Week #9 Posts and schedule
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YEAH BABY!!
Week 9 Schedule
Day 1: Max Interval Plyo
Day 2: Max Cardio Conditioning and Insane Abs
Day 3: Max Interval Circuit Max
Day 4:Core Cardio and Balance
Day 5: Max Interval Plyo
Day 6: Max Cardio Conditioning and Insane Abs
Day 7: FINAL FIT TEST!!
Whooop, LOOK how far we've come! Congratulations everyone, we rock. I know, self-accolades are terribly uncouth
I started with Plyo this morning and found that my thighs were so heavy, switch kicks in the warmup, yikes, and the squat pressups, wow they were tough. Got through it though, I love the Plyo session.
How are you all?
Week 9 Schedule
Day 1: Max Interval Plyo
Day 2: Max Cardio Conditioning and Insane Abs
Day 3: Max Interval Circuit Max
Day 4:Core Cardio and Balance
Day 5: Max Interval Plyo
Day 6: Max Cardio Conditioning and Insane Abs
Day 7: FINAL FIT TEST!!
Whooop, LOOK how far we've come! Congratulations everyone, we rock. I know, self-accolades are terribly uncouth
I started with Plyo this morning and found that my thighs were so heavy, switch kicks in the warmup, yikes, and the squat pressups, wow they were tough. Got through it though, I love the Plyo session.
How are you all?
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It's definitely bittersweet week for me. I will miss it so much!
Tomorrow is rest day for me and then back at it! I can't believe that long has gone by already and I was sure in the first week i would have quit!
I'm so happy to complete, and love this program. It has been so awesome to have support, encouragement and motivation from all you! I'm truly going to miss that part. I know that i will have all of that in the next program from you guys but still i feel like i'm losing a part of me....i know i'm a sap lol.
I dread when i am truly done Insanity, I feel like I won't find another workout that will challenge me the way Insanity did, or make me stronger using my body. So with this in mind I know that I will be back at Insanity again in the near future for sure. It is my soulmate workout and Shaun T is my soulmate trainer. He's pretty good eye candy too!0 -
Haha, I dont have any kind of hots for him, he just comes across as a nice guy - I find looking at Ariel more motivating because she has such a strong but soft figure! I find looking at my engagement ring motivation - thinking about my lovely dress and how I'd like to knock the socks off Mr GHS so far they fly into the lake
I'm debating 30 Day Shred and then back to Insanity. Would it increase my arm and shoulder strength I wonder, ready for the pressups of Insanity? Or maybe I should just do Insanity in the mornings still, and do 20 mins every other day of weights and shoulder presses. That might suit better - what do you think?0 -
I love looking at Shaun T, of course now that I know he is gay he won't be mine lol, however he is so motivational. Ariel and Tania are very motivational too. I get alot of motivation from that girl Mandy in the Max Intervals. I want her body! She is probably about my age too and ripped! Ariel is just a cutie patootie.
I am unsure how Jillian will be after doing Insanity. It is kinda an all over body tone workout so i'm interested to find out. I am finding as I get closer to being done Insanity that I keep jumping back and forth between workouts that i am going to do because they aren't my soulmate workouts. I am also worried that i won't get the burn tha Insanity gives me, or the feelings Insanity gives me....and you know what i'm talking about on the feelings.....when you are done its like "ahhh that was frickin' awesome!"
So i keep bouncing
I'm really truly dreading it. I have never in my life experienced that. 0 -
I thought about doing insanity too and doing weights but really if you think about it insanity works all the muscles anyways. I would have a hard time fitting it in. But hey if you can do it why not? That would be the best of both worlds and a step closer to where you want to be 0
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Mandy - is she the blonde who says skipping makes her feel like a kid in Junior High (I'm assuming thats young!), or the dark haired one who always wears a baseball cap?
YES that feeling rocks! I think I'll have a week off and then start right back in again from Week 1, rather than doing cardio recovery for a week like in the middle of Month 1 and 2. If I have a weekend or an evening that I have 20 minutes, I have 4.5kg hand weights (I know theyre small!) that I can start working on my stoopid arm and shoulder strength. I'm going to start the threads again from Week 1, I think, see if there's anyone else it helps. It keeps me accountable and it might be good for others to lurk and read.
