Max cardio conditioning.
It's like pure cardio but the next level : longer, harder exercises. (only 45 minutes compared to the others but normally no break).
My legs feel so heavy after that.
And I felt weakness in my joints quite a few time... have to be careful about that, when this arrives it''s either focus even more than usual or stop completely to avoid an injury.
Tomorrow is Max recovery... it will be good for the joints, but I already know it will be horrible for the muscles...
Ok so the training... lots of combined jumps and arms moves which is kind of tiring. Some move I feel are not studied for coordination or maybe I''m just not accustomed to it yet.
Warm up is strange compared to usual, the third serie of mmoves doesn''t have the same moves as the first two.
It''s hard... Doing it integraly without any break seems not possible for me right now... 4 weeks after I'm not even sure...
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mardi 6 septembre 2011
lundi 5 septembre 2011
Insanity D37 / Gymnastic body cycle 1.5 week 5
First gymnastic strength training :
Both good and bad :
-it was really hard to do the "pseudo wall HS run" (call it pseudo because of my modification to make it possible at my level, id est straddle HS with feet on the bars to help the balance and certainly the arms, I'll keep it like that for a time cause otherwise I won''t mke it through without injury I can tell).
-it was somewhat hard to do the levers at first, but then I could finish the sets more easilly than usual (I mean the last rep was not way harder than the first one)
-The really bad part is I was totally burned after the levers, tried to do a tucked planche but crashed. The reason is certainly the insanity gear 2. I hope I'll be able to catch up quickly, I''ve not been doing the L-sits for a while either ( I do the L-chin ups but it's not as hard for the abs).
Insanity D37 : first I want to say I was wrong, The exercises are harder, yesterday it didn't feel harder because I was fresh, but today I know it's a lot harder I got muscle soreness I didn't have for a few weeks.
about the Max Cardio Plyo. It's crazy hard. There's only two series plus one isolated set, but I have to admit it, it's "Insane". The first serie by itself can burn you up entirelly : full body moves, more core twist, more arms.
My favorite move the "Power push ups" it''s not one step from the abs/push up combination I''ve seen in my gym training. basically it's a push up plus a straigth legs inverted V-up (understand get the feet and hand to the same level on the ground). The one I'd love to do is just a little bit more dynamic / plyometric : same move except you touch your feet while airborne and you get right back in the push up position.
I have to be honest, I don't really know how the people on the video did and I can't tell if I took more break than them, cause I was to focused on myself. It's a hard one and I''m worn out.
Both good and bad :
-it was really hard to do the "pseudo wall HS run" (call it pseudo because of my modification to make it possible at my level, id est straddle HS with feet on the bars to help the balance and certainly the arms, I'll keep it like that for a time cause otherwise I won''t mke it through without injury I can tell).
-it was somewhat hard to do the levers at first, but then I could finish the sets more easilly than usual (I mean the last rep was not way harder than the first one)
-The really bad part is I was totally burned after the levers, tried to do a tucked planche but crashed. The reason is certainly the insanity gear 2. I hope I'll be able to catch up quickly, I''ve not been doing the L-sits for a while either ( I do the L-chin ups but it's not as hard for the abs).
Insanity D37 : first I want to say I was wrong, The exercises are harder, yesterday it didn't feel harder because I was fresh, but today I know it's a lot harder I got muscle soreness I didn't have for a few weeks.
about the Max Cardio Plyo. It's crazy hard. There's only two series plus one isolated set, but I have to admit it, it's "Insane". The first serie by itself can burn you up entirelly : full body moves, more core twist, more arms.
My favorite move the "Power push ups" it''s not one step from the abs/push up combination I''ve seen in my gym training. basically it's a push up plus a straigth legs inverted V-up (understand get the feet and hand to the same level on the ground). The one I'd love to do is just a little bit more dynamic / plyometric : same move except you touch your feet while airborne and you get right back in the push up position.
I have to be honest, I don't really know how the people on the video did and I can't tell if I took more break than them, cause I was to focused on myself. It's a hard one and I''m worn out.
dimanche 4 septembre 2011
Insanity D36 (no D34) & gym
Woooohooo Max Interval Circuit!!!
