My P90X / Insanity Workouts 7/22-7/29
Friday, July 24th- P90X Chest and Back
I can’t even remember the last time I did this workout but I do remember that I was pumping out 30+ push-ups each set. This time, not even close. I think I may have gotten to the low 20′s in a couple of the sets.
Sunday, July 25th- Insanity Plyometric Cardio Circuit
Talk about sweating…!!! WOW. I have been doing the Insanity workouts for some time now so I knew what to expect, but the humidity has been really high lately causing me to sweat up a storm. There was a point when I was sweating so much that I had to pause the workout to dry off the floor. I was slipping all over the place and almost fell a few times.
Monday, July 26th – P90X Arms and Back
This has to be one of my more favorite workouts. There are not any pull-ups which is a big plus, but I really enjoy all of the bicep and tricep exercises. I learned my lesson from the first time I did this and didn’t push it too hard. I did just enough to fell the burn and experience a bit of muscle failure. Last time I pushed it way to hard the first week and was crazy sore! I was so sore I couldn’t even scratch my nose!
Tuesday, July 27th – Day off
I was will my boy the entire day and decided to take a day off. I must have burned a similar amount of calories chasing him around the entire day!
Wednesday, July 28th -P90X Legs and Back
It has been quite some time since I have done this workout, but as I began all I could think about is what my brother Andy had said to me last time we talked. Andy recently started the P90X and said that he feels sick to his stomach after the Legs and Back workout. I have to say that this is a tough one. I am still surprised that my brother and I can feel this tired from doing a bunch of exercises that really involve no extra weight. My legs should be really sore tomorrow. I am not looking forward to getting out of bed tomorrow.
Thursday, July 29th -Insanity Core Cardio and Balance
Week Two and Three of P90X
I will admit, I felt very weak when I was going through my first week of the P90X program. The 2nd week I was beginning to show some improvements, but my biggest jump has been in week 3 thus far. My pushups and pullups have drastically increased, and I think a few more weeks of this I’ll be able to keep up with Tony. I know everyone thinks the Plyometrics is the “toughest” workout, and yes, i’m still struggling to keep up. However, I think the hardest workout has got to be legs and back. I’ve completed it 3 times now, and each time I come very close to throwing up. It’s just a killer! So far so good, if one is serious about fitness, the P90X will definitely whoop you into shape. I can already see results with my abs, that ab ripper x is ridiculous.
My Insanity Workout Fit Test
I have done the Insanity workout program a bit before so the fit test was nothing new to me. It has been a while since I have “Pushed play” on an Insanity DVD. Needless to say the trainer who leads the Insanity workouts, Shaun-T, didn’t waste any time getting me sweating.
The first test wasn’t too difficult. It is supposed to be used to track your improvements throughout the 60-day program. I will be doing the fit test every 15 days and tracking my progress with a chart provided for free from Beachbody. Below are the results from my first Insanity workout fit test.
6/27/10 7/14/10
- Switch Kicks – 85 110
- Power Jacks- 46 50
- Power Knees- 83 96
- Power jumps – 25 36
- Globe Jumps – 8 10
- Suicide Jumps- 13 15
- Push-Up Jacks- 30 35
- Low Plank Oblique- 50 60
7/14/10
This was my second time through the fit test and it was still challenging. I made it a point to push myself and improve with each exercise but I don’t see myself improving too much more in some of the exercises. There are 8 exercises in the fit test and each one is a minute long. I will probably be able to increase each one a little bit but there is no way I will experience the jumps that I had in some of them. With the first exercise, switch kicks, I am going almost 2 every second for the entire minute. I think I had a pretty good amount of power knees too. I estimate that in 45 more days I should add at least 5-10% on to every exercise.
Week Two of Insanity
The July 4th weekend did not make week two of my Insanity workouts any easier. On Saturday the 3rd I went to a beautiful wedding where I ate and drank too much. And then on the 4th I went to a family gathering and tried to not eat too much. Needless to say when I began week two it was just as tough, if not tougher, than my first week with it.
The workouts were pretty much a mirror of week one’s with one exception, day 13. Day 13 was the toughest workout DVD, Pure Cardio, with cardi abs. I knew this workout was going to be a tough one so I just put my head down and went straight into it.
I knew from the first time that Pure Cardio was a killer workout so I elected to do cardio abs first. Cardio abs was around 15 minutes long and was not too tough when compared to the P90X‘s Ab Ripper. There were some difficult segments in it but overall it wasn’t too bad.
So I finished Cardio Abs with a light sweat going, took a short 3 minute break, then plowed into Pure Cardio. It was a killer workout. I had to hit the pause button during the water breaks numerous times. I managed to finish it without adding too much time onto it.
I am enjoying my day off today and looking forward to my fit test tomorrow. Hopefully I improve on all of the exercises and depending on how I feel I may even do the second workout of week 3.
I haven’t in any way been watching what I eat so I haven’t seen any significant weight loss. I imagine that by the end of the 60 day workout program I should lose at least 5 pounds and be in great cardio shape. In 3 weeks I am going to attempt to run a 5K without any previous running training. It will be a test of how well the Insanity program really is. Stay tuned!
P90X Helps American Gladiator, Siren, Crush Opponents
Twenty years ago as a kid I can still remember tuning in to the USA network to watch American Gladiators. Needless to say when it was brought back a couple of years ago I tuned in to watch with the same kind of excitement I had as a child. I am still not sure what the show’s allure is. Maybe it is the fact that I live vicariously through the “average Joes” that go up against the gladiators.
My favorite event is the Joust. Maybe it’s my favorite because its over water or maybe because the Gladiators look like gods compared to the “9 to 5′ers” on the podiums. Whichever it is, it is my favorite event.
When I found out that a gladiator, Siren, uses P90X to stay in shape and prepare for the shows, I had to share it with you. Enjoy!
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