INSANITY
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I would just really like to brag for a moment: for my last time through the Max Plyo workout, I finally made it all the way through all three rounds of Level 3 drills without dropping to my knees for any pushups!! I think I'll go for a run to celebrate. :bigsmile:
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My Hero!!!!!
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Thanks, guys!
Well, I FINISHED. For the first time ever, I actually completed a fitness program. I'm super proud of all I've accomplished these last few weeks and appreciate you guys standing behind me as I pushed to the end. Now to train for my half marathon in November...=)
Also - Nice suit, No_Finish_Line!0 -
Way to go. Congrats on finishing.!!!0
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Way to go Alikonda! I'm back online y'all, at least for the time being. I still need to get a more stable mean of getting online.
The flights were exhausting! 13 hours from Dallas to Japan and then another 7 hours to Singapore. I normally don't sleep much on the plane and would watch a bunch of movies. That's what I did and I got so tired because of it lol!
Anyway, I'm going to get an local mobile # and internet plan today. Maybe spend the rest of the week visiting friends and helping my dad do some yard work.0 -
I'm still in the middle of adjusting to the new schedule and fighting the jet lag. I spend most of the time with my parents and visiting friends. I've also been helping my dad with some yard work around the house. The most challenging part being in Malaysia so far is the diet. As I've expected and like some of you have pointed out, the day-to-day food here are very carb-y but the serving portion is much smaller than the standard in the States. I've been intentionally lowering my daily calorie target from 1800 to sub-1500 so that I can monitor what kind of impact the high-carb diet will cause. So far, I don't feel or see much difference. I'll add calorie back to the 1800 level over the next week or so.0
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Proton - glad to hear you're getting a chance to spend time with family! Hope the dietary adjustment is going well!! Did your T25 end up arriving in time for your departure? If so, how do you like it?
So...apparently my jump back into fitness was a little too fast; I seem to have developed shin splints. =( Sneaky how they take about 8-10 weeks to show consistent symptoms (which is how long the Insanity program is...blerg).
So now I'm backing way off the high impact activities - just doing the jogs in my half marathon training plan and supplementing all else with low impact activities. Hopefully I won't have to back ALL the way off... To that end, I just did the Insanity Max Recovery workout...and MAN, I forgot how much it makes you shake!! I don't seem to have lost [strong]too[/strong] much upper body/core strength (thankfully!) although those tricep pushups still destroy me!
I'm gonna go hit the elliptical for a bit, then spend some quality time with an ice pack!0 -
trudging my way through my second round of p90x. my nutrition is piss poor. i'm eating supper high calories and not good foods. i do want to gain muscle tho, not sure if this is really the best program for it though.
doing the airborn push ups and loving them tho!
also continuing to improve my jump rope skills.
next will be the second round of asylum 2 but thats a ways off.0 -
Oh my GOD. I just looked up airborn pushups -- my body cringes just watching the youtube video! Kudos to you, man! Good luck with the food side of things; I always find nutrition much harder to adjust than exercise habits.0
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alikonda: sorry to hear about your shin splints. Good luck on your training, I hope they don't inhibit you too much.
Proton: glad you arrived safely. Hope you enjoy your family time. I'm sure your dad loves having you there to help. Best of luck on your diet issues.
NOfinishline: you don't sound like your enjoying this round of P90X, just bored with it ?
I just started new Rules of Lifting for Women, on my 3rd week and am just starting to see results. I've continued with my running on off days (on top of intervals on the treadmill on training days) I've notice a real tightness in my hamstrings and hipflexors though so I may have to start doing some yoga or pilates a couple of times a week.
I've upped my stretching time but not making that much of a difference. Any other suggestions besides Yoga anyone ??0 -
My right hamstring tends to get really tight (ever since we stole part of it to reconstruct my ACL, back in the day) but both my hamstrings and hip flexors were more flexible than ever while doing Insanity - I think the active warmup combined with hip-flexor heavy yoga stretches were a winning combination for me. (Moreso than just yoga workouts/stretching, alone)
I have seen suggestions in the past for using foam rollers, but I've never tried it.0 -
your right now that I think about it I was more flexible than normal while doing Insanity. Maybe adding in the recovery would help loosen things up ?0
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@alikonda - sorry about the late reply. Yes, I did receive my T25 the day before my departure so that was nice. I've been doing it at least 3 days a week since I got here. I'm doing quite a bit of traveling here as well. Like the 2 days ago, I took a train to my in-law's who are hours away and before that I stayed at some friend's for a couple of days. It makes it very challenging to stick to the workout schedule when you're having a trips within a trip LOL.