Yeah finally starting the serious part of Insanity!
I have to admit shamefully that saturday I didn't do D34. I was really bored. Maybe it was a bad thing and I should consider that I won't complete Insanity. But I don't care. The fun part begins! and I''m finishing this.
So what's different? what's new?
Well it's longer, about 20 minutes longer which is not small. How does it impact the training? One more serie of exercise (instead of 2 series we go up to 3).
What about the training itself?
The warm up is a little bit harder, with inclusion of exercises that were in the series like the switch kicks.
The exercises in the series are not "harder" by themselves but they include more different parts of the body in one rep.
What do I think of the overall difficulty level felt?
Gosh it's tiring. It''s not like going from almost no exercise to the first week of Insanity but it's quite hard. it is actually a lot harder, in the third serie I had to modify a little bit one or two moves cause I was too tired to do the jumps for the squat hooks, but I did squat... hard to explain easy to show...
I'm still a little bit pumped up by the training, but I think I'll have a big feeling of tireness at noon.
At least, that''s what I like in training... pushing the limits.
Saturday I actually did more dips than the "standard" I still did 3 reps per set. I tried to increase the ROM to the maximum of my current capacity (which is go down to a position where the shoulders are slightly above the hands) and do the move in a more controlled manner (go slowly and stop at both the top and bottom).
I did that quite randomly during the day (good being in week end) and actually didn't really count, but I can tell it had an impact, cause I felt my shoulders and chest muscles yesterday (more than usual).
I think this evening it will be very hard for me to do the gymnastic training... lets see.
Yeah finally starting the serious part of Insanity!
I have to admit shamefully that saturday I didn't do D34. I was really bored. Maybe it was a bad thing and I should consider that I won't complete Insanity. But I don't care. The fun part begins! and I''m finishing this.
So what's different? what's new?
Well it's longer, about 20 minutes longer which is not small. How does it impact the training? One more serie of exercise (instead of 2 series we go up to 3).
What about the training itself?
The warm up is a little bit harder, with inclusion of exercises that were in the series like the switch kicks.
The exercises in the series are not "harder" by themselves but they include more different parts of the body in one rep.
What do I think of the overall difficulty level felt?
Gosh it's tiring. It''s not like going from almost no exercise to the first week of Insanity but it's quite hard. it is actually a lot harder, in the third serie I had to modify a little bit one or two moves cause I was too tired to do the jumps for the squat hooks, but I did squat... hard to explain easy to show...
I'm still a little bit pumped up by the training, but I think I'll have a big feeling of tireness at noon.
At least, that''s what I like in training... pushing the limits.
Saturday I actually did more dips than the "standard" I still did 3 reps per set. I tried to increase the ROM to the maximum of my current capacity (which is go down to a position where the shoulders are slightly above the hands) and do the move in a more controlled manner (go slowly and stop at both the top and bottom).
I did that quite randomly during the day (good being in week end) and actually didn't really count, but I can tell it had an impact, cause I felt my shoulders and chest muscles yesterday (more than usual).
I think this evening it will be very hard for me to do the gymnastic training... lets see.
mercredi 17 août 2011
Gymnastic body : static training
Although this morning insanity cardio recovery was bad, yesterday's static strength traiing was quite good.
I timed myself for the levers and I think I was taking a lot more rest time when I didn't time myself.
It resulted in a herder time finishing the sets for front and back lever. Another modification is the height of the bar I use. I set it up quite higher (a little bit higher than shoulder level). This resulted in some changes to get in position. It was much harder to get in a tucked back lever and it seemed much more easy to get in a front lever. BUT from the 8th rep of front lever it started to be really hard with a failure on my left shoulder (had to focus and control a lot more my moves to finish the last wo reps).
The exercises I did after seemed harder as well, L-sit seemed difficult from the middle of the reps and the low straddle was even more difficult. But the pseudo planche and pseudo reverse planche seemed easier. I also did some static finger hold. I tried a few tuck planche on the push up bars, I think 3 seconds was the best I did. I will continue working on the pseudo planche and try the "ball planche" (as my friends call it) until I can hold it long enough to put it in the workout routine.
