Seriously, BeachBody.com has some great workout programs! ...

As a number of my friends and family know, I started doing P90X workouts a little over a year ago. That program helped me get back into reasonable condition. Years ago (wow, I guess it was a little over 25 years ago), Shirley and I were quite serious about working out. I was lifting weights 2 1/2 hours a day, six days a week. And running. And biking. And we'd go hiking, etc. The last day that I did the serious lifting at the gym was the day before our son was born. Priorities change, and that was absolutely fine. I didn't turn into a blob, but I definitely lost some fitness and gained some fat.

There were years of soccer in there and other activities, but once we were empty-nesters - and our son told us about P90X - I decided to give it a shot and get healthier. One workout and I was hooked. Sweat, panting, pain -- all the stuff I missed. I'm definitely stronger, and bodyfat has gone down. But I'm not yet to my 10-12% bodyfat goal.

Well, our son meanwhile bought the DVDs for the Insanity workout. Like P90X, this is another product from BeachBody. He showed us one of the DVDs, and my thought at the time was, "maybe someday, but P90X is slamming me now." Well, as Ben's moved on to the Asylum workout (next level up from Insanity), I decided to buy a copy of Insanity and have at it.

Whew! I started a week or two ago, mixing Insanity with P90X (doing Insanity on days when I wasn't doing P90X). I think now I'm going to just do Insanity for the suggested 60-day program. I use a heart rate monitor when working out (sensor strap around the chest, and display on wrist watch), and that allows tracking of calories burned. I burned 792 calories with today's workout. That is serious!

I've come to realize that I need these serious workouts, along with careful logging of my food/drink intake in order to get the results I want. So here we go! I expect by mid-August to see some definite good changes! BRING IT!