Insanity workout recovery week is here!

November 17th, 2009 admin

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Did someone say RECOVERY? When I think of recovery it certainly isn’t what we did in our first Core Cardio and Balance RECOVERY workout… wow! That being said, it sure is a nice “change of pace” anyway!

As usual, I decided to go into this workout blind. Since the beginning (after previewing the first fit test) I decided that I wasn’t going to preview any other workout, I was just going to go for it.  A  So, when I started Core Cardio and Balance last night I was anticipating some stretching, maybe some light exercise, instruction, etc. That’s what I get for thinking! Just as in everything else we do, Core Cardio and Balance fits right into Insanity.

Not that I don’t enjoy them all, but I especially enjoyed last nights workout. I wasn’t huffing and puffing like the big bad wolf trying to flush out the three little pigs, but what we did do offered a different intensity that you could really “feel” working as you moved along…. and it still made you sweat like a “little pig!” ;)

The results I’m seeing at the midway point of Insanity are exceptional. In the last week I’ve really noticed a significant change in definition, especially in my upper arms and legs, as well as conditioning. What I’m able to do on the treadmill now blows my mind and I know that it’s Insanity that has helped me get there.

I would like to offer a special note of thanks to my wife Tami who helped me lift my legs during the final exercises of RECOVERY last night… LOL! “Thanks babe, you’re the best!”

I’m looking forward to P90X and RevAbs after Insanity. P90X is going will be next in my BeachBody journey.

If you are looking for a fitness challenge, the BeachBody programs do the trick… and they are a whole lot of fun, if such a thing can be said about a fitness program.

Have a great day and God bless!

Rex – Yesterdays Fat Guy

Master Key System Quote Of The Day – “Those who look within, instead of without, cannot fail to make use of the mighty forces which will eventually determine their course in life and so bring them into vibration with all that is best, strongest and most desirable!”


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How to use the Harris Benedict Equation to lose weight

November 16th, 2009 admin

Today, on “Confessions of Yesterdays Fat Guy” we get to watch Rex eat Crow and Humble Pie as part of his calorie intake… ;) !! Good grief…

As I mentioned in my last post, when you make a decision to take on a fitness or weight loss program, follow it to the letter, EVEN IF you question it. After all, you spent money on that program so it should stand to reason that the experts SHOULD know what they are talking about… “Have a little faith Rex…” LOL!

Anyhow… today I want to take a few minutes to share something that is making a huge difference in my weight loss journey… the Harris Benedict Equation.

For those who are unfamiliar, the Harris Benedict Equation is a formulation developed to help people determine their BMI (Basic Metabolic Rate) and utilize basic math to either gain or lose weight based on their needs, wants or desires.

For those who want to lose weight, there is A LOT of good news for you in using this equation.

Here is what the equation looks like for both men and women. There are two separate scales for each… one in pounds (LBS) and one in kilograms (KG):

BMR calculation for men (KG): BMR = 66 + ( 13.7 x weight in kg ) + ( 5 x height in cm ) – ( 6.76 x age in years )
BMR calculation for men (LBS): BMR = 66 + ( 6.23 x weight in pounds ) + ( 12.7 x height in inches ) – ( 6.76 x age in years )

BMR calculation for women (KG): BMR = 655 + ( 9.6 x weight in kg ) + ( 1.8 x height in cm ) – ( 4.7 x age in years )
BMR calculation for women (LBS): BMR = 655 + ( 4.35 x weight in pounds ) + ( 4.7 x height in inches ) – ( 4.7 x age in years )

From here, we take the first calculation and do a second calculation based on this scale…

Little to no exercise: Daily calories needed= BMR x 1.2
Light exercise (1-3 days per week): Daily calories needed= BMR x 1.375
Moderate exercise (3-5 days per week): Daily calories needed= BMR x 1.55
Heavy exercise (6-7 days per week): Daily calories needed= BMR x 1.725
Very heavy exercise (twice per day, extra heavy workouts): Daily calories needed= BMR x 1.9

Depending on your current weight you will either be delighted or horrified based on your current eating habits. If you are underweight and want to gain muscle mass then this scale might be looked on as your friend. If you are severely obese and are eating 10,000 calories per day (consisting of Big Macs, bon bons and monkey bread) then you are might be disappointed based on your current mindset. Always remember though that “when you change your mind, your body WILL follow!”

