Day 17 Report - P90x Insanity Weight Lifting Hybrid Program

     Really brought it to my morning INSANITY workout. For some reason I had it in my mind I had to much body fat and it propelled my workout. Mistake. Why? Never let fear guide you in that way. I mean misguided fear. After doing my body fat, weight, and measurements I know I'm on target. In your fitness journeys realize what is misguided fear and what "real" fear. Fear of eating at a fast food restaurant every day and not exercise should give you a good dose of "healthy" fear and is a well-founded fear. Doing something because I just "think" I have to much body fat without properly calculating to prove it is an "unfounded" fear. Doesn't sound like a big deal and in that instance it's not that harmful. I deal with people that use unfounded fears to hamper their fitness. "Oh, I have to order desert and eat at all these dinners or my co-workers will hate me." How do you know? Did you cut your portions size by 1/2 or even 1/4? They wouldn't even notice. Making a decision without truly knowing the out come. Don't get me wrong, fear is critical in life. Yeah, I have a fear that if I walk out in traffic I may get injured. Yeah, healthy fear. ;) Ok, off rant.
     On to the workouts. I continue to keep weight very very low on the 16 count routines to save energy for the main arm and shoulder routines and continue to do those to failure while increasing weight. My wrists tend to wear down toward the end of the workouts so I probably need to back off some weight somewhere until they get used to the weight and routines at that weight. On the dips I went from last week of 25lbs in my lap to 30lbs at 20 reps each. I used to do over 40 dips a set, but with the weight I really feel it. When doing dips really focus on the traps and upper back. If you can't feel it there adjust until you do. Really monitored form this session and made sure I did go crazy overboard with the weight like last week. When I do that it leads to hurting my wrists some.

Day 17 Workout(s):

INSANITY: Plyometrics (morning)

Pre Supplement: Protein Shake(mixed with 2tbs honey, 2 cups coffee) My morning SLAMMER. use coffee(ice) and honey (2tbsp) to increase protein/amino uptake into muscles to stop catabolism.
During Workout Supplement:
p90x Recovery Drink
Post Workout: Immediately Following:
P90x Recovery Drink(drank rest in bottle)
High Complex-Carb breakfast 1 hour later(2 cups kashi cereal, 2 cups non-fat milk)

Modifications:
None
Hear Rate:
Total Time: 41minutes
Average HR: 152
Peak HR: 180
Minimum HR: 92
Calories Burned: 648

P90X: Shoulders And Arms(evening)

Pre Supplement:p90x Recovery Drink w/Glutamine and some Arginine
During Workout Supplement:
p90x Recovery Drink
Post Workout: Immediately Following:
p90x Recovery Drink

Modifications:
- On any 16 mandatory rep count lowest weight possible
- weight in lap for dips

Hear Rate:
Total Time: 1:07 minutes
Average HR: 115
Peak HR: 145
Minimum HR: 79
Calories Burned: 605

Day 7 Report - P90x Insanity Weight Lifting Hybrid Program

Did my modified 1 hour ab ripper x with weight workout this morning. Had to modify a few routines and made some workout sheets for it. Did a good bit of research on the top 10 ab routines based on some lab studies. Very interesting stuff. Subtracted a few routines to reduce repetatvie work and save time. Want it under an hour for sure if not more. Want the biggest bang for the buck.
That was followed up by a tough round of INSANITY PLYO! Because I'm doing p90x chest routines followed up by another night/day of pure bench routines, I do all INSANITY pushups on my knees.
I am also modifying the routines to squeeze as much rest out of yoga-x/cardio recovery combined with two days to rest. I'm creating a weekly plan that allows for as much rest as possible. So I will rearrange the days those accordingly. I'm going for mass as much as possible.
So far I have subbed in bench for all p90x pushups, based on the type of push ups. Use a backpack with weights in it for all pull ups. I also do things like put a dumbbell in my lap for dips. For legs and back, I used as much weight as possible for dips, and thus reduced the number. This will help with mass on my legs. Just have to be careful not to stress the knees out.