I had been waiting for this day for almost four months. I was invited through Facebook to an event at the Peoria Civic Center to workout with ShaunT from Insanity and Asylum back in early August and without hesitation, clicked on Attend! A few days prior to the date I thought I should take a look at the agenda to prepare myself. Lo and behold there were two one hour workouts scheduled. What? Two? I thought, “Okay, I can handle that. I cannot imagine ShaunT would make us work extremely hard in both, right?” Those of you who have attended his live workouts know the answer to that already. If this picture doesn’t tell you all you need to know, then I don’t know what to tell you. I wish I would have had my HRM because I’m sure I burned over 1400 calories.
I was fortunate to bring three changes of clothing to the event because I needed them all. I saved a lot of people from dealing with my sweaty body in between workouts. Most of his workout was from his Asylum DVD. It will now be my next workout after I complete P90X2. There were some great moves and those that have done Asylum said it was even better than Insanity. How can that be? I love Insanity. In between the two workouts we had lunch, listened to the magnificent MJ Durkin, and ShuanT held a sessiontaking questions about nutrition. Here are the main points:
- Everyone is a little different. What works for you may not work for others. It’s a matter of tweaking your intake that gives you maximum energy and satisfies your hunger throughout the day. Those tweaks need to be healthy ones, by the way.
- This brings me to the next point. Don’t deprive yourself of the one thing you love but isn’t good for you. It’s okay to have in moderation. If you completely eliminate it, you are likely going to relapse at some point big time!
- ShaunT recommends loading up on breakfast with your carbs and tapering off during the rest of the day. I think many of us don’t allow enough calories for our morning meal.
- If you want to build muscle, you must increase your protein.
- Finally, the most noticeable issue with those of us who workout hard is…drum roll….Not enough calories. This is usually the number one cause of hitting a plateau or constantly being hungry all day. Take the time to calculate your calories on a consistent basis and log your intake. You want to make sure you are meeting those needs. Remember, you NEVER want to be below 500 calories of your calculation. Your body will hoard the ones you intake and decrease your metabolism.
I enjoyed the second workout ShuanT put together because it involved group work. Sometimes you need variety to break up the intensity. The torture was at the end when ShaunT put us through 5 minutes of abdominal hell. If you ever have the opportunity to go to a Beachbody event, I strongly recommend it. I haven’t worked out with Chalene Johnson or Tony Horton, but I am sure it would be just as exciting.
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