i know everyone is super excited to read about how pathetic i feel during my workouts everyday, but this next month is crazy busy with traveling for work and, well, summer stuff. for instance, this weekend i’m taking a “Me Weekend” (even though the wife needs a Me Month more than i need a Me Weekend), leaving the entire family behind (even Cocoa) and going to the cabin/shack to celebrate the Memorial Weekend with the extended family. i’m positive the pup is very displeased with this plan of attack.
with that being said, i will not be able to get the insanity workouts in – i will be plenty active, so i’m fine with that portion of the agenda. the big question is: “what do i do when i come back?” where do i start back up with the insanity workouts? i’ll be back Tuesday night, so Wednesday AM, do i go back and re-suck at the last Wednesday workout? i think that’s what i’ll do. like i told Julie a couple days back, i don’t know what Shaun T would suggest, but this is what i’m doing. i’ll be gone various 3-4 day stints in June, so i’m not sure how this will affect my insanity workouts other than that it will. gotta stay flexible like a Romanian gymnast.
so until then, enjoy the beautiful weather (if you’re in the midwest), get outside, wet a line and most importantly, thank a serviceman/woman for giving us a reason to celebrate this weekend!
May 28th, 2010 | Comments Off
So this morning, i must’ve turned off my alarm in my sleep… i woke up at around the time i should’ve been in the middle of the pre-workout stretch. another disappointing miss.
since i don’t have the Insanity workout to write about today, i figured i’d write about something different – Hardly Worth the Effort. discussing the last 10% of a project (which we’ve been working on for the last few months at work with a project). the oft-mentioned project management cliche 90% of the development time is spent on the last 10% of the project holds true to our OMR project at PF/QF.
this blog post by Seth Godin really hits home with a bunch of things going on with me. i’m digging Seth’s short and quick, deep thought provoking posts – a good morning read.
inspirational thought of the day:
“The journey is the reward.”
- Chinese Proverb
keep your eyes on the goal, but don’t forget to enjoy the journey!
May 19th, 2010 | Comments Off
so i finished the 100 pushup challenge last week for the second time (last year and this year). final tweet included “what do i write about now?” after 100 posts of the challenge – and plenty of flack and feedback from my friends – it’s time for a new challenge. and today i begun the new challenge: Insanity!
From the company that brought you P90x, Beachbody, I will try the Insanity workouts. This morning i kicked it off with the fit test, and well, the one thing i can say is improvement should be fairly easy
My Results:
Switch Kicks: 50×2: 100
Power Jacks: 42
Power Knees: 69
Power Jumps: 18
Globe Jumps: 6 1/2
Suicide Jumps (burpees): 11
Push-Up Jacks: 23
Low Plank Oblique: 18×2: 36
i’ve mentioned before, that i can’t workout in my own living room… and that still holds true, so i’ve decided to utilize the fitness center for my Insanity workouts. the plan is to get up early and ‘Dig Deep’ – head over to the fitness center and get the workout in. I took the measurements and photos this morning (i’ll spare you with those details at this point). the nutritional changes will be tough to follow, but we’ll do our best. and we’ll track progress as we move forward. Fit test again in two weeks…
Insanity – day 1: complete! 
