Day 15 Tony Horton's Just Arms

OUCH! Today I felt like a strong body builder! I went for it, so much so that I am having trouble typing this because my arms feel like spaghetti...I used the 20's for my 1st set on all my exercises, I tried to get atleast 8 reps, good reps, not all flimsy and floppy. When they got to heavy that I started to lose my form then I switched to my 17.5's ( I have the Bowflex dial ups). Today I even used my 10's for all the fore arm work too. Definately want to get those stronger because next year at summit when I do the Hand stand dips with Jason Puckhead, I will do more than 2 1/2!!!!! My biceps right now are so pumped, I love it, starting to see a vein in my shoulders and bi's. Is it weird I am like so very happy about that, is it weird I love the callouses on my hands from my weights and pull up bar? Maybe; but I dont care, I am in a zone right now, I want to ride it as far as I can. Today got a barbecue at my inlaws; it will be a test, I dont eat meat so that part will be easier for me, I am all about living and enjoying yourself, I dont have to NEVER enjoy indulgences, just right now I have a goal I want to reach so I am staying away from sweets,. Cake etc..When I feel the time is right I will have something here and there, just not yet.Last night I went out to dinner and I had whole wheat pasta w/ artichoke hearts, spinach and cherry tomatoes, that felt like me indulging. Crazy right? but you know what I feel so good its worth it. So worth it! Tomorrow bring on Insanitys Plyometric Cardio Circuit & Brazil Butt Lifts Tummy Tuck.
As always Peace & Love
JoRo

Day 13 Insanity's Pure Cardio & Insane Abs

Seriously today is just plain crazyness! From Start to finish, my warm up my heart rate reached 170, then my heart rate monitor ceased to work the rest of the workout. Oh well, I know I dug deep and worked it, my bandana was so full of sweat it was sliding down my head, no longer effective I chucked it to the side and let the sweat pour all over my face, it was landing on my tv. I dont care. I didnt need to take my 1st breather till power jacks, and again what I did was take a breath and get back in to it. I always finish with the Insanity crew. Always try to get in that last few before time is up.Push Up Jacks felt great today even though my chest was sore from yesterdays workout. While I dont reccomend working the same body part back to back, it actually helps with the muscle doreness to use those muscles again the next day after a hard workout. I am noticing that they are starting to look leaner and stronger. Its only been 2 weeks into my hybrid! By the time I get to Insane abs I am tired, but something in me, gets its second wind and I get to it and get busy. It feels good to work my abs 3x's a week with 3 different routines. My abs dont ever get used to the movements and always get worked ina different way. I am keeping my nutrition(notice I dont say diet;That word has a bad connotation.) very simple. Again staying with the vegetarian diet, Yesterday I ate brown rice, black beans roasted peppers, I had a banana, had my protein shakes (shakeology, whey and Casein) and took my supplements. I dont think I would be where I am without my supplements, you need them in your body. As I trype this I am having my sunrise greenberry shakeology shake. yumm. Tomorrow is my much needed day of rest. Than Monday back to the grind, its the final week before recovery week.
As always Peace & Love
JoRo

Day 12 Tony's 30-15

Power Stands are the s#!^ I am so happy I got these, I did all the push ups with them. Usually I start to feel a little ache in my wrists when doing push ups, but now with the power stands! I alsi get a deeper range of motion and when it was time to do the diamond push ups, I felt it totally different than when doing it on my hands. Granted on the second set of these I started to do 20-10 on my reps, by this point my arms ans muscles are really burnt and I dont want to have bad form especially doing push ups otherwise I start to feel it in my lower back. Its important to always keep good form and engage your core. I tried to do 1 lever, I am still not there, I still have a hadr time with wide grip pull ups, I tried to do 1 of those unassisted as well, not quite there, I did my 8-9 reverse grip unassiated and then used the chair. Trust me I still feel it, the muscles working, my back getting more and more ripped even with the chair. I just keep it pretty far away from me so that I am using my upper body strentgh more. My arms feel so jacked and they look pretty good to if I may say so myself! Nutrition is still going dtrong, I did snack on some whole grain gold fish crackers yesterday with my daughter I am so addicted to those things... But all in all my calories and food intake was solid(other than those damn fish) lol My calories yesterday were 1960. I wonder if that was a good year, hey Tony can you tell me? ahaha
Tomorrow is what I call Hell On earth Pure Cardio & Insane Abs. Woohoo
As always Peace & Love Freinds!
JoRo

