fuck.

6/5/2010 1:25:52 AM

You guys need to go paleolithic. Solve all yer problems before you can say diet.

6/5/2010 2:34:43 AM

^i don't understand your point. are you suggesting that "diet" is easier to follow than others?



(i know that sounds like im being mean but i promise im not )

[Edited on June 5, 2010 at 8:46 AM. Reason : ]

6/5/2010 8:45:35 AM

angry joie


i drank a mad dog 20/20 and ate poptarts. i dont know which caused this stomach cramp.

6/5/2010 9:26:05 AM

Quote :

"You guys need to go paleolithic. Solve all yer problems before you can say diet."

I'd say I go about 80% Paleo right now and I'm quite happy with that amount. Any more and I'd go crazy.

6/5/2010 9:36:06 AM

Question....

Let's say you are doing a work out routine with 24 exercises, for instance shoulders/back/triceps (so basically 8 exercises on each muscle group). What is the best strategy?

A. Lift a decent amount for the first 12 exercises, but not your max, knowing that you still have 12 exercises left, so that you can lift roughly the same amount on the last 12 exercises.

B. Go as hard as you can the entire time, knowing that as the routine goes on, your performance will decline quickly, until by the 24th exercise your muscles are practically useless.

C. Split the routine into two 12 exercise segments so you can push to basically your maximum for every exercise.

D. Other (Please elaborate).

6/5/2010 1:23:29 PM

depends on your goal.

what are you looking to accomplish here?

6/5/2010 1:26:19 PM

^^you're doing too much volume in one workout.

6/5/2010 1:30:40 PM

^^^Why in the hell are you doing A workout (singular) with 24 exercises? That sounds like way too much volume IMO

^beat me to it

[Edited on June 5, 2010 at 1:31 PM. Reason : +^]

6/5/2010 1:31:29 PM

^x4 Yeah that may be too much. As far as lifting is concerned, I hit every muscle group once a week, and usually 4, sometimes 5 exercises per muscle is enough. Now others feel that you have to hit each muscle group twice or even more, which you can, but it wont leave anyroom for cardio.

[Edited on June 5, 2010 at 1:50 PM. Reason : words]

6/5/2010 1:49:44 PM

It's just one of the P90X routines I do. They all have between 24-30 exercises in them. I try and juggle P90X/Insanity/running 6 days a week. And my goal is to gain definition. I don't really care about getting huge, I just want to be really toned.

6/5/2010 1:58:43 PM

jesus that's lazy

p90X tells you exactly what to do

6/5/2010 2:02:20 PM

eat less
use compound movements
lift heavy


and you will be more tonedefined

6/5/2010 2:10:57 PM

Quote :

"jesus that's lazy p90X tells you exactly what to do"

Yes you're right, I am lazy. I work out about 8-10 times a week, go hiking almost every week, and play softball.

As it turns out I have gone through P90X fully twice, as well as Insanity twice. I know how the routines work. But right now I am not following the routine. The question I am asking is not how to do P90X. I am asking if there are better ways to divvy up the workout routines contained in the videos and perhaps maximize the results. I am not currently doing the P90X program, however I do like to take some of the routines (specifically the strength routines and Yoga) and mix them in with other activities.

But seriously, thanks for your perspective.

6/5/2010 2:14:17 PM

GG

don't save anything for the next exercise(s), just switch muscle groups instead of resting and keep going

that'll get you where you want to be

6/5/2010 2:21:46 PM

I think he was just asking what the best method of attack/mental process to have when going through a p90x workout.

Most everyone has a strategy, and few can go 100% through a whole workout. Even at the gym I will often take it easy on one exercise because I know I have a tough one coming up.

I think it was a valid question for discussion, and whether you have 6 or 24 exercises in your workout there is an element of pacing that everyone considers before and during the workout!

6/5/2010 2:38:54 PM

Did a full body workout today. Chest, arms, shoulders, back, and legs. Followed it up with 2 miles on the treadmill

6/5/2010 3:14:35 PM

Please excuse my ignorance, but what is p90X?

[Edited on June 5, 2010 at 3:19 PM. Reason : Nevermind. I just googled it. That is expensive to work out in front of your TV.]

6/5/2010 3:16:59 PM

Monday- 10 minute elliptical, 30 minute kickboxing- I had a time constraint so i couldn't do the whole 60 minutes
Wednesday-Aquatic blast, 60 minutes
Thursday- yogilates, 55 minutes
Saturday-25 minute elliptical
3x8x120 leg press
3x8x120 alternate leg press
3x10x40 chest press
3x8x30 overhead press
3x8x30 alternate overhead press
8x10sec vertical plank on dip (can't do dips yet)
3x8x45 dead lift
3x10x8 dumbbell jack

I have started making zone diet dinners except one day I ate Chic-fil-a with Ken and Maya (I had a chargrill chicken sandwich, which I am aware is still not healthy). I need to figure out breakfast because I work out in the morning and I need a good breakfast to sustain me through it. My lunches have been zone diet except for one day I ate Noodle and Company with Ken on Thursday (I had Thai Curry Soup with noodles).

