Pushing Through the Insanity » Video http://pushinginsanity.com Just keep pushing... Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:11:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Hey! It’s good to see you again! http://pushinginsanity.com/2010/04/29/hey-its-good-to-see-you-again/ http://pushinginsanity.com/2010/04/29/hey-its-good-to-see-you-again/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:43:57 +0000 Critter http://pushinginsanity.com/?p=190 blahSo yeah, it’s been a while hasn’t it? Way too long. Seriously… way too long. So what’s new, you ask? Well. I am employed (Thank God), and I am trying to dig my body out of the pathetic, lethargic state is has fallen into.  As you can see from the graph  my weight has steadily climbed. It’s disgusting (to me, anyway…)

Seven + months really kicked the shit out of me financially as well as physically.

I’ve attempted to restart my program so many times it’s ridiculous. Even as determined as I felt, and as much as I wanted it… I just wasn’t able to stick with it.  I was talking to a friend of mine one night and she mentioned wanting to start the program. So we decided to do it together. And here we are at week 4 already. I decided not to post anything right away mainly because I wanted to make sure that I stayed with it first. Having a partner to workout with definitely holds me more accountable.

Back to the job front… I work in an office now, which was quite a change. I actually have to shower first thing in the morning and not whenever I get go it. Ha! I work for a company that writes imaging software for X-ray machines, etc.. It’s fun. We use C# as the programming language, but I still dabble with ColdFusion in my spare time..  It’s good. It’s good to get out of the house daily. That is definitely good.

I guess that’s it for now.. so while my body isn’t snapping back to where I want instantly– and that’s how I want it! It’s a process, and at least I am back on track..

Expect to hear more from me.

Btw. If you are interested, you can follow me @Critter and my scale @Critters_scale The scale is automated, but my account is just random crap. lol. I delete my stuff daily *shrug*  anyway… see you soon.

]]> http://pushinginsanity.com/2010/04/29/hey-its-good-to-see-you-again/feed/ 2 P90X: Round 4 / Week 1 / In the bag! http://pushinginsanity.com/2009/12/11/p90x-round-4-week-1-in-the-bag/ http://pushinginsanity.com/2009/12/11/p90x-round-4-week-1-in-the-bag/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:52:23 +0000 Critter http://pushinginsanity.com/?p=182 Like I mention in the video, I probably won’t do a video every day. Maybe just on the weight days. We’ll have to see. Week 1 in the bag. I will admit it was hard getting started on day 3 (Shoulders & Arms), but having the music blasting while I did the workout helped tremendously.

So that’s that. Week 1 in the bag. I am sore as hell, and it feels great!!

Have a great weekend and I’ll see you next week.

]]> http://pushinginsanity.com/2009/12/11/p90x-round-4-week-1-in-the-bag/feed/ 0 P90X: Round 4 / Week 1 / Day 1 / I’m Back!!! http://pushinginsanity.com/2009/12/07/p90x-round-4-week-1-day-1-im-back/ http://pushinginsanity.com/2009/12/07/p90x-round-4-week-1-day-1-im-back/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:50:49 +0000 Critter http://pushinginsanity.com/?p=176 What’s up people?!?

Did you miss me? Yeah.. I missed me too. That’s right… the title says it. I’m back. Now, I am sure you are thinking to yourself..

but Critter… we’ve heard this before.

and yes.. that is true. but before I hadn’t stepped on the scale and totally blown my mind! I jumped on the scale this morning and weighed in at a not so happy 169.5 lbs. And while that is not too much for my 5′ 10″ frame, it is 15 lbs heavier than when I ended round 3.

Camel. Straw. Back. Broken.

This morning’s lovely weigh in was enough to push me over the edge.

You’ll be seeing a lot more of me. I want me back.

