Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Power 90 Hybrid: Day 70

Day 70 was a rest day. I did do the Lift 4 stretch workout, but did not foam roll. It was nice to have a day off from workout out since I have been pretty gassed this week. 

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Power 90 Hybrid: Day 69

On day 69, I just did the Sculpt 3-4 workout from Power 90. I was able to increase the amount of weight I used on a couple of the exercises, and actually had to break out the micro plates to get the "heavy pants" (bent over back rows) to 27.5 lbs.  

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Power 90 Hybrid: Day 68

Day 68 was Friday Fight Round 1 in Max 30, Sweat 3-4, and Ab-Ripper 200 from Power 90. I could only get to the 8:26 mark in FF before maxing out, and once I did, I took a lot of breaks, but I was trying to do as many unmodified exercises as I could. The evening workout went fine. There is nothing major to report from that one.

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Power 90 Hybrid: Day 67

Day 67 was Tabata Power again in Max 30. I made it to the 23:38 mark before maxing out, which was a significant improvement from Tuesday. In the evening, I did Sculpt 3-4 from Power 90. I did not increase the weight for any of the exercises from the last workout, but I did hit 10 reps easily on a couple of the exercises, so I will be increasing the weight next time. 

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Power 90 Hybrid: Day 66

Day 66 was Sweat Intervals from Max 30 in the morning and Sweat 3-4 and Ab-Ripper 200 from Power 90 in the evening. Both workouts went pretty well. I made it to the 11:30 mark in Sweat Intervals before maxing out. I was a bit tired in the evening workout, but I got through it.  

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Power 90 Hybrid: Day 65

Day 65 was Tabata Power from Max 30 in the morning and Sculpt 3-4 from Power 90 in the evening. In the Max 30 workout, I was able to get to the 16:10 mark before maxing out doing a mix of unmodified and modified exercises. My intent is to do every exercise in each circuit unmodified at least once before I switch to modifying, then max out when I cannot go any further. In the Power 90 workout, I was able to increase the amount of weight on a couple of the exercises.  

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Power 90 Hybrid: Day 64

On day 64, it was back to two-a-day workouts. I did the cardio challenge workout from Max 30 in the morning, and Sweat 3-4 and Ab-Ripper 200 in the evening from Power 90. My approach to the Max 30 workouts is to do unmodified exercises for as long as possible in each block, then switch to modified. That way, I can work my way up to doing a fully unmodified round.  I will count maxing out when I have to take a break from the modified exercises, which this time was at about 12:50 into the workout. I did the unmodified version of every exercise in the workout for as long as I could in the first round of each block. For some exercises, that was the entire 30 seconds, and for others, it was about five seconds. In the second and third rounds, sometimes I started with the unmodified versions and switched to the modified, and for some exercises, I just did the modified versions in the second and third rounds. That was tough and emphasized how much harder the high-impact versions of the exercises are than the low-impact versions. The Power 90 workout went fine. I have taken to doing the Ab-Ripper workout as the warmup since the Power 90 warmup is pretty useless by today's standards, where he warms up with a ton of static stretching. 

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Power 90 Hybrid: Day 63

Day 63 was a rest day in Power 90, so I did the Lift 4 stretch workout. I did not do foam rolling, however. I think I am maintaining my flexibility, but am not really improving it during this round. If I had unlimited time to work out, I would follow the cardio workouts with a few minutes of yoga. I do plan on getting the bike before the end of the year to do the bike workouts in the morning, so I may start doing the "five-er" yoga routines after that to try and increase my flexibility. We shall see.

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Power 90 Hybrid: Day 62

Day 62 was Sculpt 3-4. I did manage to increase the amount of weight I used on a couple of the exercises, but for the most part, I used the same weight as last time.  

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Power 90 Hybrid: Day 61

Day 61 was Sweat 3-4 and Ab-Ripper 200 again. Both workouts went fine. I do not really think I made much improvement from the last workout, but did not backslide either.

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Power 90 Hybrid: Day 60

Day 60 was Sculpt 3-4 from Power 90. The workout went well. I was again able to do more of the bodyweight exercises, and have better form, and was able to increase the amount of weight I was using on several of the lifting exercises. So, overall, it was a good workout.  

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Power 90 Hybrid: Day 59

Day 59 was Sweat 3-4 and Ab-Ripper 200 in Power 90. They both went fine, although I did not feel like I had as much stamina in this workout. That is probably because I am taking the week off from Max 30. It is a bit of a double-edged sword doing the two-a-day workouts. My cardio stamina is better, but the second workout is very tiring.  

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Power 90 Hybrid: Day 58

Day 58 was Sculpt 3-4 from Power 90. I was able to increase the amount of weight I used for a couple of exercises, but I was able to easily hit 11 reps on quite a few of the exercises, so the next time I do the workout, I will increase the amount of weight on those. I also got deeper on my push-ups than I have in a long time, so I am making progress. 

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Power 90 Hybrid: Day 57

Day 57 was the start of week 9 in Power 90, which was the full second phase where you only do the 3-4 workouts. So, today was Sweat 3-4 and Ab-Ripper 200. Both went well, although I was a little tired by the time I had a chance to work out. I am taking a week off from Max 30, so I can finish the four weeks of month-1 workouts at the same time as I finish this round of Power 90.

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Power 90 Hybrid: Day 56

On day 56, I did the stretching recovery workout from Lift 4. I would say my flexibility has improved very slightly, but not a ton.  

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Power 90 Hybrid: Day 55

On day 55, I did the Sculpt 3-4 workout from Power 90 in the evening. It went well, and I again used heavier weights for some of the exercises where I could. I treated this more like P90X, trying to get to the point of being just before failure around 10 reps, which meant bumping the weight up for many of the exercises. 

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Power 90 Hybrid: Day 54

Day 54 was Friday Fight Round 2 in Max 30 and Sweat 3-4 and Ab-Ripper 200 in Power 90. I made it through both workouts, but I was a bit tired today. I had a lot going on so I had to sandwich in workouts between other things, which I hate to do. But, I got them both done.  

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Power 90 Hybrid: Day 53

Day 53 was Max Out Strength and Sculpt 1-2. There was nothing major to report from either workout. I did make it through all 30 minutes in the Max 30 workout, and the 1-2 workout was fairly easy. Starting next week, I am going to do Max 30 again, but unmodified (at least until I max out) to see where I am really at since the unmodified workouts are a lot harder than the modified ones.  

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Power 90 Hybrid: Day 52

Day 52 was Max Out Sweat from Max 30 and Sweat 1-2 (and Ab-Ripper 100) in Power 90. This is the last week of the transition weeks in Power 90, so for the next few weeks, each workout will be the 3-4 workouts. Both workouts went well. I again made it through the Max 30 workout without taking unscheduled breaks, but barely. 

Workout Update: Insanity Max 30/Power 90 Hybrid: Day 51

Day 51 was Max Out Power from Max 30 in the morning and Sculpt 3-4 in the evening. I again made it through all 30 minutes of the modified Max Out workout and I bumped the weight I was using in the Sculpt workout up a bit for many of the exercises.