Insanity Round 2 Day 26: Quick Cardio Today!

Had a short 25-minute workout window today due to work commitments, but I squeezed in a good chunk of Pure Cardio. I burned 378 calories, peaked at 162 and averaged 137. I felt great and pushed hard, but couldn't get my heart rate to get up too high. As I've said before, the human body is a mystery, and looking for consistency on a micro scale is pointless. I had a gig with my band last night, burning a lot of additional calories playing the drums for 3 hours, so overall I'm feeling good about all the cardio I'm getting each week.

Have a great weekend!

Insanity Round 2 Day "24": Last Makeup Day!

As I've been saying the past couple of days, I'm making up for skipping my Memorial Day workout, but as of today I'm back on track. I'm skipping the Recovery day instead, which I suppose you could argue is not a good idea, but I feel great and am not concerned about doing 5 days in a row. Fitness instructors do that every week, so no big deal.

I must say I felt really, really good today. I completed Plyometric Cardio Circuit, which was one of my favorite workouts from Round 1. I had really nice, round numbers for today, burning exactly 700 calories (a personal best for Round 2 of Insanity), with my heart rate peaking at 180 and averaging 150. As good as that is, I continue to be a little frustrated at how much harder I have to work to burn calories now that I'm thinner. I just looked back at one of Round 1 blogs from Day 10 Plyo, and I burned 740 calories. Of course, I weighed almost 30 pounds more than I do now, but still...frustrating!

Regardless, I've lost the weight I gained over Memorial Day weekend, so I'm feeling great about Round 2 so far. Only two more days of Month 1, then it's a whole week of recovery workouts before Month 2 begins.

Please note there won't be a Day 25 post, because today technically is Day 25. See you tomorrow for Day 26!

Insanity Round 2 Day "23": Another Makeup Day!

As I mentioned yesterday, I skipped my Memorial Day Monday workout due to my schedule, and have been playing catch-up ever since. So today (Wednesday), I did yesterday's Cardio Power & Resistance workout. My plan is to skip the Recovery day tomorrow and continue with the 40-minutes beatings....I mean workouts...until I'm back on track.

Today I burned 642 calories, with my heart rate peaking at 180 beats per minute, averaging 152. I felt really strong today, and the boost in calories burned matches that. I think it's primarily because I got a good night's sleep, was up early today, and have been eating well more consistently the past couple of days.

I was somewhat surprised that I gained several pounds over the 3-day weekend, which surprised me, because I did my Saturday Insanity workout as scheduled. I did eat out one night, and had a few drinks, but nothing crazy. It seems my tolerance for poor eating habits is decreasing as I lose weight. Bummer! I love cheating when I'm on vacation. Guess I'll have to rethink that, or at least consider how much I'm willing to gain only to have to re-lose it the following week. Not sure what the best answer is for that one yet. I'm not on Biggest Loser after all. In the real world, it's perfectly okay to enjoy "bad" foods on occasion and in moderation. More to come on that I suppose...

Anyway, feeling good overall. I'm just about halfway through Round 2!

Insanity Round 2 Day "22": Making Up for Lost Time

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I took Monday (Memorial Day) off. I decided to make it up by doing my Monday workout today (Tuesday) instead. I'll skip the Recovery Day on Thursday, instead doing my Wednesday workout, so by then I'll be back on track.

So I did yesterday's Core Cardio workout today, burning 566 calories, with my heart rate peaking at 173 and averaging 144. I felt a little off today, in part due to the long weekend, and in part due to drinking too much black tea before my workout. I will remember to keep it to one cup only!

Feeling really good overall and look forward to completing this week, which will be the end of Month 1!

Have a great week!

Taking Memorial Day Off!

I took Memorial Day off from Insanity, although that was not my plan initially. Unfortunately there was just no way to do it. We stayed an extra day down at Long Beach Island, then left early Monday morning to get our kids' friends home by noon. Then my wife and I went straight to the grocery store to pickup supplies for a Memorial Day barbecue at a friend's house. It took almost 2 hours to prepare and cook the baked bean casserole, and we were late to the barbecue by about 20 minutes. After a few games of "washers" and Bocce, followed by a swim, some fun on his ATV, then finally burgers and beers, we pretty much came home and went to sleep! Anyway, I'll continue on Tuesday. Hope you had a great weekend!

Insanity Round 2 Day 20: Down the Shore!

It was surprisingly not that hard to get motivated this morning to do my workout, despite being on Long Beach Island. I completed Plyometric Cardio Circuit today, but forgot to bring my heart rate monitor. I think I pushed myself pretty hard since I occasionally had an audience (that always helps!)

Finally a real day off tomorrow, then back to it on Monday, Memorial Day!

New view today. It's nice not being in the downstairs bathroom for a picture. I don't have my Post-Its or blue magic marker either, so you'll just have to trust me that I really did the workout today.

Insanity Round 2 Day 19: Back in The Game!

If you read yesterday's blog, you know that I took a day off (which was a recovery day anyway) because I strained my back taking my new barbecue grill out of its box. Well, the day off worked. I felt great this morning, with only a minor touch of soreness in my back, which didn't impact my workout at all.

I completed Cardio Power & Resistance today, burning 570 calories, with my heart rate peaking at 175 and averaging 144. I did all the moves, but for whatever reason my heart rate didn't get as high as usual. The human body is one confusing thing after another. Anyway, I'm glad to be back in the game. Even the Globe Jumps, which I did not care for in Round 1, weren't bad at all.

Have a great Memorial Day weekend everyone!