I am starting to get in a good groove of eating habits and my workouts are not leaving me with as horrendous headaches as before. I still get them but not as bad. I will take pictures later.

6/5/2010 3:47:53 PM

^ look at you weight training!

6/5/2010 3:50:18 PM

hehe...yeah. I gotta try to keep up with you, muh lady.

6/5/2010 4:07:02 PM

i'm going back on southbeach diet tomorrow (well a modified version really - cause i don't know if the plan for the first two weeks will sustain me through my workouts)

so hopefully this will jumpstart more of the weightloss.

6/5/2010 4:29:53 PM

Quote :

"Please excuse my ignorance, but what is p90X?"

IMO it is the best workout program available. It lasts for 90 days and has a lot of different elements to it (strength/cardio/flexibility as well as a diet and supplement plan). I have before/after pictures in my gallery. It really helped me turn my life around and motivate me.

6/5/2010 5:09:14 PM

i go on the idea that some exercise > none

i applaud anyone making some effort, in the end, its all diet

Quote :

"fuck."

haha I hear ya

Quote :

"and ate poptarts"

sums up my bulking diet, protein and poptarts. There were days I'd eat 16 pop tarts before 10am, DAYS.

6/5/2010 5:31:56 PM

Quote :

"There were days I'd eat 16 pop tarts before 10am"

i don't think that i can fathom that

6/5/2010 6:43:36 PM

that makes my stomach hurt just thinking about it.

6/5/2010 7:18:02 PM

porcha is the MAN!

6/5/2010 8:03:26 PM

Quote :

"Monday- 10 minute elliptical, 30 minute kickboxing- I had a time constraint so i couldn't do the whole 60 minutes Wednesday-Aquatic blast, 60 minutes Thursday- yogilates, 55 minutes Saturday-25 minute elliptical 3x8x120 leg press 3x8x120 alternate leg press 3x10x40 chest press 3x8x30 overhead press 3x8x30 alternate overhead press 8x10sec vertical plank on dip (can't do dips yet) 3x8x45 dead lift 3x10x8 dumbbell jack I have started making zone diet dinners except one day I ate Chic-fil-a with Ken and Maya (I had a chargrill chicken sandwich, which I am aware is still not healthy). I need to figure out breakfast because I work out in the morning and I need a good breakfast to sustain me through it. My lunches have been zone diet except for one day I ate Noodle and Company with Ken on Thursday (I had Thai Curry Soup with noodles). I am starting to get in a good groove of eating habits and my workouts are not leaving me with as horrendous headaches as before. I still get them but not as bad. I will take pictures later."

looks good! Honestly, I'd try to go light on the eating before a morning workout depending on how long it usually takes you to get through it. I know it isn't zone proportions, but I'd go with a simple apple and some kind of nut butter (If you can choose almond or sunbutter you'd be better off than peanut butter).

6/5/2010 8:16:18 PM

bike for 45 minutes, then did assisted pull-ups (I can do 6 w/ 60 lbs now, yay.. started around 90 I think) and dips (3x15) and overhead extension (3x8x20)

then I walked Gambit about a mile and played catch w/ him

6/5/2010 8:17:17 PM

2.5 mile run and a bunch of calisthenics today for me.

6/5/2010 8:27:24 PM

i have been bad lately. but i will post a picture tomorrow.

6/6/2010 12:21:57 AM

I went on a 72 mile bike ride yesterday. Went from Cary to Benson and then back. Burned somewhere along the lines of 4200 calories. I will take today kind of easy, probably just get on the elliptical machine for an hour or so. My ass is kind of sore, but not as bad as I thought it would be considering how it felt immediately post ride.

I'm thinking of doing a weekend ride to the beach with a couple of people later this summer.

6/6/2010 9:11:20 AM

I had 18 Coors Light & a shot of SoCo. That's 1906 calories from alcohol.

6/6/2010 9:26:24 AM

^thats fucking awesome

6/6/2010 9:30:19 AM

wow, 18? across how long of a period?

I was feeling bad this morning myself for having 2 beers, half a bottle of wine, and three mix drinks.

6/6/2010 9:32:04 AM

It's ridiculously counterproductive.... I got more calories from alcohol in the span of 5 hours from alcohol than I do in a day.

[Edited on June 6, 2010 at 9:33 AM. Reason : I'm dumb.]

6/6/2010 9:33:31 AM

that just means you gotta have a super strict diet during the week and work out even harder


Counterproductive, yes. but its fun

been doing that shit for years.

6/6/2010 11:23:07 AM

wk1



Hamstring injury has made this difficult, but I'm upping my upper body progress this week.

