August 2011
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this has really helped me with my running outlook... →
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Asylum day 30- The End / 10w2 1/2 marathon 3 mile...
#Insanity #asylum #fittest #beachbody #workout #fitness
@shauntfitness yo shaun, I just completed the Asylum! I”m ready for my T-shirt!
Asylum day 30 the fit test - I have completed the beast! all of my numbers have doubled and in some cases tripled. Asylum is a great workout and I highly recommend it to anyone that wants to supplement their normal workout with some performance...
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The DARK SIDE of losing weight
I have discovered the Dark Sdie of losing weight. YES there is a dark side to losing weight…Ok not really dark but something no one talks about. I hurt!
As you drop weight, your body does not: 1. Really want to drop weight 2. Does not drop weight evenly 3. Drops weight from areas you actually need padding.
I’m dropping padding from my butt bone, the bottoms of my feet and hands,...
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IA Day 29 - Speed and Agility
#asylum #insanity #fitness #healthy #beachbody
Day 29! Tomorrow is my fit test and hopefully my numbers will be better than when I started this bitch! If not then I just went through 30 days of pain for the experience. Asylum is a 30 day performance enhancement program so I will be doing it again in the future. I see the value in the drills and the workouts and it’s 30 days so I can...
Anonymous asked: DO YOU KNOW HOW AMAZING YOU ARE?!!! Keep being AWESOME! :D
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10w 2 1/2 marathon 5 mile run-ish
#running #training #3k #halfmarathon
Today was suppose to be a 7 mile run, I’m happy with the 5 I’ve done. So it started out this morning a normal lazy sun, not planning on doing much, I was even considering NOT doing my long slow run today (shutter, the horror)
looking at the paper this morning, my wife tells me that there is the local feet fest 3k. We talked about it for a few...
Today, 17 teens will take their own lives due to...
pforpaul:
Reblog if you care.
Always.
If you don’t reblog, you have no heart. It wont kill you to have this on your tumblr.
Bullies go fuck your self.
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IA Day 26 - Vertical Plyo
#asylum #insanity #workout #fitness #healty
Day 26! I’ve got 4 more days of this craziness, wow a month goes by fast! Today is vertical plyo, it’s still just as hard as day one, i’m sweating just as much if not more but it feels good. Shaun T says something in this workout that I finally caught and understand. There is a way to understand something on a physical level and...
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10w 2 1/2 Marathon 4 mile run/ Asylum Gameday
#insanity #asylum #1/2marathon #training #running
What a day! Let’s begin by saying that i’m on day 2 of a shakeology cleanse. Why am I doing a shakeology cleanse in the middle of one of the hardest workouts AND doing 1/2 marathon training?? I have no smurfin idea! What is a shakeology cleanse? Basically you drink green tea and nothing but Shakeology for 2 meals, you have a...
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At some point in your life, you will be in...
HELL YEAH!!!
Time to spruce it up
I started keepimg this blog as a quick way to dump my workouts and thoughts on working out. Now that other people actually read it, I need to put a little more time into design, photos,spelling and gramar.
Ive got an uber quad core laptop, two tablets and a really smartphone. I think tyhat iI should be able to clean this place up and make it slightly more presentable for company. In my day job...
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IA Day 23 - Strength
#insanity #asylum #beachbody #workout #fitness
I’m a strong guy, I can’t say that I’ve always been because in Jr highschool I was a bit of a wimp (and that’s putting it nicely). I’ve come a long way since then in my own personal confidence, physical confidence and just overall liking who I am as a person. I know this is suppose to be a fitblog and I’ll get...
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IA Day 21 - Speed and Agility
#Asylum #insanity #beachbody #workout #fitness
Speed and Agility is my Nemesis!!! I’m not as dejected about it as last week but i’m still overly pleased with my performance. 21 days in and this workout continues to get harder. I’m certain that my energy levels are low from yesterdays run and less than necessary eating cycles but i’m worked through and i’m slowing...
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10w 2 1/2 Marathon 7 mile run
#running #training #1/2 marathon
So ummm, I ran 7 miles today!!!!!!!!
(happy dance…actually happy limping)
6.77 miles
1:30:30
Avg 13:20 a mile.
I’ve decided that the GPS in my phone is completely off as I know the 3 mile mark is clearly there and I know the 4 mile loop I’ve done in the past so my phone can suck it! I’m getting a running GPS when i get paid.
The...
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getting mentally ready to run
im sitting on the chicago metra train on my way home to the NW burbs getting mentally focused for my run. Today im doing the 7 miles i should have done yesterday but being exhausted i took a rest day. im nervous as ive never run this far for fun. i dont know if i have the energy to do this as the anti biotic for the sinus infection is draining on my system. Im nervous becuase its humid and i...