Day 11 Insanity's Cardio Power & Resistance & Tony's Killer Abs

"Its all about power ya'll"-Shaun Yes power, I sure felt powerful today. From the warm up right on through, took a couple of breathers during Power jumps about the end of the second round and the third, but I always try to bang ou 8-12 right after I take a 2 second break, this way I keep my heart rate elevated, and I am still working it. All with good form ofcourse. I dont care if I keep up with anyone on the videos, as long as I know I am working it and am keeping good form. There are times when some of the popel are taking breaks and I am not so I look at it that way. Love V-Push Ups, and moving Push Ups. And Globe Jumps, oh how I love them! My butt was sore from yesterday but once again when I got going through the warm ups and the stretches I was ready to go. I really do feel and see a difference in my body in just this week and a half. Tony's Killer Abs felt especially good, I was able to do the full body crunch more effectively this time around, my neck sometimes hurts which annoys me, I am using my core and keeping it engaged, will have to figure that out. My nutrition is still going strong and on point, like I said keeping it REAL simple. That seems to be working. Sometimes people make their nutrition harder than it needs to be. Vegetables, Fruits,Whole Grains, I am eating Vegetarian but if not Lean Proteins. I am staying away from processed foods as much as possible, if the ingrediants are a paragraph long, I skip it. If its only a few natural ingrediants and things I can pronounce, then I will get it. My calories yesterday were 1410, low but I ate every 2-3 hours and I wasnt starving at the end of the night. So I eat when I am hungry, and I make sure that I am atleast eating every 2-3 hours on point. Tomorrow looking forward to Tony's 30-15's (Chest & Back)
As Always Peace & Love
JoRo

Day 10 Tony Horton's Bun Shaper

"A little fun with the buns" -Mason
Yes that it is much fun, burning fun. My butt will be feeling it tomorrow for sure. Tony makes the most painful things seem so fun, you hardly notice the time passing by, but then 8 card pick up reminds you its not all fun and games, and the sweat pouring down your face reminds you of how hard you are working. 8 card pick up, must be one of my favorites, because the name doesnt do it justice. No you are not just picking up 8 cards, its actually a total of 64 squats! And because you have to SQUAT not BEND down to place each card down and pick that card up it really works the glutes, and quads and core, it works every damn thing! Bun Shaper 9 moves down 2x. No joke, fun and oh I can feel those buns of steel! BRING IT! Tomorrow looking forward to Insanity's Cardiop Power & Resistance & some Tony's Killer Abs. Gonna be fun. My nutrition is still going strong, it really amazes me how different I feel just by cutting out meat and dairy completely. Not even having coffeebecause I like my coffee with a little cream. Been trying to have a least one cup of Green tea everyday, taking my supplements, drinking my protein shakes, eating vegetables and fruits, having whole grain pasta and eating brown rice. Feeling great!
As always Peace & Love
JoRo

Day 9 Plyometric Cardio Circuit & Tummy Tuck

This workout is crazy, from start to finish it feels amazing and pushes you. I really didnt need my first break until we started doing the floor work, Level 1 drills, into plank runs, into Ski Abs, into In & Outs. You can see why I needed to take a break here and there in between. It is no joke. My shoulders are burning sweat is pouring. Whoo. I always feel so great after an Insanity workout, yes I am beat, Yes I feel like I have nothing left in the tank, but it is a glorious feeling nonetheless. Especially since I still have Tummy Tuck to do. I LOOOVVVEEE this ab routine. It Burns so good. "COme on give me 1 inch higher, squeeze your abs)-Leandro. My arms are so sore from yesterday, and I know mY legs and abs are gonna be feeling it tomorrow. Good thing I have Tony's Bun Shaper tomorrow. Ouchie! My diet is still going strong my calorie totals were 1875 yesterday. That is high for me, but it was all veggies, and one of my protein drinks was much higher in calories than usual. I am playing around with my numbers a bit.
As always Peace & Love
JoRo

Day 8 Tony Horton's Just Arms

I am here to pump you up! Yeah Tony did just that this morning. I went heavier this time around and my arms felt so strong and by the end of the workout they looked so worked and jacked. I love it. I also love my battle scars, ( hand callouses) I dont wear gloves, I like to feel the weights in my hands. Weird I know... This week went great with my workouts, anf nutrition. It was a challenge and will be a challenge next month as well as it is my childrens and my own birthdays coming up. But the biggest test was going to my inlaws yesterday. I ate only vegetables and salad and I had no Ice Cream cake or Chocolate Cake! I think I have finally gotten myself int he mind set of, "it will taste good for 2 minutes, but it isnt worth it" It ceratinly isnt going to help me reach my goal. I didnt feel bad nor did I miss it. What an awesome feeling of acomplishment. Granted I still have a ways to go. And everything wont be off limits forever. But right now I have loftier goals than eating crap snacks. ;-) Tomorrow I am looking forward to Insanity's Plyometric Cardio Circuit & Brazil Butt Lift's Tummy Tuck.
As always Peace & Love
JoRo

