Day 1-> Let’s say it was crazy.  It had been a while since I did this particular workout, the Tony Horton One on One 30/15.  This is 30 pushups and 15 pull-ups over an hour long period of time in various exercises.   I love it.  I was sore for 2 days after this workout which is a most excellent feeling. :)  Who isn’t be happy to be sore? Ok, maybe some. But it shows to me, that I can continue to push myself and feel the results. Feel that I am getting stronger.

You just have to take it in stride and do what you can from the beginning to the end of this workout. Tony himself even lowers the # per exercise.  So it shows you, that we are all human and we can only do what we can. We press play, we get stronger, we get healthier and we move forward one workout at a time.

This is one of my favorite workouts in all of the BeachBody collection.  Push-ups and pull-ups. How can you go wrong? Your own body weight getting the job done.

Day 2-> Pure Cardio.  Who doesn’t love Shaun Thompson motivating you through a 30+ minutes cardio endurance workout?  He gets you motivated, keeps you under control, tells you the right way to push hard, get results and stay safe from injury.  It’s wonderful. This is one of my favorites.  I like the whole cardio endurance aspects of Insanity, plain and simply because it’s work. I’ve done 2 rounds of just Insanity and I will do another one day because it really does the job.  Key through any of the workouts is modifying where you need to. Take breaks, keep hydrated and get back in the game and get results. 

So round 4 is underway,  I hope everyone is getting started, looking forward to summer coming and feeling good about yourself.  Working out helps in so many ways. Not only with your health which is the primary reason, but it boosts your confidence. Your comfort zone grows and you feel better, stand taller and that is a wonderful feeling.  Mentally you are going to be sharper.  Let’s take it one day at a time. Here to help, so contact me.  Love to hear about your story, your transformation, your history, your journey to a healthier and happier you!

Interested in either Insanity, P90x, Tony Horton One on Ones let me know. Any information on them either just shout.  You can go to my BeachBody Coach page and check things out as well.

Yes, I am about to embark again on another round of P90x.   This will be a mix of P90x, P90x Plus, Insanity and Tony Horton One on One’s.  I’ve been blessed by finding a great product, great company with a huge community that are out there to get our world back into shape. Back into a healthy lifestyle that aims to help reduce your daily stress, lose weights, reduce body fat, change your nutrition and eating habits and get us as humans as the people of the world back to where we should be. 

I’m excited. Round 4.  That is just amazing to me.  420 days I’ve been going strong now. Working out being vigilant with my nutrition and simply having fun!  There isn’t any magic pill or process to losing weight and getting in shape. It takes work. It takes time and you have to be willing to go the distance to get the job done. It is there for the taking, you just have to be ready to take that leap of faith that you can do it. Because you can!

I will tweak my goals and schedule below as I find necessary. Whether I feel like I need to step things up or am going too hard.  Key is I will be pushing play everyday! Let’s help each other motivate and inspire one another to be successful! Contact me. Love to help and talk!

Start Date: March 8, 2010
End Date: June 6, 2010

My Goals

• Lower BF by 4%
• Running 3/4 days a week training for a 10K – May 2, 2010.
• Blog each day
• Video Update once a week.
• Increase Muscle mass and definition
• Have fun! Stay Motivated to push myself to new heights!
• Help others reach their goals!
• Eat Healthy – Find the inches to help me be successful!

Yep, today would be the official final day of my 3rd round of P90x.  It’s been an awesome 90 days!  The mix of these 2 programs is amazing at creating a great program that not only pushes you resistance wise, but pushes and challenges you from the cardio perspective with Shaun T’s Insanity program.

What’s awesome, is that when you enjoy something, are seeing results, are creating a better you and sharing that journey with everyone it goes by quickly.  This round has flown by quicker than al the other’s so far. 

This particular round has seen many changes and adjustments.  One bonus was for Christmas I received from my lovely wife a pair of SelectTech 552 Dumbbells.  I will say on record that these things rock for this program.  They are compact, they are quick to change weight and I’ve seen amazing results for my personal achievements in the 2 months that I’ve used them.  If you can afford them, get a pair.  it’s just amazing at the amount of space saved.  I had previously been using bands for my first 2 rounds.  Bands are effectively, but I feel I have gotten by far gotten better results with the weights.  Each person is different. Each person has different situations which require them to use one versus the other.  We do our best and forget the rest.  Key is pressing play.

So what have I learned over the past 90 days?

I’ve learned that with any workout program, you have to be willing to be flexible.  You have to make yourself accountable. You have to find that inner motivation each day to press play, find ways to push yourself to reach for those goals that you set from day 1. 

Goals?

