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Ewestlu

Pure cardio today to finish up week 2!

cardertaxidermy

Day two of recovery week. I couldn't bring myself to do the same video two days in a row so I did pure cardio and cardio abs I will return to recovery video tomorrow might only do the recovery video every other day with videos in between I get bored easy. I'm not saying the recovery video is boring just that I don't like doing the same video two days in a row.

billutzman

Still here. This week is week 2 of month 2. So far this week I did a lot better than last week. This week is a rough week to find time though with work being so busy. Max Interval Circuit is the absolute hardest workout period.

nitesky83

Today was week 4, day 4. A lot more definition to my body. I went to the gym and shaved off 3 mins off my mile run lol

kvwalton30

billutzman wrote: »

Still here. This week is week 2 of month 2. So far this week I did a lot better than last week. This week is a rough week to find time though with work being so busy. Max Interval Circuit is the absolute hardest workout period.

Yes - totally - Max Interval Circuit is unbelievable! I got to 23 mins to go this morning and I was ready to collapse! Made it though and felt great but I can't imagine anyone would find that easy!

billutzman

Today was supposed to be recovery day, I ended up doing max cardio conditioning and cardio abs and will do recovery tomorrow. I did this to punish myself for eating a dairyqueen twist cone at lunch today.

cardertaxidermy

I did cardio Power and Resistance today. I can not make myself do the same video for 6 days. Probably going to do Plyometric tomorrow and then take 2 rest days because I will be gone the weekend. Monday will be the beginning of 4 weeks of hell. LOL. I am sure I will love every sweaty, breathless minute of it.

MWGemini

It's definitely a step up when you hit the 2nd month. Workouts become about an hour long instead of about 40-45 minutes long, and there's more plyometric upper body stuff. There's actually some pretty fun new exercises in the 2nd month, but there's also stuff that goes away. I think the butt kicks are removed during the 2nd month (I think they were a big factor in my run speed increase, so I kinda liked them), and a few others as well that I can't think of at the moment.

cardertaxidermy

I am so excited to start month 2 on Monday. I can't do my videos today due to being out of town. I plan on getting some swimming and walking in. Tomorrow is rest day anyway so that's not a big deal. I doubt I will do the fitness test on Monday. Probably skipping that and just doing the video. Hard enough to fit in an hour.

saudifitgirl

I'm in month 2 week1 it's harder than month 1

MWGemini

I'd definitely recommend taking another 20-30 minutes to do the fitness tests along the way so you have a marker for your progress, if you can.

Also, I made a before/after comparison photo if anyone cares. I lost a noticeable amount of fat and gained slightly better definition. I was hoping for slightly better results, but I'm still pretty happy. I wasn't trying to lose weight at all, just a little body fat. I definitely could've dropped more if I'd tried, but I didn't want to lose any of the muscle mass I had, since there wasn't a lot there to begin with.

cardertaxidermy

Day 1 week 2 in the books. I took your advice @MWGemini and did the Fit Test as well. Feels good to be at month 2. Kinda dreading Max Interval Plyo tomorrow.

MWGemini

@cardertaxidermy I think that max interval plyo was my favorite workout, actually. Some of the plyometric exercises were things I'd never seen or done before, and they were a good challenge, so it made it fun. Definitely not an easy workout, though (but then again, none of them really were, at least for me...)

Stick with it but don't injure yourself! I tapered off the last two weeks and I'm sure I would've seen better results if I hadn't.

cardertaxidermy

Max Interval Plyo Done. I did love all the different/new exercises. Holy Push-ups!!!!!! @MWGemini

I was really tired this morning at my bright and early wake up of 5:30 and didn't push myself as hard as I should of, but at least I got up and did it.

MWGemini

Congrats on getting through a tough workout! I'm definitely not a morning person, so I know how hard it can be to drag yourself out of bed that early. Nice work . But yeah, the plyometric pushups are one of my favorite exercises, although I felt like the first month didn't really prepare for that very well. It seemed like the entire program was focused on legs and then all of a sudden it throws in a really challenging upper body exercise. I did the P90X plyometrics workout today that was basically "Insanity light", and I might switch it out with the Insanity plyometrics workout instead, since that was a lot more fun for me.

KevJanes

Hey I'm currently doing. Insanity, did day 21 today, congrats to all working through it I understand how hard it is.
Any of you feel free to add me also to go motivate through it

cardertaxidermy

I want to do P90 X next. Do you feel like your getting good results from it?

