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Day 34 | Insanity Challenge | Core Cardio & Balance

Made it to day 34! I was happy to get back in the saddle today after needing to take yesterday off due to feeling under the weather. 34 days of this Insanity Challenge have been amazing and the hardest part has yet to come. Monday we begin Month 2 and the MAX Insanity workouts adding more difficult moves and about 20 minutes more each day. Excited and a little scared at the same time.

Day 34 Core Cardio & Balance

Day 34 represents the very last time in this recovery week I have to do the Core Cardio & Balance routine. We tackle it again in Month 2 but not on consecutive days. I’m happy to have made it through this week and I have only missed 1 day in the first 34. Going into today I decided I wasn’t going to push myself too hard and basically take it easy the whole routine. Well that didn’t happen, I completed the workout and every move with no breaks once again and felt great. I must be over whatever it was I was dealing with. I hate feeling sick and for some reason when I do get sick (not very often) it hits me so fast I never see it coming. This completes the recovery week for me other than tomorrow’s “rest day” which I will need to prepare for Month 2. I’m looking forward to the new set of workouts and the new challenge in completing the entire Insanity Challenge.

Day 34 Core Cardio & Balance Nutrition

My nutrition for day 33 was another good day in the books. Weekends are always much harder for me to stick to my nutrition. My wife and kids are home all day making things a little harder, but they support me 100% in this Challenge and I can’t tell you how much that makes things that much better. I went with my favorite breakfast item from the Nutrition guide and had the Proatmeal recipe for breakfast. At lunch I grilled up some chicken, chopped it up and added it to some brown rice, steamed kernal corn and peas, mixed it altogether for a great lunch the family enjoys. For dinner I was more on my own and had some left-over grilled chicken and green beans. I have stayed away canned veggies all week, but today I was completely out. So my dinner green beans came from a can and it’s the only veggies this week I had that way. I finished day 33 with 1960 calories and my macro-nutrients at 45-36-19. Stay Tuned for my weekly update tomorrow.

Day 34 Nutrition

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Day 33 | Insanity Challenge | Core Cardio & Balance

by Rob Humphrey

Well it was bound to happen sooner or later but day 33 is the first day in the Insanity Challenge that I will miss a workout. After yesterday’s workout I was feeling under the weather with soreness, weakness, headache and nausea. Not sure what brought all that on and so quickly. I didn’t sleep well either to make matters worse. I decided it would be in my best interest to skip today’s workout so I can give my body a chance to feel better so I can move on tomorrow.

Day 33 Core Cardio & Balance

I am honestly going to miss not having to do this workout today. I haven’t missed a single routine since day 1 and I didn’t want to start now. Again I think it’s for the best and will just have to let it go. It’s been such a habit now for the last 32 days to workout that it almost seems weird not to do it today. I started to feel somewhat better as the day went on but I never felt 100% and still feel a little weakness in my body. I still plan on pushing play on day 34 but will take day 35 (rest day) off to prepare for Month 2 and the Max Insanity Workouts. Hope to feel better by tomorrow. Here is what Shaun T says about missing workouts on his facebook page :

I often get asked what to do if you miss some days during the program…so here is my take on that.

READY?

It depends on where in the program you are! If you are in weeks 1 or 2 and you miss more than 2 days you need to go back just a week. If you miss one day then you
just need to make up for that day and replace it with their usual recovery day.

If you are in recovery week and get sick, after you feel better repeat week 4 and skip recovery week and go straight into month 2.

If you are in month 2 follow the same guidelines. No need to go back to the beginning unless you are still in week one or week 2.

“When in doubt just repeat the week” – Shaun T

Day 33 Core Cardio & Balance Nutrition

I kept my day 33 nutrition in check. Whether I’m working out or not I need to keep the nutrition side on task so I can meet my goals for this round. Started the day off again with egg whites and whole grain toast for breakfast. Lunch was the amazing Protein Pizza Muffins from the Insanity Diet Plan, which is still one of my favorites. Because of the way I was feeling today I didn’t do much moving around. So for dinner I went with a second Shakeology shake for the day. I finished the day way under my calorie goal but that was on purpose being I laid around all day. I completed day 33 with 1800 calories but kept my macro-nutrients in the right range at 47-33-20. Stay Tuned.

Day 33 Nutrition

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Day 32 | Insanity Challenge | Core Cardio & Balance

by Rob Humphrey

Day 32 or Day 4 of the recovery week is done. Only two more days of Core Cardio & Balance left and I’ll be happy to get through it. It’s starting to get a little bland doing the same workout everyday. Day 32 also represents something I hold dear to my heart, it officially means that I am past the half way point in the Insanity Challenge.

Day 32 Core Cardio & Balance

I can’t believe it’s already here, I am past the half way point in the Insanity Challenge. Only 31 days remain in the schedule and I’m sure those will be the grueling ones. Even still, I’m looking forward to it. Especially getting out of this recovery week. Today was a little off kilter for me. I like to do my workouts in the morning after I get the kids off to school but today my oldest had an award banquet to attend as she was getting an Upward Bound Award. So it through off my workout and nutrition schedule. Nonetheless I got the workout in, just later in the day than I’m use to doing it. As I mentioned it’s getting a little bland, something I expected going into this challenge. Don’t get me wrong I know why this week is here and I understand that it’s necessary, I just wish we had a workout or two to add to the week. Day 32 went as expected, I completed everything without a single break, well other than those dang hip flexor burners. If you can do that entire hip flexor segment please comment below with your secret. Only 2 more days of this routine and I get to move along.

