Showing posts with label ShaunT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ShaunT. Show all posts

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Insanity Modifications


I CAN FLY! haha just playing. 

I wanted to highlight something about high intensity workout programs. I am on week 2 of Insanity, this is my 4th time trying to do this program! Not every workout program is going to work for every person! You need to find YOUR jam, your soul mate workout. If you hate your program or it hurts your body, you aren't going to stick with it!

I tried Insanity when I was 30lbs. heavier and it was a DRAG! I couldn't even get through the WARM UP! Once I set my pride aside and did a program that I could stick to, I lost the weight and changed my body. Now I can come back to insanity and it really pushes me to better myself. I'm at the level of athleticism that I'm not defeated by the workouts.

But one thing I am changing is I'm modifying the really high intensity move that hurt my body. Last time I did insanity I had to stop at week three because I had a foot injury and a knee injury. This GIRL has got to take care of her body! So this time around instead of doing the high jump like you see on the left, I am doing knee ups like you see on the right. Small changes like this will save my body and allow me to finish the 60 day challenge. I'm clearly capable of doing the high jump but I know, based on how my body has reacted, that these are NOT for me.



Make a program work for you, everyone is different. I understand the phrase "no pain no gain" but I'd prefer to have the gain without the pain!

What program are you doing right now?

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Happy HUMP Day!!



Add something new to your daily regimen!

Something to add to your daily workouts!!! I can't remember what ShaunT in T25 calls this one but I love to use it between cardio intervals…. It is an active cool down between high intensity moves. 
Try it out!!




1. Start in a right leg lunge with both legs at a 90 degree angle with arms straight out like a T.
2. Shift your body to come to a wide legged sumo squat with arms remaining up. Sit deeper to feel the BURN in your thighs 
3. Shift your body to the opposite leg (left)
 for a deep lunge similar to move #1. Then do it all again in the opposite direction!

Continue these three moves, sitting deep into your lunges and squat… when you feel the burn KEEP PUSHING! Keep your arms up for an extra upper body burn OR add an overhead chest press with light weights. Always remember good form and to keep your knee above your ankle. Good luck and Happy HUMP day 


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