WEEK OF 10/30/2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Days 29-35

MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Ancient Warrior

I got through it, but am still not a complete fan. I like some of the martial arts moves, and not so much the other functional fitness ones. 

Start Time: 7:20 pm; Workout Time: 53 minutes; Calories Burned: 323; Avg Heart Rate: 102.


TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Strength 2

Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps. I went with weights that I thought might push me a bit, but I was also cautious as to not hurt myself. I'm nowhere near where I was five years ago, but realize that, and am kind of accepting of it, but I still aspire to get back there. Anyways, despite all that, I can feel it a bit afterwards.

Start Time: 6:50 pm; Workout Time: 41 minutes; Calories Burned: 257; Avg Heart Rate: 105.


WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Base Power

One move at a time. It went pretty well.

Start Time: 8:35 pm; Workout Time: 46 minutes; Calories Burned: 218; Avg Heart Rate: 96.


THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Strength 1

Once again, I went slow and steady. I think I got a good workout in.

Start Time: 7:30 pm; Workout Time: 35 minutes; Calories Burned: 166; Avg Heart Rate: 95.


FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - HIIT Me Up

Went OK. I went pretty good at it.

Start Time: 6:55 pm; Workout Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 205; Avg Heart Rate: 105.


SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Long and Strong

My flexibility isn't where it used to be, but I did what I could. I'm hoping it's something I can get back.

Start Time: 8:10 pm; Workout Time: 38 minutes; Calories Burned: 116; Avg Heart Rate: 90.


SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Mindful Breath

The last time I did this, I was interrupted a few times. Today I wasn't. I felt great when I was done.

Start Time: 6:25 pm; Workout Time: 29 minutes; Calories Burned: 60; Avg Heart Rate: 81.


SUNDAY WEIGH IN

Weight: 155.6 (+0.8 lbs)
Body Fat: 12.5% (No change)


THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK

The workouts went OK. The strength workouts felt especially good, and overall I feel good.

WEEK OF 10/23/2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Days 22-28

MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Base Power

This went OK. My balance seemed better. I was wearing some thicker socks than normal. I'm not sure that helped, but they certainly felt better.

Start Time: 6:55 pm; Workout Time: 46 minutes; Calories Burned: 268; Avg Heart Rate: 101.


TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Ancient Warrior

I'm still not sold on this one, but having to list of moves available helped a bit. I even did all the Sprawls and Burpees, just not at super speed.

Start Time: 6:40 pm; Workout Time: 52 minutes; Calories Burned: 360; Avg Heart Rate: 105.


WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Strength One

Slow and steady again. I increased my weight to 35's on the Lawnmowers. It's not where I was several years ago, but still an improvement as to where I've been lately. I did slow band pulldowns instead of pullups.

Start Time: 8:10 pm; Workout Time: 35 minutes; Calories Burned: 221; Avg Heart Rate: 105.


THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - The Big Sweat

I'm not sure what to make of this one, but today it was annoying. There was too much chatter between moves, partly to let us catch our breaths, but there were other times he was droning on about sampling the next move or just chattering away about nothing. On the second to last move it seemed like it took him about three minutes to get the thing going. It may have been me today, but that's what I felt coming out of it. As for the workout part itself, I got in most of the moves. I guess I could have worked harder at it.

Start Time: 7:25 pm; Workout Time: 36 minutes; Calories Burned: 248; Avg Heart Rate: 108.


FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Butt and Gut

Not bad. As I said last time, it seems to flow better now that I know the sequence.

Start Time: 7:20 pm; Workout Time: 44 minutes; Calories Burned: 230; Avg Heart Rate: 121.


SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Everything, Every Muscle, All In One

I remember liking this one the first time. Not as much today. I wasn't in the mood, got started late, and my balance was horrible. I played some golf yesterday. I only played nine holes, but there was a lot of walking, and it's still affecting my legs and feet.
 
Start Time: 8:20 pm; Workout Time: 44 minutes; Calories Burned: 235; Avg Heart Rate: 98.


SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Mindful Breath

I switched some of the workout from the schedule over the last few days, and was going to do Long and Strong today, but I decided to do this one, as I haven't done it in a while. I was interrupted a few times, so it was a bit disjointed, but overall it went OK.
 
Start Time: 7:20 pm; Workout Time: 29 minutes; Calories Burned: 71; Avg Heart Rate: 85.


SUNDAY WEIGH IN

Weight: 154.8 (+0.6 lbs)
Body Fat: 12.5% (no change)


THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK

I'm starting to get a bit bored with this thing, but am going to stick it out. I'm not ready to go full blast on a more intense workout program, but I also don't want to take a break. At least this is a bit of a maintenance program.

WEEK OF 10/16/2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Days 15-21

MONDAY - OCTOBER 16, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Strength One 

I went pretty hard and steady on this one, more so than last time. It felt good. I used the pullup assist on the pullups and got 12 reps in on most of those. I used 30s on the weighted back moves. On the pushup or plank moves I usually go 6 to 8 reps in, but I was doing them with good form and range of motion, not fast and sloppy.

