I slept like I was in a coma. All day, until about 5pm I finally found the will to get up. My body needed it to recover I guess.
Today was Pure Cardio, the worst day of Insanity and although I took a lot of breaks, pretty much one for every one minute exercise I felt great. I wasn't even that out of breath during the warm up. I think after next week the cobwebs will be broken loose and I will ascend another level of fitness. Right now I feel just about caught up to where I was, maybe a little better. ;)
Friday, September 2, 2011
Thursday, September 1, 2011
"Recover" Day...
Yeah right.
Again, I am convinced that word is not in Shaun T's vocabulary. However, I do feel slightly recovered, perhaps "primed" is the better word. When I began Insanity for the first time a year ago (almost to date) I would do Recovery Day prior to AZ Dodgeball and would be so loose, so limber and usually frustrated from the previous night's loss (my team on Wednesday nights isn't the best and I do end up doing the majority of the work but its good for practice) that I tear it up and feel great.
That's how I feel right now. Ready to kill...but ain't got nuffins to kill. The lunges (as always) and pulses were tough and forever will be but I feel as though the last four days took all of my non glamor muscles, you know, the ones that are actually used on a daily basis for movement and not for the ladies were awakened and ready to be worked on some more. I feel faster already, like I am back where I was in June prior to my injury but at the same time, I stayed active during that period (as best I could) so its no surprise I keep up, no surprise I feel stronger and am somehow a bit more flexible. I cannot wait until Day 60...I look great now but Day 60 will only add to it. >:)
As I glided through the hallway out of my room Carlos asked if I was done, I said I was and then he asked how I felt and I responded with the first word that came to mind: "Godly."
Is it the Catalyst? Is it the inspiring voice of Shaun T and the admirable efforts of his crew that worked themselves? Is it the muscles triggering the release of endorphins? Beats me, but I am so happy to be back in the game. Rinzler here I come.
Also, I bought some protein supplement that I just took, should help.
I am also talking to someone from Beachbody who wants to be my coach, this will be interesting. I think they are set up similar to Advocare with the whole, recruit your friends and have them recruit their friends deal but encouragement is encouragement. These are beautiful people and I am ever eager to join their ranks and if some of my friends want to tag along, the more the merrier.
Again, I am convinced that word is not in Shaun T's vocabulary. However, I do feel slightly recovered, perhaps "primed" is the better word. When I began Insanity for the first time a year ago (almost to date) I would do Recovery Day prior to AZ Dodgeball and would be so loose, so limber and usually frustrated from the previous night's loss (my team on Wednesday nights isn't the best and I do end up doing the majority of the work but its good for practice) that I tear it up and feel great.
That's how I feel right now. Ready to kill...but ain't got nuffins to kill. The lunges (as always) and pulses were tough and forever will be but I feel as though the last four days took all of my non glamor muscles, you know, the ones that are actually used on a daily basis for movement and not for the ladies were awakened and ready to be worked on some more. I feel faster already, like I am back where I was in June prior to my injury but at the same time, I stayed active during that period (as best I could) so its no surprise I keep up, no surprise I feel stronger and am somehow a bit more flexible. I cannot wait until Day 60...I look great now but Day 60 will only add to it. >:)
As I glided through the hallway out of my room Carlos asked if I was done, I said I was and then he asked how I felt and I responded with the first word that came to mind: "Godly."
Is it the Catalyst? Is it the inspiring voice of Shaun T and the admirable efforts of his crew that worked themselves? Is it the muscles triggering the release of endorphins? Beats me, but I am so happy to be back in the game. Rinzler here I come.
Also, I bought some protein supplement that I just took, should help.
I am also talking to someone from Beachbody who wants to be my coach, this will be interesting. I think they are set up similar to Advocare with the whole, recruit your friends and have them recruit their friends deal but encouragement is encouragement. These are beautiful people and I am ever eager to join their ranks and if some of my friends want to tag along, the more the merrier.
Do I Feel Great!
Did Insanity's Cardio Power and Resistance. Its the only one that has a warm up I cannot finish. I had to take a lot of breaks during the circuits too, but overall I did well. This is going to be a great first week that will make the oncoming weeks more effective. If I start out strong in week one, I can only imagine where I will be at the end of this bad boy.
