#beachbody insanity

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Day 2 of Insanity.

I did the fit test yesterday and I am surprised I am not more sore. The few times I have attempted this workout I was always sore.

Won't be doing it all in a row. I know myself enough to know it will take me a few days between workouts from being sore. Plus I have two jobs so I may not have time.

The goal is at least three times per week.

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I officially started Beachbody Insanity last week, I found a whole unused kit for $5 at the digger store and couldn’t pass it up. But between terrible sleep and everyone else having a cold last week I fell off the wagon after the first workout 😭

Fitblr community! Is anyone starting/alread have and thinking of starting Insanity again that would maybe want to be my Insanity partner? I do a lot better when I have a workout partner to show up for. Would totally be down for a whole group if you guys want. IN FACT, I think I might be able to do a zoom meeting where you guys can see the video too if you don’t have the workouts.

Sooooo, Insanity zoom workouts? Anyone? I have to figure out how to coordinate it but I think that would be a great winter workout community.

There’s some jumping in there but I can go through and find no jump alternatives if there anyone who can’t jump.

*Disclaimer: Insanity is freaking hard, if you can’t do high intensity activity this is not the workout you want to do.

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Updates... Beachbody Insanity - Day 6th - REST DAY for me

July 14th Log -

Today I did NO exercise ( even though as per schedule it was plyometric cardio again) - I legit couldn't move without feeling pain. And because plyometrics is a lot of jumping that would've been waay too painful to do. And also because I believe that exercising is not a punishment for what you ate, it is a joy and celebration of what your body can do. And if at that moment my body CANNOT do, it cannot do, and I will have some rest. So I did rest day and re-feed day yesterday and I'm doing plyometric cardio today evening (15th) instead. Once I wasn't going to do any cardio, I did my re-feed day yesterday. ( or cheat day or whatever you'd like to call)   I’ve been able to maintain an average of 1200-1400 calories per day during the week ( even doing insanity) when my BMR is +-1600 calories, so, in order to avoid any binges later on, I decided to do a re-feed day on Saturday, where I eat about 1600-1800 calories, spike my metabolism a bit, and move on with my life. I had loaded masala oatmeal for breakfast;  ( with 3 tbsp tvp, and only salt black pepper, turmeric, and paprika).  pasta (actually noodles?) with tomato sauce, oregano, garlic, tofu, and chickpeas for lunch; (reading it like this is weird but it was tasting good) 2 pieces of yummy homemade chocolate peanut butter cake with coffee+vanilla soymilk in the afternoon; and upma (ready mix semolina porridge with oats) for dinner. (I had more coffee than I usually do, like 4-5 cups instead of 2 per day)

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Cardio Recovery - Beachbody Insanity Day 4 - July 12th 2018

And the recovery day is here! Yay! I will admit – It was pushing me, but I LOVED it. Have to say – I definitely will incorporate this workout in my future plans (after I’m finished with Insanity). Break a sweat without jumping that much, a lot of flexibility and balance exercises. Still, it is a cardio workout - I was sweating a lot ( also because of 32 degrees Celsius at 7:30am). Some comments:  for the squats holds and lunges hold - I wasn’t able to go through the end of the time for it. I had to stretch my legs in the middle of it. And the tabletop/glutes work: knees of the floor was too much for me.   Cardio Recovery

Warm Up: Breathing exercises, Hamstring Stretching and Lunges Stretch. Workout: 

Plank Work: - Plank Hops In and Out (stand tall, down in plank position, hop legs in and out, back up). The In and out progression goes: 1 hop-2 hops-4hops. - Plank Pulses:  8 repetitions right leg, stand tall, down in plank position again, 8 reps left leg, stand tall, back down again and now 16 reps each leg, standing tall in between. (Start to seriously sweat with this one.) - Wide Downward Dog position ( 1 min) – evolves to a hamstring stretch (30 secs each leg). - Squats – slow movements – 16 repetitions -Squat hold and pulses:  hold for 40 secs, and then 16 slow pulses. - Lunges: 16 slow repetitions - Lunges hold and pulses: hold for about 30 secs plus 16 slow pulses - Squats –16 repetitions (faster pace than before) -Squat hold and pulses: hold for about 30 secs plus 16 slow pulses - Lunges: 16 slow repetitions ( other leg) - Lunges hold and pulses: hold for about 30 secs plus 16 slow pulses (Oh My Lord: that was hard –  All that ‘holding position’ was taking a tool on my right knee (previously injured). Hold for as long as I could and still I was sweating all the way through. )