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STRONG = BEAUTIFUL: Half-Marathon Training Plan... →
calendarchic:
Key
Rest/XT: Ideally, do no exercise. Nonimpact cross-training like stretching, yoga, or swimming is fine. (Run down? Check out 10 Signs You Need a Rest Day)
EZ Run: Run at a conversational pace or cross-train. When on a bike or rowing or elliptical machine, maintain a sustained…
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Dear Girls
lukewarmfire:
If I can read your lips, your yoga pants are too tight.
Not that I mind…much but still.
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IA Day 20- Back2core
#asylum #insanity #beachbody #fitness #workout
Day 20, I have 10 more days of this craziness! Today was suppose to be my restday and I should have done this workout yesterday. I desperately needed to take a break so I switched my days and rested yesterday on day 19. I didn’t even do my 7 mile run yesterday (I”m debating if I’m going to do it today or not).
This mornings...
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10w 2 1/2 mile 2 mile run
#running #vibrams #training #1/2marathon
Not much to say about this afternoons run other than it was sucky. I did 2 miles instead of 3 but I feel so heavy and sluggish and just blech that i’m happy i Powered through that. I picked up meds for my sinus infection so i’m fighting one of those again. Weather changes and pollen are not good for my respiratory system.
The vibrams are...
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IA Day 19- Vertical Plyo
#asylum #insanity #fitness #beachbody
As the workouts continue I can feel my agility and balance increasing. I have the added benefit of also training for a 1/2 marathon so I can feel the difference in my running based directly off my Asylum workouts
This morning i feel heavy,sluggish and bloated. I think the lovely fall weather has brought me another sinus imfection so m pushing through that...
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IA Day 18- Gameday and Overtime
#asylum #beachbody #workout #fitness #insanity
Asylum Gameday and Overtime
WHAT THE HELL HAVE I GOTTEN INTO!!! For starters, I had an awesome run yesterday and did 5 miles in under 60 minutes for the first time! Gameday, I was not playing on the pro level today, I think my gameday was more intermural with a ribbon for participation.
I”m sweating so much and I know how I hurt my back...
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FACE YOUR FEARS!
2011happiness:
And this is exactly why I took up distance running.
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10w 2 1/2 mile 5 mile run/ Asylum Day 18 - Relief
#running #asylum #training #1/2marathon #fitness
1/2 marathon training is still moving along and today was a 5 miler. I am noticing that my first .5 mile is stiff, followed by a solid mile and a half then I set into a pace and then i start to waver around 4 miles. Over all it felt good, While walking to work today, I noticed that my walking pace has longer strides than my running pace. If i...
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IA Day 17 - Strength
#asylum #beachbody #workout #fitness
Day 17 and we are back at a the strength workout. I skipped yesterdays Vertical Plyo because I just didn’t have the energy or mental focus to do it. Why didn’t i do it today? Well Asylum is called sports performance and every 10 days we have game day. When I played football, if you missed a day of practice, you didn’t get to redo that day...
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10w 2 1/2 mile 2 mile run
#running #training #1/2 marathon
Got up this morning to do a run instead of the usual Asylum morning work out . I didn’t sleep well last night as fall is definitely here and my allergies are beginning to make me not feel the best.
Much like last nights workout, this run was not the greatest. my ankle is sore again and street running is not the same as running in the forest preserve....
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Asylum Day 14 -S&A (or how to shatter my ego)
#asylum #strengthandagility #beachbody #fitness #workout
Asylum day 14 - Speedh and Agility
I HATE this workout, nothing makes me feel like more of an uncoordinated putz as doing this workout. I’m slow, I trip on the boxes, I run out of breath and i’m freakin pissed the fuck off!
Work so damn hard all month on getting into better shape and getting faster and running and balance and...
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10w2 1/2 marathon 6 mile run/ Asylum Day 14 Relief
#running #1/2marathon #training #Asylum #workout #exercise #beachbody
I jumped right back on the running horse today with a solid 6 mile run (5.9 mile run). I didn’t do the 3 miles yesterday because I walked all around comic-con and figured that would be almost equal to running 3 miles. Don’t laugh, you’d be surprised. I work up this morning with a killer headache, not...
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IA Day 13 - "This is were you die!"
#Asylum #fitness #beachbody #workout # healthy
Shaun-T, why would you, in the middle of a difficult time, tell me that THIS is were i’m going to die? You assume that I made it this far, which I did, but what if i hadn’t? And what if I was just barely hanging on by a thread and to hear this would break my sweaty fragile spirit.
Day 13 Strength is one of my favorite workouts in this...
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IA Day 12 - The Suck
#asylum #beachbody #fitness #healthy#motivation
Asylum day 12, this was by far the suckiest workout I have done in ages. I’m tired and sore and I think I pulled a muscle in my back. His voice is annoying as all get out when you’re up early and doing jumping jacks.
How many passive aggressive times can he look at the camera and say, “Don’t hate me.” Dude,...
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I'm not becoming fit to get boys, not to fit into...
