DVD - Fit Test
+ 3.5 miles of walking
1st Fit Test Results
Fit Test # 2 Results
These are my latest results, showing how many more reps I've managed to gain since Fit Test # 2:
Switch Kicks 69 (+ 3)
Power Jacks 63 (+ 1)
Power Knees 119 (+ 3)
Power Jumps 44 (+ 6)
Globe Jumps 9 (+ 2)
Suicide Jumps 20 (+ 2)
Push-up Jacks 26 (+ 3)
Low Plank Oblique 60 (+ 10)
My improvement since the beginning
Switch Kicks (because of the counting and math snafu, I'm not including this figure)
Power Jacks (+ 8)
Power Knees (+ 18)
Power Jumps (+ 12)
Globe Jumps (+ 4)
Suicide Jumps (+ 4)
Push-Up Jacks (+ 6)
Low Plank Oblique (+ 14)
So I improved in every category, in some more than others. Interestingly, with Power Jumps, Globe Jumps, Suicide Jumps and Push-up Jacks I have improved by the same number of reps between each of the Fit Tests.
I think I may have pretty much topped out on the number of Power Knees I'm going to be able to do. I improved by +15 from the 1st Fit Test to the 2nd, but only by +3 between the 2nd and 3rd. I feel like my leg is moving at jack-hammer speed already, I don't know that I can make it go much faster. I assume there will be a little bit of improvement over the course of the next 4 weeks, but I doubt there will be another +15.
There was a pretty big advancement in my Low Plank Oblique this time. I improved by +4 from the 1st Fit Test to the 2nd, but by +10 from the 2nd to the 3rd. And that was with stopping twice to wipe down my forearms, which were sweating so much that my arms were sliding on the floor in the low plank position
Tomorrow the really Insane workouts begin. I previewed the warm-up of the first workout, Max Interval Cardio, and I now know that it is indeed almost a full 60 minutes (it comes in at 59:40). The warm-up has gotten rid of some of the moves that can be done at really fast pace (Heismanns, Butt Kicks, Mummy Kicks) and replaced them with moves that fall more into the realm of Plyo. So I know the warm-up will be harder. I stopped it without watching the rest. I'm worried, but I'm also looking forward to the challenge.
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Sunday, February 7, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Day 22
DVD - Pure Cardio
DVD - Cardio Abs
My ankle was able to handle more of the workout tonight, but I still had to baby it which meant that I wasn't at full cardio capacity. It's frustrating to have my progress seemingly stalled owing to an injury I could have avoided if only I'd had another pair of flat shoes, or had been able to telecommute to the office rather than actually commute like I'd wanted given the storm.
What I have to keep in mind is that though I haven't grown my ability to manage the cardio pace I have been working hard and I am experience positive physical changes. I'm not supposed to officially take my body measurements until this coming Sunday at the 4 week mark, but I broke out the tailor's tape today anyway. At just over 3 weeks I've lost just over 2 inches from my waist, about an inch and a half from my hips and good progress on my uppers thighs and upper arms. With most of the weeks' workouts still to come, I anticipate even better progress on Sunday when I take my sanctioned readings.
I can also feel the results, and I don't mean things like "more energy" or "sleeping better", though both of course are true. I mean, when I feel my body, I note a difference. There is less to pinch on the sides of my torso, and good god my quads are getting hard and tight. I think by the end of Insanity you might just be able to see the definition of the muscles in my thighs.
DVD - Cardio Abs
My ankle was able to handle more of the workout tonight, but I still had to baby it which meant that I wasn't at full cardio capacity. It's frustrating to have my progress seemingly stalled owing to an injury I could have avoided if only I'd had another pair of flat shoes, or had been able to telecommute to the office rather than actually commute like I'd wanted given the storm.
What I have to keep in mind is that though I haven't grown my ability to manage the cardio pace I have been working hard and I am experience positive physical changes. I'm not supposed to officially take my body measurements until this coming Sunday at the 4 week mark, but I broke out the tailor's tape today anyway. At just over 3 weeks I've lost just over 2 inches from my waist, about an inch and a half from my hips and good progress on my uppers thighs and upper arms. With most of the weeks' workouts still to come, I anticipate even better progress on Sunday when I take my sanctioned readings.
I can also feel the results, and I don't mean things like "more energy" or "sleeping better", though both of course are true. I mean, when I feel my body, I note a difference. There is less to pinch on the sides of my torso, and good god my quads are getting hard and tight. I think by the end of Insanity you might just be able to see the definition of the muscles in my thighs.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Day 15 - Fit Test #2
DVD - Fit Test
This is my second Fit Test, taken exactly 2 weeks after I started Insanity.
For my pre-Insanity results on January 3, click here
Below are the results of Fit Test # 2, with the change from the first Fit Test in parantheses.
Switch Kicks 65 (-13)
Power Jacks 62 (+ 7)
Power Knees 116 (+15)
Power Jumps 38 (+ 6)
Globe Jumps 7 (+ 2)
Suicide Jumps 18 (+ 2)
Push-up Jacks 23 (+ 3)
Low Plank Oblique 50 (+ 4)
As you can see, I improved in every category except for the switch kicks, which leads me to believe I counted incorrectly the first time around. Either that or I wasn't doing them with proper form the first time and so was able to do more. I do know that I initially did the math wrong. The Switch Kick requires you to jump from foot to foot with a kick repeatedly, and 1 rep involves kicking both legs. I initially counted 136, then divided that by 2 to get the right number of reps. Only I did the math when I was still wheezing and feeling like I was going to fall over, sans calculator, and my math was wrong. If I did 136 kicks, that's 68 reps, not 78. Even with that miscalculation, I still think I must have counted wrong. It doesn't make sense that it would be the one area where I not only didn't improve, but back-slid.