6/6/2010 12:45:42 PM

wtb bench press

6/6/2010 1:05:41 PM

i just finished my first full week of insanity

it is pretty intense but im not as sore as i expected i would be, which is great. i'm really looking forward to the routines and i get a massive surge of energy post-work out. i also have a support network of 3 other friends/coworkers that are doing it too & its nice to have the motivation & we track our progress on a google doc

my next step is to incorporate the diet portion of insanity. i need to make a grocery run & i'll be at home for a few weeks so i can get used to creating the meals. i have an idea of how to bring it with me on the road but i need to master it at home first.

my weight & body fat are the same as last week. i do have a little more energy and im sleeping less, which might sound weird but before i would sleep for like...10-13 hours a night. now i sleep 9 and i can't fall back asleep

6/6/2010 1:56:47 PM

You would sleep for 13 hours a night? Holy crap!

6/6/2010 2:14:23 PM

EASILY

and a nap later wouldn't be out of the question

it wasn't that i was exhausted or anything, i just LOVE to sleep. and now i wake up sooner and feel just as rested

and just as an lol... i find that my relationships with people who will nap with me are much stronger (for example, my friends who i regularly nap with are closer friends than those who don't...but maybe the fact that we'll share a bed to sleep in the first place is part of it)

6/6/2010 2:19:37 PM

check in




i am not happy with my "progress" (if thats what you want to call it-i think i may have regressed a bit :-/ ) at the moment but i am moving things around and doing things a little different.
this just means im really gonna have to bring it up a notch this week (which kinda sucks b/c we're going to see cody's mom this weekend and i'm gonna try to maintain healthy then )

i've been pretty bloated the past few days too because i have been eating way more sodium and carbs than normal.

oh well.

another week.


i got this

[Edited on June 6, 2010 at 8:59 PM. Reason : im also extremely hungover in those pics. bad joie. BAD.]

6/6/2010 8:58:31 PM

i would also like to add that this picture is also a new motivation for me



makes me not hate my butt and thighs so much

6/6/2010 9:29:48 PM

Keep your chin up.

And do chin ups.

6/6/2010 9:54:22 PM

on a much lighter and happier note i went home this weekend and had to change clothes while i was there.
i put on a pair of jeans that fit me perfectly around the beginning of april and now they are sagging really, really bad!
i can take them off my wiggling hard lol

so i have that going for me. ahaha

[Edited on June 6, 2010 at 9:58 PM. Reason : ftg]

6/6/2010 9:58:19 PM

Saturday I had fondue with some friends who I hadn't seen in a while:



Today started out great, but now I'm cranky/pissed/upset/lonely and don't feel like eating:



...that is, after eating some movie theater popcorn with a shit ton of butter YUM

6/6/2010 9:59:22 PM

I, too, have found it hard to fit into my jeans.

6/6/2010 9:59:24 PM

week 1

[Edited on June 6, 2010 at 11:03 PM. Reason : Better representation bc Ken took this one.]

6/6/2010 11:00:50 PM

so i studied the insanity meal plan, selected the meals that i liked the best & that match best with my lifestyle. hit the grocery store & spent the last 2 hours measuring, packaging and figuring out all my meals for the week. it was LONG but now all my meals are ready to go, with some slight preparation (toasting, warming & cooking eggs for example). nothing major... i did that on purpose.

the level of food im going to be eating in 7 days blows my mind... its based on a 1600 calorie diet, which is what i calculated based on the formula in the meal plan book. but, i am eating 6 times a day so i guess it makes sense, but it also cost approx $70 at the store to buy it all!! granted, i already had some things but only ONE thing i bought will take me into week 2... craaazy

if anyone cares...here is my grocery list for 7 days of eating. and yes, i will eat the entirety of everything listed...

- 1 loaf whole grain bread (18 slices)
- 1 pack whole grain english muffins (6 muffins)
- 1 large tomato
- 1 small pack mushrooms
- 1 large pack baby spinach
- 1 bunch of bananas (6)
- 3 apples
- 2 pears
- 1 large container of greek yogurt
- 2 large containers of cottage cheese (< 1% milk)
- 1 small brick of feta cheese
- 2 cans of black beans
- 1/2 lb sliced deli turkey
- 1 pack blueberries
- 1/2 gal non fat milk (its not actually milk, i use lactose free milk)
- container of egg whites
- 1 carton eggs
- 1 avocado (this will take me into next week)
- 1 box kashi nutrition bars
- 1 jar all fruit preserve
- 1 pack reduced fat mozzarella cheese (this will carry me a little bit into next week)
- 1 onion
- approx 1/2 pack of jenny-o turkey bacon

like i said, my grocery bill was about $70. i think if i bought everything i needed again next week it would run me around $60 instead because i bought a few other things for meals next week

im excited to see my progress with the addition of following the meals.

i do my insanity fit test next week, i'll take my measurements again then & will post any progress i've made. im also tracking my body fat so i hope to see that drop a little bit too!

[Edited on June 6, 2010 at 11:03 PM. Reason : oh yeah]

6/6/2010 11:01:24 PM