Beachbody THREAD 2 (Insanity, T25, etc)

[Jacksterbear]

Hi all, I've just realised I maxed out our thread by posting the 1000th post earlier so I thought I should start a new one!

Hoping you all find me here...

Sarah I can do all the month 1 work outs without stopping, but I have to take breaks on the month 2 work outs... usually after I am about 2/3 of the way through (so about 40 mins in or so...) - I used to be able to do both ab routines all the way through as well, but not at the moment!

Get off them knees for push ups! I bet you can do them after all the workouts you have done since Jan - but you've got to believe you can do it!

Hello lovely beachbodiers!

Jackster I think with piyo it is quite 'dynamic' so i counted it as low impact aerobics.

Had 2 rest days sun/mon but used them to paint ds' bed room....rollering the high ceiling def gave my arms a good workout... shame the colour didnt workout (I dulux colour matched (mumsnet fav) farrow and ball from another room) but dont think I can bear to paint over it again! Insanity max 30 cardio done today.

My knees are clicking like billyo when I go up the stairs, it doesn't hurt but the noise goes through me! Anyone else get this?

Last week of Month 1 of Max 30. Second go at Month 1. Did Tabata Strength. Tough but I prefer it to Tabata Power.

I want to lose 1% - 2% body fat a month. Any suggestions on how to do that effectively?

Wow new rule well done! I prefer the easier tabata with the breaks, not sure if that is power or strength?

Going to have to fit in a late workout as I was too tired this am before school run.

Yum, Strength has no breaks but in a way there is because you do some recovery moves and jogging on the spot for a few seconds after each move.

I have reduced my carbs but feel real low carb induced rage.

Keep going all. You all are an inspiration to me.

I did tabata strength last night too. Well most of it. Ds woke up screaming when I got to 25mins and then basically wouldn't be put down until 10pm until it was a bit late for me to finish it. It was good timing tho. He woke up just as I got to the toe taps after all of the horrible press ups. Was pleased to get the break!
Aim is to do something today and tomorrow then have sat off so I'm rested for my first 10k race in 4yrs. Eeeeek. Knee hurts today tho, so I'm going to see how I feel later
Sarah - I'd def give the full press ups a go. Maybe start full then go to your knees. Accept that your form won't be perfect on the full ones to start with as you need to get stronger, but my view was that as long as it wasn't actually damaging that was fine.
Newrule - I bet you're looking forward to mth 2. It's awesome. Hardcore in a really good way!
Have a good day everyone!

Sarah I echo what Purple has said and try full press ups - start off doing 1 and then dropping to your knees and keep increasing how many you can do and I bet you are stronger than you think (having said that, I am a long way off doing full press ups as my arms are not strong enough to push 15 stone up so feel free to ignore my advice )

Purple good luck with your race. I was talking to my running buddies last night and said we need to sign up for a 10k again as we have let our running slide as we have nothing to aim for.

Going to do Gamma Extreme Circuit tonight - not done this one before so I hope it is ok and is not another version of the burpee hell that is Speed 3.0

I have also made the decision to start the 5:2 diet again - I did it for a while about 18 months ago and it was effective but just fell off the wagon and haven't got myself motivated. However, I am going to opt for shakes on my fast days as it saves me thehassle of thinking about food which was always the problem that I had. First fast day tomorrow...

I just took the DC to McDonald's and didn't even have ONE CHIP let alone a bite of a mcnugget.

And I did a Month 2 Insanity + Month 2 Ab work out back to back this morning - 1hr 31 mins of INSANENESS (although that is about 10 mins of "cool down").

Exhausted now.

Good luck with the 10k!

Chemo on Tuesday - how does it come around so fast again?! So I have 4 x workouts to do before getting on the plane and feeling shite for 3 days...

Boobz, awesome stuff, as always.

I am guilty of usually snaffling a few fries / bite of nugget, etc, when taking the DC for their happy meals, too.

Purple good luck with the 10k, let us know how you got on.

Re the push ups. I think we had a similar discussion on the thread (probably the previous one) a while back and someone linked to some professional advice saying better to a) have knees down but full range of motion (ie chest to floor), rather than b) up on feet but not getting chest to floor? I know I did the same as Sarah, ie switched from b) to a). At first I couldn't get my chest anywhere near the floor, even with knees down, but now I can (although I still find it feels really weird, like my arms don't naturally bend that way! ). I definitely couldn't get chest down with knees up though. PiYo has a good halfway modification where you put just one knee down. So, in conclusion... re best way to progress from here!

poppy I get knee-clicking occasionally, but often get ankle and hip clicking. Makes me feel old!!

Have done PiYo strength intervals today. Damned if that's going down as "yoga" or "Pilates" on MFP! Have put it as "low impact aerobics" but I'm sure even that must be understating it! It's not even that I want the extra calorie credit (well not just that ), more that I want some acknowledgement of how bloody hard I worked!!

God boobz. You sure know how to work hard! No way I have your mental toughness re the chips either!

Re the press ups I remember the discussion re form. All I meant was that in order to get to a point where you can get chest to floor on your feet you have to practice (a lot) going as far down as you can until you get stronger. So, I think it makes sense to do a few on the feet without full range of motion, then switch to knees. As you get stronger you will be able to get closer to the floor on feet and then no longer need to do knees. That's what I did anyway.

Managed Friday fight today. Yet again I tried to do it when ds was napping and he woke up at 27mins this time. Boo.

