Mesocycle 1 Back and Triceps and Cario Core Circuit

Weds I had weights and had Back and triceps from STS Mesocycle 1.  Had a great workout.  The back and tri's were feeling it today.  There definitely is a different soreness with lifting weights as compared to with Insanity.  It's a good soreness though.

Today I had cardio and I decided to go with Cathe's Cardio Core Circuit.  With it being 51 minutes long, I added a little something to the beginning of it to make it a full hour.  You will never guess what I did first before CCC..... an Insanity warm-up and stretch from Pure Cardio.  Once I finished that then I obviously skipped the warm up in CCC because if you're familiar with Insanity, you're plenty warm after that warm-up.  Had a real good workout with CCC.  I love the blasts and then doing some ab work in between.

Tomorrow I have legs from Meso #1, which has a little cardio factor in since it is endurance based.  Hoping it's one of the workouts where she does firewalkers.  I bought the firewalker bands and I'd love to try them.  :-)  How silly to get excited over such a thing. 

Anyone have any good workouts to share with me.  What have you done the last couple of days.  Did you go outside your comfort zone. 

Time for me to hit the sack. 
Sleep tight!

Until next time... keep on moving!!

Started Cathe's STS 12 week rotation!!

After 60 days of Insanity, Monday I started Cathe's STS (Shock Training System).  Yesterday I started with Mesocycle 1, Disc 1 which was chest, shoulders, and biceps.   It felt wonderful to lift weights again. I wasn't sure how I was going to do with not lifting for quite a while but I did better then I expected.  Biceps felt a little weaker and so did the shoulders. I didn't have to lower my weights too much so that was good.  This morning I could definitely feel it. It is a good muscle soreness.  After doing Disc 1, I also did Cathe's STS Abs with the medicine ball.  I love that workout.  It's a nice short 9 minutes but you get a real good ab workout in that short amount of time. My abs feel it, especially my obliques. 

This morning I had cardio and I went with Amy Bento's Advanced Step Challenge 2.  I really wanted to get back into step because I enjoy it.  I like that workout too.  Had a good workout.  Felt great to do something fun again. :-) 

Don't get me wrong, I'm really glad I did Insanity and stuck it out the 60 days.  I proved to myself that I could do it.  It's a hard workout.  Especially when you get into the second 60 days. Now I just need to get myself the Insanity t-shirt.

Have you done any workouts to really challenge yourself.  If so, I'd love to hear what it was.  If not, seriously think about it. I'm not saying do Insanity because not everyone is ready for something like that or even would enjoy Insanity.  Get outside of your comfort zone and try something different.  I dare you!! :-)

Keep on moving!!

I FINISHED INSANITY!!!!

July 2nd was my last day of Insanity.  YEAH!!!  I can't believe I stuck with it the entire 60 days.  I'm very proud of myself.  I had a neighbor friend who did challenge me to see if I stick to it and I did.  She said that a lot of people that she knew stopped Insanity once they got into the 2nd week of the second 30 days.  Not me... I stuck it out and did it!!  I don't know that I'll do Insanity again straight through like that but I will definitely incorporate the workouts in whatever rotation I'm doing.  This last week I was definitely getting the dread factor.  The repetitiveness was getting to me and it was lacking the fun factor.  When doing Cathe's workouts, I have fun with those. I'm very much looking forward to getting back to workout out to Cathe.  I like Shaun T, I think he's a great instructor but Cathe is still #1 for me. :-) 

I was thinking about starting Cathe's STS (Shock Training System) again.  It's a 12 week rotation. I'll toss in cardio on the other 3 days.  Unless I like her July rotation when she comes out with it.  Her June rotation looked pretty good too. I have today to decide.  

After not lifting weights for 60 days, I'm very much looking forward to getting back into it.  Can't wait.

Now I want to get myself an Insanity t-shirt since I finally completed it.

I know I haven't been blogging for a while because the workouts were the same thing over and over with Insanity.  I figured it would get a little boring talking about the same thing over and over.  I figured I'd wait until I was done before I blogged again. 

What have you're workouts been these past few weeks!!  I'd love to hear from you!! 

Keep on moving and sweating!!

