I have been falling behind on posts due to being busy & going out of town this past weekend. John, myself, and our dog, Ice, went to Medicine Hat for a visit & a 5km race. John & I have been trying to tire Ice out due to excessive amounts of energy (him, not us). The 3-4 walks a day have not been enough. We have been jogging with Ice for about 1 - 2 weeks. John does a noon hour run and I do a morning run, and then we walk him in the evening.
I did the 5km race in Medicine Hat this Saturday with Ice, he did a great job for his first run! Our training runs have only been 2-4km in length, so he really pushed himself hard! Really proud of our boy.
Insanity: The Asylum
I did the 5km race in Medicine Hat this Saturday with Ice, he did a great job for his first run! Our training runs have only been 2-4km in length, so he really pushed himself hard! Really proud of our boy.
Insanity: The Asylum
I ordered this DVD workout a couple weeks ago and received it last Thursday, I have been waiting for this to be release for quite some time. John and I did Insanity last spring/summer. Insanity is a 60-70 day work out program that is really intense. The Asylum is a 30 day program that focuses more on athletic performance. There are 6 DVD's:
- Speed & Agility
- Strength
- Back to Core
- Vertical Plyo
- Game Day & Over Time
- Fitness Test
Insanity doesn't use any equipment, it is all body weight exercises. The Asylum comes with a jump rope & agility ladder. You can also order an exercise band & pull up bar with the program. I have both of these things, so I opted out of that choice. You also need dumbbells.
The use of equipment is a great addition to the program, I think this way I will get more results in the upper body. But one of the things that I love about Insanity, is that you do not need any equipment.
So, I did the fitness test after work today, it didn't seem as physically taxing as Insanity, but I did find it more difficult to do in regards to coordination, I believe that the next time I do the test I will do substantially better. The warm up included jumping rope, high knee run in place, etc. The drills in the fit test were all 1 minute in length:
- Agility Heisman: I did 9. Had to fix my ladder a couple times, if you mess it up, you are supposed to fix the ladder before you go on, definitely a focus on form! My form definitely was not pretty with this drill lol
- In & Out Ab Progression: 35 reps (again I had to fix the ladder)
- Pull ups/Push ups: you can do pull ups or lat push ups, I chose the lat push ups of course lol: 12 reps
- Mountain Climbing Arms with Switch Kicks: 66 reps
- Agility Shoulder Taps: 5 1/2 reps
- X Jumps: 40 reps
- Moving Push ups: 2 1/2
- Agility Lateral Shuffle: 13 reps
- Agility Bear Crawl: 5 1/2 reps
Here is a link of someone doing the fit test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4A7tYLgIpQ
There is a schedule for the work outs. I will follow the schedule, but will only be doing days that I did not do much for fitness at work. If I work out at work or teach fitness, I will not be doing The Asylum at home.
Adrenaline Personal Training last Monday:
We did Sled Pulls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CthgoBvOgx8&feature=related
Hand over hand Prowler Pull http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJQclxgAGU8
Tire Flips http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwwo1soc3Hw
Keg Toss http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RR8WTqrLM0
Sledge Hammer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEzFuozBU18&feature=related
It was sooo much fun, we did this all outside, left filthy :-D
