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Week 2 – Day 4 – Pure Cardio (makeup day)

chrisfay — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:16:52 +0000

Jesus that was rough. I almost quit once during the warm-up and a good couple times during the actual workout – not sure why I didn’t, but whatever. Had to make this day up from a headache I had earlier this week and didn’t want to miss my favorite heart wrenching workout on the menu. I was dragging the whole way through, as you can tell from my video clip with legs sprawling body flailing. I’m blaming it on the sickness my entire family has been fighting as of late, though I have yet to succumb to it completely, only morning coughs and minor annoyances so far. And of course the sluggish workouts.

I have noticed one major improvement over the last couple workouts – the subsiding of the dizzy spells. I was experiencing about 10 minutes worth of minor lightheadedness- enough to be a bother – after each workout. Recently however it has stopped. I’m guessing my cardiovascular inferiority has been waning, in light of a new set of lungs, blood vessels and all around pumpatude – or something…

Chris – Week 2 day 3 – Pure Cardio from chris fay on Vimeo.

chrisfayconsulting.com – new face

chrisfay — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:46:57 +0000

After about 6 months of ‘This site is being updated, check back soon’ I finally got around to painting a face on chrisfayconsulting.com. It’s just the skin – more of a splash page for now, and mostly points back to where the juice is currently (chrisfay.net), but it’s the initial motion on one of my new years resolutions – seriously building a brand for my freelancing/consulting business for 2010.

I do quite a bit of theme development for ThemeForest.net and in doing so generate a steady flow of clients for a variety of projects, many of which I am unable to show due to non-disclosures. Aside from those projects I work on my own startup ideas, webapp fronts, and anything I can get my hands on with hopes of revolutionizing the online industry in any way possible. Chris Fay Consulting, LLC is the umbrella from which I work, and my goal this year will be to strenghten this brand to make it a stronger avenue for revenue and a future business model for things to come.

I went with a more minimal’sh modern feel, focused on bold typography – you’ll notice the site is pretty light on content at the moment. This is due in part to a conflict of interest between chrisfay.net and chrisfayconsulting.com – I’m still figuring out how to mesh the two into one brand, and will be my next big project.

Curious you’re thoughts on the look so far…

Face off: cjfay

Week 1 – Day 6 – Plyo Cardio Circuit

chrisfay — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:05:20 +0000

Week 1 Down! Wuhh wut, wuuh wut…

Almost did the ab workout on accident as it was the next video in line – good thing I checked the calendar. Plyo it is – and twice in one week, which was kind of cool considering it made it a tad easier to compare the intensity of each and my progress so far. I was a bit surprised to see that I actually made some – progress that is. My heart rate didn’t hit quite so high and the exercises didn’t debilitate me to the level they did on day 2 – not saying I wasn’t on the floor, but maybe to a bit less of a degree this time. I still replaced some of the upper body/shoulder stuff with less migraine taunting alternatives, but that’s a price I’m willing to pay at this point.

I never was much for cardio – the most of which consisted of a 5 minute jog on the treadmill before lifting, or the cardio workouts I allowed myself to complete in P90X. For some reason the workouts in Insanity are invigorating – maybe it’s the brutal personal challenge they present or the results I already notice…who knows. Planning on adding some videos to these diaries for next week so stay tuned foos

Week 1 – Day 6- Week one of Insanity completed!

jenniefay — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:20:35 +0000

Day-6 Plyometric Cardio Circuit

OMG! I can’t believe that we are one week down! Not to say that I am gliding through this workout effortlessly but, I can definitely feel an improvement from just a mere 6 days ago when the hubs and I first stumbled, gasped, and weazed through our fit test. In fact, I think that I finally made it through the warm up (yes, I said warm up!) without having to take a serious breather. After years and years of doing primarily cardio driven workouts at the gym I am realizing that nothing that I have ever done has been this challenging cardiovascularly and I hoping that, in return, I’ll get in rockin’ shape by the end of two months! Day of rest tomorrow and then, on to week two! Yeehaw!

Insanity

chrisfay — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:49:55 +0000

This week the wife and I have embarked on a journey of death – one that will test our physical, mental – who am I kidding, almost entirely physical, aspects of our bodies. This test is called ‘Insanity‘, a workout regimen meant to shatter your flabby former self in 60 days via some nasty interval training. Jennie and I both completed a round of P90X, a fairly intense workout program itself, but after 2 days doing Insanity I can say it’s sufficiently inferior in the cardio department compared to Insanity – exponentially.

Most workout programs work in bursts of exercise with longer periods of rests – Insanity turns this method upside down with long intervals of intense cardio mixed with short rest periods – it’s crazy. I haven’t had my heart rate in the 190’s since I can remember, and I thought I was gonna die. The fit test made me feel like a fat kid on twinkies at camp chunkie-love. I feel great so far, and Jennie loves it, so we’ll keep running with it as long as our bodies allow us to. We’ll be posting some pics throughout the process as well as some notes on our diaries – you can find Jennie and my personal Insanity section’s here, or click the pick above, whateva… Stay tuned, shrink wrap me biotch!