Insanity Week 1

Last night was the last workout from the 1st week of Insanity. I can sum it up in a word, WOW! First of all, I am in good shape compared to the last time we did Insanity. What used to seem like torture (a 3 mile run or 5k distance) is now my almost daily habit. So I thought that this round of Insanity wouldn’t be so bad. That’s about half right.

With the Insanity program you do a series of Fit Tests. These are timed workouts that you do to judge your progress. These are done at the beginning of weeks 1, 3, 5, 7 and the last day. After completing the day 1 fit test I pulled out the fit test numbers from our last go round. I was amazed with the difference. I started this go round about day 30 or 45 from our last session! Wahoo!!



Previous Fit Test - Insanity Round 1



Current Fit Test - Instanity Round 2

This gave me a tremendous boost going into day two. Good thing because I needed it! Just because I did so well in the fit test doesn’t mean I aced day two. I’ve always told people that if you can keep up with the people on Insanity then you need to be doing something harder. I should have reminded myself of that prior to day 2. Though I could do A LOT more of it than I could the first time around. I was still left in a puddle (maybe small lake) of my own sweat and gasping for air.

Average of about 10 Calories a minute

This continued all week. Though I did better with each day I was still tired and dripping wet when I finished each DVD. I was bragging to my hubby after day one that the only thing sore on me was my shoulders and arms from the pushups. I just knew I had awesome legs from all the running. WRONG! By day three my calves were so sore I was walking like I just crossed the finish line of a half marathon. I should have put my foot in my mouth prior to bragging to my hubby. Oh well, that’s what I get right?

All Hot and Sweaty after a Workout

By last night most of the soreness has gone away and I am glad we get day 7 off. I know I will start next week that much stronger. Stay tuned the next 60 days! I will post at the end of each week and post some progress photos along the way.