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Posted: 6/18/2012 7:17:36 PM
[Last Edit: 6/18/2012 7:21:53 PM by Afterwork_Ninja]
Originally Posted By GaelicVyk:
I like the pad idea, but what do you do with them when you're not using them? My wife would not let me leave it on the floor, haha. Did you take longer breaks in the first fit test? I had to pause it after each move for at least a minute, and after the Suicide Jumps I was just panting for at least 3 extra minutes, haha. I took all kinds of breaks. That first one almost killed me. I'm surprised I tried the first workout after the fit test. When you do your first "Level One" drill, remember that I am telling you they are easy compared to with what they are replaced with later. I just put my coffee table on top of them after my workout. I have a heavy bag hanging in my kitchen, so the mats in the living room match the decor. One of the few advantages of being single. I was anxious to see how my results improved, but with my work and workout schedule it would have been a couple months before I finished Insanity. I missed lifting so I switched to a P90X/Insanity hybrid workout. Now my workout is something like this: Day 1: P90X workout. Day 2: Jiu-Jitsu/MMA Day 3: Insanity Day 4: Yoga Repeat. |
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Posted: 6/19/2012 10:05:27 AM
P90X/Insanity Hybrid
Pure Cardio Max heart rate: 189 bpm Target Zone: 65%-90% Total Workout Time: 46:36 Calories burned: 700 AVG HR: 78% Max HR: 90% Time in Zone: 42:26 I had to take a few more breaks than usual. It may have been the heat. Ever since I took that Yoga class with the heat cranked up, I've been doing the same at home. I leave the A/C off during the day and it was 93 degrees in there last night. |
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Posted: 6/19/2012 5:14:13 PM
Insanity Day 2, Plyo Cardio Circuit, or Death By Jumping
The pain. Can't stand up. Massive hematoma on both big toes from those damn Ski Drills.  Shaun T says wear cross trainers. I tried it in my Five-Fingers. Guess that's a bad idea. I don't have cross trainers. Might have to pick some up. 
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Posted: 6/20/2012 10:02:34 AM
Originally Posted By GaelicVyk:
Insanity Day 2, Plyo Cardio Circuit, or Death By Jumping The pain. Can't stand up. Massive hematoma on both big toes from those damn Ski Drills. Shaun T says wear cross trainers. I tried it in my Five-Fingers. Guess that's a bad idea. I don't have cross trainers. Might have to pick some up.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/GaelicVyk/Insanitytoe.jpg Ouch. If it makes you feel any better I picked up some mat burn on the top of my foot last night. No-Gi JiuiJitsu Lesson JiuiJitsu Lesson Rolled six 3 minute rounds and three 5 minute rounds. Max heart rate: 189 bpm Target Zone: 65%-90% Total Workout Time: 3:30 Calories burned: 1500 estimated AVG HR: Unknown Max HR: Unknown Time in Zone: Unknown |
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Posted: 6/20/2012 5:35:10 PM
[Last Edit: 6/21/2012 3:35:08 PM by GaelicVyk]
Misery loves company, haha.
Insanity Day 3, Cardio Power and Resistance, DONE! More pain, but it was not as hard as yesterday. Still a little harder than regular P90x Plyo, and then sprinkle in pushups! Shaun T just does not STOP. Toes feel better today. The one in the pic was the worse one and it popped last night (ew  ). Did a lot of walking today for car shopping so I stretched out my legs a bit. They were still pretty sore up until I started this afternoon, but quickly warmed up. I also wore regular shoes which might have helped. Hopefully the recovery from today won't take as long.
Tomorrow is Cardio Recovery (what the...? Oxymoron anybody?), so it will hopefully be relatively not hard. |
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Posted: 6/20/2012 5:42:18 PM
Originally Posted By GaelicVyk:
Misery loves company, haha. Insanity Day 2, Cardio Power and Resistance, DONE! More pain, but it was not as hard as yesterday. Still a little harder than regular P90x Plyo, and then sprinkle in pushups! Shaun T just does not STOP. Toes feel better today. The one in the pic was the worse one and it popped last night (ew ). Did a lot of walking today for car shopping so I stretched out my legs a bit. They were still pretty sore up until I started this afternoon, but quickly warmed up. I also wore regular shoes which might have helped. Hopefully the recovery from today won't take as long.
Tomorrow is Cardio Recovery (what the...? Oxymoron anybody?), so it will hopefully be relatively not hard. 
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Posted: 6/20/2012 6:51:28 PM
Originally Posted By Afterwork_Ninja:
Originally Posted By GaelicVyk:
snip... so it will hopefully be relatively not hard.
Yea, I know. I meant relatively not hard, as in it's shorter and hopefully I'll only need to take 5 or 6 breaks instead of 10-15.  |
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Posted: 6/21/2012 3:37:54 PM
[Last Edit: 6/22/2012 5:15:29 PM by GaelicVyk]
Insanity Day 4, Cardio Recovery, DONE!