And invest in a new sports bra.0 -
Mandy is the one who is older in Max Intervals. She wears the purple sports bra, when they do the football runs and then jump down into low plank, he goes to her for that one. The one that says she feels like a kid in Junior High is Anna. She annoys me sometimes lol. I think the one with the baseball cap is Anjolie or something Julie maybe. I think Mandy is on Plyo, she's behind Lory the army veteran.....yes i have a thing with people and their names i remember crazy things....same with stupid numbers lol.
I will definitely be doing Insanity again, i think right after 30 DS. I need another sports bra too, an extra one because you just can't wash them everyday that your sweating so much. So i'm going to have to get a couple more.
4.5 kg? Small? Those are not small woman!!! Awesome job! Those will be a really good workout just don't go too crazy you don't want to injure yourself going right to that weight. Just be careful.
I will follow your round 2 and will live through you until i start it again. I will be your cheerleader 0 -
Thank goodness you said that, I find them so heavy and everyone here said noooo you'll need to increase soon. I wonder how I'll find them after 60 days of walking presses and planks?!
Yay for cheerleaders, I'll be there for any Shredders too. It's not about doing the exact same activity on the same day, we didnt do that during insanity, it's about supporting, and dayam have we got a good support structure
Impressed with your name recall! Funny how you home in on people who inspire you..and who annoy you!0 -
lol, i see pick things on people and remember them lol. Like Anthony the burn baby burn guy who i want to smack....or the Jimmy guy who says i feel it in my butt doing the squat hooks lol.
Or the Josh guy who has hit feet too wide lol. We have an awesome support group. Definitely start smaller with the weights, the last thing you need is an injury, and form is key, if you have too much weight at first it will be difficult to ensure proper form to maximize the rewards. You are gonna totally rock it. Don't forget to do those chest flies too, that will help with the pushup part of the pushup.
And tricep dips for those triceps
OMG I'm so gonna miss Shaun T
I am kinda looking forward to Jillian's 30 DS and i'm positive i will be doing ripped in 30 too, because it worked other muscles that i haven't used in a while too. But i can focus more on getting to the advanced version more which is something that i have strived for when i did it but could never do....now I am so close I can taste it!0 -
Oh yes, good idea! I might actually watch 30DS and write down the weights and moves she used for arms so I know what to do and how many and for how long. I really like V flies...I used to do them with resistance bands because I have 'butterfly shoulders' which is not a pretty tattoo, but I had hardly any muscle between my shouder blades and terribly achey shoulders as a result. This has helped soooo much!
Jimmy I'm not a fan of, but I think it's him who's panting and says he's a coach and he needs to lead by example and almost redeems himself.
"dont let your feet get too wide.
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..Joooosh! Dont let your feet get too wide!
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..okay I'm coming to you!" Aaaaaah Josh run!0 -
lmao its funny that you can quote lmao i am literally laughing out loud!
and i think that Adrian girl "your a spinning coach aint ya.....you never wore a sports bra before insanity did ya....."
lol And yes Jimmy the lead by example guy......almost redeems himself....almost lol.
"I like killing people....i mean i like killing Akeel" lol
That big guy in the back "you can't see his abs right now, but he'll have this shirt off a little later"
"Don't overstretch peopl!"
lmao Ohhhh how i am going to miss Insanity
I'm pretty sure Jillian does 30 sec intervals with the weight stuff, for 3 minutes. I think she does it longer though because she only does 2 sets of each exercise and there are only 2 so i'm thinking she does it for 45 instead but she says 30.0 -
YES!! I was in hysterics when he corrected it to killing Akeel! I cringed when he mentioned sports bras, I would have been so miffed!
I wondered if people are almost told when to take their shirt off, when to take a break, to sort of show the things needed and show you CAN take a break if you need to? I suspect that they just get used to being told to take a break by Sean when their form aint good anymore, and used to taking off layers when they need to. I cant take any more off so I open the back door!
It's about 27 minutes when I did 30DS, when I logged it, and she does a lot of talking in between so you sometimes go over , if you keep going whilst she talks.
