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That's good to know. So do you think one could actually gain muscle doing the upper body elite or is it still a cardio workout?0
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i'd say gaining muscle would be almost entirely contingent on how many calories you are eating.
if you eat the propper amount of calories you should be able to add muscle. Even the insanity guide discusses how to eat to gain muscle (didn't think it did but i just looked at it yesterday).
So could you gain mass doing it? most definetly, but there are a lot more effective ways of doing that and they are probably a lot less demanding.0 -
I figured that was the case. Often time people associate Insanity/asylum with fat burning. Thanks for checking!0
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Pure Cardio was ok. Again doing better than I expected. I have followed P90X with Insanity before and always thought the p90x cardio didn't prepare me very well for insanity. This time around is much different. I have changed the way I look at food and eat and I recover quickly during the rest breaks. So defiantly a change from last time I did all this.
I wasn't impressed with my pic results from p90x. Feel like I look exactly the same in day one pics vs day 90, so we shall see if insanity changes that.0 -
Hate to say I've fell of the Insanity wagon. I just got all off . I was thinking about started back Monday so I can have my rest day on Sunday. But really thinking I should get back in and start today.0
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Pure Cardio was ok. Again doing better than I expected. I have followed P90X with Insanity before and always thought the p90x cardio didn't prepare me very well for insanity. This time around is much different. I have changed the way I look at food and eat and I recover quickly during the rest breaks. So defiantly a change from last time I did all this.
I wasn't impressed with my pic results from p90x. Feel like I look exactly the same in day one pics vs day 90, so we shall see if insanity changes that.
Awesome! Eat what our body needs and not what we want makes a huge difference. I'm glad that you're feeling a positive change. Way to bring it!0 -
Hate to say I've fell of the Insanity wagon. I just got all off . I was thinking about started back Monday so I can have my rest day on Sunday. But really thinking I should get back in and start today.
Identifying and overcoming the reason that made you fell off will help. What made you fell off the wagon?0 -
last night was power legs. didn'thave much energy because of Shawn T's concetration camp like diet lol, but that didn't matter to much once i got started.
where i was watching the clock like a hawk during the upper body dvd, this one was a lot more fun... at times lol.
some dumbell but not much, mostly jumps. at one point i found myself making a lot of noise, which is unusual for me. then i paused for a second and i realized that everyone in the video was loud as hell too lol, then Shawn says something like 'if they don't know your working out two houses down from you, your not doing it right' lol0 -
Hate to say I've fell of the Insanity wagon. I just got all off . I was thinking about started back Monday so I can have my rest day on Sunday. But really thinking I should get back in and start today.
Identifying and overcoming the reason that made you fell off will help. What made you fell off the wagon?
J.O.B throwing me all off. Just gonna focus what I have control over (my health). Let the rest do what it do.
Good news signed up for a fitness challenge through my job eight weeks ago, you win based on you measurements. Just found out my numbers:
8 week challenge
Waist
58 >50
Hip
61>59
Weight
382 > 376
So you know I'm hitting Insanity today0 -
Arrrghhh two more weeks and I can't get into it! Motivate me, please!0
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@no_finish_line - yep, I heard that from Shaun T LOL... While I made a lot of noises doing Insanity, the loudest actually came from lifting weights (p90x) LOL
@power_man77 - good for you for joining the challenge. it's human nature (or maybe just for guys) to compete
@allysonvb - GOOD JOB! think of it as "just two more weeks". I recently posted an article about excuses or in a nicer way "I can't seem to get motivated" Let me know what you think:
http://www.fearlessleefit.com/motivation/excuses-is-that-the-best-you-can-do/
So last night was cardio for me. I did fast and furious again. I'm starting to feel that the new Focus T25 workout is going to be so popular and effective. Fast and Furious is a 20 minute workout which is slightly shorter than the 25-minute T25 but still F&F totally kicked my butt LOL. We're supposed to do it as fast as we can (with good form) in the 20 minute workout. With moves like diamond jump, power jump, plank squat.... you get the idea.0 -
So my freind sent over the discs for Asylum last night. I think I will start on Monday, have to get an agility ladder so that's on the to do list this weekend ( if everything goes well and I get to town). If so Asylum here I come!!0
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you will probably love it! it is significantly different then insanity tho.
I did back and six pack last night. It was honestly a LOT of fun. you just did so many diverse things that you didn't get bored, or really even that tired. i really liked 'back to core' from the first asylum series, becasue it wasn't to hard and it seemed to hit all the little places in my back where i get chronic aches and pains an it really helped me a lot. This one had significantly more cardio then its predecessor, but it was fun and he got you on the pull up bar a lot. i was so happy that i could hang for all the pull up stuff. in the first asylum, i was barely participating in the pull ups. He always gives you a dumbell alternative to the pull ups, and sometimes in the first one i had to do that, but p90x changed that. the ab work was good too. Used to find ab work incredibly grueling, now its more like a break for me lol.
also got a tripod to hold my cell phone to kick my exhibitionism into high gear lol. $30 on amazon
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by my calc, Shawn wants me to eat 1800 cals.
that seems hella low and completely crazy to me.
but i stepped into the asylum so... when in rome.0 -
Hate to say I've fell of the Insanity wagon. I just got all off . I was thinking about started back Monday so I can have my rest day on Sunday. But really thinking I should get back in and start today.
Identifying and overcoming the reason that made you fell off will help. What made you fell off the wagon?
J.O.B throwing me all off. Just gonna focus what I have control over (my health). Let the rest do what it do.
Good news signed up for a fitness challenge through my job eight weeks ago, you win based on you measurements. Just found out my numbers:
8 week challenge
Waist
58 >50
Hip
61>59
Weight
382 > 376
So you know I'm hitting Insanity today
Found out today that I won the 8 week challenge at my job. Won a sweet pair of Bose headphones. Time to work out.0 -
power Man way to go!!0
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you will probably love it! it is significantly different then insanity tho.
I did back and six pack last night. It was honestly a LOT of fun. you just did so many diverse things that you didn't get bored, or really even that tired. i really liked 'back to core' from the first asylum series, becasue it wasn't to hard and it seemed to hit all the little places in my back where i get chronic aches and pains an it really helped me a lot. This one had significantly more cardio then its predecessor, but it was fun and he got you on the pull up bar a lot. i was so happy that i could hang for all the pull up stuff. in the first asylum, i was barely participating in the pull ups. He always gives you a dumbell alternative to the pull ups, and sometimes in the first one i had to do that, but p90x changed that. the ab work was good too. Used to find ab work incredibly grueling, now its more like a break for me lol.
also got a tripod to hold my cell phone to kick my exhibitionism into high gear lol. $30 on amazon
nice bro!!0 -
Hate to say I've fell of the Insanity wagon. I just got all off . I was thinking about started back Monday so I can have my rest day on Sunday. But really thinking I should get back in and start today.
Identifying and overcoming the reason that made you fell off will help. What made you fell off the wagon?
J.O.B throwing me all off. Just gonna focus what I have control over (my health). Let the rest do what it do.
Good news signed up for a fitness challenge through my job eight weeks ago, you win based on you measurements. Just found out my numbers:
8 week challenge
Waist
58 >50
Hip
61>59
Weight
382 > 376
So you know I'm hitting Insanity today
Found out today that I won the 8 week challenge at my job. Won a sweet pair of Bose headphones. Time to work out.
congrats, way to go!0 -
Starting Insanity tonight... Here I go!!! :bigsmile:0
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I completed p90x last summer and loved the results. I started insanity today. The fit test made me sore, so I know it's going to be a rough 2 months. Would love some insanity buddies! Please add me if you're currently doing insanity.0