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Finish the fight!
#p90x #Insanity #beachbody
As more and more people begin starting new workout programs and taking control of their fitness and health, there are an equal number of people that get frustrated and quit or give up and to you I say
I know, i know its from Halo 3 but the words still ring true.
Prime example, P90X. People start, people quit people give up or get bored and decide it’s not...
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IA Day 11- Gameday!
#asylum #gameday #fitness #healthy
Asylum Gameday, the workout that puts together everything we’ve been doing over the last 10 days to gage your form, fitness level and sports performance. This workout is 60 minutes long, which makes it the longest of the program and Shaun T lost his smurfin mind putting this together!
Sixty minutes of sports simulationstarts off with a mile...
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IA Day 11 -Relief
#Asylum #beachbody #fitness #workout
This morning Shaun T took much needed break from the jumping and core workouts to do a relief session. This is basically just stretching and stretching and stretching. If I had known the video was only 20 minutes I may had NOT gotten up at 4am to do it.
Last nights run was great, my entire 10 days of Asylum training has been a key factor to me getting...
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10w 2 1/3 marathon week 3
#running #1/2marathontraining #training
Guess what? I ran today!! Guess what again? I had my best 3 mile run EVER! Yes I said Ever! (ok not really ever but this year). My ace ankle wrap fit perfectly in my vibram bikilas. My stride and foot striking was dead on. I’m told that if you’re running in vibrams and doing it right you don’t make much of a sound, I “snuck...
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IA Day 10 - go down to go up
#insanityasylum #beachbody #fitness
Vertical Plyo is not my friend, it doesn’t like me, it likes to try to aggravate my ankle and it wants to make me puke. It was unable to do any of this today but not for a lack of trying. This workout, actually all the Asylum workouts, seem to focus on the stabilizer muscles which is a good thing. You can move faster and stronger when you are stable.
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IA day 9 back 2 core
#asylum #beachbody @shauntfitness yes I hate you but back2 core works great!
This is day 9 of my Insanity:Asylum journey and its not getting any easier. The workout is a series of about 7 different workouts that rotate daily. Last week when I did back 2 core, I think I said it wasn’t to bad. This week doing back 2 core, i’m ready to kill Shaun T.
This is the shortest workout in...
Lilie Zen Coach: Mantra of the Day: Be Awesome →
liliezencoach:
Anyone watching How I Met Your Mother? If so, you probably know this great quote: “When I get sad, I stop being sad, and be awesome instead… True story”
Today set the intention to live up to the life you want to live. Don’t be afraid to be awesome. Don’t be afraid to be happy and live fully the…
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IA: Day 7 -Strength
#Asylum #Beachbody #fitness #workout
Day 7 and it’s strength training again. I skipped day 6 which would have been Saturday and speed and agility. I was down visiting my son AND my ankle is still not the greatest so it’s just as well i skipped this one.
Strenght- This is my 2nd time doing this workout and It’s not easier this time, infact it’s pretty bloody hard. ...
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Asylum rest day- The smell is gone...
#healthy #clean #shakeology
I’ve finished P90X (dont’ worry the pictures are still coming i haven’t had time to stop and take them). I’ve started doing Asylum and i’m running a ton (right now i’m up to 17 miles a week). Know what I’ve noticed?
I don’t smell when i sweat anymore! I know its gross to think about but we all sweat and stink and this...
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Insanity: The Asylum- Day 4 Vertical Plyo
#Asylum #fitness #workout #beachbody
SO I decided to press my luck a little bit more and workout today anyway. I’ve decided I have a mildly sprained ankle and unless there is a ton of jumping and stuff like that, I can pretty much workout, it’s getting better. I”m not going to run on it or do extreme jumps but i’m good for the most part.
Enter Vertical Plyo…I...
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And what exactly is your alternative?
I’m always interacting with people who have quit on their fitness goals and it’s sad but it’s also an epidemic. As a beachbody coach i talk to people and keep them motivated to complete programs and get results, it’s fun, i love it and I get paid, you can’t really beat that. I am starting to see a rash of people that workout for 3 days and then quit because they...
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Insanity: The Asylum day 3- Back to core
#asylum #fitness #beachbody
Im really liking the asylum workout. i got up late this morning so im wrting this blog from the train…expect more misspellings and bad grammar than normal.
anyway, back to core, after one the has skyrocketted to one of my favorite all time workouts. i compare it to core synergistics only faster and more directed at back and core. actually, asylum is basically...
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Insanity: The Asylum - Day2 Strength
#Asylum #fitness #workout #beachbody #supportgroup
I started out this day tired, my left ankle hurt so much i had to take a cab to and from work and i have already decided that im not doing my three mile run today. My leg needs a rest. Then I got home and remembered something i tell the people that look to me for motivation…at least put your workout in the dvd and just push play and watch...
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TMI Tuesday, ask away and I'll answer, if you dare
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