Perspective

Some times you have to line up what you've done to put things in perspective! Wow...and I've been thinking I should be doing better!

R2: INSANITY - Day 56, FIT TEST #10

Round 2 is DONE! Beast mode, baby! No more exercising for me this year!

R2: INSANITY - Day 54 & 55

Today was Max Interval Plyo, Max Interval Cardio & Conditioning and Cardio Abs.

I broke the workouts up, but what matters it that they are done! ONE MORE DAY AND I AM DONE!

Tomorrow: FIT TEST

Executive Decision #6 (7?)

The workouts will be done tomorrow. I didn't finish Max Interval Plyo. My Spidey Sense is telling me to back off and regroup in the morning, and so far my Spidey Sense has been on it today.

R2: INSANITY - Day 53

Today was Max Interval Plyo.

Another late night session, and I'm not even sure how the day got away from me. This has got to stop, but I'm afraid that it has been going on so long that it has officially become a habit. Maybe it is time to put myself back on a "lockdown" schedule.

On a cheekier level, the world didn't end today.

An executive decision is in the works...

Tomorrow: Max Cardio Conditioning and Cardio Abs

RW: Sleep Deprivation May Lead to Weight Gain

Talk about timing. It's as if I'm being screamed at to try harder to get to sleep. This is a Runner's World magazine article about sleep deprivation and weight gain. My cause and my effect.

R2: INSANITY - Day 52

Today was Core Cardio & Balance.

I have GOT to stop doing these super-late workouts. It's not helping at all. Sure, I wasn't exactly restfully sleeping anyway, but this is undoubtedly making things worse. At least it is done, and there won't be any late workouts tonight.

Tomorrow: Max Interval Plyo.

Superhero Scramble...WTH am I thinking!?!?

Superhero Scramble. Boss medal. Hell-on-Earth course. The only reason I am registered for it is because I won a free registration. Yet I am looking at this race and wondering if I've lost my mind. It looks like it would be considerably worse than Barbarian Challenge, and I would be facing this terror alone. Not sure this is going to happen.

R2: INSANITY - Day 50 & 51

Catching up with workouts:

Day 50: Max Cardio Conditioning and Cardio Abs were done yesterday. I'm not sure why I didn't post it then but hey, it's done and it went well.

Day 51: Max Interval Circuit, another late workout. I hate MIC so much, I really truly madly deeply openly loathe and despise it. I hate it almost as much as the Fit Test...possibly more. It is a testament of my believe in the repugnance of this workout that I am willing to do it late because I don't want to face it tomorrow.

Tomorrow: Core Cardio & Balance

R2: INSANITY - Day 49

Today was Max Interval Plyo.

MUCH better than usual! So far so good for this GNC stuff!

Tomorrow: Max Cardio Conditioning and Cardio Abs

Dear This Chick,

Hey Girl,

How's it been? Haven't seen you in a while. I miss you. You were so excited when you first saw me and the first time we ran together was magic. What's happened to us? I know you are doing the Insanity workout and it takes a lot out of you. I understand that, I really do. But I miss you, girl. I thought we would be inseparable. I'm not asking you to choose between me and Shaun T, but it would be nice if we could at least see each other once in a while.

Sincerely,

Your Running Shoes

R2: INSANITY - Day 48

Today was Core Cardio & Balance.

It is also Day 3 of using GNC's Pre-Workout Ignition. It's still not too bad, but those lovely placebo effects from the first try are gone. Hopefully I won't acclimate to it too quickly. But this workout was better than normal. I was more focused, which is something that has been difficult for me lately. I've got to take yoga more seriously. It really isn't an option anymore. It is also time to bring the food diary out of retirement.

Tomorrow: REST DAY

R2: INSANITY - Day 47

Today was Cardio Recovery.

Tried the GNC stuff. I wasn't as wired as I was yesterday, but there was still a greater degree of focus and I managed to get a little more done. We'll just have to see how this goes. I'm glad I decided to switch the workouts up. Friday is not the day for late hardcore workouts. Especially today. I've been watching the news since I got home. My heart is just breaking over what happened in Connecticut. I can't imagine what hell those families are going through right now. May the angels and their educators lost today be forever at peace. As for the killer, may God have mercy on his soul because no one else does. I also pray that his family doesn't have to bear the burden of his sins.

Tomorrow: Core Cardio & Balance

R2: INSANITY - Day 46

Today was supposed to be Cardio Recovery, but I was field testing this GNC Pre-Workout Ignition stuff I bought today (plus I didn't want a difficult workout waiting for me on a Friday) so I did Max Interval Circuit.

