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Enjoy musings about my recent journey with Beachbody workouts P90X and Insanity!

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

ROUND 2!

So, I've decided to venture back in to the land of the NASTY.

This time, I will incorporate some of the workouts from P90X Plus and Asylum.

Does that mean I should call the workout PNastylumX Plus...hehe.

I'm also working on getting my CPT credentials (Certified Personal Trainer) and looking into coaching people on Nutrition.

What a long, strange trip this fitness journey has been...

Keep bringing it...

Scott

Friday, July 8, 2011

Before/After video

Before/After Video

So here it is, after working out harder than ever, paying more attention to my diet than ever, the best results ever.  That simple.

The SECRET to being fit and healthy?

There is not one.  It's been laid out for years and years.

Hard work.  Eat smart. Get rest.  I know many of you don't want to hear that.  I used to be one of them.  I wanted the fast track to fitness.  It's taken me so long to get where I am, but it's been worth it.  Every early morning workout.  Every bead of sweat.  Every curse word to the heavens or Tony Horton or Shaun T.  Every chicken salad I ate instead of reaching for pizza or a burrito.

You CAN have the body you wish for.  You CAN have health and fitness.  It's really within your grasp.  You have to know what you are willing to do to achieve it.  There is no shortcut.  There is no secret pill. There is no gadget or device.  There is WILL and there is WORK.  And only YOU have the ability and access to those.

I look forward to helping people find the WILL inside themselves.  I look forward to helping them WORK towards their goals.

My name is Scott Guthrie and I want to help you.  Let's do this.

Bring it, Dig Deep, and WORK.

Scott

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Day 88-going strong!

Today I am a few days away from the last day of PNASTYX!  I've been going strong in the recovery week, probably doing more than I should due to Broadway Bares XXI on Sunday.  Yesterday, instead of doing Core Cardio and Balance/Abs, I threw in the 300 workout.  You might remember the movie 300 from a few years back.  The battle of Thermopylae, Gerard Butler, some guys who were in okay shape...killer shape.  There was a workout that emerged from that: basically 300 reps in as little time as possible:
25 pullups
50 deadlifts
50 push ups
50 box jumps
50 floor wipers (abs)
50 kettle bell clean and presses
25 pulllups

I tore through the workout and did abs later that night.  Feeling good!  Today, I'm thinking X-Stretch and maybe a run.  Anyway, off to my first blocking rehearsal for Bares!  The show is on Sunday, and today I find out what I am (or am not) wearing!  Keep you posted!

Before and after pictures will happen soon!

Bring it and DIG DEEP!

Scott

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Day 84

Day 2-
Weight- 185
Body Fat %- 10.4
Lean Body Mass- 165.75
Body Fat % Goal- 5 PERCENT!
Lean Body Mass % Goal- 95%
Weight Goal-176



Day 84-
Weight 174.4
Body Fat %- Lower than the point of being accurate with the Caliper tests I've been running, but I"m guessing somewhere between 5-6%!
Weight/Body Fat goals-MET!


Pictures to come soon!


Dig Deep and Bring IT!


Scott

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Day 83- almost done!

So, this is the real 83, I guess I totally got confused on the numbers last week.

I finished the workout part of week 12, with X-Stretch tomorrow, and my recovery week starting on Monday!  So, this is it!  My recovery week is gonna be a little intense because I'm still aiming towards next Sunday's performance of Broadway Bares, I'll keep you posted on what the line up ends up being.  I wanted to share my food journal from this past week.  I took a little from the Asylum nutrition guide and split my day up into 5 meals, but kept the calorie count closer to 3000, rather than the Asylum suggested 1800.

This has been a hard week adjusting to the no carbs after meal 3 thing, but I've actually adapted well to the idea of making your meals smaller during the day, the biggest meal being breakfast.  So, here it is:


Monday-June 6-
1-protein pancake with blueberries, strawberries, and walnuts
Coffee with almond milk(no sugar)
After workout-Results and recovery drink (2 scoops)
2-pb&j on English muffin. 1/2 cup of cottage cheese. V8. 
3-protein bar (310 cal/31 grams protein, banana, coffee w/skim milk (no sugar). 
4-spinach salad w/ cucumbers, grilled chx, walnuts, cranberries, and olive oil. 
5-shakeology shake

Tuesday-June 7
1-protein oatmeal w/blue and strawberries, walnuts. Coffee w/almond milk. 
2-omelet(1 egg, 3 whites) spinach, feta, english muffin, 1/2 cup blueberries. 
V8. 
After workout-2 scoops r&r
3-spinach salad-chx, tom, walnuts, apples, olive oil)
Snack-banana
4-chx breasts and a cup of broccoli
5-shakeology shake  

