3-20-10: Wow. Still sore from the Recovery workout. But, not sore enough to prevent a good ole-fashioned run at Plyometrics! The battle was fought and we’ll call it a draw. I mean, the DVD nor myself died, so I guess there was no true winner.
That’s not to say that there were not attempts on my life during the workout. Squats took a pretty good shot. Hell, so did the Ski Abs. Only my ability to turn the player off when it was done and run away saved me.
It was a good warm-up once again. I find myself going much faster during the third iteration, even if that means I need to take breaks. I feel that I sprint and butt kick faster than anyone on the DVD. I also am far more conscious of lifting my knees above my hips during the high knees…never sacrifice form. If I can just transition from the sprinting to the jumping jacks and the jumping jacks to the Heisman a little better. I feel like I use up my energy meter on the sprinting, so that when jumping jacks start, my body is demanding a break. It will come. It will come.
I feel my meal schedules have been a bit off during the weekends of late. Either running out for bigger meals here and there, or waking up so late that my first meal starts at noon, making the process of fitting four more meals in difficult. In the end, I feel I am missing calories. I also feel that this reflects in my overall energy level and the workout process. I must start eating more and more consistently during my days away from work.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Insanity Workout Day 74: I Needed a Recovery Day to Recovery From The Recovery Workout
3-19-10: Yes, it would have been too painful today to try working out. I was sore. Very sore. My legs hated me. Shaun T confuses me. Anyway, today was supposed to be the fitness test, so at least I’m not missing one of the bigger cardio workouts.
My weight is down a couple of pounds to about 218. This puts me at 17 down overall and 3 shy of my three month goal of which I have a couple of weeks remaining. From that standpoint, everything is good. Pants and clothes are fitting looser. There is going to be this uncomfortable time period from about now to the time I get to a stable shape where I am going to be wearing hellishly loose clothing. Ah well. Take the good with the bad.
So far so good. This is all with a couple of cheat eating days a week as well. I do love my pizza. I do love my Mom’s brownies (I went over there today and limited myself to two brownies. The addiction had me thinking of them the entire time I was there however.)
Well, I suppose tomorrow will be Plyometrics! Yay!
My weight is down a couple of pounds to about 218. This puts me at 17 down overall and 3 shy of my three month goal of which I have a couple of weeks remaining. From that standpoint, everything is good. Pants and clothes are fitting looser. There is going to be this uncomfortable time period from about now to the time I get to a stable shape where I am going to be wearing hellishly loose clothing. Ah well. Take the good with the bad.
So far so good. This is all with a couple of cheat eating days a week as well. I do love my pizza. I do love my Mom’s brownies (I went over there today and limited myself to two brownies. The addiction had me thinking of them the entire time I was there however.)
Well, I suppose tomorrow will be Plyometrics! Yay!
Insanity Workout Day 73: Cardio Recovery/Abs A New Combination and Happily Painful
3-18-10: So, Cardio Abs weren’t awful. It was not as fun as say not doing them. But certainly I had juice left for the world of Recovery.
Cardio Recovery was awful. I’m sure I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, and I’ll say it in the future: This can not be a recovery workout. I feel worse after this one than after all of the other workouts combined. Cardio Recovery is like getting salad for dessert or bran flakes instead of Doritos. The mental anguish of this disparity is huge.
Again, it is mainly the position holds that cause this workout to be pure evil. Do sixteen slow squats. Okay. Did it. Yay me! Okay…now hold yourself in the squat position. Ok. Now try to go lower into the squat and try to bring your thighs together. Ouch. Now let’s do 16 pulses. No…please…no more…Shaun T….please…have mercy. Now, let’s do the same thing with lunges. Please…think of my legs! Now let’s do the squats again...oh why…you are an angry and vengeful fitness guru.
Based on its name, this is the workout that he really is aiming at people hating him for. There can be no other explanation.
On a side note, throwing 48 minutes of workout on my “Day off” day might not have been the best idea. Tomorrow is going to be a tricky fish.
Cardio Recovery was awful. I’m sure I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, and I’ll say it in the future: This can not be a recovery workout. I feel worse after this one than after all of the other workouts combined. Cardio Recovery is like getting salad for dessert or bran flakes instead of Doritos. The mental anguish of this disparity is huge.