Day 6 Insanity Pure Cardio & Insane Abs

Wow what a combo! My heart rate was at 170 from just the warm up. At one point it reached 181!! I didnt need my a break until Frog Jumps, and what I do is catch my breath for 1-3 seconds and bang out as many as I can again. The push ups were a little tough today sice I hade Tony's 3-15's yesterday but it felt good to use those muslces again. I read somewhere that it is actually good to re-train the same muscles as the prior day as it helps them grow and become stronger. Eh I will take their work for it..One thing that I REALLY try to do is concentrate on keeping my core engaged or tight through out the moves, that can be hard when you are worrying so much about keeping up with Shaun & co. Or worrying about getting in as many reps as you can,my thing is form, yeah I want to have high turnover as well, but my 1st concern is core tight, form and then reps. If I find I lost my form I take a second get it back and concentrate. I am really happy with how I am feeling since cutting out meat. My diet/nutrition has been on point this week, my 1st week of this crazy hybrid is in the books! whoop whoop!
Liek I have said I have been keeping my food intake simple simple simple. There really is no need to make it complicated on yourself... Tomorrow a well deserved reast day and then Monday time to do it all over again with Tony's Just Arms.
As always Peace and Love.
JoRo

Day 5 30-15 W/ Tony Horton

Muscle Confusion, you hear it preached often by Tony, and he has a valid point. Variety IS the spice of fitness. Its great to mix it up and that is just one of the many wonderful things about owning your own Beach Body programs. You get to come up with amazing routines(hybrids) to keep your muscles confused, and growing and getting leaner and fitter. My body is in shock at the moment because it doesnt know what the hell is going on. I went from Max Interval Circuit Training 6x's a week to lifting 3x's a week, Max Interval Circuit Training 3x's a week & Ab work 3x's a week. My arms feel like noodles right now, 30-15 is basically 30 push ups of different varieties and 15 pull ups of different varieties. There are 24 sets, so yeah you get the drift. Major OWWW! Towards the middle my number changed from 30-15 to 25-12 for some moves, like close handed push ups & diamond push ups, but I did them all with my legs straight no knees for me. I did use the chair for pull ups but I used it as far away as I could, and trust me I was feeling the work big time... An amazing workout, once again. My diet again has been going great, I really dont miss meat at all, I will be tested as my kids and my own birthdays are coming up BUT I just have to keep my mind focused, and make sure to bring healthy eats where I go...Wish me luck... Tomorrow Pure Cardio & Insane Abs... WTF what was I thinking lol...
As always Peace and Love...
JoRo

Day 4 Cardio Power & Resistance & Killer Abs

S$%^&! When I was getting out of bed this morning I was so sore, my ass, my legs. I thought to myself how the hell am I going to be able to do Insanity this morning, much less Cardio Power!!!! Well once I started doing the warm up my muscles starting feeling better, and when we did the stretches, I thought I was in heaven... It was a great workout, I am really feeling in the zone with my body. Its amazing, its like Im clicking on all cylinders, my mind is right, my body hungry and my heart, well my heart is always in it...I didnt need a break until we started doing the power jumps the 3 rd time around, but I just take a few seconds and then I try to bang out 8-10 more before time is up. Moving push ups felt great and by that point you are begging Shaun for mercy. (atleast I was) And then there was still the glorious Killer Abs to do. Tony's comedy keeps me feeling good while my abs are burning! Love the feeling of muscles burning. Especially my abs, I mean hello its the name of my blog and thus my main obsession right now. Today was definately Insane! Tomorrow I have Tony Horton's 30-15. That should be glorious as well! My diet yesterday again didnt falter, Had my protein shakes, veggies, fruits, whole grains. Keeping it simple, simple is best.
As always Peace & Love
Joro