Since I got here, I've been having many conversations about my transformation and the workouts with my friends almost on a daily basis. Some of them were very eager to check out P90X that I had break out some P90X ab ripper X moves on the spot LOL. I told them that diet and nutrition is 80% of the journey. And carb-y food being the staple here is going to make their new lifestyle quite a bit challenging. I went to a local pharmacy to see how much a tub of whey protein cost. I was blown away by how expensive those workout supplements cost here. I wondered how can the general public sustain this on a long term basis. But again, many folks I know here jog and play sports like badminton, tennis and swimming as their exercise of choice. So whatever works for them!0 -
Hope everyone is still sweating:laugh: I have been, even though unseasonally cool weather here.
alikonda: I tried the foam roller and LOVE it. Like getting a full body massage, but only takes a few minutes. I also started using the Insanity warmup before lifting ( just put it in a HITT timer app on my phone and away I go) My hipflexors have loosened up quite a bit and working on my hamstrings. Realize that I miss Insanity and I think I will be starting round 2 in September, I'm going to do 3 days a week Insanity and 3 days a week lifting. Another friend suggested Pilates so I may check out some classes in my "spare time" ..lol0 -
Hope you guys are all doing well! I ran my first half marathon just over a week ago so I think I'm going to head into a modified 'Round 2' of Insanity -- adding short runs a few days a week and replacing one workout per week with a long run. I've lost quite a bit of upper body strength since I completed the program a few months ago but want to keep my endurance up (I'm running a 15k in January!).
I'm both looking forward to and dreading some quality time with Shaun T! =P0 -
alikonda: Congrats that's amazing. Good luck on your 15 K.
I know the feeling about dreading Shaun T, you forget how crazy the workouts are..lol
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I just finished the Plyometric Cardio Circuit - WOW am I weak!! In addition to feeling some unwanted jiggling during the warmup (grrrrr) my muscles just didn't have the juice they did by the time I finished up a few months ago. My reps were notably slower than I would have liked to go!
On a positive note, all the running training has improved my cardiovascular health even more -- I recall my heart pounding out of my chest when I started this workout in May, but I didn't feel like I was heading toward a heart attack this time! I'm looking forward to being sore tomorrow and some more quality time with the Insanity crew!0 -
MAN. I just did Month 2 day 1 -- whew!! I had gone over a week without running because I was a little burned out on the running thing, but decided I needed to get back to it today - so I ran a 5k before my Insanity workout. Well, I had forgotten that MAX Interval is an HOUR. Suffice it to say that I am pooped!! All I could think as I pushed through the workout today was: "Oh boy, am I going to HURT tomorrow!"
Hope you all are doing well - I miss our daily chats!0 -
Power pushups and football runs are still the WORST, but I also kind of laugh whenever I do them because I remember the first time I tried these particular exercises. I was still in the Navy and out to sea at the time so as you threw yourself to the floor (catching yourself in plank!), occasionally the floor would come up to meet you suddenly, adding a whole extra dimension of panic to the equation! Talk about motivated muscle conditioning!!
Hope you are all doing well!0 -
hello everyone, been awhile. currently in month two of insanity. terrible forearm injury. not really sure what happend but it was painful for months. i went on vacation and did very little exercise for two weeks hoping it would go away, it didn't. i've been out of the gym for at least two months, doing some minor rehab on my own with dumbells and stretch cords. i've been doing insanity mostly because its no weights at all.
finally starting to get better.0 -
So sorry to hear about your arm! I guess it's a good sign that you were able to do all the bodyweight exercises of Insanity and that you're starting to feel better -- good luck!0
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Figured I'd bump this and see if anyone else is starting Asylum right now. Just finished Wk 1 and I'm looking forward to the process.0
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