I did Max Cardio this morning - what session are you on today? (thursday). Might have slotted back together! I was still tired, my lovely Mr gave me an awesome head massage last night because I couldnt get to sleep - you know when you think about how you need to sleep need to sleep go to sleep why cant I sleep you have to be up in 6 hours and do Insanity so go to sleep go to sleep please come on sleep.
Head massage worked, fell asleep about 3 minutes after he stopped And this morning went well, better than I thought it would on 6.5 hours sleep! 0 -
Sweet on the head massage and yep been there with the sleeping stuff. I literally say to myself "Jess just go to sleep, Jess, go to sleep" lol
And yeah seems like its a setup with the breaks but i do like the shirts off lol. I can't take much more off either otherwise the neighbours will be complaining lol
I did max cardio today so yep we are on the same workout! Woot woot!! With Jillian i just keep going, i've done it so many times i don't really listen to her anymore lol.0 -
Yay back in sync! cool struggling with Max Interval today - my asthma is terrible at the moment with the hayfever and I hear myself breathing laboriously. Slowly breathing today! 0
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Awww that's not good. Just do what you can and don't overdo it, I don't want you on the floor blue girl!0
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Mmmmm core cardio conditioning, less than 40 minutes long...lovely! Chest got tight and I couldnt breathe whilst doing the high jumps so I just did slow careful ones, got my breathing back to carry on. ALMOST able to stay in plie during those shoulder burners...no where near as low as they do but being able to stay down makes a change from having to stand and kick out my thighs at the beginning!
It's also 5.30pm, and I normally do this at 5.45am, so 'tis likely something there that made today a bit more fun. Now, back to our mission - codenamed 'let's clean the s**t out of our bedroom'. I'm about to hop in the shower...and then scrub! Hope you're having fun weekends too :P0 -
I DID IT!! Core cardio this morning...and an hour earlier than I should have done, as I start an hour later at work on Mondays and forgot today! Was awesome popping upstairs and saying we have to go in 10 mins and Mr Fiance saying nooooo, go in 1h10. So I made porridge for us both, hopped in the shower and we had breakfast in bed rather than in a rush.
Fit test tomorrow!
Okay, so I was meant to have a week of downtime, but I'm finishing Tuesday...which means I'd either have 5 days off or 12 to ensure I start on a Monday. I'll do Level 3 30DS from Monday 8th for 6 days, break on Sunday, and then begin Insanity Round 2 on Monday 15th. Bring it on!
YAY we did it folks! How're you all?0 -
WELL......How did you all do? Did you meet or exceed your fit goals with INSANITY? Did you complete the program?
For me, INSANITY was great for the first month (6weeks). I dunno if it was the back to back weeks of life caious or if it was the MAX workouts that got me but it was not a total loss. I still did most the workouts....I did pretty good but eating could have been better. I am down 1 size and most importantly I am noticing MORE endurance and can HIT it harder and longer. It was rough on my knees though.
I will be starting a CRAZY 8 weeks of TURBOFIRE and then in September I will be doing ChaLEAN Extreme. I am not a big cardio person I am more of a LIFTER...lol..but I have ALWAYS loved Chalene's workout programs (I started with Turbo Jam back in the day).
So what are your future goals/plans? Make them or life will pass you by. I am learning this with my personal development, nothing is more important then becoming a better you on the inside as well as the outside.
It was a pleasure to work with you all and I hope that you found this group helpful. Feel free to continue posting here if you'd like. I will leave it open.0 -
Well done on getting through til now, great to hear.
Goals: keep eating healthily, enjoy all the foods, keep strength up, keep cardio levels up. Do Insanity Round 2!0 -
Great goals! Keep at it and you will be a master and ready to move on. Thanks so much for your support and encouragement throughout the 63days. You are truly awesome.Well done on getting through til now, great to hear.
Goals: keep eating healthily, enjoy all the foods, keep strength up, keep cardio levels up. Do Insanity Round 2!0 -
Morning! So, I did my fit test this morning. It was going well until I tipped water over my laptop...whoops! I was desperate for a quick drink and I had 5 seconds before Sean launched into power knees!
This is all of 'em, week one to 9:
Switch Kicks 58 66 78 92 104
Power Jacks 30 33 38 43 44
Power Knees 63 69 74 87 92
Power Jumps 18 19 26 40 46
Globe Jumps 7 7 9 8 9.75 (that .75 is important!)