MWGemini

I'm only 2 days into P90X, so it's too soon to tell. I'll keep you posted as I get further into it though.

cardertaxidermy

I am drawn to P90x because I really prefer strength training over cardio. Do you think it will be a better match???? Still 60 min workouts which sucks but you gotta do what you gotta do

cardertaxidermy

Was up early again this morning to get my exercise in. Today was Max Cardio Conditioning. Much like Pure Cardio but longer. Really going to be long once I start adding cardio abs to it.

MWGemini

P90X definitely has more strength and upper body work than Insanity does. Three days a week looks like strength training stuff (chest/back/abs, shoulders/arms/abs, legs/back/abs), while the other three days are plyometrics ("Insanity light"), yoga (90 min workout, I'm doing it tomorrow for the first time), and kenpo, which I'm guessing is similar to the HIIT from Insanity. Obviously it's too soon to tell what kind of results I may see, but I can definitely say that my upper body is being worked with P90X, which I felt was kinda lacking from Insanity. So far my only complaints with P90X are that the voices are a little quiet, he tends to count out loud (which sometimes messes up my count), and there isn't really enough time to log my reps and switch weights between sets. I have a set of Bowflex 552 adjustable dumbbells, and it takes me a few seconds to switch the weights sometimes, which cuts into my next set. I'm adjusting for this by pausing the video every couple of sets to catch up, but it's annoying. He also doesn't demo the next exercise the way Insanity does. In Insanity, Shaun will often demo the next exercise while you're resting, but that seems to almost never happen in P90X (at least from what I've seen so far). This won't be an issue once I've learned all the exercises, but for the first few times, it's going to slow me down a bit as I watch their form for a few reps before starting.

And if hour-long workouts are too long, @cardertaxidermy , I'd say look into P90X3. I've heard that it's basically "P90X light" in that each session is cut in half, and it's a little less intense with many of the exercises. I haven't personally seen or tried it, however.

billutzman

Congrats to you graduating to month 2. I am i week3 of month 2. 1 more week to go!! This week I am doing evening workouts due to the fact they are so long and having to be at work by 7am rhis week. This evening was max cardio conditioning. I kicked butt. Towards the end Tanya tuckered out and stopped and I kept going. I chalked it up as a win, even though she was doing more reps.

I am leaning towards getting P90X3. The new 30min dvd series.

MWGemini

I never saw Tanya drop a rep. I must've been too busy gasping for breath to notice. I'm convinced that both she and Ariel are not human.

cardertaxidermy

Yesterday was Max Recovery. Today was Max Plyo.

There is no way I can keep up with the people on the video. They are machines!!!!!

cardertaxidermy

@MWGemini thanks for the P90X info

cardertaxidermy

Today was Max Intervak Circuit. What a sweat!!!! My Fitbit Blaze said I burned over 400 calories. Another very exciting thing is today I did the first chin up I have ever done my I entire life. I was so excited. Still working on the pull ups.

MWGemini

Congrats on your first chinup, @cardertaxidermy! Since Insanity doesn't work upper body much at all, what have you been doing to work on that? Something that has helped me with my pullups and chinups has been resistance bands when I don't have the strength to do more reps. I use one of these (the green one). I hitch it over my pullup bar and then tuck a knee into it to make the reps a little easier. That company also sells a three pack that includes some weaker bands too (that's what I have, actually, but I don't use the purple or black for much yet).

cardertaxidermy

Well....:I'm not sure. I was going to the gym and lifting for 3 months before I started Insanity so I am sure that helped. I got a door way bar because as I said before I am interested in P90x next and I actually could do a chin up. I am no where near close to doing a pull up yet but I will get there. I couldn't even do chin ups in elementary school. I was beyond tickled!!!!

MWGemini

If you're doing P90X next, I'd definitely recommend some bands of some sort (there are lots of options) for assisting with the pullups/chinups. I did the chest/back workout today and there are 6 different sets of pullups or chinups (out of 24). On my first set, I did 7 without bands and then 8 more with the green band I linked above, but by my last set, I couldn't do any without the band, and only did 6 with the band. If you want to see what all the exercises here, here are the worksheets or you can look at this Excel spreadsheet. I use the worksheets, since the spreadsheet seems to be missing a few things, and it's easier for me to just have a pen and clipboard where I work out, versus bringing a laptop or something in.

christinaa21

I've been off and on with two beach body programs. I tried to start today but I'm just so out of shape its depressing. I'm trying to focus on just doing the routine everyday instead of trying to do it perfectly. I'd love to have someone push me though. You can add me if you'd like