Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day Round 2 Day 33

Day 33 was the CE Recharge workout again. I was pretty tired during it, so luckily it does not require a lot of energy to get through. Again, I would describe my flexibility as being the same as it has been for a while. No major improvements, but I have not regressed at all either. 

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day Round 2 Day 32

Day 32 was the first Friday Fight Round 2 workout. The workout starts out with a  two-round warm-up, then you get into the workout with no breaks, alternating one-minute moves until 15 minutes in. Then you get a water break and then go from minute 15 to minute 25 and get another break. Then you do the last few minutes. It is a hard workout that alternates between standing and plank-based exercises. There are a handful of jumping moves, including diamond jumps at the end. Everyone in the workout video maxes out by about the 8-minute mark, except Shaun T's husband who is doing the modified version of the workout. He is the only one who can make it through without stopping.

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day Round 2 Day 31

Day 31 was the Max Out Strength workout.  This workout is definitely one of the harder ones. The first half is nearly all leg-focused with different variations on squats and lunges. The second half is basically all push-ups or plank-based exercises. I definitely had to modify the workout a lot, but I did get in quite a few unmodified moves early on. I did some of the unmodified push-up exercises, but those are still one of my weak spots.

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day Round 2 Day 30

Day 30 was the first time doing the Max Out Sweat workout. I was able to get through the warm-up without modifying (although again doing the moves more slowly), but could not get through the first power move (in and out abs) without stopping, so I maxed out at the five-minute mark. Then, throughout the workout, I was able to do a fairly good mix of modified and unmodified moves. 

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day Round 2 Day 29

Day 29 was the first Max Out Power workout in this round. It went very well. I could do the exercises unmodified (albeit slower than those in the video) for the entire warm-up (of which there is only one round) and the first circuit. So, basically, the first 10 minutes of the workout. Once I got to the push-ups I had to modify, and I definitely took a bunch of breaks later in the workout. But, it was probably my best workout of this round so far.

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day Round 2 Day 28

Day 28 was the first Max Cardio Circuit workout of this round, and it mostly felt like day 1 all over again. I did manage to make it to about eight-and-a-half minutes before maxing out, but I was pretty much gassed the entire time. I was able to do some unmodified moves, but not nearly as many as I would have liked to.

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day Round 2 Day 27

Day 27 was the P90x Back and Biceps workout again. I was able to hit the 10 rep max for a couple more exercises this week, and some of the weight amounts for exercises I hit the 10 rep max for last week went up this week. So, overall, it has been a good couple of weeks with this workout.  

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day Round 2 Day 26

Day 26 was the Recharge workout from CE. There is no huge update on it. My flexibility level remains the same and I have not noticed any big improvements or backslides over the course of the first month.

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day Round 2 Day 25

Day 25 was the last Friday Fight 1 for this round. I think this was actually my best workout of month one (no better time for that to happen) as I was able to do a lot more modified moves than in the other workouts. This is still a tough one for me because I get very tired during jumping-jack-based moves and have always hated push-ups, but I am definitely getting stronger cardio-wise. 

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day Round 2 Day 24

Day 24 was the last Tabata Strength workout for this round. I definitely still get very gassed during the workout and am maxing out at the same point in the workout. But, I can definitely mix in more unmodified moves.

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day Round 2 Day 23

Day 23 was the last Sweat Intervals workout for this round. Again, I was able to do a few more reps of unmodified moves but maxed out pretty much at exactly the same point as I did last week.  

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day Round 2 Day 22

 Day 22 was the Tabata Strength workout again. As was the case with Monday's workout, I was able to do about the same amount of unmodified moves but I maxed out a couple minutes later than I did last week. This workout is still very tough because there is only one rest period, after the warmup, then you go from the five-minute mark to the end without stopping. I think once I lose about 20 lbs, it will make getting through this one easier, but not easy by any means.

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day Round 2 Day 22

Day 22 was the last Cardio Challenge for this round. I would say that I did about as many unmodified moves during this workout as I did last week, and I maxed out at pretty much the same point during the workout as I did last week. So, no huge amount of progress was made during this workout. 

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day Round 2 Day 21

Day 21 was the back and biceps workout from P90x again. I was able to hit 10 reps on just one of the resistance moves, so the weights will be staying at the same level for next week's workout. I was able to get a couple of more reps on some of the pull-down moves, at the end I was very tired, so on the max rep choose which kind you want to do at the very end of the workout, I was only able to hit 7 reps (with using 150 lbs of band resistance).  

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day Round 2 Day 20

Day 20 was the CE Recharge workout. Nothing new to report on this one as my flexibility has not changed much at all from the last few times I have done this.  

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day Round 2 Day 19

Day 19 was Friday Fight again. Now that I am a few weeks into doing this mixed modified and unmodified version of the workouts, I am noticing that I can do more unmodified moves in each workout, but I have to take longer breaks because I am getting gassed a lot faster in each workout. There are some moves that I still cannot do totally unmodified yet, so I do them partially modified, or do one or two unmodified reps and then switch to the modified versions. Doing the workouts unmodified is MUCH harder than the modified versions, and there is definitely a reason that everyone in the videos is in very good to great shape. But, I plan to keep on plugging away until I can do all of the workouts unmodified the entire time.

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day Round 2 Day 18

Day 18 was the second time doing the Tabata Power workout. I was able to get about a minute or two farther into the workout today than I did on Tuesday, but was definitely very gassed during portions of the workout, especially during the shoulder exercises. But, I was able to get through it and again could do more unmodified (or less modified) moves than the last time.

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day Round 2 Day 17

Day 17 was the sweat intervals workout again. I maxed out at pretty much the same point as I did last week, during the wide pike-ups. But, I was able to do more unmodified moves overall during the workout than I did last week. So, I am making progress, but am not where I want to be. 

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day Round 2 Day 16

Day 16 was the first Tabata Strength workout in this round. It is actually one of, if not the hardest workout in Max 30 if for no other reason there are no breaks. You just go straight through from the warm-up to the end. I was probably able to do more unmodified moves in this one than in the other workouts, but I also got tired a lot quicker in this one. So, I maxed out at about 11 minutes in. There were some moves that I could do unmodified the entire two 20-second on rounds, and others of which I could only do one or two unmodified moves and that was it. 

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Chalean Extreme/Body Beast/P90X Hybrid Day Round 2 Day 15

Day 15 was the Cardio Challenge workout. I actually backslid a little bit this time, maxing out a few minutes before I did last time, but I think that is mostly because I was able to do more unmodified moves at the beginning of the workout, so by the time I was nine minutes into it I was totally gassed. So, it is definitely a trade-off. I can definitely confirm that the modified versions of the workouts are much easier than the unmodified versions.