Normally today I should do a short dynamic workout one pull exercise and one press exercise. If I can do it (understand not too dead to do it) I will go for a headstand pushup set and a pull up set (I'd like to try the L-sit pull ups but not sure I can make it yet).
I timed myself for the levers and I think I was taking a lot more rest time when I didn't time myself.
It resulted in a herder time finishing the sets for front and back lever. Another modification is the height of the bar I use. I set it up quite higher (a little bit higher than shoulder level). This resulted in some changes to get in position. It was much harder to get in a tucked back lever and it seemed much more easy to get in a front lever. BUT from the 8th rep of front lever it started to be really hard with a failure on my left shoulder (had to focus and control a lot more my moves to finish the last wo reps).
The exercises I did after seemed harder as well, L-sit seemed difficult from the middle of the reps and the low straddle was even more difficult. But the pseudo planche and pseudo reverse planche seemed easier. I also did some static finger hold. I tried a few tuck planche on the push up bars, I think 3 seconds was the best I did. I will continue working on the pseudo planche and try the "ball planche" (as my friends call it) until I can hold it long enough to put it in the workout routine.
Normally today I should do a short dynamic workout one pull exercise and one press exercise. If I can do it (understand not too dead to do it) I will go for a headstand pushup set and a pull up set (I'd like to try the L-sit pull ups but not sure I can make it yet).
dimanche 14 août 2011
Static training.
Friday evening I did again the static training.
I couldn't do the frog stand (Planche progression) and the middle split hold (Manna progression)
but did everything else plus Pseudo planche and pseudo reverse planche (that's the name I gave it).
While pseudo planche doesn't help for the balance of planche, it helps for shoulder strength and I hope the reverse pseudo planche is a little bit the same for Manna.
I can't train every day, it's actually a lot more demanding than I thought. Just as a reference yesterday (sunday) I still had soreness from friday (when I mean soreness it's not just the sensation of stiffness it's enough to tell me I couldn't have trained yesterday).
Some notes about the levers (yeah I like the levers... well it's the newest exercise in my training) :
-Front lever is a lot more difficult for me than back lever.
-If I train Back lever with palm facing the floor (that's the direction recommended in "gymnastic body") it has a big impact on biceps.
I have done only two times the levers... I hope I will get used to it shortly enough, cause I'm a little bit afraid of the front lever, the strain on my left shoulder is sometime so intense that it's painfull (proof once again that my previous training was not symetric... I new it but that's a really visible consequence..my right shoulder doesn't have a problem when I do the front lever.)
I couldn't do the frog stand (Planche progression) and the middle split hold (Manna progression)
but did everything else plus Pseudo planche and pseudo reverse planche (that's the name I gave it).
While pseudo planche doesn't help for the balance of planche, it helps for shoulder strength and I hope the reverse pseudo planche is a little bit the same for Manna.
I can't train every day, it's actually a lot more demanding than I thought. Just as a reference yesterday (sunday) I still had soreness from friday (when I mean soreness it's not just the sensation of stiffness it's enough to tell me I couldn't have trained yesterday).
Some notes about the levers (yeah I like the levers... well it's the newest exercise in my training) :
-Front lever is a lot more difficult for me than back lever.
-If I train Back lever with palm facing the floor (that's the direction recommended in "gymnastic body") it has a big impact on biceps.
I have done only two times the levers... I hope I will get used to it shortly enough, cause I'm a little bit afraid of the front lever, the strain on my left shoulder is sometime so intense that it's painfull (proof once again that my previous training was not symetric... I new it but that's a really visible consequence..my right shoulder doesn't have a problem when I do the front lever.)
Insanity D13 & D15
I kind of feared D13 because it was first time pure cardio plus cardio abs.
Well the exercices in cardio abs are not that hard, but what is hard is the fact that you (well I) do it just after pure cardio. and that you stay in a contracted position most of the time. This is exactly what I hate.
I'm wondering if I should switch to some more "hardcore" abs series like the p90X one (it is more dynamic).
I would have more fun performing it...and I kind of need the "fun" to keep me motivated. The next "double session" is wednesday (shit it's not the usual repartition should have been on friday if I followed the normal order of the training), so I have some time to think it over.
