First thing left to say is that there is only 10 days
left. Just like P90X, this program went
fast. It really flew. Of course, it’s 30 days shorter than P90X…and
the routines are shorter for the most part until the second phase. It more than makes up for shorter routines
with routines that just don’t stop for 45 to 58 minutes, depending on the day.
The program is definitely working. I have seen great improvement in my FitTest
performance. I have also experienced
more endurance through the various circuits.
That’s pretty cool. I would love
to be more excited except, I expected it!
This is, after all, Beachbody.
The products are pretty tested at this point.
I have stopped my criticism of the people on the DVD’s,
especially Akeel and Frankie. Akeel
seems to have gotten a little more energy and Frankie got a better haircut so
they are easier to take in Phase II.
Still is tough watching Shaun T’s fascination with pulling up shirts and
touching people’s abs though.
I also have actually figured out the form (which could have
used much better explanation somewhere in the program) for many exercises. Like, when you do the squats, make sure you
concentrate on keeping your heels on the floor.
It ensures that your knees don’t swing out over your toes. The squatting form came in the first couple
of weeks but it took a lot of weeks to figure out some of them. I will give you some examples.
The High Knees. Anna
is a great example of how to do them.
The key is, make sure your chest is up and your chin is high. Why?
It elongates your abs and makes the exercise more comfortable. She hops right into that exercise for a
reason…she is one of the few doing it right.
Her form looks awkward…but try it.
You’ll see.
The 1-2-3
Heisman. I learned how to do these in
P90X. In Insanity, they’re not the
same. If you try to do them the P90X
way, you are way off step and there is NO WAY you are going to do them at a
high speed. It took me a while to get
the steps down…I kept falling back on my P90X which I could do in my sleep.
Some of the things I still don’t like is that I don’t know if one person can do the circuits all the way through. Shaun T doesn’t, because he stops to instruct. Everyone in the DVD, when the camera is off of them, seems to be taking shortcuts. Just some examples on this.
The Suicide Squats.
There is a leap in the middle of it.
A LEAP! Look at the DVD…too
funny. NO ONE in the back is doing them
the right way. The Jump-Punch and Squat,
some are squatting and some have lightly bent knees. The Jab and Squat? I laugh every time I do it. No one does it the same way. It looks like an exercise you make up for
kindergarten kids.
The last thing I will say about form is that I wish there
was more emphasis on this during the exercises and less on the speed. Everyone is so focused on the rhythm and
tempo that the form on most of them is really terrible. I wouldn’t care except that I watch the
people on the DVD so that I can have proper form…and their form isn’t
right. Oh, and we haven’t been
completely told the proper form either.
So that makes it tough.
This weekend was fine.
I had to exercise on my off day…Friday.
I had to go at night and then do Saturday at noontime (only about 15 hrs
later). So…I did AbRipperX and Insanity
Fast and Furious on Friday night. Then I
did Max Interval Plyo on Saturday, followed by Max Interval Circuit last night. I tossed in 25 minutes on the treadmill for
kicks.
CHEMICALS REALLY STINK.
I got nabbed once again by the food industry when I assumed a company
like Gatorade actually cared about my health.
I have been drinking these G2 Low Calorie drinks with my Protein and
Creatine now for a couple of weeks. I
noticed that my fat loss around my mid-section had slowed down. Fat is processed in the liver and when you
are taking in the chemical additives, your body spends a lot of time breaking
that down…and less time on fat. So just
for yucks, I looked at the label. There it was, Sucralose!! Crap.
You know, G2 has only 40 calories in a 20 ounce bottle. So, to make it taste like the other G2 and
still be low-cal, they crapped it up with chemicals. Thanks a lot.
Now I have a case of it in my fridge that I won’t be drinking.
You know, if it had NO sweet taste, I would drink it. I just want to drink what’s good for me. Is that asking too much?
See you tomorrow.