Start Time: 7:25 pm; Workout Time: 35 minutes; Calories Burned: 266; Average Heart Rate: 118.


TUESDAY - OCTOBER 17, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Rest

I had some teeth pulled today and they told me not to do anything strenuous, so I won't. Power Base was scheduled, and I've already done it twice, so a day off is OK.


WEDNESDAY - OCTOBER 18, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Strength Two 

Feeling a bit better. I increased my weight by about 5 lbs on a lot of the moves. It felt good. 

Start Time: 7:15 pm; Workout Time: 41 minutes; Calories Burned: 271; Average Heart Rate: 108.


THURSDAY - OCTOBER 19, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - HIIT Me Up 

I don't think this went as smoothly as the first time I did it. I played golf today, my legs were a bit tired, and I was feeling sluggish overall. 

Start Time: 6:25 pm; Workout Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 206; Average Heart Rate: 108.


FRIDAY - OCTOBER 20, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Go With The Flow 

I was feeling good going into it and that continued throughout the session. One thing I like about this routine is that he's not holding poses for a long period of time. This was especially noticeable during the "everything" sections.

Start Time: 8:00 pm; Workout Time: 58 minutes; Calories Burned: 272; Average Heart Rate: 98.


SATURDAY - OCTOBER 21, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Butt and Gut

The first time I did this workout, everything seemed like a mish mash and I didn't like it. This morning I printed out all the workout sheets so I was able to see the sequence of the moves. It helped a bit, and I did go a little bit harder because I knew what to expect, but it still isn't my favorite workout.

Start Time: 5:30 pm; Workout Time: 44 minutes; Calories Burned: 260; Average Heart Rate: 103.


SUNDAY - OCTOBER 22, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Long and Strong 

I didn't really feel like doing it, but got it in late. I wasn't very flexible.

Start Time: 8:20 pm; Workout Time: 38 minutes; Calories Burned: 114; Average Heart Rate: 90.


SUNDAY WEIGH IN

Weight: 154.2 (-0.2 lbs)
Body Fat: 12.5% (-0.1%)


THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK

Not too many thoughts. My mouth has been sore all week from the tooth extractions, so I'm not feeling great, but I did get the workouts in. I'm not sure how I feel about the program in general. It's obviously supposed to be a "lite" version of Power of 4, but I'm not sure what I'm getting out of it. I'm not a fan of some of the routines, but I'm going to give it time. Sometimes opinions can change.

WEEK OF 10/09/2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Days 8-14

MONDAY - OCTOBER 9, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - HIIT Me Up

Another one that wasn't in Power of 4. From the name, I kind of knew what to expect. It wasn't super hard, but it ended up being a little tougher than I expected. Some of the moves were new. It reminded me a bit of Interval X from P90x+. I was thrilled when I saw Pain In The Alice in it, who may be my all time favorite cast member. Always going 100% and always with a smile and a sense of humor. I found myself going harder than I usually do in a cardio workout.

Start Time: 7:15 pm; Workout Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 203; Avg Heart Rate: 111.


TUESDAY - OCTOBER 10, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Power Base

First repeated workout. Not my favorite. I was a big sluggish. My feet and legs tired early and my balance wasn't great the further we got into it.

Start Time: 6:50 pm; Workout Time: 46 minutes; Calories Burned: 263; Avg Heart Rate: 100.


WEDNESDAY - OCTOBER 11, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Everything, Every Muscle, All In One

I wasn't sure what to expect, then figured it must be one of Tony's U-C-M-L (Upper, Cardio,, Middle, Lower) workouts, but it didn't seem to be. I actually ended up liking most of the moves, and was able to do most of them OK.

Start Time: 7:05 pm; Workout Time: 44 minutes; Calories Burned: 248; Avg Heart Rate: 99.


THURSDAY - OCTOBER 12, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Butt and Gut

I remembered liking Butt and Belly from the One On One series, but this was nothing like that. It just seemed like a mish mash of moves and oftentimes I couldn't tell if it was a butt or a gut move. So far, I'm not a fan of this routine. That may change once I figure out what is going on.

Start Time: 6:15 pm; Workout Time: 44 minutes; Calories Burned: 195; Avg Heart Rate: 93.


FRIDAY - OCTOBER 13, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Ancient Warrior

I wasn't feeling to well when I started this one, but I had been looking forward to it because I generally like Tony's martial arts routines. This was a downer. Most of the moves were combinations of martial arts moves with core moves or leg moves of butt moves. I found most of the combinations annoying. Because I wasn't feeling well, I was sitting down between moves while he was describing them. I'd thought about quitting early on in the routine and finishing it tomorrow, then considered the stop option, but ended up finishing it up. As with yesterday's routine, I'm not a fan.

Start Time: 8:55 pm; Workout Time: 53 minutes; Calories Burned: 330; Avg Heart Rate: 103.