I am also thinking about splitting the training in two (morning and evening) the problem is that except for week 8 (which is really week 9 when you count the rest week) all the "double session" are on a day of the week when I do my gymnastic body training... so I don't really have time to add this abs thing... Do I need to wake up earlier? gosh.. this morning was already kind of hard although I woke up early my mind was not really ready...
Talking about this morning D15 it was the second fit test. As expected (thanksfully) I had some progresses for every exercises. Some not much but some really nice. the best progress is certainly "globe jumps" from 7 to 11. One other note is I think I performed the moves with a better form and maybe a better ROM.
The one I'm a little bit disappointed in is suicide jumps, I was so out of breath that I had to take a rest and didn't perform as well as I would have if I was fresh (yeah normal you would say...)
So that's it for those past 3 days...
Just a small comment : Insanity is actually 63 days (I count rest days of course, all the coaches say rest is part of training).
Well the exercices in cardio abs are not that hard, but what is hard is the fact that you (well I) do it just after pure cardio. and that you stay in a contracted position most of the time. This is exactly what I hate.
I'm wondering if I should switch to some more "hardcore" abs series like the p90X one (it is more dynamic).
I would have more fun performing it...and I kind of need the "fun" to keep me motivated. The next "double session" is wednesday (shit it's not the usual repartition should have been on friday if I followed the normal order of the training), so I have some time to think it over.
I am also thinking about splitting the training in two (morning and evening) the problem is that except for week 8 (which is really week 9 when you count the rest week) all the "double session" are on a day of the week when I do my gymnastic body training... so I don't really have time to add this abs thing... Do I need to wake up earlier? gosh.. this morning was already kind of hard although I woke up early my mind was not really ready...
Talking about this morning D15 it was the second fit test. As expected (thanksfully) I had some progresses for every exercises. Some not much but some really nice. the best progress is certainly "globe jumps" from 7 to 11. One other note is I think I performed the moves with a better form and maybe a better ROM.
The one I'm a little bit disappointed in is suicide jumps, I was so out of breath that I had to take a rest and didn't perform as well as I would have if I was fresh (yeah normal you would say...)
So that's it for those past 3 days...
Just a small comment : Insanity is actually 63 days (I count rest days of course, all the coaches say rest is part of training).
jeudi 11 août 2011
Insanity D12
Cardio power & resistance.
It was one of those morning who you prefer to start it slow... So I wasn't in it till the third serie of warm up.
As I decided at the beginning of the week I focused on having the widest ROM, thus making a bit slower moves.
The good news the arm involving moves seemed in reach. I couldn't do everything without stopping but I guess it's possible (I mean for me who has a hard time with that).
I don't know if it's worth mentionning or if it make smy training void, but I've been modifying the stretching part off the circuit... I'm used to stretch and all so I sometime replace moves by variation that I consider more efficient. (not doing splits yet cause I'm not as flexible as I used to, but I guess I'll come to it soon).
Tomorrow is the start of double training (pure cardio + cardio abs)... I think I will hate the cardio abs... it's semi-static again....
It was one of those morning who you prefer to start it slow... So I wasn't in it till the third serie of warm up.
As I decided at the beginning of the week I focused on having the widest ROM, thus making a bit slower moves.
The good news the arm involving moves seemed in reach. I couldn't do everything without stopping but I guess it's possible (I mean for me who has a hard time with that).
I don't know if it's worth mentionning or if it make smy training void, but I've been modifying the stretching part off the circuit... I'm used to stretch and all so I sometime replace moves by variation that I consider more efficient. (not doing splits yet cause I'm not as flexible as I used to, but I guess I'll come to it soon).
Tomorrow is the start of double training (pure cardio + cardio abs)... I think I will hate the cardio abs... it's semi-static again....
lundi 8 août 2011
Insanity D9
I had a hard time waking up and starting...
All over I think I did better than last time, less rest, suicide jumps I did the all minute.
I need to improve on 3 moves :
_Switch kicks I did it all the minute but I didn't jump for the switch every time.
_The 8 push ups planck run thing was bad as always.