I consider this one of the biggest priorities when starting a program. Set some. Some even the smallest of goals. Because you have to have something you are willing to work towards.  Record your numbers. Take your measurements. Set goals based on weight loss, size in bicep, body fat reduction, # of reps, lowering your cholesterol and/or blood pressure. It doesn’t matter. But you have to do it.  Get a piece of paper (ok, not many of us use real paper anymore) but write it down. You’ll modify it each day and week.  It doesn’t matter.  Just do it.  You won’t regret it.

What’s Next?

I’ll be posting my next schedule tomorrow (Monday March 8th, 2010).  It will be another 90 day program.   It will be another hybrid like this one but I hope to throw in some added pieces just to spice things up.  I’ll be modifying my goals this round. I’m also incorporating running 3 days a week as I train for a 10k in May. Which I’ll post more information on as well.

In the end, I have found wonderful success with Beachbody products.  I have found something that works for me, fits into my schedule and has taken me to a whole new fitness level. Thank you Beachbody.  I have not been using their products for just over a year now. I passed my 1 year anniversary back on January 12, 2010.  It was such a great achievement to still be going strong, staying committed and motivated to press play each day and show to my family and friends that it can be done. It becomes an extension of your daily life and habits.  You make it fun, you challenge yourself, find others that are interested in the same things as you and it can be done! Just takes that first step of realizing you need to make a change!

As a beachbody coach, I am here to help you take that first step!  There is a match for you no matter what your fitness level.  I would love to help motivate you, create accountability and assist wherever I can for you to reach your goals.  Decide Commit and you will Succeed!

What a great day! January 12, 2010.  Our newest edition to the family, Ella Lin Price was born.  She joins her older siblings, Caden and Amelia in the price household! 

Baby Statistics:

Born: 5:23pm EST
Weight: 6lbs 6 oz’s
Length: 18.5 inches

The past 2 weeks have been great with the kids loving on their little sister and being very helpful around the house and just everything.   We can’t wait to continue sharing our little one as she grows over the next year.  Additional pictures can be found of her here at my Gallery site. We try to take pictures daily as we did with the other 2 children and post them.  It’s fun to watch the children grow in the first year. Watch for updates.  I will have her own little website up and running soon as well.

Lots of fun memories ahead for baby Ella (aka. Mushroom) as her brother calls her.

She is now nearing the 7 lb mark just over 2 weeks old today.  She’s done amazing at eating and all those baby things she needs to do. :)

So day 46 was my 2nd bout with Insanity Max Recovery.  Yet again, a great workout.  Not high intensity, but incredibly effective.  It’s a wonderful thing that is all I can say. :).  Make sure you use these days as they do help revitalize you for the rest of the week.  I think personally it really helped me out when it came to my Day 47 workout, Max Cardio Conditioning. Not saying that the Max recovery doesn’t push you. You still burn an incredibly high amount of calories.  Amazing how that happens.

Video update is located here.

Day 47, was Insanity Max Cardio Conditioning and Cardio Abs combo. This was the first combo day of month 2.  I decided to do this one in the morning because I wasn’t sure what my afternoon and night would bring me with the holiday weekend.  So surprisingly everything went awesome.  I enjoy the cardio conditioning very much and have had great fun with them.   I didn’t get a chance to eat or drink much before hand, which was a no-no normally, but with the way the morning went, and sleeping in a bit longer, there wasn’t much I could do about it.  Anyways, it didn’t seem to hamper me at all.  i do think with the ‘relaxed’ recovery workout the night before, it did let me dig deeper this morning and really push through the exercises in the cardio Conditioning and then on top of that go through the cardio abs routine.  I wouldn’t recommend normally not eating properly beforehand as you may not have the energy levels to sustain for the amount of time these workout’s are. 

I have noticed, that from the last time that I did do cardio abs and this time, that I have more strength in my core and was able to do a couple of the harder exercises in there much better.  I’m really close now to going through the entire thing now. Which is great. 

Keep focused everyone.  You can really pull out some awesome results in the 60 days of insanity. I mean the #’s are coming in more and more now from others that are going through it and its astonishing.  For one, the one and only Mark Briggs who is just over 30 days now, gave an update on his numbers.  For someone as fit as he already is to add 1” to his chest and 1/2” off his waist I think that is huge.   My fit test #’s have jumped drastically as well as most others that I’ve been following.  It is the real deal. It is delivering what it promises.