Day 3 Bun Shaper

Ok seriously, my body was so re today my legs and butt were already feeling it from Plyometric Cardio circuit yesterday; but today Tony worked it....The 8 card pick up, sounds easy right??? NOT!!! Try it, your a$$ will be saying have mercy! Especially after all the different squats and kicks you do prior. This was my 1sy time doing this workout(as it will be with all Tony H's 1 on 1's this go around) and I love it!! Its fun, he is comical. My diet yesterday was tight again. had shakes, veggie burritos, fruit(but not after 3pm) and at about 7PM I got hungry so I ate some of the veggie burrito filling wiothout the wrap or rice. That did the trick. My caloric intake yesterday was 1715 I felt freat. Its only been a few days of not eating meat and exercising with this new routine, but its amazing what a difference I feel and see in my body already. I dont weigh myself so I dont know what that is, I just go by the way I lok and feel. And that gets an A+ right now. I hope you are sticking with me, something tells me at the end of this hybrid we will see amazing results. Tomorrow bring on Cardio Power & Resistance & Killer Abs.
As always Peace & Love JoRo

Day 2 Plyometric Cardio Circuit & Tummy Tuck

I suprised even myself this morning. As you know I took 2 weeks of from training in preparation for this hybrid, and well that seemed like an eternity for me. I thought for sure I would pass out doing Insanity this morning. While I did get my ass kicked, I didnt need my 1st break until the 2nd set leading into Ski Abs. Man that was killer. But honestly I have never felt better about doing my workouts. Taking that time off made me realize how much I needed to workout. How much my body and mind have gotten used to it. It felt like something was wrong, something missing. I have a new appreciation for it. Training my abs with Leandro was amazing, Tummy Tuck really burns the hell out of your abs. ( in a great way) Tomorrow I shall be feeling it, but again muscle soreness makes me happy. Im a massochist. Kind of how I like to show off the calloses on my hands from lifting. (I have a problem) LOL. Yesterday I kept my diet tight, I had my protein shakes, supplements, veggie burrito. No meat! and had a couple bananas and some clementines in between for snacks. Calorie intake was 1332, I wasnt starving or anything, product of spacing my meals out and drinking lots of water. I hope to maintain this type of eating throughout and see where it takes me. Tomorow bring on Tony Horton's Bun Shaper.
As always Peace & Love.
JoRo

Day 1 Just Arms w/ Tony Horton

Wow after taking 2 weeks off from training, it was difficult to get out of bed this morning. But once I did and I did my first set I felt so amazing. My aim when lifting is to go heavy so I can build bigger muscles. However that being said I also wanted to be able to lift my arms tomorrow to take care of my kiddies, so I didnt go crazy. My arms feel so weird right now. Like all weak and jittery. But I have to be honest, I LOVE that feeling, its like an orgasm for my muscles. Niiice. I am so excited to begin this new journey not only with this hybrid but also with my nutrition. I am adopting a Vegetarian diet and seeing how that makes my feel, both in body fat loss and my overall system. I have gotten some tips and a great new cook book "Veganomicon" Today I will be making Vegetarian Burritos, the recipes will make about 6 burritos so I will have lunch or dinner for the week. Planning your meals ahead is one of the tips I got. So I am learning as I go here. And so shall you. ;-) Tomorrow bring on Plyometric Cardio Circuit from Insanity and Killer Abs from Tony's 1 on 1's.
As always Peace & Love
JoRo

New Hybrid Road to Six Pack Abs begins....

Hello everyone, my road begins on May 17th. On that day my new hybrid workout consisting of Insanity (Max Interval Circuit Training) Tony Horton's 1 on 1's (Weightlifting) & Brazil Butt Lift (Self explanatory) LOL. The base of my workouts is to hit the weights 3 times a week, hit Max Cardio 3 times a week & hit my Abs 3 times a week. My butt & thighs will get there workout throughout these routines. There are going to be days that are harder than others, I will be working out for 85 minutes on somedays and other days about 60 minutes. I look at it like this....You want results put in the work, get fit or get out! Yeah its hard but if it were easy we would all be walking around super ripped. The bottom line is do your best, get moving and visualize the body you want when you are starting to doubt yourself, or you are starting to feel like you cant go on. My diet is gonna be basic and super tight. After all Abs are made in the kitchen not only in your workouts. It may be boring (steamed or grilled fish, grilled or baked chicken and lots of veggies & fruits) NO RED MEAT! That will be hard for me becuase I LOVE me some steak, but whats more important the satisfaction I get in a few minutes of eating that steak or the long term satisfaction I will get from accomplishing my goals? hmmmm the answer is simple..Again there will be times where I will be tired; after all I will be rising in the early morn to get started, I will have food temptations all around, I will have to beat my mind when it starts to tell me "you cant do that". But I will push and do my best and that my friends is what its all about.
As always Peace & Love JoRo