Again, it is mainly the position holds that cause this workout to be pure evil. Do sixteen slow squats. Okay. Did it. Yay me! Okay…now hold yourself in the squat position. Ok. Now try to go lower into the squat and try to bring your thighs together. Ouch. Now let’s do 16 pulses. No…please…no more…Shaun T….please…have mercy. Now, let’s do the same thing with lunges. Please…think of my legs! Now let’s do the squats again...oh why…you are an angry and vengeful fitness guru.
Based on its name, this is the workout that he really is aiming at people hating him for. There can be no other explanation.
On a side note, throwing 48 minutes of workout on my “Day off” day might not have been the best idea. Tomorrow is going to be a tricky fish.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Insanity Workout Day 72: I Showed Shaun T My Pinky, I Told Him It Hurt, He Screamed PLYOMETRICS In Response. This Seems To Be His Answer To Everythin
3-17-10: Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone! I woke up at an excellent time this morning and was able to complete a workout before work. FANtastic. I mean, this happened yesterday too, but today was the second day in a row and I got up a lot earlier. Getting back into good habits.
I do not believe Shaun T is Irish. Or, if he is, he celebrates by causing pain. I guess we all celebrate differently. I asked him if he believed in Leprechauns. He responded by saying that tomorrow, which should be a day off, will instead be filled with Cardio Abs (in response to my insolence for missing it previously in the week), and Cardio Recovery (in response to my insolence for missing this a few weeks in a row now). I have a meeting at 8:00 AM tomorrow. I suppose Shaun T comes first and I’ll have to keep in mind never to mention Leprechauns to him again.
The workout today was all right. Definitely felt a little tired from yesterday, but also did quite well. The actual workout was not terrible. Oddly, the worst part came during the second iteration of the second circuit where I was supposed to be doing the “basketball” exercise, but instead felt like watching.
I went to the Doctor today and he gave me a much better splint (with several replacements) for the Mallet finger. The good news is that it is not nearly as annoying or bulky as the first splint was. The bad news is that his prognosis is 6-8 weeks, then another 3 weeks of nighttime splint wearing to be sure. No breaks and no surgery, so that is good and the new splint has much better mobility. For instance, I can use my pinky to type now, which I could not with the other one. Definitely less of a hindrance. Thankfully, it is my left hand…so…say…playing Frisbee/throwing the football (and catching it one handed)/Playing most variations of “destructo”/going on Meijer runs can still be handled safely.
I do not believe Shaun T is Irish. Or, if he is, he celebrates by causing pain. I guess we all celebrate differently. I asked him if he believed in Leprechauns. He responded by saying that tomorrow, which should be a day off, will instead be filled with Cardio Abs (in response to my insolence for missing it previously in the week), and Cardio Recovery (in response to my insolence for missing this a few weeks in a row now). I have a meeting at 8:00 AM tomorrow. I suppose Shaun T comes first and I’ll have to keep in mind never to mention Leprechauns to him again.
The workout today was all right. Definitely felt a little tired from yesterday, but also did quite well. The actual workout was not terrible. Oddly, the worst part came during the second iteration of the second circuit where I was supposed to be doing the “basketball” exercise, but instead felt like watching.
I went to the Doctor today and he gave me a much better splint (with several replacements) for the Mallet finger. The good news is that it is not nearly as annoying or bulky as the first splint was. The bad news is that his prognosis is 6-8 weeks, then another 3 weeks of nighttime splint wearing to be sure. No breaks and no surgery, so that is good and the new splint has much better mobility. For instance, I can use my pinky to type now, which I could not with the other one. Definitely less of a hindrance. Thankfully, it is my left hand…so…say…playing Frisbee/throwing the football (and catching it one handed)/Playing most variations of “destructo”/going on Meijer runs can still be handled safely.
Insanity Workout Day 71: Pure Cardio, No Abs…Will Shaun T. Notice?
3-16-10: Did I skip Cardio Abs due to exhaustion? Heck no! Let me be honest with you. I am ALWAYS exhausted after Pure Cardio. Today was no different in that respect. I simply needed to be at work at a certain time, and those 15 minutes would have made things risky.