Week 2 of the Second 30 Days of Insanity

For anyone that may be following my blog, I thought I'd give you an update on my journey of the second 30 Days of Insanity.  I'm 1/2 way in to week two of the 2nd 30 days of Insanity.  So far, I'm liking it.  I like the longer workouts most definitely.  I would have to say, I think my favorite one this go around is Max Interval Circuit and Max Interval Plyo is probably my least favorite.  Monday I have Max Cardio Conditioning and I did part of Cardio Abs, Tues I had Max Interval Circuit and today I had Max Interval Plyo. I really feel the plyo workout in my glutes.  Tomorrow I believe I have Max Recovery.  I do have to say I feel like the endurance in my shoulders has gotten a little better. It still burns like you wouldn't believe but I feel like I'm doing better then I was.  It blows my mind how fast some of these people can move.  Some of the guys, their feet move so fast, I feel like if would try to go that fast I'd probably trip over my own feet.  The fitness level of some of these people in the DVD blows my mind.  I do the best that I can and by the time I'm done, I definitely feel like I got an awesome workout. 

A neighbor friend that has done Insanity said that she heard most people stop doing Insanity (or at least take a break) after the second week of second 30 days.  She has challenged me to see if I will stick it out the entire 30 days.  I'm almost half way there and I'm really going to try to stick it out until the end.

So how have your workouts been. What have you been doing?  I hope you've been pushing yourself so you continue to improve. Let me know how you've been doing, I'd love to hear from you.

Keep on moving and sweatin!!

Day 4 of Round Two of Insanity

Well, I'm in day 4 of the second 30 days of Insanity and my body is feeling it.  Weds I had Max Cardio Conditioning.  This was non-stop kick butt cardio.  No breaks in this one.  Well, of course I took them where I needed to. Wow!!! Thankfully today I had Max Recovery.  Max Recovery may be a recovery from the cardio portion of it but definitely not a recovery from working our legs, pecks, shoulders, and abs. I don't feel like I have good endurance in my legs and he does exercise where we are in a plie squat for a long period of time.  Ouch.... I couldn't stay down the entire time.  My quads were burning really bad.  I gave them a break and went back at it the best I could.  This workout was 47 min. long.. hmmm and that gave me a remaining 13 minutes to do something.   Me, being the cardio junkie that I am, did the cardio blast from Cathe's original bootcamp followed by the stretch.  It was a short cardio blast but it still felt good.

Tomorrow I believe I have Max Interval Circuit.  The one that I had on Monday but was only able to do half of it.  We'll see how bad that one kicks my a$$. :-) 

Anyone out there... I haven't heard from anyone lately.  How are the workouts coming along.  I hope I'm not the only one that's killing myself.  Tell my about your workouts.. I love to hear about them.

Keep on moving and sweating!!

Day 2 of the Second 30 Days of Insanity

Today was Max Interval Plyo.  One way to sum it up...... WOW!!!  I do like it though that these workouts are around an hour.  The warm up in this round is different and I like it better except it has switch kicks in it and I really don't like those.  I don't like them though because I have a hard time with them.  It goes back to the lack of strength in the lower abs and hip flexors.  I know he says to lift from the bottom but lets face it, the hip flexors definitely come into play.  The workouts go by pretty fast.  So far I'm liking them.  I'm actually anxious to do Max Interval Circuit in it's entirety. I'm sure I'll be sweating like crazy by the time the warm up is complete. In Max Interval Plyo, he does some different exercises.  Man does he work the shoulders and chest.  Holy moly!!!

Tomorrow will be another adventure I'm sure. If your interested in hearing how it went... follow me in my journey of Insanity. 

Keep on sweating (which is not hard in 90+ degree weather) and keep on moving!!

The start of the next 30 Days of Insanity

Last week was my recovery week and I didn't do the recovery workout everyday like I was supposed to.  I did do it on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.  Monday as you know I did Muscle Endurance, Weds. I did High Step Training Advanced and Friday I did High Reps.  Felt great to lift weights again.

Today was the start of my next 30 days of Insanity.  I never had a chance to preview the DVD's so I didn't know what to expect.  Today I had to do the fit test again.  Like last time, I did the same on some and improved on some, which I didn't think was too bad since the last three days I have not slept good.  The sleep has been lacking.  What I didn't know was the workout I had which was Max Interval Circuit was 59 min. long. I only have an hour in the morning to workout and the fit test is 24 min. so I did 33 min of the workout and then had to skip forward to the stretch.  When I was fast forwarding through it though.... WOW... it looked tough.  I'm up for the challenge. I do like the fact that it was an hour long.  I'm not sure if all the Max workouts are an hour long or not. I'll find out tomorrow if this workout will be an hour long or not.  I'm anxious to see what tomorrow will bring. 

I haven't blogged much lately. With summer here, things are really busy so it's not so easy to get on the computer every night.  Now it is time for me to get ready for bed.   3am comes around way too quick and lets hope that tonight I sleep a little better then I have the last three days.

Here's to a good nights sleep!!