Yes purple. It's the same with pull ups. I couldn't do one pull up unaided when I started, and always used a chair to help get me up there. After about a month, I just TRIED to do at least one, and then after about a week of trying without the chair, I did one on my own! And then switched back to chair etc. And then after about another week of always doing one full one on my own and then switching to chair, I could do 2! After 3 months of P90X I could 10 on my own, but I wouldn't have got there if I just used the chair all the time for "perfect form" - you have to train your muscles to do it on their own, even with wobbly form for the first few tries/weeks, to get there. And after 6 months of working out, I would be surprised if you couldn't do at least one no-knee press up.

I am so hungry.

My new treadmill has arrived so this morning I did a 20 mins run then hardcore abs. Going to mix running with rocking bodies and see how that works :)

Wow swampy good work - treadmill sounds fun - good for a bit of HIIT work.

Boobz you have a will of steel am afraid I have reneged on my diet promise too many work leaving parties. I will get back on the wagon soon and knuckle down - I am planning to do after photos for max 30 to show you all so that will be my motivation.

Goodluck purple - really exciting that you are doing 10k - amazing that you have kept up all this with small baby and going back to work - awesome work!

Jackster efo don't put pilates the calorie burn on mfp is no way correct - I sweat a lot doing piyo!! Glad its not just me feeling prematurely old, my clicky knee (which went clicky doing painting rather than workout - think I must have been locking my knee out of terror of falling off when I was on the ladder) did a massive painful crunk during max 30 this am so I modified the rest of the workout - advantage was that I wasn't collapsing all over the place for the strength parts so could put more effort into tricep dips, modified pushups etc. will aim to do proper burpees but modify if that hurts tomorrow. Disadvantage of modifiying is I think it becomes pretty low/moderate cardio. I honestly think max 30 has been slimming my legs down a bit until now, even though I haven't lost weight, I can't see that continuing if I have to keep modifiying though.

Spooky let us know about Gamma!

Newrule how is low carbing going - hope your over the beginning hump, first few days suck.

What treadmill did you get?

I have Fridays off so am going to another double, but this time Insanity Month 1 and a P90X Month 2. May throw in Ab Ripper X if I have time too.

DIG DEEPER

Hey Swampy you can do your own Barry's bootcamp work out now - 15 mins "treading", 15 mins on the floor with weights, core work and press ups, and then back to treading for 15 mins (where you increase the incline and speed and do sprints up and down hills etc.,) and then finishing on floor again - an hour of pure nails. And it won't cost you £20 a pop like Barry's does! You'll have to turn off all the lights and do it in the dark though, to get the real Barry's effect.

How is your knee today yumyum?

Spooky how much did you lose last time on 5:2? And remind me again, can you eat what you like on the normal days or do you still have to be careful but just not fasting?

Well I did my mega workout - LOVE doing Month 1 Insanity work outs at the moment as I breeze through them and it's like it was when I was pre-diagnosis. In fact I have really seen the results of a week of strict eating (apart from that one piece of cake at the weekend at the kid's b'day party - oops) and I have shed 2.5kg in 10 days (have been working out A LOT too - but it just goes to show that no carbing really does work).

Took a photo just now (excuse baggy pants - no clean shorts avail for work out) - finally feel like I am getting back to the old me again!

Purple and Boobz - ok I get what you mean re progressing the push ups - makes sense.

Boobz you look incredibly lean and strong, and it's so good to see your posts sounding so positive and full of energy (that sounds really twee and patronising now I've written it down but is sincerely meant!).

Swampy exciting stuff re treadmill.

Rest day today.

Waves to poppy, spooky, Sarah and Newrule (hope that's everyone!). Happy weekends.

Hi everyone. Well I have moved house! Up there with the most stressful days of my life! Honestly, I am very level headed but I was a stress soup by the end of it! So haven't exercised for three days but I am giving myself time off for good behaviour Also moving was a pretty good workout as our removals were crap so I was lugging boxes around with the best of them. I have eaten exactly what I want though, must stop that now!

I haven't had chance for a full catch up but ok I will try some full push ups! Did you like extreme circuit Spooky? I like that one. Can't see your pic Boobz but you are so fit. 1 hr 30 of Insanity!!! Glad you back in the groove. Lots of happy fitness vibes to everyone else- I love reading your chat, it really is motivational . Got to work today but hoping to squeeze in a workout later, even if it is just a little run .

Boobz its a Reebok one that was better than half price in Argos. It has a ten year guarantee which was what decided us - our other one was second hand and the motor died after six months.

Just wanted to add that you are all inspirational x maybe I will go back to T25 again soon...

Woo hoo! 10k race done this am. Watch time was 53.26 so I'm super pleased with that given that it was hilly and my training 'plan' has been 1 run per week for 6 wks. My aim was 55mins so I've really surprised myself. Am kicking myself tho - I had a v slow start and was well off my pace for the first 3ks so really I could have been closer to 52 mins.......that's a goal for next time. Was nearly sick as I crossed the line so couldn't have pushed any harder today.
Hope you've all had good weekends.

Well done with the move Sarah. I bet your arms are aching from the boxes.

Purple great time, very well done indeed.

Congrats on the new house Sarah.

A slightly hungover PiYo Core done today.

Jackster, thank you and well done on working out with a hangover!

Purple that is a fantastic time! Really well done, especially as it was hilly!

Yes yes come and do t25

That last one was for Swampy!

Day 5 of no workouts ! On feet all day cleaning but not quite the same. Then realised need to get an exercise mat as got hardwood floors in new house! Could go for a run but not going to. Start afresh next week. Longest time in a while with no workouts.

Cleaning is pretty good exercise Sarah! I like to log my cleaning hours on MFP - v satisfying!

So I was feeling a bit panicky about my lack of really high intensity, fast-paced, nausea-inducing exercise in recent weeks, so have just done Insanity Plyometric Cardio... And, predictably, it was bloody awful and I totally sucked. Urghhh.