I can feel more core tightening and my leg muscles waking up. I am getting stronger and faster or rather, I am getting back to where I was a couple of months ago. I am excited.
Catalyst may be doing something, too soon to tell. It could be just that my body is waking up. :)
Solid game of Dodgeball today too. Completely owned on my ex's new beau. It was quite amusing seeing him try so hard and failing. It was also great seeing my teammates step it up. We all hard roles to play and because of that, we won. I mean, I did contribute about 80% of it...just saying...
Vegas definitely elevated my game as did playing while injured, I learned or relearned that if I jump less, I catch more and I've been doing that a lot. Combining that and the Vegas elevated play makes me even more deadly...and I should probably keep my ego in check now...Lol.
I've missed you Shaun T.
I can feel more core tightening and my leg muscles waking up. I am getting stronger and faster or rather, I am getting back to where I was a couple of months ago. I am excited.
Catalyst may be doing something, too soon to tell. It could be just that my body is waking up. :)
Solid game of Dodgeball today too. Completely owned on my ex's new beau. It was quite amusing seeing him try so hard and failing. It was also great seeing my teammates step it up. We all hard roles to play and because of that, we won. I mean, I did contribute about 80% of it...just saying...
Vegas definitely elevated my game as did playing while injured, I learned or relearned that if I jump less, I catch more and I've been doing that a lot. Combining that and the Vegas elevated play makes me even more deadly...and I should probably keep my ego in check now...Lol.
I've missed you Shaun T.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
It Didn't Go Anywhere...
To my complete surprise I am pretty much where I was two months ago...I guess I CAN do nothing but eat Ice Cream and watch Street Fighter II V and retain my cardiovascular capabilities and endurance. Perhaps continued Dodgeball, despite my injury and beginning P90X four weeks prior must have helped.
Dunno...maybe I am just in really good shape...:)
I made it passed the warm up without stopping and the circuits were an ass kicker still and I guess it will be until the end of time since its my own body that is moving around. If I get stronger, I do more, if I get heavier because of muscle, I work more. Just like push ups...they will always suck!
I guess for this week I will focus mostly on Insanity. I may do Arms and Shoulders tomorrow at Mason's (where I've been doing Insanity) along with Ab Ripper X but I think I really need to get the whole diet thing down pat before I do both. I want to finish toning and drop some serious body fat (Rinzler will appreciate it) but still add to the lovely increase in muscle mass that I am witnessing.
Catalyst is there, day two of solid use so we shall what it can do. Can't wait to get some spare cash so I can load up on some goodies.
Oh, I was sore as hell today and probably will be tomorrow considering that yesterday was just the damn fitness test and today was the actual work out. Plyo...ouch.
Dunno...maybe I am just in really good shape...:)
I made it passed the warm up without stopping and the circuits were an ass kicker still and I guess it will be until the end of time since its my own body that is moving around. If I get stronger, I do more, if I get heavier because of muscle, I work more. Just like push ups...they will always suck!
I guess for this week I will focus mostly on Insanity. I may do Arms and Shoulders tomorrow at Mason's (where I've been doing Insanity) along with Ab Ripper X but I think I really need to get the whole diet thing down pat before I do both. I want to finish toning and drop some serious body fat (Rinzler will appreciate it) but still add to the lovely increase in muscle mass that I am witnessing.
Catalyst is there, day two of solid use so we shall what it can do. Can't wait to get some spare cash so I can load up on some goodies.
Oh, I was sore as hell today and probably will be tomorrow considering that yesterday was just the damn fitness test and today was the actual work out. Plyo...ouch.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Insanity Redeux
I decided to start Insanity again today. Coming out of a two month hiatus I am excited to get back on my ankle again. Running, jumping, throwing, working out, loving it. I do miss the ice cream and the Street Fighter II V but I do believe I miss Shaun T more. Like...watched the infomercials with a sad longing kind of missing...
The Fit Test which you think is easy, really isn't at all. Its damn hard, if you push yourself and that's what I do. I want to improve and not short change myself so I really do give it all I've got, or close.