_The push up jacks was bad (just after suicide jumps so I guess I was finished already but push-upwise I'm not good)
I tried to concentrate on speed as I wrote yesterday, so I think sometimes my ROM (Range of Motion) was a little bit too small (especially for push-ups).
All over I think I did better than last time, less rest, suicide jumps I did the all minute.
I need to improve on 3 moves :
_Switch kicks I did it all the minute but I didn't jump for the switch every time.
_The 8 push ups planck run thing was bad as always.
_The push up jacks was bad (just after suicide jumps so I guess I was finished already but push-upwise I'm not good)
I tried to concentrate on speed as I wrote yesterday, so I think sometimes my ROM (Range of Motion) was a little bit too small (especially for push-ups).
dimanche 7 août 2011
Insanity D6 & D8
No D7.. it's rest day.
D6 : plyometric cardio. I made it in hte middle of the afternoon instead of morning... (week end and all having time is nice).
It's the last time I do that, I think I really need to do it first thing in the morning on an empty stomach otherwise it gives some nausea, have to do breaks not because I can't go on but because I don't feel right.
D8 : power & resistance cardio. The question is shall I concentrate on speed or full range of motion. At my current level there are quite a few exercices for which I can't do both. I guess full range of motion would be better in term of power but then I don't get the benefit from interval training which is the reason why I started Insanity in the first place... Well tomorrow is pure cardio so I guess speed IS the most important for tomorrow.
Just need to make a choice for power & resistance.
Ok so from now on main focus :
-Plyometric cardio circuit : try to be on the floor as little as possible (rebound is the core of plyo training)
-Power & resistance : full range of motion.
-Pure cardio : speed up
There's still one exercice I didn't try for the first month : Cardio abs, first try saturday... I think it will burn cause I've been training for static or high speed not slow motion as in the video... and well you always stay contracted for the entire serie.
D6 : plyometric cardio. I made it in hte middle of the afternoon instead of morning... (week end and all having time is nice).
It's the last time I do that, I think I really need to do it first thing in the morning on an empty stomach otherwise it gives some nausea, have to do breaks not because I can't go on but because I don't feel right.
D8 : power & resistance cardio. The question is shall I concentrate on speed or full range of motion. At my current level there are quite a few exercices for which I can't do both. I guess full range of motion would be better in term of power but then I don't get the benefit from interval training which is the reason why I started Insanity in the first place... Well tomorrow is pure cardio so I guess speed IS the most important for tomorrow.
Just need to make a choice for power & resistance.
Ok so from now on main focus :
-Plyometric cardio circuit : try to be on the floor as little as possible (rebound is the core of plyo training)
-Power & resistance : full range of motion.
-Pure cardio : speed up
There's still one exercice I didn't try for the first month : Cardio abs, first try saturday... I think it will burn cause I've been training for static or high speed not slow motion as in the video... and well you always stay contracted for the entire serie.
jeudi 4 août 2011
Insanity day 5
Today was pure cardio.
When I first looked at the video yesterday it looked endless. after the warm up and stretches it's a non stop serie of cardio exercices.
How I feel? well I think because I was already afraid of this one before even starting, I may not have given as much as I could have... Well I don't mean It wasn't extremly tiring, but I should have pushed myself more with some of the exercices, especially the last one but the burn was already here.
As usual I was still sweating like crazy.
Muscle pain... I would say a little less, but I can't really tell which is from today's' training or the previous days
There is a side effect I didn't foresee. Two times this week I woke up 20 minutes before the alarm feeling fresh, and only one time I had a difficult time
When I first looked at the video yesterday it looked endless. after the warm up and stretches it's a non stop serie of cardio exercices.
How I feel? well I think because I was already afraid of this one before even starting, I may not have given as much as I could have... Well I don't mean It wasn't extremly tiring, but I should have pushed myself more with some of the exercices, especially the last one but the burn was already here.
As usual I was still sweating like crazy.
Muscle pain... I would say a little less, but I can't really tell which is from today's' training or the previous days
There is a side effect I didn't foresee. Two times this week I woke up 20 minutes before the alarm feeling fresh, and only one time I had a difficult time
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