Days 12-15
Bottom line: As my stamina improves, I've been adding on some new strength training routines, particularly some from the P90X series. Only a few more Month 1 workouts before I start Month 2!
Greetings, sports fans. I have not fallen off the Insanity wagon, just the blogging one for the past few days. Since my last blog, I've done an additional 5 Insanity workouts, as well as Tracey Staehle's Cardio Kickbox Challenge, two P90X workouts, and a barre class. Yes, I've been a busy bee.
I have continued to see improvements both in my stamina and performance. But just as motivating have been the changes in my body. I was already in excellent shape with low body fat, but my abs have seriously never looked better. I took some "before" pictures and I really should post them with the "after" shots.
On a related topic, I'm less tired after the Insanity workouts now, so I've tacked on some extra workouts (yay!). So far, I've done P90X Chest & Back and P90X Back & Biceps, as well as a local barre class. I really enjoyed the P90X workouts- I've missed lifting weights since beginning Insanity. But even more importantly, I found them so much less mind numbingly boring than the bazillions of repetitions in Jari Love's Get Ripped workouts. I definitely did many repetitions of exercises total for each body part, but the exercises changed frequently. The cuing was also so easy to follow that I could watch a TV show while working out- a luxury I haven't had for a long time. Finally, I love the functional, body weight exercises. In Chest & Back, I did more pushups than I've ever done before!
Overall, I found the P90X workouts extremely challenging, but definitly less grueling than the Get Ripped series because there are more breaks between repetitions. I think they're an excellent complement to my Insanity rotation because I don't dread doing them, and I plan on doing two a week, along with twice weekly barre workouts. Ambitious? Yes. Impossible? Nope. Will I pull it off? That remains to be seen…