We struggle against ourselves, physically and/or mentally with any exercise. This is my journey.


Friday, July 29, 2011

Am I Insane?

I have started a new workout program, Beachbody's Insanity. It is created by Shawn T. and looks to be based mainly in cardio and plyometrics, but I think it might also have bodyweight weight training as well. Most of the infomercials showed the people running and jumping in place. The program states that it is a 60-day program, but it will actually take place over 9 weeks, or 63 days. One of the things that I have done is place the schedule on my calendar and with my previously scheduled events it should take me 66 days to get through. The following is the schedule:
 
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Phase 1
Fit Test
Plyometric Cardio Circuit
Cardio Power & Resistance
Cardio Recovery
Pure Cardio
Plyometric Cardio Circuit
Off
Cardio Power & Resistance
Pure Cardio
Plyometric Cardio Circuit
Cardio Recovery
Cardio Power & Resistance
Pure Cardio & Cardio Abs
Off
Fit Test
Plyometric Cardio Circuit
Pure Cardio
Cardio Recovery
Cardio Power & Resistance
Plyometric Cardio Circuit
Off
Pure Cardio & Cardio Abs
Cardio Power & Resistance
Plyometric Cardio Circuit
Cardio Recovery
Pure Cardio & Cardio Abs
Plyometric Cardio Circuit
Off
Core Cardio & Balance
Core Cardio & Balance
Core Cardio & Balance
Core Cardio & Balance
Core Cardio & Balance
Core Cardio & Balance
Off
Phase 2
Fit Test & Max Interval Circuit
Max Interval Plyo
Max Cardio Conditioning
Max Recovery
Max Interval Circuit
Max Interval Plyo
Off
Max Cardio Conditioning
Max Interval Circuit
Max Interval Plyo
Max Recovery
Max Cardio Conditioning & Cardio Abs
Core Cardio & Balance
Off
Fit Test & Max Interval Circuit
Max Interval Plyo
Max Cardio Conditioning & Cardio Abs
Max Recovery
Max Interval Circuit
Core Cardio & Balance
Off
Max Interval Plyo
Max Cardio Conditioning & Cardio Abs
Max Interval Circuit
Core Cardio & Balance
Max Interval Plyo
Max Cardio Conditioning & Cardio Abs
Fit Test

Of course you can start the program on any day that fits your needs. I, for example, started on a Tuesday as I play softball on Mondays, and that makes for a great day to have an "Off Day."
Some of the things that I hope to accomplish after putting myself through this pain is not just better cardio conditioning but hopefully a little bit more mass and definition as well. At the beginning of the year I started Tony Horton's P90X and got through two of the three months and was greatly enjoying that, however oral surgery and pure laziness afterwards knocked me off my training. After Insanity I will probably go back to that and try to actually finish that before trying Insanity: The Asylam and P90X2.

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