For the first three weeks of Insanity I ignored this scale and went about the exercises while trying to stay under 2000 calories per day THINKING that the numbers this scale gave me couldn’t be right so if I cut huge calories I should lose massive weight. Guess what, I didn’t lose a pound… in fact, I fluctuated up and down by two pounds for the better part of three weeks.

If you don’t follow these numbers to the letter you can count on ZERO results when it comes to fat and weight loss. Long story short, if you are going to work out at that level your body NEEDS the fuel so it’s okay to eat, just make sure it’s healthy and managed.

Here’s what the scale looks like for me, right now…

Scale: 66 + (6.23 X Weight In Pounds) + (12.7 X
Height In Inches) – (6.8 X Age In Years) = TOTAL
X 1.55 or 1.7 based on exercise volume.

- 500 for weight loss
-0 if you want to stay the same
+ 500 if you want to gain weight

66 + 1713.25 = 1779.25
12.7 X 71.5 = 908.05
6.8 X 39 = 265.2

4117.57 – 500 = 3617.57

Can you believe that? I should be eating 3617.57 calories per day to lose weight? I couldn’t believe it! In fact, like I stated above, I doubted it! Turns out I was wrong. I started eating the way the Insanity Nutrition Guide told me to and the weight started coming off again.

Why? Because my body needs the calories for fuel. I’m working out twice a day. I lift weights every other morning alternated with daily cardio at the gym and then I do Shaun T’s Insanity workout in the evening. Now that I’ve been doing this daily for a month my metabolism is insane! The reason I’m losing weight is because even though I’m eating 3600 calories per day, my body is burning even more than that, thus the weight loss.

If you don’t eat enough to fuel your body bad things happen like catabolism where your body is breaking down healthy tissue for fuel (you don’t want that) or it will actually hold on to the fat it has already stored (versus burning it) because it’s believes it needs to because your aren’t giving it enough fuel.

Think of your body like a car. If you don’t give a car enough fuel it goes very slow or won’t run at all. If you pump the gas to much the car can become flooded and not start because the engine is getting to much fuel. The same thing applies to your body when it comes to food. If you don’t give it enough it will feel sluggish and tired and not do what you want it to do. If you give it to much fuel (over eat) you feel bloated and slow and fat. There has to be a balance.

You might even go so far as to say that we’ve all been lead astray with the thinking that we need three square meals per day. This is old school thinking and certainly doesn’t fit into a program of extreme fitness and/or weight loss. To keep your metabolism working for you, you need a consistent routine of strength training to build muscle, cardio exercise to burn fat and frequent, smaller meals throughout the day to keep the body working at peak performance.

Eating healthy is vital. You can’t do this and still eat garbage that isn’t good for you. When this system is combined with quality, “good for your body” foods then you have a plan of attack for getting healthy and fit!

With the nutrition program I’m following right now I can even have peanut butter sandwiches again! It’s not all about veggies and protein like so many want you to believe. In fact, the right amount of carbs, especially for muscle development, is essential to both weight gain or weight loss. The difference now? My PB and J isn’t the standard white bread, sugar loaded jelly and gobs of peanut butter, it’s 2 tbsp. of low fat peanut butter on healthy 12 grain bread with fresh blue berries instead of jelly… and you know what? It’s WAY better than the other!

Well, I’ve rambled on enough here and it’s time for my pre-workout snack before I head to the gym. I hope you have found this information useful.

Have a great day and God bless!

Rex – Yesterdays Fat Guy

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Sometimes you’ve gotta’ go up to go down!

November 13th, 2009 admin

I never would have guessed that I would have to eat more and take on more calories to get passed the current weight loss plateau. If you’ve been reading this blog you might be wondering why the number up in the right hand corner hasn’t moved in over a month? It’s simple… because my weight hasn’t moved much because I THOUGHT I knew better than the experts.

When I started Insanity I weighed 274 pounds. As of a week and a half ago, I still weighed 274 pounds. It didn’t matter how hard I exercised, no more weight was coming off.Here’s why…

It turns out that my daily calorie intake of 2000 wasn’t supporting all of the exercise. In talking with a friend of mine (Tom Lavigne, a certified trainer), he explained to me that my body was actually holding on to the fat because it wasn’t getting enough to feed the muscle I was building.

Turns out, he was right. After going back through the Insanity nutrition guide and using the Harris Benedict Equation to figure my daily calorie needs, it turned out that I should actually be eating 3600 calories per day to lose weight. Crazy right? Well…

When he told me I need to increase calories to between 2500 and 3000 I thought he had lost his freakin’ mind.

