Tag Archives: Insanity Asylum 2

Some Days are Harder than Others

December 12, 2013 Kim 54 Comments

Today for my 44 I did a chest press with a twist at the top and while I was pressing my arms up, I lowered my legs to work my abs.

This was a struggle today!! I made it through all 44 but it was rough!!! (I used 15 pound dumbbells.)

Insanity the Asylum vol.2 today was Back & 6 Pack – all I can say about this is I’m happy it was only 40 minutes. I did the entire workout but I probably only put in about 75% effort which isn’t my normal way to workout – usually I go 100% every day. But, I figured 75% was better than nothing.

The tooth pain that I’ve been having (actually turned out to be a sinus infection) and the fact that for the past week I’ve gotten even less sleep than normal has finally caught up with me.

I’m exhausted!!!

But, no time to focus on that – I have to clean the Governor’s Row House today to get ready for a weekend party. Oh, and I get to iron all the tablecloths today – my favorite (3 hours of ironing!!!).

Oh, well – enough whining and moaning!!! Time for the answers to yesterday’s riddles.

1. Some use me better than others, even though everyone gets the same. If you lose me, it might be stressful, for I can’t be found or reclaimed. What am I? Time

2. When I am filled, I can point the way.
When I am empty, nothing moves me.
What am I? gloves

3. Why are 2007 pennies worth more than 2006 pennies? you have 1 more penny

4. What happened in 1961 and will not happen again until 6009? if you rotate the number 180 it is still the same number

5. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world? Mount Everest

6. How can you use the letters in NEW DOOR to make one word? those letters spell ONE WORD

Bonus: Use all 26 letters of the English alphabet to complete the following 13 words, but use each letter only once.

b a r g a i n
l o d g e r
d y n a s t y
z y g o t e
s a l v a t i o n
d i s h p a n
p u m p k i n
d e e j a y
b o x c a r
d i m w i t
s u n b u r n
o b l i q u e
l i f t o f f

So, how did you do?
Do you have any riddles?

Happy Thursday!!!

Kim

Fitness, Push-Ups

Witty Wednesday – Clear the Stress!!!

December 11, 2013 Kim 75 Comments

Today’s 44 was another push-up variation. I used my agility ladder and did wide push-ups with my fingers pointed out to the side (amazing how that hand position changes the whole move!).

These are hard but I can tell that I am getting stronger because I only had to take 2 quick stretch breaks to complete all 44.

Power Legs was my workout today (Insanity the Asylum vol. 2) and it is a challenge!!! 55 minutes of lower body work – plenty of cardio + strength work!! One of the moves really tested my mental coordination this morning – I struggled to get the arms and legs right especially when we had to move backwards!!!

Based on all of my blog reading lately and my own experiences – I think lots of us are a little/lot stressed right now!!! So, I thought it would be fun to do some riddles again! (I will share the answers tomorrow.)

1. Some use me better than others, even though everyone gets the same. If you lose me, it might be stressful, for I can’t be found or reclaimed. What am I?

2. When I am filled, I can point the way.
When I am empty, nothing moves me.
What am I?

3. Why are 2007 pennies worth more than 2006 pennies?

4. What happened in 1961 and will not happen again until 6009?

5. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

6. How can you use the letters in NEW DOOR to make one word?

Bonus: Use all 26 letters of the English alphabet to complete the following 13 words, but use each letter only once.

b a _ _ a i n
l _ _ g e r
d y _ _ s t y
_ _ g o t e
s a _ _ a t i o n
d i _ _ p a n
p u m _ _ i n
d e _ _ a y
b o _ _ a r
d i _ _ i t
s u n _ _ r n
o b l _ _ u e
l i _ _ o f f

Do you like riddles?
How many did you solve today?

Happy Wednesday!!!

Kim

Butt, Cardio, Fitness, Running, Squats, Treadmill

Let’s Hope that Tuesday Is Better than Monday!!!

December 10, 2013 Kim 69 Comments

Today for my 44 I did a move using my agility ladder – squat-hop-squat. This move is fun because squats are always “fun” but also because of the cardio benefit and the agility work from the ladder.

