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Insanity The Asylum Day 20 while on vacation

May 9th 2011

Absolutely didn’t want to do this workout today. On vacation and Vertical plyo? No way. I did Game Day and OT on Mothers Day and now this? My lease favorite workout. I almost talked myself out of it and then I had to dig deep. I forced myself to do it. The only thing stopping me was mental. I was sore but I could do it.

This is it for videos. I’m on vacation!

Insanity The Asylum Day 16 – Vertical Plyo not a favorite

May 5th 2011
Vertical Plyo again. Yuck. Not my favorite at all. I love the 1 hour Game Day workout more than this 38 minute workout. Maybe it is all of the jumping and how high my heart rate gets. The warm up is a killer. I felt the same way about Plyo when doing Insanity but then it became one of my favorite workouts. It is the one that makes me cry at the end because I can leave it all on the floor. So for now I will resist the love for Vertical Plyo. I will continue to do it as instructed and push through. Continue Reading >

Insanity The Asylum Day 13 – Strength

May 2nd 2011
What a day today. I go to bed last night around 9:30pm and wake up to my 5 year old staring at me at 1:45 in the morning. He had a bad dream and wanted to get in our bed for a little. The next few hours were spent with his legs in my kidneys. Finally at 4:30 I carried him to his own bed. Got an hour of sleep without being kicked. It was awesome. Alarm went off at 5:45 and I had to get out of bed. Day 13 was waiting. I picked up my phone to check messages. I had 3 text messages and one told me to Continue Reading >

Insanity The Asylum Day 11- Game day

April 30th 2011
Awesome! This workout was a full hour and it kicked total butt. Even though I was working hard the entire time there wasn't anything that I didn't like. The moves were fairly basic and they were easy to modify or go slower if needed. I was so nervous about this workout similar to the jitters before a race. Shaun T. is so awesome at keeping your head in the game. If you want to challenge yourself then this workout is for you. Getting started. Looks like I need to get my rear end down a little Continue Reading >

Insanity The Asylum Day 10

April 29th 2011
Day 10 = Relief Thank goodness. This workout was ONLY 25 minutes and it seemed to be yoga even though they don't call it yoga. Yesterday I recommitted to tracking my nutrition. I logged my food all day long in my weight watchers app on my phone. I remember a quote from Jack LaLanne. He said "you can't exercise your way out of a bad diet." True. Very true. I used to be an all or nothing type of person. If I can't do it perfectly then I wouldn't do it. Oh, 90 days of a program? Well I have a trip, Continue Reading >

Insanity The Asylum Day 4 – Vertical Plyo

April 24th 2011
Whoa! This workout is nuts. It is insane. It is completely insane and I'm only on day 4 Vertical Plyo. We over slept this morning and didn't have time to get in the workout this morning before the 8am baseaball game. I was able to workout around 3pm. I could have blown it off but I promised myself and my team that I would do the full 30 days. No way could I give up on day 4. No way! We've commented to each other about how we are sore but not super sore. The only thing that is really different this Continue Reading >

Insanity the Asylum Day 3

April 22nd 2011
It's official. I'm sore. Yikes. Today was "Back to Core." I was grateful that we were not doing power jumps and nutty stuff but it was still a difficult workout. I love working my core. I love how much I get out these workouts already. This is amazing. Mark is in the kitchen making poached eggs and spinach from the Shaun T. 14 day shred guide. Can't wait. As we are working out I was watching Mike French. He is my upline coach. My coach Chris Reed is directly sponsored by him. A guy that was just Continue Reading >

Insanity The Asylum Day 2

April 21st 2011
Wow. I am loving this workout. Day 1 I was super scared. I was still recovering from a cold and dizzy. Day 2 rocks. Strength. The mixture of weights and cardio is great. When you are really pushing it during the warm up and Shaun T. says "yeah and this is just the warm up." you think uh oh. But I felt it was very doable. I used lower level dumbells and didn't use the chin up bar. I have one but I still need to put it together. Heck, I'm only on day 2. Felt much better during this workout than Continue Reading >

O Magazine features Article on Shakeology and Super Foods

April 7th 2011
O's editor in chief travels to Peru to experience a trove of life-giving superfoods that just might revolutionize your view of nutrition. Article may be removed due to coach solicitation on the Oprah.com website. You can pick up a copy on news stands. Great article about super foods and Darin Olien the creator of Shakeology. Read Entire Article about Super Foods Continue Reading >