When told me I need to increase calories to between 2500 and 3000 I thought he had lost his freakin’ mind Based on those figures and following Toms advice (you can meet Tom by clicking here) I increased my calories and guess what? I GAINED FOUR POUNDS in two days! I was horrified! Nonetheless, I put my faith in Toms’ wisdom and the Insanity nutrition guide and did as I was shown to do.

Sure enough, after three more days I had dropped two pounds! Today, I’m losing an average of 1.6 pounds per day consuming 3000 calories per day plus my gym workout and Insanity. Looks like we’ve finally got this dialed in. I woke up today to find myself getting ready to FINALLY get out of the 270’s and into the 260’s with a weight of 271 pounds this morning on the bathroom scale and 269.5 on the gym scale!

What’s the moral of the story? Listen to those who know what they are talking about and don’t second guess. I’ve heard from many others using Insanity and P90X who have experienced the same thing. If you are exercising with that kind of intensity, your body needs the calories so follow the nutrition to the letter and you’ll get amazing results!  Trust me, when your body starts building this kind of muscle you will need the calories.

For the guys (sorry ladies)… I picked up a book published by Mens Health, the other day, called “The Mens Health Hard Body Plan – The ULTIMATE 12 Week Program for Burning Fat and Building Muscle.” This is an awesome book! If you are getting into the use of weights this is perfect. Everything you need nutrition and fitness wise is contained within the pages of this workout bible. I’ve had a hard time putting it down… there’s a ton of great information.

I’ve posted some updated pics (above) for those who have been wondering how the Insanity conversion is going. I’m getting ready to wrap up week number four and I can’t believe the difference between todays pic and the pick on day 1.

I’m starting to see some muscle showing through (there was a lot of fat to burn!) but what I’m noticing more than anything is the huge increase in conditioning and endurance.  What I’m able to do on the treadmill, at the gym, is leagues above what I was doing before I started Shaun T’s Insanity workout.

For those of you considering Insanity, my advice is DO IT, but DO IT BY THE BOOK!  Follow the nutrition to the letter using the Harris & Bartman equation outlined in the nutrition guide.  If it tells you that you should be eating 3500 calories per day to lose weight, then EAT the calories!  Eat healthy, but eat!  I wasn’t eating nearly enough and I paid the price with my weight loss… nearly a whole month without losing any.  The plan works so stick to it!

Have a great weekend!

Rex – Yesterdays Fat Guy


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How to use the law of attraction to shed the pounds

November 9th, 2009 admin

Here are a couple of articles I found this morning in a PLR pack I purchased. I don’t generally use this type of material but I liked the common sense approach this article takes to applying the Law of Attraction for weight loss.

I’ve been using the Law of Attraction and Mind Set Training on my weight loss journey and it works in ways you can only understand if you apply it. If you would like to use the same mind set training I am using, download the Mind and Body Makeover by clicking the promo on the top left of the blog. The Mind and Body Makeover is free to all.

Feel free to use the content below to share with others.

Article Number One…

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How to use the law of attraction to shed the pounds
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For those who do not understand the law of attraction you will be able to see just how powerful it really is. There are steps to the law of attraction and you will be able to do everything that you wish, including shedding that extra weight. You will find that there is a lot that you will need to do in order to lose the weight, but it is mostly mind over matter. As soon as you begin to use the law of attraction to lose weight, you will notice that you’ll get smaller and small, but also stronger and stronger.

The law of attraction is mostly mind over matter. You will find that it is basically manipulating the way that you see the work of losing weight and it also will manipulate the way that you see yourself. The first step to the law of attraction is to ask the universe or yourself for something. In this case you will want to ask to lose a specific amount of weight. If you do not believe in the system, then you will want to ask for a small amount and then redo the process over and over again until you have reached your goal weight.

The second step in the law of attraction is to get rid of the negative energy and replace it will positive energy. This is why most people tend to give up on the dieting and the working out. They are so overwhelmed with feelings of negativity that it just blocks any and all success that they might have had. You will also want to take inconsideration that there are things that you are going to have to do in order to let go of the negativity.

Basically, you will need to consider the fact that there is much more energy inside you then you think. There is energy that brings you down, and then there is energy that pumps you up. You need to be able to shed the negative feelings and start thinking about yourself for a change and not allow other people to affect your thinking.