So take a chance and get in the game with Insanity. I think if you are serious about fitness, serious about reaching a high level of cardio endurance you should look to doing a round of Insanity.  Let me help you get started. Contact me, we can figure out what might work out best for your fitness level and goals.   If you are new or unsure about getting started, still drop me a note and we can find what works.  There is always something out there for all levels.   Keep motivated and reaching high.  Don’t forget to track yourself in WOWY, my buddy name is KevinPrice.   I am there each night. It really does add another level of accountability knowing that someone is going to be working out with you at the same time. Might be virtual, but it is a mental game, that works

So last night I did Day 38 of Insanity.  This was a wonderful cardio workout, Max Cardio Conditioning.  Along the same lines as pure cardio, but on another level.  The beauty of Month 2, and the Max workouts, is that they are designed to raise the bar. Designed to push yourself and I to our greatest potentials physically.  It takes a bit craziness to enjoy these workout’s and I’m so loving things right now.  The gauntlet has been drawn and it’s time to DIG DEEP!

Day 37/38 video update is here.

What is Max Cardio Conditioning?

Length: 47 minutes

warm-up –> ~ 9 minutes.  There are 3 sequences.  2 of the sequences are the same from the other Max workout’s.  Shaun T. then shifts to a quick sequence of moves that we saw throughout the first month.  These are in a fast pace since they are during the 3rd sequence.

stretch –> 5 minutes. With the usual we’ve seen so far in the Max workouts.  I still continue to add a couple at the end while pausing the DVD for a moment. I like to stretch my calves a bit and a few upper body ones to make sure I'm feeling not so tight there as well.

Cardio sequence –> 28 minutes.  The main cardio sequence is a straight 28 minutes of a mix of exercises. There are new one’s, new combo’s and exercises from Month one throw in there. They are all very fast paced and do a great job of getting the heart rate elevated helping to burn away that goo we got sitting around.  Man it is fun. I really do like the combo’s because they force you to have to get outside your comfort zone basically and switch quickly between one move and the next.    I love variety and I am beginning to love this intense cardio stuff more and more.

Stretch –> ~ 5 minutes. Usual stretches for after the Max workouts.  Again, and I keep bringing it up, make sure you are stretching enough and doing more if you need to.   It is important that you don’t skip.  Also a reminder to take your recovery drinks afterwards. Optimal times for taking it are within the first 10 minutes up to the first hour.  This has been shown to give the best results.

Insanity Max Cardio Conditioning was fun. Was challenging, was definitely designed well to do the job that it was intended.  Loved it!  I think everyone out there will find this to be a great routine that could be added to any hybrid workout that they may be doing now or in the future after they finish off their first round of Insanity.  I’m definitely already thinking about what I am going to do next.  Excited to see what others may be concocting or even go through a 2nd round of insanity itself with something mixed in.  We shall see.

So far this has been a great 38 days. There have of course been good and bad days.  It is hard to keep up the energy levels every single day. But  I take that all in stride and push through and have fun.  If I am going to spend an hour each night working out and doing something, I am plan on making sure it is worthwhile.  More on that later..

It’s time for you to make a decision on your fitness!  Are you enjoying what you are currently using? Are you looking to start something new or just start period.  insanity may be a great fit for it if you are looking for probably one of the toughest workout’s out there for the home workout folks.  If so, contact me, go purchase it and keep accountable by using WOWY each night.  Great place to meet buddies and track yourself each and every day of your workout.  My buddy name is KevinPrice.  Would love to have you join me. I am around to help best I can and share my experience.  I think it has been an amazing journey, life changing transformation for the better.

KP is out! Peace!

A few hours ago, I wrapped up day 17 of Insanity. It was a Pure cardio and Cardio ABS night.  It was a good night of cardio. I felt better rested than the night before that is for sure. So when I pressed play and got going into Pure Cardio, things were clicking pretty good.  The best thing, which I’ve mentioned previously is that in Pure cardio, once you get through the warm-up and stretch, is that the rest of the exercises are never repeated. 

The big thing that I’ve started to notice while going through the Insanity routines is that I can feel my abs working more and more. I can feel them as they are tightening and I’m using my core during the exercises.  One example is the Mountain climbers.  I can now really tell that I am using my core more to pull myself up.  I kind of was in this state of ‘ah-ha’ moment today.  I was amazed that I was really gaining that much strength in my abs/core in just over 2 weeks.  I hadn’t ever felt that before. So I was pretty stoked.  Just showed me that things are working and falling into place nicely. Pure cardio really does get you to dig deep and find that spot that forces you to give it your all. 

Cardio ABS, only having now done it twice, I can say is growing on me.  I am feeling the effects already of doing it and I know it is paying off.  I enjoy that these are such different moves than anything I have done before.   I was able tonight to complete a few of the exercises that I wasn’t the first time. So, the strength is coming. It’s breaking through.  I think a lot of people will love cardio ABS

There is still lots of work to be done.  I have goals that I want to come out of Insanity accomplishing and I will have to work very hard both physically  and nutrition wise to achieve.  But the most wonderful part about it all?  Can you guess it? Is that it can be done. I can do it, I just have to dig in (cliché, i know) but it’s all there for the taking.  I’ve removed the obstacles  that have kept me from being healthy.  Obstacles that were not allowing me to play with the kids for long periods of time. Obstacles that kept telling me that I was too tired to workout that night.