Not really all that hard, although I don't think it was supposed to be. Reminded me a lot of the Yoga, but shorter. I didn't take an unscheduled breaks, but I did have to come out of the squat and lunge holds early. |
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Posted: 6/21/2012 4:40:13 PM
Where's Dan P been?
I forgot to write down my data, but last night I did Rodney Yee's Power Yoga for 58 minutes and 352 calories. |
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Posted: 6/21/2012 8:48:13 PM
[Last Edit: 6/21/2012 8:51:33 PM by Spartan16]
Glad some of you are finally starting to do Insanity. I told you all about it and how good it was like a year ago.
 I finished a whole cycle of Insanity then went back to weight training. I am back doing Insanity again and almost done with the first week of month two. Almost forgot how tough month two is.
FWIW - My workout shoes started taking a shit (I've had the same ones for years). So I just bought some of those Reebok Zigtechs and they're great for Insanity type of workouts. I am very happy of the cushioning they give on the ball of the foot, whereas most running shoes are just supported on the heals. |
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Posted: 6/21/2012 9:03:02 PM
Originally Posted By Afterwork_Ninja:
Where's Dan P been? I forgot to write down my data, but last night I did Rodney Yee's Power Yoga for 58 minutes and 352 calories. Still here. 
My other half/workout partner has been out of town on business this week, and it was supposed to be a "recovery week" of P90X2. The recovery week of P90X2 doesn't do much for me, so I've been doing some free-weight workouts along with a few old school P90X workouts. I haven't been wearing my HR monitor, so not much to report. Tonight I had to mow the lawn. Air temp was an actual of 97 with a heat index of 104. Think I sweated out about 5lbs! We'll be back at it Sunday - and back with the daily reports. Dan. |
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Posted: 6/21/2012 9:05:49 PM
Originally Posted By Spartan16:
Glad some of you are finally starting to do Insanity. I told you all about it and how good it was like a year ago. I finished a whole cycle of Insanity then went back to weight training. I am back doing Insanity again and almost done with the first week of month two. Almost forgot how tough month two is.
FWIW - My workout shoes started taking a shit (I've had the same ones for years). So I just bought some of those Reebok Zigtechs and they're great for Insanity type of workouts. I am very happy of the cushioning they give on the ball of the foot, whereas most running shoes are just supported on the heals. I've found that most running shoes don't have nearly enough lateral support for me when doing plyometric type moves. I wear old school Converse All-Star "Chuck Taylor" high tops when doing deadlifts and squats, and wear a pair of Nike Air Monarch IV for my P90X/P90X2 stuff. They are both relatively cheap and work well for me. Dan. |
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Posted: 6/22/2012 2:50:15 PM
Just started P90X 2 days ago. Damn. It's an ass kicker. I usually considered myself to be in relatively good shape for a Marine, even though I gots the beer guts.......... But man, I feel old now lol.
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Posted: 6/22/2012 5:22:27 PM
Insanity Day 5, Pure Cardio, DONE!
Insanity sucks. I hate all this jumping. My calves can't recover from the last day before I have to start jumping around again. My upper body is going to atrophy because this workout is all lower and core. No pullups, no biceps, a few token pushups, but...meh. I watched the Cardio Abs after this video and it didn't look like even half as good a workout as Ab Ripper, and you only do it once a week? 
This series just doesn't seem to be as well balanced at P90x. I might give this another couple weeks, but I'm not going to do the full run. I'm going back to P90x. YMMV. |
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Posted: 6/22/2012 5:44:17 PM
Originally Posted By GaelicVyk:
Insanity Day 5, Pure Cardio, DONE! Insanity sucks. I hate all this jumping. My calves can't recover from the last day before I have to start jumping around again. My upper body is going to atrophy because this workout is all lower and core. No pullups, no biceps, a few token pushups, but...meh. I watched the Cardio Abs after this video and it didn't look like even half as good a workout as Ab Ripper, and you only do it once a week?
This series just doesn't seem to be as well balanced at P90x. I might give this another couple weeks, but I'm not going to do the full run. I'm going back to P90x. YMMV. That's exactly why I didn't finish. Cardio Abs is a pretty good workout. I like it better than Ab Ripper X, but not as much as the Ab workout in P90X+. I didn't have any of the calf problems, but that may be because of the mats. One thing I did notice when I did nothing but Insanity, my cardio for stand up sparring at the MMA gym was through the roof. Here is the hybrid schedule that I am using with BJJ/MMA and Yoga thrown in:  |
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Posted: 6/22/2012 5:52:11 PM
Originally Posted By Afterwork_Ninja:
Originally Posted By GaelicVyk:
Insanity Day 5, Pure Cardio, DONE! Insanity sucks. I hate all this jumping. My calves can't recover from the last day before I have to start jumping around again. My upper body is going to atrophy because this workout is all lower and core. No pullups, no biceps, a few token pushups, but...meh. I watched the Cardio Abs after this video and it didn't look like even half as good a workout as Ab Ripper, and you only do it once a week?
