Day 8 of Insanity Workout

Day 8 of the Insanity Workout.

Time to get back to the Insane Cardio Power and Resistance workout.  This is the same workout as day 3 of my blog shown here. 

Day 3 of Insanity Workout

I just got through my 3^rd day of the Insanity workout.  I am tired and a little sore from the stress it is putting on my shins and ankles.  The third day is Cardio Power and resistance.  I used an old pair of NIKES for this workout which felt a lot better on my feet than my running shoes.  My feet stayed on top of the soles instead of rolling off of them.  My 15yo son was making all kinds of noises…. I thought he was having a baby for a second!  He actually corrected me on one of the exercises by telling me I had to go all the way down to the floor.  It’s nice to be able to get him motivated and care about his health.  He wants the 300 abs like I do by August!

Working out in the living room is pretty hard though, it doesn’t have a tall ceiling and it’s hard to move around on some of the exercises.  I find myself stopping my movements for no apparent reason other than the small space.  If you like to sweat this is the workout for you, your heart races and your breathing is fast.  The video we watch to do the cardio has breaks where you’re supposed to stretch out before and after the workout.  I, for one, cannot stretch very well.  The video goes so fast, it seems that when you finally get situated to where you can feel a good stretch they are moving on to the other side.  It would be great to have a personal stretching coach!  Do they even have those?

All day at work I was still ecstatic about the relay last weekend.  It gave me such a great surge of energy.  I can’t wait to do something like that again.  I looked on line for some upcoming events but haven’t found any yet.  If anyone knows of a good source to feed my new habit let me know.  I actually saw someone driving today that had the R2R medal hanging from their rear view mirror and I was Like “I WAS THERE MAN!!”  Now I want more ;-)

 This time I got home early because I wanted a good workout before eating dinner.  Working out after dinner makes it feel like its coming back up my throat when doing the push-ups.  I made it home early enough to go downstairs and, with the help of my son, cleaned up the dog hair and mopped the floor.  Downstairs is cooler on these hot days but its also the dogs nest during the day.  Buster, the dog on the right likes to shed year round so after cleaning up it doesn't take much time for him to leave some more hair.  

We got the Futon and my Yorkie s kennel outside to make more room for the jumping around.  The only thing in the way now is the ceiling fan.  I will tackle that one on a later date.  Now after configuring the Xbox to play the video we started the exercise!  I felt pretty good on the long warm up but was feeling the burn during the hurtle jumps.  Then after the warm up was the stretches!  It felt so good to stretch the muscles and  that's usually when my body starts to sweat.  Yes it was dripping off of me fast.  After the warm up and stretch was the workout.  If I had a heart rate monitor it would help me out to keep my heart rate as high as I could for the cycle.  It would at least give me a goal to keep and to keep my mind from thinking I was tired.  I think I could put more into the workout but I end up taking a few brakes here and there to catch my breath.  Maybe if I had the heart rate monitor I would just use it to take more breaks when my rate was too high?  If its even close to being high, I just don't know.  A lot of my day also consisted of some intense research on line for the best GPS, Heart rate watch I could get at an affordable price.  I want the heart rate monitor for the Insanity workout and to better count the calories burned when I run.  And I definitely want the GPS to track my speed, pace and distance when I run!  Its a toss up right now between the Garmin 210 and the Timex Ironman GPS run trainer.  The Timex is about 20 bucks cheaper than the Garmin but Its a Timex.  Its all about the money though.  I have a scuba diving watch that i'm going to take to the Pawn shop to see if it will help me pay for a fitness based watch that will give me an excuse to workout.  Don't tell my wife but I've also been looking at running outfits.  I hate shopping for clothes too.  

Well all and all the workout felt great, my stretching is getting better and it takes me longer to get tired.  One week of this has already been noticeable to me and to others.  I drive a good 60 miles one way to work and back so its noticeable when the belly fat doesn't pinch on your waistband.  My core is also getting tighter, when i'm sitting up my ab muscles feel really tight.  My uniform (Navy Chief  khakis) fits better, and I feel great.  

Keep on Keepin on!