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OK. So now that you know a little more about me, do you think we have anything in common? Have you experienced some of my same frustrations? With you, maybe your problem isn't your butt like it is for me--maybe it's your stomach. You've never had slim, cut abs or a six pack. Maybe it's your legs. I don't know about you, but I've always had slim calves--with no definition. I've done tons of workouts and never gotten any definition in my calves. I really want this to be a forum for women to discuss issues and frustrations and vent about your body--before accepting your shape and deciding to workout for the journey instead of the destination. It's ok to have goals. But it can get out of control. I'm EXTREMELY goal oriented as a person. I'm EXTREMELY driven. And that's what's going to get me through graduate school and into a career. That's what inspires me to never give up on my personal relationships. But it's also been the main problem with my workouts.
In April, 2010. I decided to do Insanity. Many of you may be familiar with the P90X infomercial. Insanity is a Beachbody product, as is P90X, ChaLEAN Extreme, Slim in 6, Hip Hop Abs, Brazil Butt Lift, and many others that you may be familiar with. Insanity is a mixture of cardio and plyometric drills and intervals of strength, power, resistance, and core training. Here are links to information about the workout and success stories:
Ok, so this is what I've been doing. And, yes, Lloyd was in the military before he did this workout and he is challenged by it.
During my first week, I thought I was going to die. It was unlike any of the workouts I'd done with trainers in the past. It was designed and it's taught by legendary Shaun T. What can I say about Shaun T? He's a blast to workout with. First of all--he's African American and I love how he sounds when he's yelling at me to workout harder. I yell back at him during my workouts (and he knows this and has made fun of me for it). You start out with a fit test--which is a minute of several exercises and you do as many as you can in that minute and keep track of your progress. You do this every two weeks and during that first week, I could hardly keep up and almost threw up after the workout. The schedule is 6 days per week. There are Month 1 and Month 2 workouts. During Month 1, I hated it. I hated Shaun T. I hated the other people in the DVD. Mostly, I hated myself for having to take so many breaks. But as soon as I started seeing my fit tests get better, I was inspired. I was challenged.
My first Month 2 workout, I thought was hell. The Month 2 workouts are longer and harder than the ones in Month 1. And I thought, "How bad was I in Month 1 if this is killing me? What have I been doing?" But it was during Month 2 that I started to see lines in my abs. *If any of you have abs as your trouble area (for me, it's the first place I lose weight) Insanity is all about the core. Everybody has abs when they are done.*
What made me even more mad about Insanity is there are no weights. I didn't buy any equipment to get started. It's just your own body. I did stuff like football runs and up-downs and basketball guard drills, and boxing stuff, and jumping--lots of jumping. Shaun T would show me an exercise and I'd think, "Ok. I can do that." And then he would say, "But we're gonna add a sqat." Or "We're gonna add a jump." Of course we are! UGH! But it was awesome.
I loved my first round of Insanity and I got so addicted I decided to try it again. I lost 6 inches total from my waist, legs, butt and arms. I also dropped a jean size. I bought a pair of jeans in April just before I started and they were a size 12. I went back and bought another pair in June because my other ones were so baggy and they were a size 10. More importantly, for the first time in my life, I got excited about the fitness journey. I am loving my body on the way to where I want to be. When I post my Insanity Round I pics, I'll tell you that I'm not where I want to be yet. But I'm sure as heck having fun getting there.
That's why I wanted to start this blog. There are so many cool Beachbody programs that are so awesome. And one time through Insanity isn't enough--I am in my second round now. With all the programs I want to try, I have a workout schedule for the next six months. I'm in Round II of Insanity now and will finish at the end of July. After this, I'm doing ChaLEAN Extreme-a 3 month program. After that I'm doing Insanity again to get even more lean. That puts me at December. I will try TurboFire, Beachbody's newest program, after that and I'm in March of 2011. I'll figure out what's after that as I get closer. I think that even after I try other programs, I'll still be an Insanity Girl so I've gotta keep doing this and the new and improved Insanity Asylum comes out next year, so I'll be doing that, too.
Problems during Round I--I didn't have my diet tightened up. I chose to do this during the last 2 months of my senior year in college. I was grabbing food when I could. I started controlling what I was eating, but not portion sizes. And I had no consistency. I would eat when I could--not 6 meals per day, three hours apart. I was also just barely able to do the workout for half the workout. So for my second round, I decided I needed to be more strict with the diet and buck up.
Here are my results:
Fit Test
Switch Kicks
Day 1-99 Day 66-141
Power Jacks
Day 1-39 Day 66-53
Power Knees
Day 1-65 Day 66-107
Power Jumps (worst things ever, btw)
Day 1-30 Day 66-57
Globe Jumps
Day 1-5 Day 66-13
Suicide Jumps
Day1-10 Day 66-15
Push-up Jacks
Day 1-16 Day 66-30
Low Plank Oblique
Day 1-37 Day 66-73
Switch Kicks
Day 1-99 Day 66-141
Power Jacks
Day 1-39 Day 66-53
Power Knees
Day 1-65 Day 66-107
Power Jumps (worst things ever, btw)
Day 1-30 Day 66-57
Globe Jumps
Day 1-5 Day 66-13
Suicide Jumps
Day1-10 Day 66-15
Push-up Jacks
Day 1-16 Day 66-30
Low Plank Oblique
Day 1-37 Day 66-73
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