Today I certainly got my ass kicked...by myself and I surprisingly retained most of what I worked so hard for back in April/May:
06/20 08/29
Switch Kicks: 136 - 136
Jump Squats: 60 - 55
Power Knees: 90 - 92
Power Jumps: 35 - 36
Globe Jumps: 6 - 6
Suicide Jumps: 13 - 12
Push Up Jacks: 37 - 30
Knee Obliques: 64 - 60
I am pretty thrilled and was very eager to christen our new floor with my sweat. :)
I took some Catalyst as I have a full bottle and am trying to use all of my supplements before I start to purchase or look into more. I think it helped. Something most of for me to retain my fitness and cardio.
I still want to do P90x (week four) and run but I will need to not only figure out how to balance them out, but also do so and utilize a diet that will prevent them from counter acting each other. Halloween is just around the corner and I want to look good...
:)
Sunday, August 28, 2011
So Much Can Happen When You Let It...
I fell. Hard. I kept stumbling as friends and family tried to help me up. I started walking again, only to fall once more. Then one day, I realized the many people around me and then I picked myself up. I started walking then before I knew it I was running again. I will fall again, I will stumble but I will get right back up.
Whatever it is about me, whoever I am to those people that have provided me with support, distractions, love, confidence, you name it, will keep me fueled for the rest of my life. My life is too awesome, my friends are too awesome and I am too awesome to be hung up on one bad and prolonged experience. I wish her the best, with all of my heart but as I sit down and write new and exciting chapters for myself, I spend less time in the past, more time in the future and am living in the "now."
And right now, life has been amazing.
About eight weeks ago, I injured my ankle and my knee from a suicide play during League finals. I got the guy, but ended up paying for it as I was pretty much unable to do anything active for weeks. I got heavy into Street Fighter II V, a really awesome anime that will probably the definitive point in this "era" you know, soundtrack or images will trigger memories and feelings and what not... and it kind of reverted me back to when I was just out of high school and eagerly pursuing the martial arts and getting into them. Learning about them, experiencing them with a sense of juvenile awe. It started to get me to thinking that once upon a time, I was single and for a while and I guess that just created an avalanche.
Since I couldn't do Insanity anymore, I waited a few weeks and began P90X as my friend Mason has become a living walking breathing sweating testament to its effectiveness when given the right amount of dedication and well, he's a damn good motivator. As the days go by I make it a point to surround myself with more people like him in my life. All they do is elevate you.
P90X and the supplements I had taken in the absence of Advocare (that I purchased during the war exercise back in November) got me into pretty good shape and fast. I love who I see looking back in the mirror shirtless. Granted, there are still some areas that can use some work (or less bad diet) but its very nice.
Dodgeball has been going well, Tony Horton is a hell of a motivator, like Shaun T but in his own way, my job sucks and serves as motivation to find a better one, I've been on TV a few times, I just got back from playing in a tournament in Salt Lake City against former Utah Jazz players, my house has central AC and Heating with no blackouts...and I have a girlfriend who I adore and makes me feel like the luckiest guy on the planet. We have some trials ahead of us, but if we can endure it, there's no limit to what we can experience together...she's already got me to dance...at a nighclub in Vegas...and that was just the first date. @_@
Whatever it is about me, whoever I am to those people that have provided me with support, distractions, love, confidence, you name it, will keep me fueled for the rest of my life. My life is too awesome, my friends are too awesome and I am too awesome to be hung up on one bad and prolonged experience. I wish her the best, with all of my heart but as I sit down and write new and exciting chapters for myself, I spend less time in the past, more time in the future and am living in the "now."
And right now, life has been amazing.
About eight weeks ago, I injured my ankle and my knee from a suicide play during League finals. I got the guy, but ended up paying for it as I was pretty much unable to do anything active for weeks. I got heavy into Street Fighter II V, a really awesome anime that will probably the definitive point in this "era" you know, soundtrack or images will trigger memories and feelings and what not... and it kind of reverted me back to when I was just out of high school and eagerly pursuing the martial arts and getting into them. Learning about them, experiencing them with a sense of juvenile awe. It started to get me to thinking that once upon a time, I was single and for a while and I guess that just created an avalanche.
Since I couldn't do Insanity anymore, I waited a few weeks and began P90X as my friend Mason has become a living walking breathing sweating testament to its effectiveness when given the right amount of dedication and well, he's a damn good motivator. As the days go by I make it a point to surround myself with more people like him in my life. All they do is elevate you.