I counted a rep as a squat-hop-squat each way (so you end where you start).

Then I did the Insanity the Asylum vol.2 workout that I think is the hardest (at least so far) – Upper Elite. The number of reps in this workout are killer – plus all of the push-ups!!! Once again, I had to drop to my knees for some of the push-ups – sort of frustrating but I figure it is better to use good form and full range of motion than to stay on my toes. Plus, all the girls on the DVD end up on their knees so I don’t feel as lame!!!

Yesterday wasn’t a great day! By 10 (AM) I was pretty much over the entire day and the next hour only got worse.

So, I did what pretty much anyone would do in that type of situation. I hopped on my treadmill and pounded out a fast 5 miles!!!

If I can't be on the beach then I'm pretty happy here!! — If I can’t be on the beach then I’m pretty happy here!!

That helped some but mostly I was glad when the day ended especially because about an hour before I went to bed my tooth (maybe it’s multiple teeth – can’t tell) started hurting a LOT again!!! Even with some pain meds, the aching kept me awake past 1:00am – not cool since my alarm goes off at 5:00!!!

I guess I’m finally going to have to break down and call my dentist – I really thought that my ignoring tactic was going to work out.

Here’s to a better day all around!

Happy Tuesday!!! I hope that no matter what your Monday was like you have an incredible day!

Kim

Fitness, Push-Ups, Triceps

MONDAY, MONDAY, MONDAY

December 9, 2013 Kim 94 Comments

The 44 today might sound easy but…..It was a falling push-up. You do the move from your knees and fall forward into a triceps push-up. Then push back to the starting position.

I tried not to round my back so much on the push-up part but not very successfully!

After a couple days break, it was another day of Insanity the Asylum vol.2. Today was X-Trainer. This is the one with a solid 4 minutes of push-ups and plank holds – super fun!! I actually like this workout quite a bit because it is 50 minutes of everything – speed, agility, strength – and every single muscle is involved!!!

Did you know that Wednesday it will be just 2 weeks until Christmas?

Guess how much of my Christmas shopping I have done?!

Actually, other than decorating, I haven’t done a single thing to plan for Christmas!!! Usually we have our family picture done, our cards printed and our newsletter ready to go by now. I think we are going to cheat on the family picture and use one from this summer –

Oh – summer time memories!!!

Jordan had an English project to do over the weekend and he was actually very excited to work on it. He had to make a movie trailer for The Odyssey.

It is really good – I should get Jordan to help me jazz up my videos!!! I don’t know how he knows how to do all of that stuff!

Enough rambling – time to get on with this Monday!

Are you ready for Christmas or do you feel behind like me?

Happy Monday!!!

Kim

Biceps, Core, Fitness

The Toothache Dilemma

December 6, 2013 Kim 58 Comments

Today I used my one of my bands for my 44 and did a slow bicycle crunch. Using the band and going through the moves slowly made this a great move for my abs and also a nice bicep workout!!

I counted a right side crunch and a left side crunch as 1 rep so it was really 88 crunches.

The workout for Insanity the Asylum vol.2 was the Championship plus Sudden Overtime (Fit Test). Not gonna lie – I was dreading this one!!! But – it wasn’t horrible! It was about an hour and during the last 10 minutes you do the fit test part – as many rounds as possible during 3 minutes.

I actually think this workout was a little easier than the Game Day one that was part of the first Insanity the Asylum!!!

All day yesterday I had a dull ache in my tooth/gums on the left side of my mouth. I ignored it because that’s what I do!!!

Then last night at about 11:30 I woke up (I had probably been sleeping about an hour) in pain!!!

The entire left side of my mouth hurt (not just a little) and even my left ear and my throat. I propped myself up and tried reading thinking maybe I would fall back asleep because ignoring things makes them go away or something!!!

Finally around 1:30 I couldn’t handle it any more so I went in search of something to take.Thankfully we had some hydrocodone from a previous injury or surgery (don’t know and didn’t care – just needed some relief!!) and I took one. It finally kicked in around 2:15 – less than 3 hours before my alarm would be going off – nice!! As long as I stayed propped up, the pain was back to just a manageable/ignorable level.