Wednesday, June 8-
1-protein pancake with rasp/blue/strawberries and flaxseeds. Coffee with almond 
milk. 
 After workout-2 scoops r&r
2-1 cup ctg chz, 1 cup berries, 1/2 cup kashi, flax seed, English muffin. 
3-spinach salad-chx, tomato, apple, walnuts, olive oil, feta. 1 small square of 
sea salted dark chocolate.
Snack-banana and coffee w/skim milk. 
4-chx, corn, peas, 1/2 cup Greek yogurt, hot sauce. 
5-shakeology shake

Thursday, June 9-
1-protein oatmeal w/straw/blueberries, walnuts. Coffee w/almond milk
2.  Protein bar/banana. 
3. 1 cup chx salad (corn, celery, red onion, and blueberries), v8, English 
muffin with PB. 
Snack-celery w/PB and raisins
Coffee w/nonfat milk
4- spinach salad (chx, apple, walnuts, craisins, feta, corn, olive oil), 
sparkling water, one small piece of dark chocolate. 
5-shakeology shake

Friday, June 10-
1-protein pancake w/strawberries. Coffee. 
2. Egg white omelet w/turkey, veggies. Fruit salad. Coffee. 
Snack-protein bar. 
After workout-2 scoops r and r
3- 1 cup chx salad (corn, celery, red onion, and blueberries), v8. Celery w/PB. 
1 small square of dark choc. Raisins. 
4-chx with corn, tomato, poblano, Greek yogurt. 
5-shakeology shake. 

Saturday, June 11-
1-Protein oatmeal (blueberries, strawberries, walnuts). Coffee with almond milk. 

2-4 egg white omelet (corn, poblano, tomato, feta), English muffin with PB, 1 
shakeology no bake. 
Preworkout-protein bar/v8
Postworkout-2 scoops r and r
3-chx with corn, tomato, poblano, and feta. Celery with PB. 2 shakeology no 
bakes. 
Coffee. 
4-1/2 avocado and 2 chx sausages. 
5-shakeology shake

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Day 82-facing a twofer, new Video

Hey all,
 
The light is getting bigger at the end of the tunnel! I'm almost done with this journey and am super excited for the results I've been seeing!  Broadway Bares is 2 weeks from tomorrow and Hair starts right after!  Today I have Max Cardio AND abs.  I decided to bump them to today because I've been very sore in the groin/hip flexor area since softball on Thursday.  Don't want to push myself to injury so late in the game.  I've attached a new video I took on Tuesday.  Almost there!

Bring it and Dig DEEP!

Scott

Friday, May 27, 2011

Day 74-Hitting a wall!

Today, I hit a huge wall about 2/3 through Legs/Back.  Yesterday, I played softball in the morning and some pickup basketball in the afternoon.  This was in addition to Max Recovery in the morning before softball.  After getting back from basketball, I was so sore I made myself do the X-Stretch.  And on top of all that, I didn't sleep very well (surprisingly, considering how exhausted I was physically).

I woke up stiff, but not as sore as I was expecting.  I got to the gym in the afternoon, and was going strong through the workout, upping my numbers on the pull-ups and feeling great.  Then right around the second round of wide grip pullups, I felt my energy plummet.  Legs got a little shaky and I lost a lot of strength in a pretty short amount of time.  "Bonking" is what Tony Horton calls it.

I bonked.  Big time.

I realized that I really hadn't taken advantage of the RECOVERY part of yesterday.  Bad idea.

BUT.  The upside was that doing these workouts has truly made me more durable, just like Tony talks about.  Next time, I will take a little more care to actually recover.

After getting home, I decided to attempt to weigh myself and measure my body fat.  Results are

Weight-177
Body fat-I'm getting low to the point that I"m going to have to start having someone else help me because my readings are too low to get results from the equation I've been using.  Translation-I use the calipers on my chest, abs, and thigh.  I won't be able to reach behind me...go go Gadget arms!

I'm almost to the end, having 2 more weeks plus the last recovery week!  Now it's about getting super strict with the diet.  I'm beginning to eliminate carbs after lunch.  That's kind of rough.  Breakfast is becoming the biggest meal of the day.  Also, with ASYLUM came a sample of SHAKEOLOGY.  I sampled it a couple of times, and it's actually really good.  Chocked full of vitamins and nutrients, and the chocolate flavor is really good, it's a nice meal replacement or last meal of the day if you need a 6th meal after lots of activity.

Anyway, that's where I am.  I will have lots of pics to put up at the end, especially from Broadway Bares, so stay tuned!

Stay strong, dig deep and BRING IT!

Scott