 -Plie Yoga Stretch – down on a sumo squat, take right palm to the floor, connect right shoulder pressing against the knee and left hand in the air. (Awesome stretch, but I couldn’t hold all the time.)

-Quad strengtheners: Start with the Tabletop position with knees off the floor, squeezing the inner thighs, toes on the floor – Right leg straight back and 16 pulses, child’s pose quickly to re-set, repeat with left leg. (The knees off the floor were a HUGE challenge for me.)

- Oblique Work:: Start with the Tabletop position with knees off the floor, squeezing the inner thighs, toes on the floor – Right leg back, bring to the side, trying to touch the knee to the shoulder, 16 repetitions, child’s pose quickly to re-set, repeat with the other leg. ( I managed to do 13 reps)

Hip Flexor Stretch – evolves into a kind of warrior pose, hold for 15 secs ( repeat with other leg) Table Top balance pose Knee to chest stretch Knee to Oblique stretch Hamstring Stretch Hip Opener Final Stretch – Contract and relax back, relax arms and neck, stand up.

And yo! It is Thursday and I am almost done with the first week. And yes, I am sore, I have pain in some muscles since Monday

You could say I am a bit obsessed

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Cardio Power and Resistance - Beachbody Insanity Day 3 - July 11th 2018

Workout: attempted. Completed? Not so much, to be honest. I managed to get through the warm-up, going on my own pace, and not so fast in the subsequent sets. I got really out of breath at the end of the warm-up. Somehow I made it through the stretching, stopping once or twice. The first circuit got me upset from the start (not a fan of power jumps), and it was fine in the middle, but the V-push-ups only scream injury in my head. In the Second Circuit, I had fun with the hurdle jumps, and then the Globe Jumps got me hard (heart rate spiked too high) so; I had to pause before continuing. Moving push-ups – I like the idea, but I’m not there yet BUT I was pretty content at being able to do regular full body push-ups (in small sets of 4-5, pause for a bit, and continue). Floor sprints are what I usually call Mountain Climbers. Crazy is the two curveballs Shaun usually throws at the end of the circuit. Like: ‘if you weren’t sore until now (as if), then I will make sure you’re gonna be.’ And the stretches – I am really starting to like them. (In the beginning, I thought it was going to be too much for my knees, because of lunges and all, but so far, so good.)

Cardio Power & Resistance  

Warm Up: Jogging, Power Jacks, Log Jumps, 123-123, Butt Kicks, High knees, Vertical Jumps (30 secs each exercise, repeated on a loop, no rest in between sets, 3 times, each set faster). Stretches:  Backstretch, Lunges, Hamstring Stretch Hip Flexor stretch, Warrior pose, Knees in and out (90 degrees angle), Deep  Side Lunge, Quadriceps Stretch.

 Circuit 1:  4 exercises (equals 1 set), 30 seconds each exercise, 3 times each set, 30 sec rest between sets, each time again executed faster. 

Power Jumps (I sucked) Belt Kicks Hit the Floor V-Push-ups ( I legit didn’t get this exercise, and I don’t think I performed it well at all)

In the last set, he added:  Triceps Dips, Triceps Dips with Legs up (right, then left), 30 seconds break, then the Triceps Ball Push-ups. (Managed less than half)  Comments: To start with the circuit: power jumps. Are you kidding me? It put me off because I can’t jump high. I did try them though. The ‘belt kicks’ and ‘hit the floor’ were my favorites in this one. Guess why? No jumping V-push-ups were weird. In my head, for some reason, getting into that position (head down, butt up in the air, legs straight, tiptoes like oɅ ) after all that it’s just asking to have a LOT of blood rushing to my head and try and do push-ups focusing on my triceps – I don’t know. I don’t have that much strength in my arms ( yet).

