krraxii for Insanity

Deleting THIS blog at midnight

Please continue to follow me at http://krraxii4insanity.tumblr.com for P90x/fitness/health related content.  (I follow from Riraki because that’s my main blog, which may be a little too personal for some of you). 

This was on a different e-mail and I barely discovered what the “Add A Blog” feature was for (didn’t notice or think much of it after the New Dash came out).  Now I understand why all the fitblrs followed me on their main accounts instead.  Major fail I know -_- 

Anyways, sorry for the inconvenience, but it’ll make things easier in the long run if I manage my blog from one account and one e-mail.

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I think the people I wanted to follow me have taken the minimal effort to follow my other blog.  Thank you for that.

P90X/Insanity — Round 2, Day 17

Insanity — Plyometrics Cardio Circuit + Cardio Abs

Dig Deeper.  I channeled everything negative into this workout.  And, it may not have been Yoga, but I feel much better.

Once again, I would utilize kiais (loud, energetic shouts from within) to keep me going.  I told myself that I would not get tired or feel pain… well I did, but I still kept going.  My fingers during the jumping jacks actually touched each other, and I went faster and faster for each subsequent set.  I originally started off wearing shoes, but I took them off as I felt they were slowing me down.

I feel like the Mummy Kicks really let me see the workout in action.  I admit, it’s entertaining to watch the fat in my torso bounce up and down and to see where my six pack would be.  

I was very worried about how my arms would be during any push-ups, but from the video it seems like I did okay.  Though my form on the mountain climbers was pretty bad, but I’m just trying to make it through the workout.

In the process of uploading videos from the end of PCC & the full 15 minutes of Cardio Abs.  Debating if I should post/make them public or not.  

This was me after stretching, before going into PCC.

Look at me glisten haha.  Gotta love Insanity.

Post a picture of your desktop exactly as it is right now - no cleaning or hiding anything!

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acciohealthyme:

predestinedfitness:

140poundstogo:

253days:

117lbs:

tinacreeper:

Sorry healthy-fit-happy but your prog picture is my desktop inspo. (<—-creeper)

So yeah did I mention I’m a nerd?

Yes, I have a mac dock on my PC. Don’t hate. And yes, my vector drawing of Squirtle is my background.

Cus Lightning is SEXY  =D

Inspiration

Fitblrs are the most inspirational people I know.

In addition to committing to a better lifestyle with emphasis on health and fitness, they balance dozens of other things like careers, romance, hobbies or being a parent.  I’m amazed.  

Here I am just taking baby steps to try to turn my life around.  I always feel inspired when I log onto this account.  Much thanks to all the fitblrs I follow on here.

P90X/Insanity — Round 2, Day 16

P90X — Chest & Back

Today’s workout was a lot of fun.  Mainly because I kept laughing at Maren.  I always thought the (ex?) porn star’s name was Meringue — which was also why I laughed.

The exercises were tough.  I’m still in that mode where I go “all out” in the beginning.  That’s just how I am.  I was really surprised that I did 15 Diamond Push-ups for both sets without getting too tired.  I only managed to do 3 “real” pull-ups for any given exercise before resorting to the chair.  I did 0 “real” ones during the second set of Reverse Grip Chin-ups lol.  

Since I was in the garage and using a different chair, I could feel the pull-ups much better.  As a result, my arms were really sore doing every subsequent exercise. My arms were too sore to even lift the drums at Taiko.  We have huge ones I’ve been accustomed to lifting all by myself for the elder ladies.  I haven’t felt this sore in a good while; I was pushing myself extra hard.  Definitely a good workout.

P90X/Insanity — Round 2, Day 15

Insanity — Cardio Power & Resistance + Cardio Abs

I’ll keep this short since my oven is beeping cus my cookies are done lol.

I was pacing myself really well in the beginning, but I still continue to tire out and go slower during every third set.  I felt like I did 80 push-ups today.  I hate that so much, but they were a helluva lot easier to do than any of the squat exercises.  I didn’t necessarily struggle with any particular exercises, but rather I struggled to pick up the speed after each subsequent set.  It gets hard, and I’m the type to go crazy the first time around.  Gotta work on that.

Overall I felt pretty good during Cardio Abs.  I kept up with everything to the best of my ability.  I tried to record myself doing the pulses just for the hell of it, but my camera was unable to capture it.  The plank knee-in oblique exercise felt a lot better — I think I was doing it properly this time.

