs crawling out of the woodwork? Member #40,000, isn't that a bit much to trash-talk me?
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Can't we all just get along.Also, how did it take you 45 minutes to do a 30 minute video.
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He could be like my buddy who just started this a month ago. He stated "It takes 5 minutes for the ripple effect stop". he's dropped a ton in 4 weeks though. Seriously though, you stop when you can't keep up then restart.
 
first day of core cardio and balance, wasn't impressed.

so i finished and ran 10k.

I think I am going to mix in ab ripper this week to core cardio.

Insane abs looks silly hard so I'll wait on it.

 
Started this yesterday, left my fit test results at home so will post them later. Not great but that's why I'm here!

Question on scheduling-I have a busy summer schedule so inevitably I'll miss a day or two. What do you do when you miss a day? Do you do the workout you missed even though you're off schedule? Do you try to shift around to get back on schedule? I imagine you don't skip a workout...

 
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