Happy New Year teamRIPPED! I hope everyone survived the holidays without the “Holiday Hangover” of letting their diets go. Whether you were a slacker or stayed strong, it’s now 2012 and we are all back in focus on reaching our goals. No more excuses about parties, vacations, etc. Those who stayed strong these past couple months are ahead of the game — congratulations! Those who have let things slide have some catching up to do. It’s time to put your noses to the grindstone now so that you are where you want to be in the spring. Let’s go! We can do it!
I was one of the first to order Les Mills PUMP when it hit the market, and it was delivered Friday. I will write up a full review after I’ve had to the chance to do all the workouts, but so far I’ve been knocking out a couple each day because I’m dying to try them all. I’ve done over half the workouts (6 out of the 10), and so far these are my quick tidbits on how PUMP stacks up =
It’s definitely got a different feel from P90X or Insanity. It’s more like Turbo Fire — big stage, fun music, comments about making you look good in your jeans and daisy dukes LOL. So I’d call that a bit of a “girly feel” to me. My wife LOVES the 80’s music, and I have to admit so do I LOL! It’s not intimidating — you look forward to the upbeat music and the variety of trainers. Little do you know that you’ll end up getting such a good workout by the time you are done.
I’ve been very impressed with the PUMP workouts that I’ve tried. I did the 30 minute “Step” workout from the ultimate DVD’s and in just 30 minutes I burned 717 calories with an average HR of 171 and a peak HR of 186. That’s more intense of a calorie burn per minute than I get with Insanity. I was impressed.
With the lifting workouts in Pump, the difficulty is directly proportional to how much weight you are moving. You can go light and it’s not too intense. Or you can go heavy and your muscles will be ON FIRE. I liked doing the lift workouts with my wife because we both got great workouts with her using a lighter weight and me trying to lift big. The lifting workouts start out at 30 minutes or so for the first month of the program, then move up in intensity and duration so that the final month’s lifting workout (Pump Revolution and Pump Extreme) are 55 minutes and very intense.
For those of you who didn’t see the post last week, you have just over 1 day left to order our limited edition X2 Crew Shirts. To learn more, check out the article from last week. Our order will be turned in at the end of the day tomorrow (Wednesday, Jan 4th) so after that it’s too late. If you want a shirt (or shirts) you need to order now!
For those who have been keeping track, this is the FINAL WEEK of our MISFIT Challenge! We started with 160, and not everyone made it to the end, but the vast majority did, and they are different people now. They have unlocked their inner athlete — the person of passion and commitment that they weren’t sure was in there. These folks have really made lasting connections with each other, and that’s what will keep them going strong long after this 90 days is over. Many are moving on to P90X2 with our X2 Crew, and others are dialing up another round of P90X or a hybrid with P90X and Insanity. The Misfit group isn’t going away. These peeps are going to keep encouraging each other and pushing each other to new levels. It has been a HUGE success! And just wait until all the Day 90 pics are done and y’all get to see the proof of their hard work. You will be AMAZED! For those of you looking to plug in for your 2012 round of either P90X or a hybrid, you are more than welcome to join with our Misfit veterans on the Misfit Facebook group page (see details HERE). Since the official Misfit challenge is over, I’m not requiring the rules I initially required. Those rules were very helpful for our original Misfits to get the kick in the rear that many of them needed to reach the new levels they’ve obtained, but at this point we will open up the group to others who want to plug in to encourage and be encouraged on their next round. But only come join if you are ready to check all excuses at the door and BRING IT! Misfits aren’t afraid to cut the dead weight :-)
I’ve officially completed my 90 days as a vegan, eating a whole foods plant based diet. I learned a lot, but I’m still no expert. I am going to do a full write up as well as discuss my future plans in the next week or two, but for a preview I will be going to what I call a “flexitarian” nutrition plan going forward. Basically, I will stay 90% vegan with a whole foods, plant based diet. I am going to add back a couple things — not because I feel my body needs them but because it just makes my life easier. I’m going to add back Results / Recovery formula because I’ve really missed it. And I’m going to add back the occasional Pure Protein bar because they are so convenient to carry around for snacks. And I’ll allow myself the occasional lean meat entree just because often times when eating out, a grilled chicken and steamed veggie plate is the healthiest thing on the menu. And sure, I can (and have) had the kitchen do a custom order for me, but it always takes extra work, and I’m the type that just likes things simple. So will I go back to tons of meat? No. But will I allow the flexibility in my diet for lean meats and fish occasionally? Yes. And as for how I’ve done on weight / body fat, I’ll wait until I finish this round to take final measurements and a fit test, but I’m pretty impressed at how easy it was to stay as strong (if not get stronger) on the whole food plant based diet as I saw my weights and reps improve in most exercises on the P90X Classic workouts.
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