Day 32 Core Cardio & Balance Nutrition

My nutrition on Day 32 was pretty sound. The thing that I didn’t expect was getting sick. During my daughters award banquet they served breakfast, I only had 1 scrambled egg and a spoonful of fruit. I noticed after my workout that I was unusually tired,sore and weak. Well it took the rest of the day to feel any better and I was out of it pretty bad. It crept up on me so fast I didn’t see it coming. This is why I’m wondering if it had anything to do with what I ate at the breakfast. It took all I could do to get up off the couch to make my lunch which luckily for me was scheduled as a deli sandwich. I hate feeling this way and to feel it so fast is even worse. I’m not even sure if I should or could workout tomorrow being the way I feel now. I kept up my nutrition nonetheless and finished the day with 1957 calories and the macros at 46-35-19. I hope to feel better tomorrow, stay tuned.

Day 32 Nutrition

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Day 31 | Insanity Challenge | Core Cardio & Balance

by Rob Humphrey

Day 31 begins the down side of the Insanity Challenge. Meaning I’m on my way to the end! I’m excited and a little anxious about getting to the MAX workouts of Month 2. They are more difficult and add another 20 minutes to the routine. I’m confident Shaun T has prepared me for whats to come but I still fear it.

Day 31 Core Cardio & Balance

Well, I made it half way through Core Cardio & Balance recovery week. Only 3 more days to deal with this workout until month 2. I had a much better mindset going into today’s workout and got it done without breaks again but felt a little more tired at the end than I had before. I try not to push too hard this week being recovery but maybe I did today. I tried to focus more on form and core today with a lot of the different moves. Those hip flexor burners still have my number and I just can’t seem to get through them without having to drop. I feel I’m getting closer and hope to one day conquer those dang things. One thing that’s cool is I notice many of the cast taking breaks in this workout and I don’t stop at all. It’s nice to see and feel progress in my fitness level to even compare to those in the cast. I tackle this again tomorrow so stay tuned for that bundle of joy.

Day 31 Core Cardio & Balance Nutrition

My Insanity Day 31 nutrition was another good day for me. I went with egg whites with whole wheat toast for breakfast, I like starting my day off with this meal, can you tell. For lunch I wanted something tasty that I hadn’t had in a little while and I wanted it to be from the Insanity Nutrition Guide. I went with the Chicken Meatballs recipe for today with a side of mixed steamed veggies and man oh man was it good. It’s a little high on the carb side of the scale and this is why I had it for lunch instead of dinner. My dinner consisted of left over grilled chicken (again) and a can of tuna fish with a side of almonds. Went a little heavier on the protein at dinner to help me reach my macros for day 31. I ended the day with 1935 calories and my macro-nutrients at 37-34-19. Stay Tuned.

Day 31 Nutrition

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Day 30 | Insanity Challenge | Core Cardio & Balance

by Rob Humphrey

Day 30 was a little bitter-sweet for me. I’d be lying if I said I was looking forward to today’s workout. This is the second day in a row I’ve had to do Core Cardio & Balance and I still have 4 more to go. On the other hand this is unofficially the half way point in my Insanity Challenge. That means it’s time to update my pics, measurements and weight, something I was looking forward to.

Day 30 Core Cardio & Balance

As I stated above I just wasn’t into this workout today. I knew going in that this may be the hardest week for me mostly because there is zero variety this week. Each day is THE SAME! And day 30 is only the second of six that I’ve done, it’s going to be a long week. Once I pushed play I did well with the workout completing it with zero breaks once again but I have to say some of the cast were starting to annoy me. Probably just because my mind was out of it today. There were 2 main cast member’s that annoyed me today. One of them was Tonya, does she really have to smile the whole way through the entire routine, I mean come on. The other cast member that got me today was one of the women in the back with the red top on. She was doing quite a few moves incorrectly and that is starting to aggravate me. Especially when we got to the Heisman. You can hear Shaun T say, “knees to chest” but if you watch her she is not even close. She keeps her knees down and kicks her feet back kind of like butt kicks. Sorry, but I had to vent, they really got to me today. Hopefully tomorrow I can do the workout without looking at them. We shall see…

My Weigh-In And Measurements

It’s that time in the Insanity Challenge where we weigh in and take our measurements to see if we have made any progress. I’m honestly happy with my results thus far. I mean this is only 30 days into the program. I have another 33 days left to go. I have dropped roughly 5 pounds and shed a few inches here and there. I don’t notice a big difference in my pics but I do feel the difference in the way clothes fit, or don’t fit for that matter. My goal for my weight was to get into the 170’s during this round and as of today I am at 180.6, putting me really close to achieving that goal in the first half of Insanity. I think changing my nutrition the way I did yesterday is going to help me progress even faster for month 2 and I can’t tell you how excited I am to continue on this Insanity Journey. I just need to focus and get out of this week without pulling my hair out.

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Day 30 Core Cardio & Balance Nutrition

My nutrition for day 30 was as usual. I started my day off with a bowl of Proatmeal to get a good mix of complex carbs and protein. For lunch I had a bowl of cottage cheese which for the most part I’m starting to get use to and maybe even enjoy. I added a large tomato and some almonds to finish lunch off. My dinner consisted of left over grilled chicken from the other day, then I added 2/3 cups of steamed peas to get another serving of veggies. I will continue to not eat any carbs after my afternoon snack. It didn’t seem to bother me yesterday even with a late ball game last night. I’m feeling good about moving forward with Insanity and the way I have my nutrition set up. I thought about adding calories but due to losing weight I don’t think I will, so for now I’ll keep them at around 1950. I finished today with 1922 calories and the macro-nutrients at 47-35-18.

Day 30 Nutrition

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