Day 37: Insanity Pure Cardio & Brazil Butt Lift

Insanity Pure Cardio rounded out Day 37 for my P90X/Insanity Hybrid program. I have to tell you that I STILL get really nervous before this workout even with the 20 or so times I have probably completed it. When I am putting my workout clothes on, my stomach starts to cringe a little bit but as soon as I am engaged in the warm-up, which was so much easier today, I am so excited for it. Just a strange love/hate relationship that I have with this one. Weird, I know. I still have to take breaks here and there but that is ok. I dont' want my heart rate to get too high as that isn't good for you. I really try to max out for 30 seconds and then take a brief second to rest then get back into it for the last 20 seconds or so. Today, I noticed that I was a little more fatigued which I think is due to the fact that I didn't eat as many calories as I should have consumed. I kicked butt in the switch kicks this round, yeah me!

Following my round of Insanity, I also included Brazil Butt Lift's 'High & Tight' which left my butt in pain, really! I thought with all of the lunges and squats that I have been doing between the 2 programs I would have no problem with this. I was wrong. Man, Leandro is so right when he says that most of the traditional lunges and squats will only work 1 out of the 3 different muscles that make your butt and this definitely hit those muscles that I don't normally work. I definitely will be doing this workout at least once if not twice a week! What a great workout in only 30 minutes total.

Day 30: Pure Cardio & Brazil Butt LIft, High and Tight

Today marked an important day in my workout program as today I made it to 30 days of my hybrid and I haven't skipped one day of it either. As most people know it is easy to start something but finishing it through is quite another so I am proud of myself. They say it takes 30 days to create a habit and honestly, I believe them, I am back in the swing of things and couldn't feel better.

A year ago this week, I made the decision to order from a infomercial that I saw on TV promising me the a ripped body in 90 days. Anyone know what I am talking about? :-) Yea, P90X is correct. That day was a day that changed my life forever as I decided to make my health and fitness a priority for life, again! Now, after almost a year of being a Team Beachbody Coach (first of April), I am 30 days into my 3rd round of P90X with a twist of Shaun T's Insanity workout program. Oh, and a few days of Brazil Butt Lift as well! Swimsuit season is just around the corner and my butt has been neglected. Not that you needed to know that but it has. Probably my biggest area of concern right now is getting a better booty!

Today was Pure Cardio from Insanity with Shaun T. I dread this workout when I get started but as I am going through it, I feel a sense of accomplishment. I am doing a workout program that I would have NEVER started a year ago and I am completing it. Way to go Renee' and THANKS Beachbody for giving me the confidence to do something like this. Workout starts with a challenging 9 minute warm-up with for some, can feel like the entire workout program. A slight but good stretch is followed up by 14 minutes of 14; 1-minute exercises including push-up jacks, frog jumps, switch kicks, ski jumps, mountain climbers and other craziness but the time just passes so quickly. Yeah, right you say? It sure does! After the workout, I picked myself up from my puddle of sweat, cooled down a bit and completed a new workout program from Beachbody called Brazil Butt Lift; high and tight. I am going to feel that one in the morning, for sure. Followed up with an awesome P90X Workout Recovery Drink, ice, whey protein, and some water and I am calling my workout done! Bring it!

Day 27: Cardio X

Day 27 is Cardio X from P90X which has a little bit of everything you can think of from all of the P90X workouts wrapped up into one DVD. You start off with a warm-up, a little Yoga (through reverse warrior), Kenpo X, Plyometrics, and then some moves from Core Synergistics. This workout is also a supplemental workout for those doing the Doubles version of P90X. I used this as a cardio workout for my recovery week because it is less intense (well it wasn't when I first started P90X the first time) than the Insanity workouts. Cardio X is about 35 minutes long if remember right but it seemed to go really quickly.

I did noticed today that I wasn't hardly tired at all but I did notice that I had not ate enough as I was getting kind of lethargic. So, I probably didn't BRING IT as much as I could have if I would have ate something a little before my workout. Regardless, I am amazed at my progress since the first time I started P90X a year ago this month. WOW! Where does time go?

I finished up my workout with a little Brazil Butt Lift "Tummy Tuck" and boy did that hurt. Those swimsuit models really know how to work it! I will be ready for my bikini in no time flat!

A little bit about Brazil Butt Lift

Day 26: X Stretch; Ab Ripper X & Brazil Butt Lift?

Today, Day 26 I received the newest addition of the Beachbody home fitness programs, Brazil Butt Lift and I was so excited that I just had to try it. I was scheduled to have a day of rest with some stretching from Stretch X DVD and a little bit of ab crunching but I just had to try this workout series. I have had a lot of my friends and customers asking to learn more about Brazil Butt Lift so I thought I would give it a try. Honestly, I thought it would be a walk in the park compared to some of my workouts with Insanity and P90X and I was a little off. Bum Bum, the first workout of the series for this girl who needs to Slim and Shape her bum bum (Brazil for Butt) was far from easy. Lunges, plies, squats galore made me sweat like a pig and I loved every minute of it but was just taken back at the fun I had with trainer Leandro Carvalho's workout and honestly, will be adding this workout series into my daily workout regime's to get my BUM BUM ready for my bikini this summer.

Following the new workout, I popped in the X Stretch DVD and boy did that feel good following all of those moves below the belt in Brazil Butt Lift. It was just what the doctor ordered as I am pretty stiff and feel very inflexible this week. I look forward to the rest of my rest week and getting started next week on my 2nd phase (Week 5) of my P90X and Insanity Hybrid.