NOT anymore.  I don’t allow things to get in the way of me reaching for the stars to be healthy, feel healthy and live healthy.  I love it.  You can to. It’s really easy. And I do mean that.    One, sign up at the BeachBody community.  Two, get a program.  Doesn’t matter whether it is P90x, Insanity,  ChalEAN extreme, or any of the others.   The key is that you are willing to make a commitment to your future. Then you know what, contact me.  Contact me with questions, help, motivational needs, you name it.  I love this stuff! I learn something new everyday.  Let me see if it can help you to.

Peace and KP is out!

So last night (Thursday actually, post got delayed) was another great workout from Shaun T and BeachBody.  This was the Plyometric cardio circuit, aka. Cardio Circuit.  I think there was some mistakes on the calendar or some shorthand going on. But the community at large clarified that it was indeed the same workout.  So after that was settled, it was time to get down to business and workout.

What I love so far about this program, is the variety overall.  I mean, sure the warm-up’s and stretching are similar, but when you get into the guts of the workout’s they so far have a nice bit of variety.  This is what I’ve always wanted and liked.  For me this continues to be a tough routine, but as I do it more and more, I get better. Now, as for last night specifically, as I mentioned in my little video blurb on YouTube, it was tough to come to the game and show up.

To me, it felt like I was going into the 100th round of a boxing match, but it was only round 1.  I was pretty tired for the first 15 – 20 minutes. But I did gain some steam through the rest of the workout.  But as always, it felt good the fact that I got in there, I DUG way DEEP and got through it and was happy that I had.

I highly recommend that if you are looking at doing insanity to make sure you are properly fueling yourself throughout the day prior to your workouts, or in the case of those that workout in the mornings, get something small in to help make sure you have the energy levels towards the end of the workout when you most need it! Nutrition really is critical. It you plan on succeeding at this,

Any questions on Insanity, contact me. I’m always looking forward to talking with someone about their journey/transformation and experiences and see if we can get you involved as well. You won’t regret it. Many other workout’s other than Insanity that may fit your needs. Let’s figure it out!  It’s fun seeing others reaching their Goals.  I’ve had fun so far, hope that you are as well.  It’s important to enjoy what you are doing!

Peace!

 UPDATE: It has arrived already. One day early.   I'll be doing my fit TEST tonight.  most excellent!. I'll let you know how it goes in a seperate update.

That’s right the time is coming to start the ‘insanity’  challenge by fitness trainer Shaun T from Beachbody.com . It’s in the mail.   Wednesday I will be able to begin my first round and do the fit test.  I’ve already heard many stories and can’t wait to find out for myself as I move through the 60 day routine.  There are high expectations that have been thrown around with Insanity and what it can produce, so I’m hoping I can be one of those that reap the rewards.  Please follow me throughout and help keep me motivated.

My goal is to post daily updates on my workouts along with some video dialogue on how things are going.  Hopefully give you a perspective of how things plays out from day 1 through day 60.  You can follow me, laugh at me, cry with me, and feel pain with me all the way through.   By day 60, I’m hoping to be in the best shape I’ve ever been. So I’m expecting great things and am very excited to begin.  

If your interested in Insanity/P90x , don’t hesitate to ask me any questions. Contact me if your interested in learning more about either one of those programs or any of the beachbody products (workouts, Shakeology, etc).  I got answers if you have questions.  I love this stuff and can talk about it all day long so don’t worry.   I’m here to help you figure out what works best. 

If you think you are up for the Insanity challenge, then click here.

Let’s take a journey together and get in the best shape of our lives.   I'm ready if you are!

SO, yes, in fact It is DONE.  Round 2 completed. My P90x Round 2 Hybrid consisted with a  little of P90x, P90x Plus and the Tony Horton One-on-One workouts.  I loved every minute of it.  And I would recommend any of the workout programs to anyone that is interested in getting themselves into shape and on the track to a better lifestyle.  I really do enjoy discussing fitness and how it has changed me and can change you.  I'm learning something new everyday, and we can certainly learn together..  Contact me for details about any of this.  I think I can help.

• Took a Rest day 

• Tony Horton - One on One - Medicine Ball Cardio - 29 minutes, 400 calories
• Biking, 30 minutes 440 calories
• Tony Horton - One on One THirty/Fifteen

• P90x Chest and Back