I don't know why it took me so long to make this entry. The workout was done hours ago. It was done, well...yesterday. So far so good. It made me really focused. It lasted for a few hours, in fact, it really hasn't worn off yet, so this is better as a morning product. I felt no jitters. Hopefully it will make a significant difference with my efforts.

Tomorrow (well...today) is Cardio Recovery.

R2: INSANITY - Day 45

Today was Max Cardio and Cardio Abs.

SO glad to have this done in the morning! I'm getting better at dealing with the soreness; it's not leaving me creaking around as much as normal!

Tomorrow: Cardio Recovery

Randomness

I got bored and took this photo of my California Raisin figurine.

R2: INSANITY - Day 44

Today was Max Interval Plyo.

No words can describe how I didn't want to do this workout today...and no words can describe how my body and spirit refused to let me sit this one out. It's almost midnight, and here I am...getting ready to workout. Unbelievable, and yet absolutely wonderful.

UPDATE:

I can't believe I'm up this late again, but in my defense, I technically started Max Interval Plyo yesterday...just finished it today. It seemed at first that I wasn't going to complete it, but that strong double-cup of coffee I unwisely had around 7 kicked in, and that caffeine was trying to write checks I wasn't sure my body could cash! Still, that was the best Month 2 workout I've ever had!

Even though that was an epic workout, I'm not going to break that "no coffee after 5 PM" rule again. I'm still wide awake.

Tomorrow (well, today...): Max Cardio Conditioning and Cardio Abs

R2: INSANITY - Day 43: Fit Test #9

Have I mentioned how much I hate Fit Tests? No? Well, I've had my wisdom teeth removed, and that was more enjoyable. Even without the Novocaine (or whatever they used). Every Fit Test I wonder what is wrong with me that I would willingly indulge in such a masochistic venture. I honestly would rather do two of any other workouts than the Fit Test. The reason I have such an aversion to what should be a cool workout given its brevity is a cliché at best: I hate it because I'm competing against myself.

Here's the breakdown:

56 switch kicks
37 power jacks
90 power knees
13 power jumps
  8 globe jumps
13 suicide jumps
  9 push-up jacks
26 low-plank obliques

Tomorrow: Max Interval Plyo.

R2: INSANITY - Day 42

Today was Core Cardio & Balance.

It didn't go as well as I would prefer, but at least it is done.

Tomorrow: REST DAY

R2: INSANITY - Day 40 & 41

Did some schedule rearranging, but it all worked out OK!

Day 40: Snowflake 5K in place of Max Interval Plyo (done Thursday)

Day 41: Max Cardio Conditioning and Cardio Abs (done Friday)

Even though the things I am doing to combat the soreness are helping a LOT, there is still a lot of stiffness.  

Today: Core Cardio & Balance

12 races for 2012!

Today I did the Snowflake 5K virtual race. That's Race #12! 12 races in 2012!!! I ran 3.28 mi in 57:21!

R2: INSANITY - Day 39

I decided to do a little tweeking to the schedule, so today was Max Cardio Recovery.

Tomorrow I will try to do the Snowflake 5K virtual race. I'm sick of having it put off. Seeing that I will probably be in great amounts of pain, it will be done in place of Max Interval Plyo, after that, back on schedule.

Tomorrow: Snowflake 5K

Eating like an athlete v. well...just eating

Here is a subject that I'm currently struggling with: the idea of clean, "athletic" eating v. just regular eating. I do like clean eating, in fact, that was what I did during Round 1 of  Insanity. However, I also like to cook, and cleaning eating is unfortunately a very, painful boring experience. The cookbooks that I use for "fun" cooking are all lowfat, so caloric content isn't really the issue, but it doesn't seem to pass the muster on what constitutes as "clean" eating. So how do I merge the two? I want to fuel myself better like athletes do, but the idea of eating steamed fish and brown rice for the rest of my life is something of torture to me. What I am thinking about doing is following a plan modeled after the Insanity food plan for two weeks, and the other two weeks cooking the way I like.

We'll just have to see how that goes.

R2: INSANITY - Day 37 & 38

Today was Max Cardio Conditioning and Max Interval Circuit.

I'm working on a new mantra: GTSOW (Get This S*** Over With). These workouts were done this morning with a determination and a focus that I have been desperately lacking. Hopefully, this new sleep technique that I am trying out will increase this progress.

Max Cardio Conditioning: Could have been better, but still not bad.

Max Interval Circuit: Same review as above.

Tomorrow: Max Interval Plyo

Gobbler Gallop medal came today!

R2: INSANITY - Day 34, 35 & 36

All of these days were marked as Injury Watch days. Hopefully I can come back strong next week, but I'll be damned if I'm starting this thing over.