]]> http://pushinginsanity.com/2009/12/07/p90x-round-4-week-1-day-1-im-back/feed/ 1 P90X: Round 4 / Week 1 / FAIL http://pushinginsanity.com/2009/11/03/p90x-round-4-week-1-fail/ http://pushinginsanity.com/2009/11/03/p90x-round-4-week-1-fail/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:33:05 +0000 Critter http://pushinginsanity.com/?p=172 The video explains it all. I have absolutely no motivation for getting off my rear and getting back into the swing of things. Even though I am annoyed and pissed at my body, I just don’t seem annoyed enough to do something about it.

Well… hopefully I can get properly pissed off at myself soon enough…

]]> http://pushinginsanity.com/2009/11/03/p90x-round-4-week-1-fail/feed/ 2 P90X: Round 4 / Week 1 / Do Over! http://pushinginsanity.com/2009/10/16/p90x-round-4-week-1-do-over/ http://pushinginsanity.com/2009/10/16/p90x-round-4-week-1-do-over/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:13:37 +0000 Critter http://pushinginsanity.com/?p=169 Well now, this was a rough week. Things definitely did not go as planned. Even as much as I was looking forward to jumping back into the thick of things, I just couldn’t get my head/body/schedule around it all.

So I call a Do Over.

Here’s to hoping next week gets off to a better start.

]]> http://pushinginsanity.com/2009/10/16/p90x-round-4-week-1-do-over/feed/ 2 P90X: Round 4 /Week 1 / Day 1 http://pushinginsanity.com/2009/10/12/p90x-week-1-day-1/ http://pushinginsanity.com/2009/10/12/p90x-week-1-day-1/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:54:58 +0000 Critter http://pushinginsanity.com/?p=164 If you have listened to any of my videos as of late, you are well aware that I have been very eagerly looking forward to getting back to P90X. Today was the official start of my 90 days.

This being my fourth round of P90X, and since I just came off of a round of Insanity… it seems only fitting that my next round would be an awesome mesh of the two of them, right? Luckily enough, I found just that.

While reading Sarah’s blog, I saw that she had found a hybrid routine that consisted of P90X & Insanity. Exactly what I was looking for! The strength training of P90X and the arse kicking cardio of Insanity.

Problem solved!

I hope to get my day 1 pictures taken this evening.. and I’ll get them up… and then we’ll take it from there.

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You are probably growing tired of hearing about it, but I cannot wait to start back on P90X! We are due to take a week off in between Insanity and P90X, but I think I am just going to double up on the first week and get started this coming up Monday.

I am so ready to ‘bring it’!

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I am glad we are just about done with Insanity. I am ready to hit P90X again.

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I know I keep saying it, but I am so looking forward to getting back to hitting weights with P90X. It is getting more and more difficult to keep giving it my all the full time for the workouts. The clock seems to take it’s time ticking down…

Soon…

]]> http://pushinginsanity.com/2009/09/25/insanity-week-8-day-2/feed/ 0 Insanity: Week 8 / Day 1 http://pushinginsanity.com/2009/09/23/insanity-week-8-day-1/ http://pushinginsanity.com/2009/09/23/insanity-week-8-day-1/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:05:22 +0000 Critter http://pushinginsanity.com/?p=148 Things seem to be in a constant state of confusion lately and that applies to our schedule. It’s just been tough keeping everything on track.

Monday’s workout slipped past due to a lack of time. We made up for this by doing Monday’s workout Tuesday evening and Tuesday’s scheduled workout first thing Tuesday morning. Monday’s Fit Test will be slipped in at some point during the week.

It’s tough. I grow weary and tired of the 1 hour kick my arse workouts, although I am sure a lot of that has to do with my attitude towards Insanity. While it is a great program, the full on cardio is just not for me. I experienced the same thing with P90X+. I need weight training… pure and simple.

We have 2 weeks left of Insanity, and then we will move back to a hybrid version of P90X. Hybrid, because it will contain cardio from Insanity and P90X+ Oh how I look forward to that!

I am even kinda looking forward to YogaX…. I know… right? Who’da thunk it.

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