Suicide Jumps 10 9 13 14 15
Push-Up Jacks 6 10 16 18 25
Low Plank Oblique 19 30 39 48 56
Now, these are at modified level, so Round 2 I'm going to do each move fully as I said. I'm fine with the numbers going more like 4/6/9/10 improvements when theyre done properly!
Then my lovely Mr measured me..got to the final one, right arm and said, hang on, I've read all the numbers wrong. We didnt have time to go back over them again so I'll measure tomorrow! Not the must successful session of Insanity :P
For the rest of the week I'm going to use the weights and get on with 30DS Level 3 for a few days. I'll start the thread for Insanity Week 1 again, with the date of July 15th on it so it might gather some more people too Loving this support group! 0 -
Aaaaaaaand measurements! So - summary: tummy, hips, underbust (and a bit of bust) down, thighs and calves and arms about the same...not sure what to think about that :P
I think that although I'm losing fat, I am increasing muscle size, as I can feel them now in my legs when I couldnt before. Anyone able to tell me if that's a fallacy or true supposition? These figures all went up in the middle and are either back to where I started or less
cm/inches
Wrist 18/07 -->17/6.7
Neck 33.5/13.2-->33/12.9
Bust 98.5/38.7-->96.5/ 38
Underbust 88/34.5-->85/33.5
Waist 81/32-->78/30.7
Hips 103/40.5-->101/39.7
Bottom 108/42.5-->103.5/40.7
Right Thigh 65/25.5-->65.5/25.8
Left Thigh 66/26-->64.5/25.4
Right Calf 37/14.5-->37.5/14.8
Left Calf 36/14-->37/14.5
Right Bicep 33/13-->33/13
Left Bicep 33/13-->33/13
Right Forearm 27/10.5-->26.5
Left Forearm 27/10.5-->26.50 -
Actually - sod that, look at THIS - it's September 2012 to July 2013. Those figures are more important
Date - Sept/jan/march/april/may/june/july (some I only took from April)
Wrist: 18/18/17.5/17
Neck: 33.5/33/33/33/33
Bust: 105/101/99/98.5/98/98/96.5
Underbust: 95/ 89/ 86/ 88/ 85.5/ 87 /85
Waist: 92/81/79/81/80/81/78
Hips: 113/103/99/103/103/103/101
Bottom: 110/103/106/108/108/110/103.5
Right thigh: 69/66/65/65/67.5/67/65.5
Left thigh: 69/65/64/66/65/66/64.5
Right bicep: 37/34/34/33/33/33/33.5
Left bicep: 36/3/33/33/33.5/33
Right forearm: 27/26.5/27/26.5
Left forearm: 27/26/27.5/26.5
so...yes, some things didnt change during Insanity but over time, measurements are changing but the mirror also shows shape changing!0 -
Awesome job ladies! I am so super proud of you! You all did really great!
I just finished my last official Insanity workout and tomorrow I will do the Fit Test and measurements. I am sad to see it go and almost broke down after I was done but I know I will be back . Its time to see what else my body can do. Everything will seem like a piece of cake more now after Insanity lol.
My goals for this month are to finish 30 Day Shred in the advanced version and to stay on track. I have to sit down and make my list of goals on what I need to do to get to Zuzana's level so that I can start marking them off. I would like to add 2 days of boxing workout, and maybe 2 days of running or 2 days of something else, maybe just weights. I'm sortof undecided which I really shouldn't be. I have to take a breather mentally on it because i'm starting to have to old feelings that "what's the quickest fix" attitude and I know its detrimental so I have to see what I can fit in. I am going to do 30 day shred and depending on the results I may do ripped in 30 for a month and then Insanity. If I am not getting the results I want, then I am going to start Insanity. I really need to focus on water and vitamins. I think I am going to put water aside everynight in the fridge so its constantly there in my face reminding me.
