I'm Back!

So my other passion in life is also my other full-time job. I am the Coordinator of Football Operations and Equipment Manager at the local Community College. I have been getting workouts in but now that fall practice is in full swing I am working six days a week, 10-12 hours a day with two of those hours consisting of practice in the hot African summer sun!! I will get in as many workouts as I can and update with stats at the end of this week. I guess you could consider practice as my second workout of the day LOL.

Heading Out

Max Interval Sports Training:
I am taking the little guy on a road trip so I will be doing the fit test and upper body tomorrow. Felt like I was able to push pretty good. At this point I wold say drinking half of r&r during the workout has been a plus.

calories burned: 855

Max Cardio Conditioning & Insane Abs:
So taking care of my nephew has caused a few more hiccups in my schedule than I anticipated, but that's okay cause I love the little dude and family is VERY important to me. Yesterday I only got in Max Recovery (calories burned:676) my foot was better but still caused some discomfort. Today felt great and the foot seems to no longer be an issue. I may try to get yesterdays upper body workout in on Sunday, but that would mean doing it 34 days in a row and I will just have to see how I feel to determine if I should go for it.

calories burned:1455

Max Interval Plyo & Insane Abs:
Felt pretty good this morning during max interval plyo. Was slowed a bit tonight during insane abs by some minor foot pain. I knew I could get through it with a few modifications so I fought the urge to skip it and got it in. I have said it before, and  I will say it again: I want results, NO EXCUSES!!!

calories burned:1393

Max Interval Circuit & Upper Body:
Felt pretty stiff tonight early in the upper body workout. Once I got through the warm up and into the first set of lifts I felt better. Started splitting my results and recovery formula in half so I can use part of it during the workout. I will monitor how I feel the next week or so to try to determine how it impacts my effort during the workout.

calories burned: 1706

Life Happens

Max Cardio Conditioning & Insane Abs:
Knocked out max cardio in the morning and was going to hit insane abs Monday night but I'm still watching my nephew and the little guy got diaper rash. I will update todays workout after I get upper body in tonight.

calories burned:782

How to get a good workout in a short amount of time

Fast & Furious:
This was the perfect workout for what I wanted today. A great way to get the blood pumping without overtaxing my body after my first week of double workouts. This would be a great option for any day when you want to get in a solid workout but are short on time. Being only 20 minutes long the calorie burn based on my results is pretty good "bang for the buck".

calories burned:358

Max Interval Plyo & Insane Abs:
I was reminded today why I choose not to do the upper body workout on the same days as Max Interval Plyo LOL. Made my way through em both, didn't feel great but I got them in. PRESS ON!

calories burned:1423

Does P90x Results and Recovery Formula work?

Max Interval Circuit & Upper Body:
The calorie bump as well as being almost a full week back into the swing of things has made a difference. I was able to get more reps in during the upper body workout. There are still a few moves where I am not getting all of the reps but I was much closer this time. One scoop of results and recovery formula per workout has also done the trick. I am 5 days in working harder than I have to date and I have no soreness.

calories burned: 1731

Am I eating enough to fuel my workouts?

Max Recovery & Insane Abs:
Felt like I was dragging a bit. I'm going to go up from 2500 to 2700 calories for a few days and see how it goes. I knew with the number of calories burned and working out twice a day I was going to have to adjust. I was able to do more reps of many movements, I just felt myself hitting the wall a bit more than normal.

calories burned:1261

Three days In

Max Cardio Conditioning & Upper Body:
Yesterday I got in max interval plyo.I had every intention of hitting insane abs, but I am babysitting my 3 year old nephew and anyone with kids knows they have a way of altering your schedule LOL. Felt pretty good today, a little sore and I didn't get quite the calorie burn of Monday, but I usually take a few more breaks on the max cardio workout, as none are scheduled.

calories burned:1502

Get More from Insanity!

Max Interval Circuit & Shaun T's Upper Body Weight Training:
This morning I was in noticeably better shape.Ten days off and a recovery week did this body good. I was able to push harder throughout the whole workout. Shaun T's upper body was a welcome change. Incorporating weight training with just enough Insanity mixed in to make it interesting. Burned quite a few calories. I am starting out at 2500 calories a day but expect that number to rise quickly.

Calories burned: 1846

How do I find a new Insanity challenge?

I plan on starting the Ultimate Reset in September. I didn't want to start a new program so I thought, what else can I get out of Insanity? What I came up with is 28 days of craziness that includes all of the month 2 workouts and every disk from the deluxe set. You can download the schedule here . I will begin starting tomorrow and as usual will be posting how it's going here. To the next adventure!

Hello again

Just wanted to drop a quick note. I have recently taken some vacation time and have been working on a few things. I am putting together a month of Insanity which includes all of the month 2 workouts as well as the deluxe workouts. It's going to be quite a challenge as I will basically be doing doubles everyday!! I will post the workout schedule once it is done later today or tomorrow, as I am going to begin on Monday. Keep pushing play!!!

26 miles 385 yards

As I am fast approaching my 40th birthday I have started to review things I had wanted to accomplish in my life. Given my decision to improve my health and fitness, activities that fall in this arena have been in the forefront of my mind. It's time to cross two more items off the bucket list. The weekend prior to my 40th birthday I am going to go skydiving. It is something I have always wanted to do but was unable to most of my adult life due to physical limitations. Now that those barriers have been busted through there is no time like the present to hop in a perfectly good airplane and take the leap!! I have also always wanted to complete a marathon.

Round 2 done!!!!

Final Fit Test:
Feels great to have completed two rounds. I am very excited for what is next to come. Fit test results:

test1/2/3/4/5
switch kicks 90/94/100/100/105
power jacks 39/40/50/45/47
power knees 70/73/80/90/94
power jumps 26/28/30/31/35 (my least fav. in the program,good to see improvement every time!)
globe jumps 7/7/8/8/7
suicide jumps 12/13/14/15/15
pushup jacks 19/20/22/22/25
low plank oblique 40/42/44/44/44

Almost there

Max Cardio Conditioning &  Insane Abs:
Well after tomorrows fit test, round 2 will be in the books. I will also update where my transformation is at with pictures ans measurements. Until then.

calories burned: 1395

Back on the horse!

Max Interval Plyo:

You know how they say you will not realize how much you miss something until it's gone? Never in my life did I think I would feel that way about working out until now. After 4 days off to rehab my foot I couldn't wait to get after it today. Just further proof that if you commit to something you can make it happen. Two days to go and round 2 is in the books!!!

calories burned:982

Listen to your body

So Thursday afternoon I started to feel some pain in my right foot. As the night wore on it got worse. I started icing it last night and throughout the day today hoping it would be okay. I tried to get through today's workout but each step was painful and even worse, I could feel myself compensating for the pain and thought I might risk further injury if I continued. This is especially disappointing as I only had two days and one fit test left to finish this round. I will finish, but for now I will allow myself to heal and hope it only takes a few days.

Closer...

Max Interval Sports Training & Insane Abs:
Man those ladders during the track and field intervals are no joke! I can see the light at the end of the tunnel of this leg of my fitness journey. Day by day, step by step, getting better.

calories burned: 1647