As always, I broke into a disgusting sweat.  I love this workout!  XD

Gotta Keep Going

reblogged from riraki

riraki:

…I need to accept the fact that my teenage metabolism is long gone and that now is the time for me to follow through back when I said “I’ll eat this and be lazy now, and work hard later”.

I was actually wearing pair of Aussiebums that I dread wearing… I still don’t have the body to look flattering in them.  … Perhaps I feel this way because of all the images of muscular guys with six packs and vcuts modeling name brand underwear… That socially constructed image of what it means to be masculine and sexy.  I just want to feel sexy in them for once.  One day…

Tonight I was really dissatisfied about my fitness and eating habits, and even though I’m trying to make changes to better myself, they’re not specific enough — not good enough.  I need discipline.  I need to hold myself more accountable.  I need to push more than I already do.  

So many insecurities.  So many things to work on.  It takes time.  I can’t dwell.  I can’t give up.  

I have to maintain dedication and discipline because there will be no one beside me to crack a whip or to encourage me; I need to do that myself. I need to have the right attitude and to keep pushing forward no matter what.

So much easier said than done.  But… at least I’m taking baby steps instead of doing absolutely nothing.  That has to count for something.

P90X/Insanity — Round 2, Day 13

P90X — Yoga X

I’m trying my hardest not to be negative but…

I felt like I was half-assing everything.  My neck felt really tense tonight too.  Since I couldn’t find what I normally use for my “Yoga box” I had to do all the triangle exercises with my hand flat on the floor.  It was different.  Right angle was still very hard, and I still notice that it’s harder for me to hold that pose facing right than when I’m facing left.  Yoga Belly 7 felt good though.

Despite the above, I actually felt super self conscious since doing my workout. Normally I’m not like this, but I was just fixated on my body fat.  It bothers me a lot right now.  I miss my former skinny self.. because in my eyes, it would’ve been easier to put on muscle instead of having to get rid of this stubborn fat. Insanity made me realize just how much belly fat I have, and how hard it is trying to get rid of it.  I know my diet is shit, so tomorrow I’m going to do a self-intervention and figure out what I need to do to get results.  I’m considering doing extra cardio as well.

Since I was feeling down and thinking that… maybe all of this working out is getting me nowhere (especially with my shitty diet) that it’s not worth it.  I almost quit my workout before the plough series.  That’s how you know it’s bad — because I always do the full workouts, no matter what.  But then I thought… see that flab, and use it to keep me going, to remember why I’m doing this.  Attitude is what counts the most here and the “Yes I can attitude”.  So I finished the workout until I made my way to the ohms.

I need to keep telling myself that results take time..

Useless Post Is Useless

I wasn’t going to workout at first, thinking I would not have time today because of baking and the dinner party, but turns out I can still do and finish Yoga by 1.  I’ll feel better about it since tomorrow is my rest day (and Taiko practice).

I also ate a LOT of stuff that I would rather not be stored:

• Pineapple/olive pizza
• Leftover fried rice
• Greek Butter Cookies (we baked)
• Italian Wedding Cookies (we baked)
• Baked Pita Bread w/ olive oil/salt with dip
• Spamasubi
• A peach
• Flank steak + somen noodle salad + chocolate cake with ice cream

This is why I never post my food logs lol.  So much butter and sugar for the cookies… but at least the Taiko members liked them =).  Anyways, see you in an hour and 30 minutes.

P90X/Insanity — Round 2, Day 12

Insanity — Pure Cardio & Cardio Abs

Stupid insanity.  I was going to write about my thoughts as I went, but this is cardio so there’s not really much time for that — even the 30 second breaks don’t seem like a real break.  I forgot it all anyways.  Shaun had very good reason to be worried about today’s workout — I just wished he didn’t say it from the beginning so I wouldn’t feel so blah.

Uhm… warm-ups still don’t feel like warm ups.  It felt very much like a Plyo/Kenpo hybrid.  I was regretting not wearing shoes.  Push-ups are still love/hate right now.  I do not like any high knee exercises.  My right arm was tweaking on me as I did the push-up—ground mountain climber—stand up combo, but it was fine right after I did the next push-up exercise.  I remember there being a lot of exercises where I would squat and jump.  Plank pulses always hard like a mother at the end.  I do not like Pure Cardio.

I also was randomly craving fried chicken at one point.. lol wtf.  I think it’s been years since I’ve had any.  Let’s keep it that way.