Some of my improvements may seem miniscule (+2 or +3 reps) but the thing to note is that these improvements are in the moves that were super difficult to begin with, or as in the case of Globe Jumps, multiple moves within 1 rep (so a +2 improvement corresponds to 8 more times launching my body from a squat position and returning to said position a few feet away). One thing I noticed, is that I felt stronger during each exercise and like I was doing a better job of keeping the correct form for each exercise.
The other thing I noticed while I was doing the Fit Test this time around is that Shaun says that the two people in the Fit Test video (Tania & Chris) have already completed 60 days of Insanity by the time this DVD was filmed. That made me happy, because going into it I thought they were at the 2 week mark like I was today and I hadn't improved nearly as much as they did. But knowing they had completed the full course of Insanity was good - I'm pretty well on target to match their improvement.
This is my second Fit Test, taken exactly 2 weeks after I started Insanity.
For my pre-Insanity results on January 3, click here
Below are the results of Fit Test # 2, with the change from the first Fit Test in parantheses.
Switch Kicks 65 (-13)
Power Jacks 62 (+ 7)
Power Knees 116 (+15)
Power Jumps 38 (+ 6)
Globe Jumps 7 (+ 2)
Suicide Jumps 18 (+ 2)
Push-up Jacks 23 (+ 3)
Low Plank Oblique 50 (+ 4)
As you can see, I improved in every category except for the switch kicks, which leads me to believe I counted incorrectly the first time around. Either that or I wasn't doing them with proper form the first time and so was able to do more. I do know that I initially did the math wrong. The Switch Kick requires you to jump from foot to foot with a kick repeatedly, and 1 rep involves kicking both legs. I initially counted 136, then divided that by 2 to get the right number of reps. Only I did the math when I was still wheezing and feeling like I was going to fall over, sans calculator, and my math was wrong. If I did 136 kicks, that's 68 reps, not 78. Even with that miscalculation, I still think I must have counted wrong. It doesn't make sense that it would be the one area where I not only didn't improve, but back-slid.
Some of my improvements may seem miniscule (+2 or +3 reps) but the thing to note is that these improvements are in the moves that were super difficult to begin with, or as in the case of Globe Jumps, multiple moves within 1 rep (so a +2 improvement corresponds to 8 more times launching my body from a squat position and returning to said position a few feet away). One thing I noticed, is that I felt stronger during each exercise and like I was doing a better job of keeping the correct form for each exercise.
The other thing I noticed while I was doing the Fit Test this time around is that Shaun says that the two people in the Fit Test video (Tania & Chris) have already completed 60 days of Insanity by the time this DVD was filmed. That made me happy, because going into it I thought they were at the 2 week mark like I was today and I hadn't improved nearly as much as they did. But knowing they had completed the full course of Insanity was good - I'm pretty well on target to match their improvement.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Day 14
DVD - None
I've made it through the first two weeks, and as scheduled this morning I took my body measurements and input them into a tracking spreadsheet I created. I have no idea how much weight I've lost at this point, but I have confirmation that my body is indeed changing.
It turns out I've lost 1 1/2 inches from my waist, just over an inch from my chest and 1/2 inch from my hips. When you add up the incremental loss in other places, it totals roughly 5 1/2 inches. Not too shabby for 2 weeks! One of my goals is to lose 5 inches from my waist. If I continue at the pace of 1 1/2 inches every 2 weeks, over the course of the 9 weeks I will have lost 6 3/4 inches (9/2*1.5 = 6.75). I'm not going to count my chickens, though. I'd love it if I do that well, but I'm not going to beat myself up over it if I don't.
Tomorrow I do the Fit Test again. We'll see how much endurance I've built up in 2 weeks. The Fit Test is in lieu of one of the other workouts. This is the last time that will be true. For the rest of the program, with the exception of the very last day, I will do the Fit Test prior to one of the other workouts.
For now, I'm off to get stuff done.
I've made it through the first two weeks, and as scheduled this morning I took my body measurements and input them into a tracking spreadsheet I created. I have no idea how much weight I've lost at this point, but I have confirmation that my body is indeed changing.
It turns out I've lost 1 1/2 inches from my waist, just over an inch from my chest and 1/2 inch from my hips. When you add up the incremental loss in other places, it totals roughly 5 1/2 inches. Not too shabby for 2 weeks! One of my goals is to lose 5 inches from my waist. If I continue at the pace of 1 1/2 inches every 2 weeks, over the course of the 9 weeks I will have lost 6 3/4 inches (9/2*1.5 = 6.75). I'm not going to count my chickens, though. I'd love it if I do that well, but I'm not going to beat myself up over it if I don't.
Tomorrow I do the Fit Test again. We'll see how much endurance I've built up in 2 weeks. The Fit Test is in lieu of one of the other workouts. This is the last time that will be true. For the rest of the program, with the exception of the very last day, I will do the Fit Test prior to one of the other workouts.
For now, I'm off to get stuff done.
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