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!!

I made it! Another round of P90X in the books. This round started on November 30th and I called this round the Comeback.  I truly feel like I did comeback although I did not lose a ton of weight, only 11 lbs. But I feel so much better than when I started. So much stronger. I did the full 90 minutes of Yoga yesterday and I felt very strong. I love when I feel like this.

So tomorrow I start a new chapter. I am going to do the Shaun T “Insanity” workout. It’s a 60 day fat burning, cardio monster. My only concern is muscle loss. It is all cardio and body weight exercises and no weights. I hope I don’t lose any of this hard gained muscle. I know this program will get me leaner, and I need that right now, but I will so miss pull-ups and lifting weights.

I do have one more concern about Insanity, my Plantar Fasciitis. I am starting physical therapy for it this week and I hope that A.) It does not get worse due to all of the jumping around in Insanity. And B.) I hope the therapist does not ask me to stop Insanity. because I wont.

I did not take any “Before” images before I started this round but I really should take some “After” shots. And they could double as Insanity “Before” shots.

Check back soon, my plan is to post an (almost) daily review of Insanity.

Till next time… Dig deep and Bring it!!

And still going strong! I’m feeling VERY good lately and I contribute 90% of that to my nutrition and 10% to exercise. But that’s just my wild guess. I have known this for a long time but so much of fitness is diet/nutrition. I have laser like focus on my diet right now and it’s really paying off. I feel so much better and I am losing body fat.

I read a great blog post by Tony Horton (P90X guy) the other night and I think that he is on to something. He wrote about how good his life is when he is eating right and exercising. When staying on track good things seem to happen. And not just good things related to fitness. Your whole life reaps the benefits. It’s a great read. Check it out here.

That’s all for now. I need to shovel some snow!

Till next time… Bring it!!

Yep, I’ve been a slacker! Two weeks ago was my Phase II/Phase III Recovery week. I worked out on one day that week due to travel. Then my first week back home (last week) I was all out of whack and took the whole damn week off. Ugh, why do I do this to myself? To make matters worse, I have been eating like crap.

But… I’m back on track now. Just started Phase III and I am COMITTED to eating right and keeping up with my workouts. I want to see just how much weight/body fat I can lose in the next 60 days.

However, I see one potential stumbling block on the horizon. Super Bowl Sunday. We are having some people over and I just know that I will eat and drink too much that day. I will try to lessen the damage by maintaining a 500+ calorie deficit this week and by eating very little the morning of the party.

The other thing that has me really jazzed is this application that I have been using with my new phone. The phone is a Motorolla Droid and the application is the Calorie Counter for the Fat Secret website. It makes keeping track of what I eat very easy. I love being able to scan the barcode on labels and have it automatically lookup the nutritional information. Too Cool!

Here’s my Fat Secret Profile in case you want to track me.

I’m half way through this 90 day rotation of P90X and I’m feeling great. I have not lost as much body fat as I’d like but I FEEL great. Strong. It’s amazing how good a little exercise makes you feel.

Tomorrow I go to the foot doc to see what I can do about this plantar fasciitis. I have had it too long and it’s not getting much better.

Tomorrow is Yoga and I am looking forward to all 90 minutes of it.

Till next time… Bring It!

I successfully moved my Blog over to Blogger. Since Google will soon be taking over the world I figured I should make nice with them. I bought a Droid, I use as many Google services as possible, and I moved my Blog to Blogger.

Yesterday I did KenpoX and today I did Chest, Shoulders, Tris and Ab RipperX. I took a day off in the middle of the week last week so I was a little off schedule but I still got all the workouts in after a little rearranging.

The nice thing about being 1/2 way through P90X is that you really start to feel much stronger. I am really pushing it lately and increasing my reps in each exercise, even if it’s just by one.

I feel good. I’ve been eating better and that’s probably one of the main contributors to me feeling so good right now.

Till next time… Bring It!!

This is the new location of my blog. I have been transferring my old posts here so I apologize for not posting any new updates in a bit.

I killed Legs and Back today and felt great.

A good friend of mine asked about P90X and I wrote a quick email back to him that was my description of P90X. I figure, that as poorly written as it is, that it may be interesting to some so I’ll post it here.
So... P90X. What is it?
I have been doing it on and off for 2 years now. Still love it. It's not a joke and it's not a magic pill. Search for information on it, I think that you'll find most people who have tried it love it and have gotten great results. There are plenty of amazing transformation videos on YouTube. Here is one I saw a couple days ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cLfXI-UcBg
P90X was created for people who are fit but their progress has stalled. It was not meant to be a quick fix, or weight loss program. Yes, you will lose weight but that's just a nice side effect.

Here's the thing. No magic pill. You workout for one hour 2 days a week, 1 hour and 15 mins 3 days a week and one and 1/2 hour 1 day a week. It breaks down like this Monday one hour 15 min, Tues One hour, Wed One hour 15, Thursday 90 mins of Yoga, Friday one hour 15 min, Sat one hour, Sunday (optional) one hour of stretching.

Soo... if you do the workouts you'll be in the best physical shape of your life. More push ups, pull ups, sit ups, etc than ever before. More flexible than you have ever been. And ... if you follow the diet you will lose weight and get ripped. That's my issue, my diet yo/yo's too much. So I don't get as ripped as I should.

It's not super cheap but you get 12 DVDs, diet book, everything you need. It’s well worth it.

After you finish P90X you can repeat it over and over or try P90X plus. Or create a hybrid workout. Insanity is another great workout. The company that produces this is a great company, Beachbody. They have some great workouts and products. I have nothing bad to say about them.

If you have any more questions feel free to ask.

Till next time… Bring It!!