The third step to the law of attraction is to get over the fear and act like you have already seen success. You need to find radiance with positive energy. Basically, you need to go to that gym like you are a better persona and beautiful from the inside and outside. You need to change your whole way of thinking. Instead of saying “I can” try saying “I am”. This will give your confidence a boast and you will also be able to make a huge difference in the amount of success that you see.

Finally, you will just need to accept what it is that you have asked. You have already come so far at this point. You have found out who you are, what you want, and you have released that negative energy with a positive energy. You will also find that not only did you set your mind to something and went for it, but you have found a great success in your weigh loss, even if you didn’t hit your ideal weight. You just need to continue to work at and use the law of attraction, and you will soon be able to see the extra success.

The success in something like this is that you will become someone who is crazy successful and powerful, and confidant. People who need to lose the weight lack power and confidence, and this is something that you will be able to gain through the law of attraction.

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Article Number 2

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How the law of attraction can help you lose weight
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Being positive is something that you should always do. The law of attraction shows that being positive can help you achieve any goal that you may have. If you are serious about doing something, you need to be aware of what the law of attraction can do for you. Make sure that you believe in all that you can do and you will see how the law of attraction can work best for you.

Do not get discouraged if you are not losing the weight that you want. If you have a goal in life and there is something that you want more than anything you need to be is prepared for all the good that can come from the law of attraction. Take control of your life and you will find that happiness will follow.

The law of attraction is going to be there on your side for when you need it. Being sure of what you deserve in life is going to get you where you need to be. If you have goals of losing weight, you need to think about what you should start with first. Do not be afraid of trying something that is important to you. If losing weight is something that you want to do then you sure should go for it.

Being courageous in life is something that you should do to make your dreams of losing weight come true. If you are trying to do something, important you should use the law of attraction to make it occur. Being secure in your own feelings is something that you should work on for a better life.

Losing weight to make your life better is going to be a great satisfaction that you can feel good about. When you are applying the rules of attraction in your life, you will find it easier to lose weight and be happier in the things that you do. You will be healthier and happier no matter what you do. Being productive in life is something that you should always work toward.

Using the law of attraction means that you are going to do whatever you have to in order to make things better in your life. Be sure that you have all of the things in life that you want. Goals are important to have no matter who you are and what you are doing. Do not be frustrated if something does not go your way when you want it to. You want to make sure that you do everything you can so that you are healthy and happy in the life that you are living.

Sometimes we all need a little help in losing weight or getting healthy. This is nothing to worry about. There are people out there that are willing to help you be the person that you have always dreamed about becoming and this is something that you should be proud of. With the law of attraction behind you and helping you figure out what is important you will be better able to control your weight and be where you want in life.

The law of attraction is something that you should tell others about. Let them in on your secret and be excited to show others just how important this method really is and what the secrets of it are all about.

Losing weight with the law of attraction is all about the positive feelings that you have. Getting to enjoy happiness with the decisions that you make is going to be something that you should think about no matter what you do. If you are trying to lose a few pounds, gain control of your finances or make a life changing decision, the law of attraction can be there for you.

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Have a great day!

Rex – Yesterdays Fat Guy

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Where, oh where, did the the fat guy go?

November 6th, 2009 admin

It’s like they say, “time flies when you’re having fun…” and I’ve been doing just that!  You wouldn’t think, in most circles, that any such thing could be said of personal fitness and exercise, but once you get in the zone you just can’t get enough.

My sincere apologies for the delay between posts here.  No excuses, just haven’t made time.

Cross Fit Demonstration Video

Insanity update:  Insanity is going great!  Today marks day 19 already and the results have been phenomenal.  I haven’t missed a day, and Lord willing, I won’t be missing or skipping any either.  Once you get started, good luck stopping!  This program motivates you to push yourself in ways you won’t believe your body can even handle.

Fitness test number two, with Insanity, proved to me that anyone willing to put their mind to it can do this!  It’s simply a matter of starting and pushing yourself to improve with each workout.

Insanity is shredding fat, building muscle and quickly taking me into the best shape I’ve ever been in!  I’ll be adding updated pics and video in the next couple of days.

In planning the future evolution of my fitness journey my plan is to take on P90X next.  Whether or not that is going to happen after round one, or maybe round two of Shaun T’s Insanity has not yet been determined.