 Circuit 2: 4 exercises (equals 1 set), 30 seconds each exercise, 3 times each set, 30 sec rest between sets, each time again executed faster. 

Hurdle Jumps Globe Jumps (4 small jumps in a square – right, back, left, front) (Oh Lord) Moving Push-ups  ( need to get the hang of it) Floor Sprints (or what I call mountain climbers) – Finally something I’ve actually done before! In the last set, he added: 8 squat pulses and 8 push-ups. 

Comments: As I said before, I had fun with the hurdle jumps. For some reason, it reminded me of some warm-ups I used to do when I played volleyball...The Globe Jumps threw me off balance and got my heart rate way too high to be able to go straight to the floor and do a push-up. Every set of this circuit, I had to stop after globe jumps, wait for my pressure to normalize a bit and go on with pushups. ALSO: I don’t have (yet) enough strength to do a moving push-up – so I doing steady push-ups for this week. Floor sprints aka mountain climbers where I come from. Yay, something I know how to do - I somehow managed to do it.

 Stretches: same as before.

Overall: The workouts are getting a bit harder, some exercises  (for me) are quite difficult to keep up with the pace in the video ( I salute all those people in all these workout videos – these people inspire me) – So I am attempting to do it on my own pace. I just got so strained so fast today ( I thought maybe I would start to get my conditioning a bit better by now but I sucked.) I had to pause way too many times. A workout that in the video is 40 minutes, it took me close to one hour to finish. That made me upset - mind you: with myself. As of now: I am extremely sore.  And because the workouts are that intense – I have to make sure I am eating well enough to have energy during the workout and also to nourish my body well afterward. (meaning: I sweat a lot. Like really a lot that's not even funny, the towel legit looks disgusting. So after I do need to go straight to shower to get those minerals back) BUT  I am sleeping like a baby these last two days. (Meaning I legit sleep in the same position the whole night) LOL

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Plyometric Cardio Circuit -  Beachbody Insanity Day 2 - July 10th 2018

 What-The-Actual-Fuck was that. 

I knew beforehand was gonna be hard. I knew beforehand there would be a lot of jumping. ( I don’t do well with jumping so) I knew beforehand I was gonna get out of breath.  I knew beforehand I was gonna suck at it. ~but seriously - It was much worse. It was really tough... My heart rate kept on going too high for me to be able to finish (my heart was pumping so fast and so hard I almost fainted)  until the last part of the circuits...

What happened was: I barely managed to do the first set of the Circuit 1 completely, kept on taking breaks during the second set (overall I managed 15 seconds of each exercise) and the third one I had to sit out and wait for my heart to go back down. Then I got back to it again. Same thing for the Circuit 2.

“ALWAYS REMEMBER: FORM OVER SPEED, STAY SAFE” - Shaun T

Plyometric Cardio Circuit 

Warm Up: Jogging, Jumping Jacks, Heisman, 123-123, High knees, Mummy Kicks (30 secs each exercise, repeated on a loop, no rest in between sets, 3 times, each set faster). It is literally 10 and half minutes long, but it feels like an eternity. For me, it felt like the whole workout was right there.

Stretches:  Hamstring stretch, Lunges, Hip Flexor stretch, Warrior pose, Knees in and out ( 90 degrees angle), Deep  Side Lunge. ( i was sweating and breathing heavy through the stretches)  At some point in the stretches, Shaun T says: “keep breathing, keep sweating”  (no joke, I was dripping already)

Circuit 1:  4 exercises (equals 1 set), 30 seconds each exercise, 3 times each set, 30 sec rest between sets, each time again executed faster. Suicide Drills, Power Squats (I couldn't jump), Standing Mountain Climbers, Ski Down Jumps (its a killer)  In the last set, he added: Switch feet and Football Wide Sprints. 

