Ok, so after a week of Insanity, I remembered the thing that I hated most about P90X. Working out in my living room is actually pretty miserable. Not only do I smash my hands against the ceiling every time I jump, but I'm covered in cat hair, my carpet is damp and my cat likes to try and work out with me, which becomes and ankle-twisting hazard. So... I'm shifting gears a little bit.
Menshealth.com has a program which is an entire year of workouts that appear to run in 4-week long phases (so like 13 phases).
Today I started phase 1. After running 1 mile to the gym, I went through the prescribe workout as follows:
Squats: 4 sets of 5 at 5-rep max (I used 195 as my working weight for today)
Pullups: As many sets as it takes to get to 50 pullups (I did 10 sets of 5)
Low cable pullthroughs: Set 1) 12-15 reps Set 2) 8-12 reps Set 3) 6 reps
Dumbbell bench press: 1) 12-15 reps 2) 8-12 reps 3) 6 reps
Ab bicycles: 4 sets of 20-25 reps (each side)
Followed by a plyometric circuit, which I skipped due to time constraints
Then I ran back home another mile.
All in all it was 1 hour 6 minutes and, according to my heart rate monitor, 700 kcal.
Max heart rate was 165, average was 124.
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