From there, I will continue with the Insanity workouts (burst training) for the cardio benefits but am seriously considering the movement of my standard gym membership to a Cross Fit facility.  If you haven’t seen Cross Fit yet, and you are serious about taking your bodies shape to it’s absolute peak, then I highly recommend a visit to CrossFit.com.   Take a few minutes and watch some of the videos.  Cross Fit is hardcore!  If you have a minute, check out the video above!  WOW!

Burst Training Video

Overall, what started as a journey to lose weight has turned into a mission, maybe even an obsession, with personal fitness, weight loss, mental fitness and proper diet.  If you are going to be consumed and overcome by something in life it might as well be good for you!  The things I am learning never cease to amaze me.

It’s pretty cool when your metabolism is working so well that you have to increase calories to lose weight.  I recently hit another plateau, and after talking with a personal trainer, was shown that I was not eating enough to lose weight.  Turns out my body was storing fat (for a rainy day, I guess… ;) ) because it wasn’t getting enough fuel.  I would have never dreamed that I would get to a point where I would need 2500 calories per to lose weight.  Hard to wrap your mind around eating more to weigh less, but once you learn how the body works it makes perfect sense.

Have a great day!

Rex – Yesterdays Fat Guy


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Insanity Week 1 Complete, Week 2 Started Today

October 26th, 2009 admin

“… and on the seventh day, Shaun rested!” Insanity 1:1

LOL! Wow, I just finished my day number 8 workout (after a much appreciated day of rest yesterday… thanks Shaun!) and I’m amazed how far I have come in a week.

I’m seeing results in my legs, arms and stomach (which is really cool!) but, more impressively, I’m noticing a significant increase in endurance along the ability to perform and execute the exercises with the precision that Shaun teaches them.

I’m not the most coordinated guy on the planet (spare tire doesn’t help), but when I can balance on one leg without feeling like the Leaning Tower Of Pisa it’s encouraging! My Heisman is looking more like a Heisman and less like the Private Pile it was on day 2 plus I can do more reps correctly throughout the workout.

I still can’t do the push ups on the floor yet (Dr. says not ready for that) so I’m doing them inclined on a chair and I’m still getting great results. I’m hoping there will be enough new muscle formed in my chest, in the next few weeks, to where I can do the push ups on the floor.

Even a 39 year old, former fat guy, heart valve recipient (when I put my MIND to it) can do Insanity. Don’t make excuses… take action and do something that will change the course of your life. It doesn’t have to be Insanity necessarily, but something that is going to transform your body and your mind and take you to places you didn’t THINK were possible.

The only one stopping your from doing what needs to be done is you! Anything you wish to achieve in life can be reached through faith!

To learn more about Shaun T’s Insanity, P90X and Beach Body contact my buddy Jeremy Henderson by clicking here! He is the coach you want in your corner. There aren’t to many guys that come more respectable then him!  I think the picture above says what words can’t…

Cheers!

Rex – Yesterdays Fat Guy

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Insanity Day Five Pure Cardio

October 23rd, 2009 admin

As I squeezed out one last push up jack, tonight, our INSANE leader (Shaun T) uttered one of the most priceless statements concerning Insanity that I’ve heard yet. As he pulled himself up from the floor he said…

This sh** is ba-nan-as ya’ll!

“Well said Shaun, that sums it up perfectly.”

Just when you think it can’t get any crazier, Shaun T throws “Pure Cardio” at you. I had a suspicion that we were in for a butt kicking tonight, I just didn’t know to what extent. As we warmed up, Shaun made the comment that we was “nervous” about the workout. “Your nervous, Shaun? Holy bologna man! What are we in for?”

Well, you know how the commercial talks about long intervals of intense exercise between short periods of rest? Take that, only remove the periods of rest and go non stop like a freakin’ maniac for however long it was… and that’s Pure Cardio!

It’s invigorating, that’s for sure… and I really enjoyed it tonight, if such a thing can be said about brutal exercise. Once again I surprised myself and made it all the way through. I don’t quite have the speed the others have, but make no mistake, I have a bucket of sweat to prove I didn’t slack.

I think I’m finally starting to get the hang of the Heisman move… I guess I’ll know better when I do the next video on day ten. I’m pretty excited about that as I can already see a difference after day five.

You can check out my first day video and pics, and learn more about Shaun T’s Insanity, when you click here!

Only 55 more days to go… “keep diggin’ deeper, ya’ll!”

Cheers!