This series just doesn't seem to be as well balanced at P90x. I might give this another couple weeks, but I'm not going to do the full run. I'm going back to P90x. YMMV. That's exactly why I didn't finish. Cardio Abs is a pretty good workout. I like it better than Ab Ripper X, but not as much as the Ab workout in P90X+. I didn't have any of the calf problems, but that may be because of the mats. One thing I did notice when I did nothing but Insanity, my cardio for stand up sparring at the MMA gym was through the roof. Here is the hybrid schedule that I am using with BJJ/MMA and Yoga thrown in: http://pledgetostayfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/hybrid-schedule1.png Page not found on that link.  |
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Afterwork_Ninja
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Posted: 6/22/2012 6:29:05 PM
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Here you go, it's just a picture.
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Posted: 6/22/2012 7:05:13 PM
Originally Posted By GaelicVyk:
Insanity Day 5, Pure Cardio, DONE! Insanity sucks. I hate all this jumping. My calves can't recover from the last day before I have to start jumping around again. My upper body is going to atrophy because this workout is all lower and core. No pullups, no biceps, a few token pushups, but...meh. I watched the Cardio Abs after this video and it didn't look like even half as good a workout as Ab Ripper, and you only do it once a week?
This series just doesn't seem to be as well balanced at P90x. I might give this another couple weeks, but I'm not going to do the full run. I'm going back to P90x. YMMV. Insanity is designed to be a cardio workout program, not bulk you up. Of course your calves are going to be sore... take some protein, man up, and keep with it. It's called Insanity for a reason. If you want to hit your biceps, just do some curls on Thursday when Insanity has the "off day." I would do that. Hell, I did weight training that whole off week. If you quit after a week, it's like watching the first 15 minutes of a movie and tuning it off. It was designed to work over the full nine weeks, and month two is where it's at. It would be a shame to quit before that, but that's up to you. |
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Posted: 6/23/2012 5:07:21 PM
Insanity Day 6, Plyometric Cardio Circuit, DONE!
Not as bad as the first time, but still butt kicking. I think I took one or two less breaks, and the ones I did were shorter than last time too. Still don't like it. My legs felt fine today. I think I'm getting used to the workouts now and my recovery is getting shorter. |
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Posted: 6/24/2012 10:16:09 AM
Insanity Plyometric Cardio Circuit
Max heart rate: 189 bpm Target Zone: 65%-90% Total Workout Time: 50:12 Calories burned: 782 AVG HR: 79% Max HR: 103% (I doubt it) Time in Zone: 43:57 |
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Posted: 6/24/2012 2:29:42 PM
P90X2 - Chest, Back, Balance (and about half of Ab Ripper X2)
Total Workout Time: 1:06:55 Calories burned: 573 Avg HR: 112 Max HR: 162 Time in Zone: 28:10 My resting HR when I first put my HR monitor on today was 58. My other halfs was 78. At full tilt, her HR is always higher than mine too. I guess I am either in good cardio shape, or dying!
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Posted: 6/24/2012 5:00:45 PM
Originally Posted By Dan-P:
P90X2 - Chest, Back, Balance (and about half of Ab Ripper X2) Total Workout Time: 1:06:55 Calories burned: 573 Avg HR: 112 Max HR: 162 Time in Zone: 28:10 My resting HR when I first put my HR monitor on today was 58. My other halfs was 78. At full tilt, her HR is always higher than mine too. I guess I am either in good cardio shape, or dying!
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Posted: 6/25/2012 4:59:58 PM
Insanity Day 8, Cardio Power & Resistance, DONE!
Still sucks. Hurts less, but i'm still wiped out at the end of the warm up.
Only added 5 extra minutes of unscheduled breaks today, so I guess that's something. Although I did take some quick breaks in the middle of some things, but I didn't stop the clock. |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 5:05:50 PM
I keep getting home too late to do my Chest and Back workout, so last night I busted out a Kenpo X just for fun.
Max heart rate: 189 bpm Target Zone: 65%-90% Total Workout Time: 1:06 Calories burned: 725 AVG HR: 70% Max HR: 87% (I doubt it) Time in Zone: 40:46 |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 5:06:18 PM
Originally Posted By Covert8645:
Just started P90X 2 days ago. Damn. It's an ass kicker. I usually considered myself to be in relatively good shape for a Marine, even though I gots the beer guts.......... But man, I feel old now lol. The feeling old goes away after the first month. Then you feel younger.  You're gonna have to work at drinking if you plan on keeping that beer gut. Unless you just eat like shit. Then it's not so hard.BD]
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