Comments: Standing Mountain Climbers was a killer, Ski Down was fun, so the football sprints.

Circuit 2: 4 exercises (equals 1 set), 30 seconds each exercise, 3 times each set, 30 sec rest between sets, each time again executed faster. 

Basketball Jumps, Level 1 Drills ( 4 push-ups, 4 mountain climbers, stand up), Ski Abs, Plank Tuck in and Out 

In the last set, he added: Jabs, Cross Jacks, Uppercuts, and Attack ( jabs with the open hand, squat position). Comments: I almost give up when the drills came up, but  I MANAGED TO ONCE DO 4 FULL PUSH UP IN A ROW, you have no idea how big of a move that is. Cross Jacks got me off my balance, but it was fun. Jabs and Uppercuts in the end to kick my own ass...

Stretches: same as before.

And now I am sore. But feeling accomplished.

My husband doesn't know I am doing this program - Let’s see how long it takes for him to notice and say something...

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Okay, so... From today July 9th until the September 9th: I am going to go through the  Beachbody Insanity workout program.

As my trip to visit my family in Brazil is around the corner, I realized I need a different approach to my fitness...I really want to look and feel my best when I visit them.

As far as weight lifting I’m fairly okay - I realized my cardio is really compromised - mainly bc I work out basically by myself, no trainer, except for my husband, when he manages to check up on me. SO that conditioning isn’t happening, even working out with weights and bicycling. My husband had given me this workout videos a long long time ago ( about 4 years ago, If I'm not wrong) - and I never really bother to check on them. Until I checked it - The fit test. It was freaking scary and I couldn't see myself jumping that much - especially because:  I am overweight, I had knee problems before and therefore I thought my body couldn't take it. If this was the test, what on Earth would it be the real workout? *-* then I just left them there, with other documents and files in my computer.   Skip forward to April 2018 - I started working out with my neighbor, she comes over, we workout together and that pushed me to get better, so I could actually correct her and help her get in shape. I started doing more cardio with her  (jumping jacks, jogging, high knees, stutter steps, slow suicide jumps and all). After a while, looking for inspiration to workout with her, I stumbled across these videos again. 

As I watched it again in awe of how people could put themselves through this, I got an idea: I want to get fit enough to be able to go through the program. So I have been working out - short warm-up, weight training and bicycling/elliptical. I already put off this idea once, I was going to start in May ( so technically, according to my calendar I was supposed to have just finished) but my mind convinced me otherwise. on July 8th, I just figured: I can also get fit while doing this program. Right now I see a ‘finish’ line: the trip to Brazil. From now till then it is exactly 9 weeks.   And I need to post this here because of Accountability, Determination, and Inspiration. 

All it took was a snap of craziness and willpower for me to finally really start the Beachbody Insanity program.

This is me - right before the first fit test, measures and a body picture...

Weight:87kg Waist:91cm Chest 108cm Hips 117cm

I knew I wasn't going to do great during the fit test today.  First,  start with the warm-up: Jogging, Jumping Jacks, Heisman, 123-123, Mummy kicks and a stretch. (Legit: I was impressed with how out of breath I was already - I was like: “oh this gonna suck so bad”) The Fit Test consists of one full minute of max repetitions of the following exercises:

Switch Kicks - I did 50 Power Jacks - I did 28 ( after this I was already out of breath, thinking about giving up) Power Knees - I did 62 Power Jumps - I managed 18 ( at this exercise you get really tired) Globe Jumps - I managed to do 4  ( each rep is 4 jumps) Suicide Jumps - I did 10 Push Up Jacks - I did 10 (I managed to do 10 full form push-ups, are you kidding me?) Low Plank Oblique - I did 28

And stretch out. wooow.

I was feeling pretty miserable - but in a good way ( is there such a thing?). Tomorrow: Plyometric Cardio Conditioning (I am legit scared of it)

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Insanity Buddy Wanted!

Hey :) So I'm thinking of starting Shaun T's Insanity program again (I did the first month about 6 months ago). I really want a buddy that can help keep me accountable. 

I'm 18 and really want to get  fit.