March Break Doubles

Starting today,

a.m. Legs and Back My legs were jello when I was done! Doing something right!
p.m. Cardio X I remembered why I don't do this one often. I don't like it. For me, it doesn't have enough cardio, considering it's called CardioX. It has a warm up, bout 10 minutes of yoga, then about 20 min of cardio and a cool down. It was a low burn for me, but good in that I haven't done it in a while...


Then after dinner, I put the first coat of paint on our spare bedroom!

tomorrow is my scheduled rest day. and more painting if it's dry enough. we might just leave it an extra day to set up.
I did a lot of squats during painting! 3 hours worth! I think I'll log it!

I still haven't done plyo yet, but I'm sure it'll kick my tail. I've almost decided to do the standard P90X program for my next run through the program, so I'll get a taste of it then.

You are really inspiring me, SASX. Keep at it!

Thanks, Swash. I'd say the inspiration is mutual!

Plyo kicks my tail all the time, and I've done it. A lot.

Do it at the level that you can and you will see improvements each and every time. There are some modifications that Pam does. Try them, but modify for yourself-squat to your level, jump to your level (those sieber's 80-20's in L&B?..like you do those). It's a burner that's for sure!

Keep at it, the funnest part is the bonus at the end, but you have to get through a lot to get there!
(and yes, I know funnest isn't a real word, but I like and use it anyway)

Today was a new milestone for me.

I did my first ever Insanity Asylum dvd!! I didn't kill it, as I was learning the moves and had to imagine an agility ladder on my floor, but I think I did pretty good! There were some times where I had to stop and catch my breath but overall, I am proud that I not only started it, but I finished it, too!

Then this afternoon, I did P90X CST (Chest Shoulders Triceps) and I could really feel the Asylum in the pushups of CST! means things are happening!

2 stickers today, too!

Tomorrow is Insanity Pure Cardio and then my choice of cardio from fitnessblender.com *rubs hands together* excellent

Yesterday and today's doubles are both DONE!


Yesterday was Insanity's Pure Cardio in the morning. Nothing makes you more nervous than the trainer telling you that he's nervous about what's to come! But I did it and it was so sweaty!

Then in the afternoon, I got in my fitnessblender.com workouts. HIIT Like a Girl + HIIT the Ground Running. Both of them are high intensity interval training, and both are great!


Today, I slept in (Iazy me!) then went to the dentists to get my sleep guard fitted. Dont' have one? I clench and grind my teeth when I sleep, so I'm hoping it will help with the jaw aches and headaches that I get when I wake up.
10am I'm home and I get ready for today. Second Asylum workout. ev-er!
Vertical Plyo-OMG what can I say! Rests? there were no stinkin' rests. 'Active Rests' they were called. use your jump rope or imaginary one (mine) and jump rope for a minute. that will get you rested. HAH! I don't remember half of the exercises-don't know if I'm trying to block them out or not. I do know that I had to stop and take breathers a lot. Which means I have somewhere to go....up...better
Once that was done, I thought for a bit...I have 1 more workout to do today and it's Back and Biceps P90X. If I get it done now, I'll have the rest of the day-which consists of picking up my son from his sleepover, and going to visit friends and possibly seeing their sugar shack where they are making maple syrup-then relax the rest of the day. OR if I do it later, I have to do it once all the picking up and visiting is done and then I don't have as much time with my kid.

Well, the first sentence of this post says todays doubles are DONE so guess which one I went with? Yep. I did B&B this morning, too. All over and done with as of noon. then it was time for food and dropping laundry in the washer and some MFP and then I'm off to get my kid and do some adventuring.

I think tomorrow might be the same way as well. do both workouts back to back in the morning. We have some more stuff planned for tomorrow, so I guess we'll see what my energy levels are like at that point.

Tomorrow is Insanity's CPR, and RushFit's Fight. So it should be a good, sweaty day!

The advantages of doing it split is the eating and recovery and making sure you can push to the max each time. Advantage to doing them back to back? All done in 2 hours, one change of clothes, one shower, still going to the max-especially if you do cardio first them ST. I was lagging a little on my second cardio today a little. Partly from my crappy eating last night [nightmare] and partly from maxing myself out in Insanity right before.

but if you do do a doubles, I think it's better to do cardio first, then ST. if you do it the other way around, you burn out all your muscles first then try cardio? does not work.

tomorrow is Asylum's Game Day + Legs and Back. I will be doing them with at least 3 ours in between. Probably longer as my son has a hockey tournament tomorrow, so Game day in the morning, and L&B when we get home.

next week:
M=fb 100 burpee workout
T= YogaX
W=fb kettlebell or medicine ball workout
R=stretch or yoga
F= rushfit Fight/endurance
S=fb leg slimming pilates

silence is deadly. I've been silent because i haven't been going as i hoped. but i won't let that deter me. it just means i need to be more flexible in my schedules and do the right things.

i got both mon and tues workouts done on tues. my son's hockey comes before my workouts, and although the regular season is over, he's in a mini season of 3-on-3. started monday night. so 3-on3 nights will probably mean no workouts unless i can get them in before hockey. travel and dressing and watching and undressing and home and dinner and digestion = too late for me to workout. not an excuse. a fact.

i have done the workout while my hub and son are eating thing, but dinner time is pretty sacred for us so workouts only happen here if i'm desperate for one.

if i have time between work and hockey i'll do it, as i'm used to getting home and working out before dinner, but that didn't happen today. i was dealing with bank stuff as our mortgage is up for renewal and we're going with a different bank this time, so I'm trying to get emails off, texts off, plan my dayplan for tomorrow, and generally leaving work late, which meant no workout time when we got home. barely enough time for my son to have a snack then go to hockey.

tomorrow: no hockey! so the plan is to do the fitnessblender kettlebell routine [they are putting up a new one in the morning!] then i'm going to do the stretch from asylum or insanity

but you'll be proud of me. i did the yogax last night at 8pm, knowing that it would be a late night! and i did it strong, too. my core is starting to doms up and my quads are fierce!

then after tomorrow's workout it's dishes and folding [clean-in-the-basket] laundry and bed

and i think i have my p90x-insanty-asylum hybrid ready to go....then i pre-viewed asylim's strength dvd. omg. i'm going to die.

Got in my yesterday's workout and today's too! 105 minutes later and I'm done!

fitnessblender's
Tabata kettlebell workout-abs and obliques
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ol-jqCmpfr8


Lower body toning- thigh and butt tabata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7r8vir2aEg

both are burners and you can do both with just dumbbells. I love that you can also add your own playlist, as their vids are all just voiceovers or them speaking during the vids- no music. I also love that they have a countdown, and they model the next exercise before it starts. They also keep a good commentary about form and remembering to breathe.

My arms are sore now. no more typing, i have to save some energy to get fork to mouth.

ok. so here's the deal, after playing with stuff, I can make this a 90 day (13 week) program or a 126 day (19 week) program. hoo!

i had it all in cool like then realized I didn't have any recovery weeks, for other stuff and stretching etc....so adding those without taking out the other weeks made it hella long. so my quandry: do I do the 13 or 19 weeks?

OR

do I set my goal at the 13 week mark and if I want more, I can do more?

decisions, decisions....

Yep, I'm going to do the short one then if I'm up for it, continue with the longer one. I may even switch out some of the ab routines (ARX etc...with some from fitness blender and ZWOW) just to keep it interesting