To answer the question…yes, Shaun T noticed. And he was not pleased. In fact, he demanded a goat sacrifice to appease him or at least the promise that I would do a workout tomorrow. I chose the latter because I have been running low on goats.
The pinky was not terrible. Certainly annoying, but I think I am past that small little mental barrier. Flying through it all or not, the workout felt good. Despite still not making it through the warm-up (it is only day 71 after all), I still fell progress is being made. In all honesty, I feel I am at a point where I could make it through the warm-up, just not at 100% intensity. I see the people on the screen. They are not at 100% intensity. I will be better than they are. I will eat their souls.
I felt really sleepy for the last 6 or so exercises. I put my head down. Wait…maybe I wasn’t sleepy. Maybe I was passing out due to exhaustion. Whatever it was, I felt beat near the end. To tomorrow I go!
To answer the question…yes, Shaun T noticed. And he was not pleased. In fact, he demanded a goat sacrifice to appease him or at least the promise that I would do a workout tomorrow. I chose the latter because I have been running low on goats.
The pinky was not terrible. Certainly annoying, but I think I am past that small little mental barrier. Flying through it all or not, the workout felt good. Despite still not making it through the warm-up (it is only day 71 after all), I still fell progress is being made. In all honesty, I feel I am at a point where I could make it through the warm-up, just not at 100% intensity. I see the people on the screen. They are not at 100% intensity. I will be better than they are. I will eat their souls.
I felt really sleepy for the last 6 or so exercises. I put my head down. Wait…maybe I wasn’t sleepy. Maybe I was passing out due to exhaustion. Whatever it was, I felt beat near the end. To tomorrow I go!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Insanity Workout Day 70: D.O.A. 2: Shaun T’s Revenge
3-15-10: I talked to Shaun T today about how I missed the workout today. He said I had two choices. I could either get back into a solid every day is Insanity routine, or he would give me an injury to which he would consider to be a legitimate excuse. This probably means massive head trauma and/or paralysis.
Yes, I will have to get back into it. I probably should not have stayed up till 1:00. I have noticed a fascinating development. When I try to get up after 2-5 hours of sleep, my body tends to resist. I am amazed by this discovery and intend to write a book about it.
I still have not gone two days without physical activity yet. This means that I have no choice but to workout tomorrow. What could possibly go wrong?
Yes, I will have to get back into it. I probably should not have stayed up till 1:00. I have noticed a fascinating development. When I try to get up after 2-5 hours of sleep, my body tends to resist. I am amazed by this discovery and intend to write a book about it.
I still have not gone two days without physical activity yet. This means that I have no choice but to workout tomorrow. What could possibly go wrong?
Insanity Workout Day 69: Shaun T v. The Pinky, Round 2: Power and Resistance
3-14-10: This was not a bad workout. Not a bad workout indeed. I did better through the evil warm-up and was not completely brutalized when doing the actual workout. Even the excessive plank work required could not deter my injured pinky from attacking. That being said, the splint pretty much came off by the end of the workout. Stupid splint. Stupid pinky. How can this little pinky be causing such problems?
No, I will not be advancing to month 2 until the pinky is better. Why? I already feel I am overdoing it (for a stupid freaking pinky) with the current routine. Hmm…I cannot see this ending well. I have already tried taking the splint off to see if it was better. It was not...but I am getting tired of wearing it. So, my injury timetable might be reduced a couple weeks due to annoyance. You see, science is…whatever we want it to be. I want it to heal faster. Therefore, the splint must be removed earlier. It is all logic.
No, I will not be advancing to month 2 until the pinky is better. Why? I already feel I am overdoing it (for a stupid freaking pinky) with the current routine. Hmm…I cannot see this ending well. I have already tried taking the splint off to see if it was better. It was not...but I am getting tired of wearing it. So, my injury timetable might be reduced a couple weeks due to annoyance. You see, science is…whatever we want it to be. I want it to heal faster. Therefore, the splint must be removed earlier. It is all logic.
Insanity Workout Day 68: D.O.A. (Day off again)
3-13-10: What can I say? I woke up today and did not feel like doing the workout with the pinky hindrance. Weak. Very weak, I know. I have a feeling that there will be more of these pesky days off in the future until I do not have to worry about the stupid splint. I will at least make sure not to take two consecutive days off. This, I command.
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