GHS you did so awesome! You give me so much encouragement and motivation and have picked up my spirits so many times. Your numbers are awesome and you should be totally proud! You did wonderfully. Turbomama you did so awesome too, even when life stepped in, you still kept going with what you could. You also give me motivation to just keep going. Chalene Xtreme is on my wishlist, as is Focus T25 and Les Mills both Pump and Combat. I am definitely a "need structure" kind of person and I don't think I will ever just do a program that I made up myself. I love that I have so many on my wishlist that will give different results, however I do know that my soulmate workout has been Insanity....and the weeks leading up to it I was so scared of it....and now I've completed it! We really did awesome girls and we should be so proud!0 -
hehe, I'm a structure person too, I think I will be for quite a long while and thats fine! I've had today and yuesterday off, total break which has been great cos I got more morning time with the Mr, and tomorrow I'll crack on with 30DS level 3 for the rest of the week before Insanityyyyyyy!
Well done for doing the final session! It feels weird doesnt it! Looking forward to seeing how you do tomorrow 0 -
Hello everyone!
Today would have been my very last day, but since I am three days behind my last day is Saturday!
I am so conflicted on what to do next!
a) Chalene Extreme
b) Focus t25
c) Another round of month two of insanity!
Of course, with a week or two of rest inbetween.
I am feeling rather frustrated because no results were made in the last month which seems VERY odd.
I had started this program out with two of my family members, and they both quit on me at the beginning of month two. I donno if that made a difference in me not seeing results anymore? I can't help but wonder if I didn't push as hard? I know I also had a few weeks during month two where the eating wasn't absolutely perfect. So maybe thats why. I know I got stronger, and I can get through a full session now of month two. Think I should do another round of month two to see if I get any other changes?
Thank you all SO much for the support and dedication. It was so awesome to come on here and experience it all with you! What a difference it made to have a place to vent, get encouragment, as well as to keep motivated from your experiences.
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GHS glad you got a much needed break with the Mr and you go girl with level 3 of 30DS, you rock!
Krista I didn't see much results either but you have to look at right from the beginning and compare not from just after month 1. I think you may have the same type of build as me, you may not see a huge amount of changes and if you do they are very slow because there isn't a huge amount to lose.
In the whole two months since I started Insanity I gained only 0.2 lbs and lost 8 inches from all over but I am so much stronger and have lots of energy and my stamina is very good.
Everyone should be so happy, we did it girls! We finished it! Krista you kept going when everyone else quit on you that is something to be very proud of! I'm so proud of all of you! And yes this is a great place to come and get support and encouragement and just be able to vent, and know there are others that have struggled through at times too...to know that you aren't alone.
All of your wishlist workouts Krista are on my list too. I am also looking at Rushfit too, although I don't like that he isn't actually the teacher....he just selling it with his name pretty much.
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Krista, that's so impressive well done on keeping up with the sessions when you lost your immediate supporters, that is a superb demonstration of your determination
I suspect that if I had monies, I'd be tempted to buy another series but I'm happy with Insanity so it's not too boo-hoo me :P
Looking at my month 2, I didnt make much of a change in weight or measurement either, and if I did, I think it just took me to where I was before we started month 1! The difference in knowing that now I've a better proportion of fat to muscle is a huge ego boost to push for the next lot.
Really think this group made a difference to how I did with Insanity....I've just had a thought. Rather than create a thread for Insanity week 1 and a thread for 30DS week 1 and checking each others threads, why dont we create a thread each week, which we ALL post into, about what we're working on, and how we're doing? Or each month, rather than each week, perhaps
I'll put my Insanity stuff up, you put how P90X or 30DS or whatever is going, as you do it? Since this group is actually more about the people in it, now, than purely one program. I think I'd prefer that to us having different threads! What do you all think?0 -
I would totally love it! I don't want to leave this group regardless of what program, I love the support and encouragement here. I can also live through you ghs too until I do Round 2. 0
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Cool! I'll start the first 'new' thread on Monday
Well, I just did today's exercise whilst on my Insanity break... A few months ago, Level 3 of 30DS had me only doing beginner moves. This time I was like 'rock star jumps?!' -you're just jumping with a bum kick, thats easy - after Insanity, Level 3 was nuffink!
It was still challenging, and it was great picking up the weights again - and I still poured with sweat! So chuffed I can finally do the high/low plank transitions, and all the 'proper' moves. So thanks 30DS for giving me an easy couple of weeks, I know I'll get better with you and the weights and I'll just walk away on the 15th back to Insanity....whoop!0 -
.............okay it's 2 hours later and my shoulders ache!!0
