One more week of Insanity and I’m done! That’s right, just 5 more workouts after today and I will be an Insanity grad. I feel pretty good. A tad beat up, if I’m going to be quite honest, but feeling at the top of my game. (Whatever that means)

I know that I am leaner than when I started. My cardio is better than it was 57 days ago. And I don’t feel like I lost any muscle mass. Actually, I feel that I have gained a bit of mass in my chest. Insanity has a lot of push up type exercises and I think it helped me gain a bit of mass. And other than my on going battle with Plantar Faciitis the only other injury/tweak that I have going on is in my right shoulder. But it has bothered me at times during P90X as well.

I’m really looking forward to next week when I begin a P90X/Insanity hybrid. I miss lifting weights and doing pull ups.

I’ll have my final Insanity review in about a week.

Until then, Dig Deep… and Bring It!!!

Today was my Insanity Fit Test. It’s a short workout but it’s a killer. I tried it out the other day as one of my cardio workouts during my last P90X recovery week so I knew what to expect. Even so, it’s a Mother of a workout.
I did take some pictures (well, actually I grabbed some stills from my video camera) and I must say this. Even though I came a long way from where I was a couple years ago and even 90 days ago, I feel like I should LOOK better than I do. And I have REALLY been focusing on my nutrition for the last month and have not seen much weight loss. I’m really hoping that Insanity will do the trick for me. And I may have to get even more focused on my food intake. Although I can’t imagine doing more than I do right now.
Here are some P90X After shots that will double as my Insanity Before shots. And my Fit Test Day 1 results. (The small numbers in the Day 1 column are from my unofficial Fit Test that I took the other day as practice.)


Till next time… Dig deep and Bring it!!

This is this first day of P90X Plus week 8/recovery. The workout was Chest and Back and I happen to like that one a lot! It was good to spend some time with this old friend this morning. It’s been awhile since I have done this one but it still felt great. And I increased reps in some of the exercises but lost a few reps in others.

Today is day 30 of my clean eating challenge  and I feel fantastic. I’ll probably post some before and after pics later tonight. I didn’t take very detailed before pics but I think that you’ll be able to see the difference.

For the next 30 days I will do something similar but this time I will allow myself a glass of wine or a scotch every couple of days. It’s purely for the heart related benefits of course. ;o)

Finally, I thin about becoming a Beachbody coach everyday. I wont be able to put this off and one day real soon I will have to take the leap.

Till next time… Bring It!

I uploaded the new P90X Before and After pics and here is a photo comparison of Day 1 vs Day 30 vs Day 60 vs Day 90 vs Day 120 

I don't see much difference this past 30 days. I must watch my diet more closely.

Day 1 of Round 2 Phase 2 starts tomorrow!

Today was PlyoX and it felt great. For two days in a row now I have had an extremely hard time getting out of bed. But I finally did get up and get moving with just enough time to complete the PlyoX workout in my NEWLY RE-DECORATED Workout Area!

That's right, my beautiful wife bought me some new rubber workout flooring as an early Father's Day gift. I love it. It has just the right amount of shock absorption but still has enough firmness to feel stable.

 

The other thing that I did last night, in addition to laying the flooring, was to put a big mirror in front of my workout area.

It's a bit hard to see, but the weights are at the front of my area near the mirror.

One thing that I had remembered when working out at the hotel gym last week was how much feedback you get when working out in front of a mirror. I guess that's why they put mirrors in gyms. And I always thought it was a vanity thing. (Although I must admit that I stare at myself quite a bit when working out in front of a mirror...LOL) So, the mirror REALLY helps me focus on form. It provides excellent feedback.

And here's me posing in my new area.

Till next time... Bring It!

Here are some fun pics I took that do a pretty good job at displaying my Day 90 physique.

     

Make sure you read the post before this one and the Before and After page!