p90x/insanity hybrid recap

Got up at 830am to start living fit through Jamie Eason’s livefit program!! 

Spring break was such a tease for a week. But I was dreading it towards the end because I honestly wanted to take full advantage of the school gym. Eating at home didnt go bad like winter break and I feel actually accomplished for not binging at all. My problem going home is the lack of clean food and just processed junk all around. It was easier to not give in to cravings since my body just seemed to be adapted from the 12 week cycle of p90x/insanity.
Overall, through the sweat and blood. The program really does work but I think incorporating livefit’s clean eating program mostly attributed to the body fat that melted away from my stomach.. I learned that its really 70% diet 30% exercise, no matter how intensely or not I worked out everyday. It’s still hard for me to realize that I dont have that  stubborn flab of upper stomach roll/nub  (which have had all of my life)poking out when I relax and sit! I see and feel the ridges of my muscles from 2 rounds of ab ripper x (which might I add I incorporated in the gym) and definition in my arms. I learned to accept my natural body shape and work with it in splits, to shape it, through p90x. I would definitely recommend it for people starting to lift. Its a great rudimentary program! I wouldn’t really stick to doing insanity too much since its not only mentally tiring to repeat the same videos but its super hard on my joints which is not cool and muscle-deteriorating in the long run(excess cardio when gaining) Not to say, I would incorporate those programs into my own regimen in the future. The programs are really wel structured for home workout programs and people like me who want to lose that extra fat in order to leaning out.

I’m ready for a transformation though…nope not a half assed one. A full, follow-the-diet-rigidly no cheat weekends but I hope to learn to change my lifestyle completely from jamies program… Im skinnier yeah but I dont want to be skinny fat with tons of cardio…I wanna lift!! Sculpt! Shape! see how my body reacts to strength training and nourishing the shit out of it…its amazing to see the crazy inspirational transformations for JE livefit veterans. 

Eating breakfast and on week 7.3

Can’t believe im a few weeks away from being a p90x/insanity(2) graduate! Excited, and motivated to keep pushing and digging deeper!

So far, the weekend set me off kind of badly. I had to attend two big birthday bashes, so a. there was alcohol involved. b. Wasn’t able to make a lot out of meals back at home. Back here in my apt, I have all the foods I’ve bought and portioned out throughout the week. But when I get home, its basically Korean food (sweet potatoes, brown rice, a lot of salty stews and etc) I tried to carb-load higher on the weekend, buy eating sweet potatoes, apples and pb. Which might or might not have been better for recovery…

Anyhews, so far, I’ve also switched from my go-to ON whey to Body fortress’s bundle pack. It’s pretty good economically and taste-wise, I stick by ON but its honestly not that bad.

• vanilla: 7.5/10 Eh.. Kinda Bland in the flavor department. (I use this to mix-in for morning pancakes, regular protein recipes [carrot protein muffins, lemon protein bars««FREAKING FAIL LOL]
  
• cookies n’ creme: 9/10 yum! honestly, the best one out of all of them for morning and even dessert. I prefer mixing this in my protein pancakes rather than vanilla.
  
• chocolate peanut butter: 8/10 always use this for my post-workout shake. BANANANANANA makes this sooo much yummier.

I heard there’s a little bit of creatine in the concetration… I heard it makes you bloat a little without drinking enough water.. not sure if its good or bad. I don’t really think it should be!

Anywhos, I packed some turkey muffins and bits of burnt lemon protein bars for school and I’ll be doing Back+Biceps and ABX… hoping to get out of the skinny-fat shape soon. muscalllzz where are uuu

Week 4 (non-recovery) :)

why? Because I feel like my body deserves a little more beatdown with the aftermath of this weekend (let’s just say 4 loko lololollll.)

I freaking love Chest and Back seriously! I never thought I would be gasping for breath through just working your arms and back with a pull-up and free weights!  If anything, I love push-ups now seriously (Military, diamond, wide-fly HELL yezz)

My arms have definitely gotten tighter and my legs have a gap that is slowly widening upwards :D . lifting+hiit is far more effective than hiit cardio alone. (so stop doing insanity for the 5th time) Other than that, I also decided to throw in some extra ab moves in ab ripper x since I’m feeling that it’s getting a little repetitive.

So instead of the last two rounds of leg climbs I do ball rolls and reptile twists (25 reps as the usual)

digging deeper and being the best >)

Btw, one of my gfs wanted to try out Tracy Anderson’s Metamorphosis. Anyone had any luck with it?

1 more day

let the halloween festivities beginnn.

I might post up costume pics on a daily for you guys <3

I was studying for my midterm last night and squeezed in ab ripper x during my study break. haha, love it!!! As far as insanity goes, yesterday was max cardio circuit and today’s possibly my last max plyo EVARRRRRRR.

day 4?

So I’m finding a new appreciation with Shaun T’s Max interval training method, which is basically the same as HIIT training…It’s something that I wanted to work on for a while. Improving my cardiovascular endurace, while taking a break from weights for the majority of this summer.

I think I’m going to try sticking with it (the whole 60 days) and get amazing results by Halloween. Yep. New goal.

And yeah I know, I know. I do not plan on becoming a fitblr with an inconsistent regime. I feel the most of the minor setbacks I had this summer was mainly due to plans that got in the way (consecutive days I might add) as well as being home instead of school. (y’feel me?)

Not to mention though, I did lose weight. I see definite changes between the beginning of summer and today. My abs are way defined, my arms and legs are tighter, slimmer and getting cut, so I have accomplished my “during” stage in terms of weight loss haha

anywhews,

I just finished Cardio Recovery followed by Ab ripper x.

Corny as it sounds it felt pretty good hearing Tony’s voice again harhar

ps: if you need any advice regarding my homeworkout video routines, and jillian michael’s 6 week six pack/ ripped in 30 , feel free to ask! I really want to help y’all out too, (and my inbox is getting kinda dusty hehe.)