SATURDAY - OCTOBER 14, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - The Big Sweat

It went OK. The moves aren't really that hard, but stacked on top of each other, you can get a bit tired.

Start Time: 5:35 pm; Workout Time: 36 minutes; Calories Burned: 272; Avg Heart Rate: 113.


SUNDAY - OCTOBER 15, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Long and Strong

I normally like stretch workouts, but this seemed tedious today. I did the hamstring stretched quicker than they did and sat around while they finished those moves.

Start Time: 6:40 pm; Workout Time: 38 minutes; Calories Burned: 150; Avg Heart Rate: 94.

SUNDAY WEIGH IN

Weight: 154.4 (+1.4 lbs)
Body Fat: 12.6% (+0.6%)


THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK

In general it went OK. I've got a bad tooth that's been bothering me for a few weeks and it's sapping a bit of my energy. I'm not eating well either. Hopefully, it'll be coming out on Tuesday.

WEEK OF 10/02/2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Days 1-7

MONDAY - OCTOBER 2, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - The Big Sweat

This is a brand new Tony Horton program that he released without too much fanfare. I don't know too much about it. One of the things I did see was it was supposed to mesh with the female body cycle better than most other programs. There is also a men's calendar, so I'll be following that one. Again, other than seeing some titles of the workouts, I'm not sure what to expect. I only took a two week break, but was expecting this to be a bit easier than what I've been doing lately, so I thought I'd give it a go.

The first workout is a quick cardio workout. The pace and all white soundstage kind of reminded me a bit of the P90 program Tony did about 10 years ago, which was more of a starter program. There were a few moves that were new, and I did work up a bit of a sweat, but it definitely wasn't extreme. That's not necessarily a bad thing. If you do things right and have a good attitude, you can get a lot out of it.

Start Time: 7:20 pm; Workout Time: 36 minutes; Calories and Heart Rate unknown. Monitor wasn't charged.


TUESDAY - OCTOBER 3, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Strength One

Again, nothing extreme. Very slow paced. He does a lot of talking between moves, but I still worked up a sweat. I did band pulldowns instead of pullups. I do get results with those.

Start Time: 7:50 pm; Workout Time: 35 minutes; Calories Burned: 240; Avg Heart Rate: 108.


WEDNESDAY - OCTOBER 4, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Base Power

Plyo without a lot of high jumping. Nothing really new. I was thinking this might be similar to P90, which was a toned down version of P90X, but this is pretty much a toned down version of Power of 4. Most of these moves were in Power of 4. One good thing happened. My Roku had been blinking a lot. Evety 10 seconds or so, it was black out for a second. It finally went out about a quarter of the way through this workout. I re-plugged everything back in and fixed the problem.

Start Time: 8:50 pm; Workout Time: 46 minutes; Calories Burned: 279; Avg Heart Rate: 102.


THURSDAY - OCTOBER 5, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Strength Two

I wasn't sure why this one was so soon after Strength One, but they are different body parts, so I guess it was OK. I usually try to restructure the schedules so I'm doing yoga on Thursday's, but I'm going to trust the schedule. This one was shoulders, biceps, and triceps. Instead of counting reps, you do the exercise for 30 seconds. Surprisingly, this usually means more reps than usual. I wasn't feeling great to begin with, and I'm a bit sore from the first three days, so in general I used 5 lbs less in weights than I normally would. It still tired me out a bit. 

Start Time: 7:35 pm; Workout Time: 41 minutes; Calories Burned: 317; Avg Heart Rate: 113.


FRIDAY - OCTOBER 6, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Go With The Flow

Yoga. Pretty close to one of the Power Of 4 routines. The main sequence was the Warrior One "singles, doubles, triples." Everything else was pretty standard Tony yoga moves, just in a slightly different order. I got through it OK, and it went pretty quick.

Start Time: 8:45 pm; Workout Time: 58 minutes; Calories Burned: 273; Avg Heart Rate: 98.


SATURDAY - OCTOBER 7, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Long and Strong

A stretch / recovery routine. It felt like yesterday's workout without the vinyasas. The sequence seemed almost identical. The scheduling just seems odd. I do like stretch workouts, though.
  

Start Time: 8:40 pm; Workout Time: 38 minutes; Calories Burned: 130; Avg Heart Rate: 91.


SUNDAY - OCTOBER 8, 2023 - POWERSYNC60 - Mindful Breath

Not what I was expecting. This was new stuff. I wasn't really getting the point as we were going through it. As I was writing down my numbers afterwards I realized I was feeling a bit better than when I started and definitely less stressed. I guess I'm a bit excited about using this again.
  

Start Time: 8:20 pm; Workout Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 64; Avg Heart Rate: 82.


SUNDAY WEIGH IN

Weight: 153.0 (-0.2 lbs)
Body Fat: 12.0% (-0.3%)


THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK

I wasn't sure what to expect, but it did turn out to be a light version of Power Of 4. Nothing was really new until Sunday. I played it a bit cautious in spots, so I may be able up increase things next time.