Week 2 - Monday

Weight - 166 (down 3.5 pounds)

I had a pretty active weekend.  On Sat and Sunday my wife and I took the kids to the park where there are a few nature trails.  Sat was easy, but Sunday we did a pretty tough hike... several times I had to help pick up the stroller to cover the terrain.  I have pics, maybe I will add one soon.

Anyway, today's workout wasn't too bad.  Today was Pure Cardio again from the Insanity program.  This is the one where there isn't any water breaks after the main portion gets rolling.  I had to take 3 breaks at about 30 seconds each, but that's not too bad for week 2.  My left hip is a tad sore.  I'm not sure if it is from the Friday Ab workout (you use a lot of hip flexors during Abs) or from the hiking... oh well, I'll have to be careful.

Last day of the first week!

I made it!  Week 1 in the bag!

Today, I we did a 18 minute Cardio Abs session from the Insanity program and we followed that with doing a full warm-up session of exercises, except instead of going easy/moderate for rounds 1 and 2 during the warm-up, we did all 3 rounds at full blast!  That was a tough workout.  My abs are tired, but really I felt it in my hip flexors... very painful.  All together it was a very productive 30 minute workout.  Now, where is my Friday cocktail as a reward???

Shoulder and Arms - Thursday

I thought my chest would feel better today, but it doesn't.  Not at all.  And to make matters worse, last night the same guy who got me in the chest with the baseball bat also got a hold of my back!  Tuesday's workout seems to taking a few days to heal from... Anyway, today was a beast too, but since I was working smaller muscle groups, my energy seemed to last a bit longer.

Here is the workout:

Shoulders and Arms	Round 1	Round 2
Alt. Shoulder Press (65lb bar)	10	10
In/Out Bicep Curls (65lb bar)	10	10
Overhead Tricep Ext. (65lb bar)	10	8
Swimmer's Press (65lb bar)	8	6
Alt. 1-Arm Sup Curl (25lb db)	10	8
Dips	15	17
Upright Rows (65lb bar)	10	8
Static Curls (25lb db)	12	10
Overhead Tricep Ext. (65lb bar)	10	7
Seated Shoulder Flys (20lb)	8	8
Cohen Curls (65lb bar)	6	6
Lying Tricep Ext. (65lb bar)	10	10
Straight Arm Ext (10 db)	16	16
Congdon Curls (65lb bar)	6	6
Side-Tri-Rise	8 and 8	8 and 8

Insanity Plyo - Wednesday

Today is Wednesday, so back to the Insanity set for a wonderful Plyo workout.  For those of you that don't know, Plyo training is similar to jump training.  Since there is already a ton of jumping in the Insanity DVDs, the Plyo was off the charts.  Extremely difficult, but I did complete the workout.

As a side note, it feels like somebody beat the hell out off my chest with a baseball bat.  During the warm-up, jumping jacks felt like absolute murder on my pecs.  Why am I putting myself through this??

First P90X Chest and Back Workout

OK, today was my first Chest and Back workout.  The exhaustion kind of sneaked up on me compared to yesterday.  Where as yesterday I was huffing and puffing after the first few minutes, today I never really lost my breath, but by the time I started the second round of the exercises I was exhausted and my chest and arms were pumped!

Here is my workout sheet:

Chest and Back	Round 1	Round 2
Push up	25	25
Pull up	7	3
Military Push up	20	12
Reverse Grip Pull up	5	3
Wide Push up	20	15
Close Grip Pull up	4	3
Decline Push up	15	10
Heavy Pants (25lb dbs)	15	15
Diamond Push up	15	12
Lawnmowers (35lb db)	15	15
Dive Bomber Push up	10	12
Back Fly (25lb dbs)	10	12

First Workout

Weight - 169.5

My first workout sucked.  Not really... it was awesome, but a near death experience did occur around the 28 min mark!

We did a workout called "Pure Cardio".  This comes from Phase 1 of the Insanity package.  I did about 9 minutes of warm-up (its not really a warm-up when you're sweating and gasping, but that's what they call it), followed by 6 minutes of stretching, very similar to yoga style.  Then the fun began... about 22 minutes of hardcore action!  There are no water breaks in this workout because it is so short, so I grabbed a few sips here and there.  I did complete the workout.  I'm tired, but glad its over.