P90X and the supplements I had taken in the absence of Advocare (that I purchased during the war exercise back in November) got me into pretty good shape and fast. I love who I see looking back in the mirror shirtless. Granted, there are still some areas that can use some work (or less bad diet) but its very nice.
Dodgeball has been going well, Tony Horton is a hell of a motivator, like Shaun T but in his own way, my job sucks and serves as motivation to find a better one, I've been on TV a few times, I just got back from playing in a tournament in Salt Lake City against former Utah Jazz players, my house has central AC and Heating with no blackouts...and I have a girlfriend who I adore and makes me feel like the luckiest guy on the planet. We have some trials ahead of us, but if we can endure it, there's no limit to what we can experience together...she's already got me to dance...at a nighclub in Vegas...and that was just the first date. @_@
Monday, May 9, 2011
Failed to Blog, but not to Exercise
Damn, a few days have gone since I've updated. Looking like I haven't done anything since the 26th...crap, so much for accurately logging my progress.
27th (Wednesday) Training set day - 4 normal grip/4 close grip / 4 wide grip (OUCH!)
28th (Thursday) Used 4 training sets, got up to 24 pull ups (6 sets)
29th (Friday) Bitched out and did Training set day because wide grip hurt...still does 4/4/4
Missed one day of Insanity because of the SIX HOUR DDAY tournament.
2nd (Monday) Didn't' work out because I wanted to conserve myself for the PFD on Tuesday. Been training for it all month...
3rd (Tuesday) 11 pull ups, 89 crunches, 3 mile run in 23:10, a personal best. Never topped that and when I first began this madness, thought I never would. Fuck yeah. Will retest June 6th and I need at least 15 pull ups 100 crunches and a run under 22 minutes. Doable.
4th (Wednesday) 4/4/4
5th (Thursday) 32 pull ups using 4 as a training set (8 sets) going to up it to 5 pull ups a training set. To think I used 2 as a training set...
6th (Friday) Did Wednesday again...used 5. 5/5/5
Missed one day of Insanity :(
Began "Herbal Cleanse" on Monday the 2nd and went this entire time without a drop of alcohol, limited sugar (very limited) and virtually no dairy. If I eat crap, it goes right through me, almost instantly and becomes...crap. Three more nights and I am done. So far, so good.
Today I did "max effort day" which I've been avoiding for the passed few weeks. Max effort pull ups scares the shit out of me. Carlos made me laugh my first run through so that affected my first go:
7/8/6/5/6
Meh. Need to get better and need to start doing push ups in the morning again as well as RUN. I have 26 more training days. That will get here fast.
27th (Wednesday) Training set day - 4 normal grip/4 close grip / 4 wide grip (OUCH!)
28th (Thursday) Used 4 training sets, got up to 24 pull ups (6 sets)
29th (Friday) Bitched out and did Training set day because wide grip hurt...still does 4/4/4
Missed one day of Insanity because of the SIX HOUR DDAY tournament.
2nd (Monday) Didn't' work out because I wanted to conserve myself for the PFD on Tuesday. Been training for it all month...
3rd (Tuesday) 11 pull ups, 89 crunches, 3 mile run in 23:10, a personal best. Never topped that and when I first began this madness, thought I never would. Fuck yeah. Will retest June 6th and I need at least 15 pull ups 100 crunches and a run under 22 minutes. Doable.
4th (Wednesday) 4/4/4
5th (Thursday) 32 pull ups using 4 as a training set (8 sets) going to up it to 5 pull ups a training set. To think I used 2 as a training set...
6th (Friday) Did Wednesday again...used 5. 5/5/5
Missed one day of Insanity :(
Began "Herbal Cleanse" on Monday the 2nd and went this entire time without a drop of alcohol, limited sugar (very limited) and virtually no dairy. If I eat crap, it goes right through me, almost instantly and becomes...crap. Three more nights and I am done. So far, so good.
Today I did "max effort day" which I've been avoiding for the passed few weeks. Max effort pull ups scares the shit out of me. Carlos made me laugh my first run through so that affected my first go:
7/8/6/5/6
Meh. Need to get better and need to start doing push ups in the morning again as well as RUN. I have 26 more training days. That will get here fast.
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