Rex – Yesterdays Fat Guy

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Insanity Workout Day Number 4 Cardio Recovery

October 22nd, 2009 admin

I was elated to find out that today was Cardio Recovery. I saw the word recovery on my wall calendar and was thrilled to see that Shaun T was going to take it a little easy on us today. While, granted, we didn’t “kill the wind” (so to speak today), there were times that it felt like my legs were going to burst into flames. I never believed in spontaneous human combustion… but today, I came as close as I’ve ever been.

Words don’t do Insanity, and what it does for you, justice. Just four days down and I’m already noticing a difference in my core and seeing a visual difference in my upper legs and thighs. Insanity is pushing me to do things I wouldn’t do on my own, during a regular workout at the gym, because much of it is stuff I didn’t BELIEVE I could do. It’s amazing what happens when you push through and dig deep. Your body will do much more than you think it will.

I’m really digging the nutrition and diet included with Shaun T’s Insanity. Most of the diet plans my wife and I have tried include menus that are complicated and time consuming. That’s not the case with this. Most of your meals can be prepared quickly and efficiently while delivering quality taste, but more importantly, quality nutrition that is calculated to help you lean out and burn body fat.

Click here to watch Shaun T’s Insanity!

Cheers!

Rex – Yesterdays Fat Guy

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Insanity workout day 3 complete plus appetite info!

October 21st, 2009 admin
Insanity workout day three Insanity workout day 3 is in the books. Props to my wife Tamara for joining in today just to see how insane this really is!

Even after day three I’m already noticing some changes. Foremost, is the endurance. I was able to go through Cardio Power and Resistance today and do the workout efficiently and effectively.

Don’t get me wrong, it kicked my butt… but my form and ability to finish a circuit with less rest were noticeably improved.

The stretches went much more smooth today as well. Overall, Insanity is worth every penny invested, and drop of sweat,  so far!

Now, a dietary note. I’ve talked, quite a bit about appetite suppression and many of the readers here have commented on how hard it is to get appetite under control. That was a huge issue for me, for the longest time. However, since incorporating a higher protein level into my diet and adjusting my calories the way Insanity taught me too, I have notice a significant decrease in appetite. In fact, I’m having to force myself to eat five 300 to 400 calorie meals per day and I’m not craving food before bed time anymore. I’m excited to see what happens at my next weigh in… I might just hit double digits for the first time since I started this journey.

The whole Beach Body system is proving to be impressive from a people stand point. I’ve made some great new friends YouTube and the support is phenomenal. Thanks to Jeremy, Jason and Joe for the support… much appreciated guys!

Click here to learn more about Insanity!

Cheers!

Rex – Yesterdays Fat Guy

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Insanity workout day number two completed!

October 20th, 2009 admin
They say that the things that won’t kill you will make you stronger…

so, judging by that, as I have survived my first plyometric cardio circuit with Shaun T, then today should be one of the greatest days of my life… wow.

After 4 and a half months back in the gym, THINKING I was getting into shape… LOL! Insanity showed me, today, just how mistaken I was.

I would love to report to everyone that it went super smooth and I was able to do the whole thing like a champion, but the truth of the matter is that my Heisman looked more like a “Private Pile”, my stretches looked something like you buy from the pretzel stand at the mall and, by the time it was over, I was a heaving pile of a mess gasping for my existence as I crashed to the floor.

All of that being said, I finished, I’m still alive and, believe it or not, I’m looking forward to tomorrow!

The reality of this weight loss journey hit home today as I was doing the required jumps and feeling the excess fat on my back sliding up and down as I went. I don’t know what it is about the human mind that takes you to a place that you just don’t care about that as you shove another chocolate chip cookie into your face, but when you are trying to get rid of it, you begin to care. I’ve said this so many times and I’ll say it again… if you are going to make a transformation with your life your mind has to be right. Get the mind right and your body will follow!

This is the first exercise program, I’ve ever used, where you really feel like the instructor is right there in the room with you. You get the push you need… it’s as if Shaun can see you through the dvd player.

If you are looking for a new fitness challenge then I highly recommend that you check out Shaun T’s Insanity! Once you start, just do it, even if you can’t do it as fast as the people on the DVD, just do it… keep moving, stay in form and… oh yeah, KEEP MOVING! Make sure to attach the garden hose to the kitchen faucet because your going to need water… you are going to sweat buckets of it.

If you have a minute, you can check out my latest video update featuring the Insanity Workout Day 1 Fitness Test.

Learn more about Shaun T’s Insanity Workout!

Cheers!

Rex – Yesterdays Fat Guy

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