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Week 4 – Day 2 – Cardio Power & Resistance

jenniefay — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:49:46 +0000

This week has been stupid tough and we’re only on day two! I was down for the count on Monday due to a mild case of the stomach flu and getting back into the swing of things has proven to be much more difficult than I thought it would be. I felt much better on Tuesday but, still was not able to eat much and felt a bit queezy after meals. However, I simply couldn’t miss another workout so, I pushed through PURE CARDIO & CARDIO ABS!!! Needless to say, not feelin’ so hot after that rotation. Tonight I was hoping for better results after a day of stuffing my face as usual without much discomfort alas, once again I suffered.

It’s so strange, I feel fine but I can not for the life of me, bring that power, that energy to the workouts that I was able to just last week. I’m super frustrated and really hoping that this doesn’t last too much longer. I really like to workout balls to the walls or not at all and if this keeps up I won’t be finding the same solace in my cardio workouts that I normally do. I’m nauseous.

Week 3 – Day 6 – Plyo Cardio Circuit

jenniefay — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:49:13 +0000

I think that the Plyo Cardio Circuit has become my favorite day in our 6 day Insanity rotation. This workout is stupid hard! There’s a lot of jumping, a lot of ground work and because of this, a lot of sweating which (as you probably know from previous posts) really gets my motor goin’!

I’ve been thinking back to something my father told me when I was a wee lass. Now, first allow me to put a disclaimer on my upcoming statement, for my father was the kind of man who had an answer for everything. He’s always done a lot of reading and truly knows a little about everything in the world but, looking back, I’m not totally positive that all “facts” were indeed so. Nonetheless, I remember him telling me that when the human body is repeatedly put into a situation where it must sweat that it soon learns or trains itself to sweat more efficiently.

I’m not sure how much truth there was to that statement but, I can tell you that in my experience with this workout from the beginning of the program up til now my body has begun to sweat, drip sweat, and I’m talkin’ out of every single pore of my body! So, I’m thinking that daddy Banker might have been dialed in on this one! More pics tomorrow as we begin week 4! Where has the time gone?!

jennie_week3_day6 from chris fay on Vimeo.

Week 3 – Day 6 – Plyo Cardio Circuit

chrisfay — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:48:17 +0000

So I haven’t been very consistent in recording the pains of this week’s workouts, but that doesn’t correlate in any way to our track record of completion. Somehow we’ve managed to find the time, strength, motivation, anger, whatever it is necessary to keep this going – and we’re about to move into week 4 of this program.

It’s about as nuts as it was in week 1 I think, although I see a huge improvement physically externally as well as internally (cardiovascularly). It really is amazing to see just how much improvement can be gained in a matter of a few weeks. I had a ton of room to grow going into this so that’s not saying too much I suppose, and I’ll probably plateau soon, but my physical appearance (ABS!) is a great byproduct fo sho…

I think I pushed a bit harder today than normal as I was dripping – much more than usual – or maybe that was because we did the workout mid-day with the windows open and the sun beating down on us…not sure. It felt good either way. I seemed to need to stop a bit more than usual, but in other areas felt I was keeping pace better – I suppose it’s difficult to really keep track of improvements in certain areas without reps and weights – this type of workout is very new to me, but fun in a different way…

Week 3 – Day 3 – Pure Cardio/ Cardio Abs

chrisfay — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:26:37 +0000

Tough from start to finish today. Lungs feel coated thanks to this respiratory infection that’s taken up residence – noticeably worse today than the last couple days – which I think made it much more difficult. I had some serious muscle tension in my neck from today and the workout completely removed it which was a nice byproduct. I will say the further in the easier it got – until I had to basically start over with cardio abs and jump around all ridiculously like I hadn’t just worked out for 45 minutes. Will that combo ever get easier?

chris_week3_day3 from chris fay on Vimeo.

Week 3 – Day 3 – Pure Cardio & Cardio Abs

jenniefay — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:48:59 +0000

Eff! It’s weird that I could be making the progress that I am and still struggle so hard through this combo from HELL! It’s like a cruel joke to have to endure the torture of Pure Cardio and then “Dig Deep” to try to get through Cardio Abs. Well, if nothing else, I got some good video tonight. Haven’t heard the audio on it yet but, you all may have the treat of hearing my hubby tell me that I “sound like an elephant”. You know what I say to that Chris? At least I don’t flail like a girly man! I’m soooo tired!

jennie_week3_day3 from chris fay on Vimeo.

Week 3 – Day 1 – Fit Test #2

jenniefay — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:36:16 +0000

The numbers don’t lie, I’m actually making progress! Can’t wait to see the results from the next Fit Test!

jennie_week3_fittest from chris fay on Vimeo.

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Week 3 – Day 1- Fit Test

chrisfay — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:11:16 +0000

Two weeks down in this crazy workout and with that comes some results – I threw together a quick little chart of the fit test results so far. I took it a bit easy during week 1 but the improvements are still very much real. 6 more weeks and can’t wait to see what these results show then…

chris_week3_fittest from chris fay on Vimeo.

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Week 2 – Day 6 – Pure Cardio/ Cardio Abs

chrisfay — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:20:29 +0000

Dear God that was by far the most intense workout I have ever done in my life. Pure cardio is crazy hard by itself, but to throw in another 25 minutes of ab crap is just not very nice – seriously, I already did a warmup, then a cool down – did I really need another warmup before doing abs? Didn’t think so…

I took a nice 15 second video clip of Jennie looking all shtoit like a tiger, passed it over to her to return the favor and what does she do? She stops the video while aiming it at me, then clicks record before setting it down on the counter. Long story short instead of my video clip I got 3 minutes of hard wood counter top and some grunting off yonder – not much of a clip, so instead you get me talking about how much the workout sucked and little to see…sorry.

Actually though, I felt really good – it was the first time in the last two weeks where I didn’t have to stop once during the entire warmup. Not one little break, pout, yell – you get the point. My heart felt great, I sweat like a little beotch, but pushed through well and my lungs kept up better than any of the previous workouts. Really hoping this keeps up. The ab workout was rough in the beginning with all the jumping – tons of it – but finished off with some wicked sitting/crunch type stuff that was lower impact, but manageable. Good times…

Week 2- Day6- Pure Cardio/Cardio Abs

jenniefay — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:07:35 +0000

Holy Schmoly!!!!! Let me just begin with, I LOVE TO SWEAT! Seriously, I think that one of my very favorite things about this workout is simply the amount of sweat that pours, literally, pours out of my body! Tonight was the first time that the schedule called for doubling up and doing the Cardio Abs workout on top of our regularly scheduled routine. . .amazing! I had so much fun, it really motivated me for the next month and a half. Can’t wait to see our results!

p.s. Check out Chris’s face at the end of my video, priceless.

Jennie – Week 2 – Day 6 – Pure Cardio / Abs from chris fay on Vimeo.

Week 2- Day 4 Cardio Recovery

jenniefay — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:42:07 +0000

It’s strange how much one can forget in one week. Although I know that I’ve done all these workouts, I’m still stumbling through the first few minutes of each Insanity workout trying to recall what tortures lay ahead. So, Cardio Recovery, week 2 edition. . .all I have to say is Cardio Recovery MY ASS!!! This one’s a trixie little workout it is. It starts out so calm, simple really then, about mid workout, there are some insane deep yoga poses that absolutely kill! It’s always strange when a “simple” stretch makes you pant and sweat. Anyways, I’m more than ready to get back to cardio manana!