INSANE chicks!!!

gabyp0716

Hello,
I just wanted to start a new thread for all of us ladies who are in-love with the pain, sweat and hard work from INSANITY. This is for you to post your success and struggles with the program and give new comers (I'm one of them) your best tips and what you've learned from your journey. I hope this thread grows and we can get a big group encouraging each other during their INSANITY program no matter how many times you've done it, if you are just starting or what part of it you currently are doing.
Have a FANSTASTIC day!!!
Gaby

kblu0816

I'm a soon to be P90X Grad (Only two more weeks!) and i was thinking about doing the insanity shortly after I'm done with P90X (maybe wait a month and try and stay in shape on my own before starting right into INSANITY). any tips?

raymj61

"TOPIC: INSANE chicks!!! "


Disregard this post. I thought this was a thread about my current dating pool. Sorry, carry on.

kejurek

I'm so glad I found this thread! I just finished week two of Insanity and it is by far the best workout I have ever done. It's amazing how far I've come in just two weeks. The feeling of accomplishment after you finish each workout is amazingggg! haha

MLgarcia3

"TOPIC: INSANE chicks!!! "


Disregard this post. I thought this was a thread about my current dating pool. Sorry, carry on.

Bahahahahahaha!

ToddKirkwood

Ok, I'm not a lady....but a fan and user of INSANITY myself between marathon training programs. I saw a post earlier about exercise recording for DVD workouts (ie. Beach Body products). How does your group add these workouts to your daily updates?

I'm curious as well since I'll be back on INSANITY probably about November.

THX and stay with it!

Cina04

I'm so in!!!

Almost done with my first round!! Woo Hoo!!!

I started out at 175 and my current weight is 163 w/ 22 inches lost so far!!

This is like the best workout ever cause you get the results & you get a great workout even on recovery days! LOL I'm a SAHM and my husband would like to hit the gym so that leaves me no time for the gym since my kids aren't school aged yet.

This week I started to drink a pre trainer performance drink. You drink it 45 to 30 mins before you workout and it works. Usually I feel dead tired after Insanity especially when I have to do it at 6am. But this drink gives you so much energy! 25 cals per scoop.

Cina04

Oh I want to point out - in women it's common to not see a weight loss in the first month. I searched it up and asked other women about it. They didn't see a weight drop until the second month.

Week 4 I lost 2lbs
Recovery week I dropped 5lbs
Week 5 I didn't gain nor lose
Week 6 I lost 3lbs

You will see those inches move though! I measure myself weekly...you'll be amazed!!

kejurek

Oh I want to point out - in women it's come to not see a weight loss in the first month. I searched it up and asked other women about it. They didn't see a weight drop until the second month.

Week 4 I lost 2lbs
Recovery week I dropped 5lbs
Week 5 I didn't gain nor lose
Week 6 I lost 3lbs

You will see those inches move though! I measure myself weekly...you'll be amazed!!

Thanks for sharing!! I expected the weight to melt off and it wasn't so I was a little frustrated but that makes sense now. The inches lost is what kept me going. It's such a great workout I'm definitely going to stick with it and see what happens in the next month

edorice

This is day 60 of Insanity for me. We did Core Cardio & Balance this morning. It's technically a 63 day program....whatever. My husband is more of a fan of Insanity. We did one and a half rounds of P90X before starting Insanity. I can say that I haven't lost any weight on Insanity and lost 24 lbs on P90X. Needless to say, I can't wait till we get back to P90X.

We're starting a hybrid of the two programs August 30th. I started this thread on the Beachbody web-site if you care to come by and visit:
Here's the link:
http://teambeachbody.com/connect/message-boards/-/message_boards/message/69133041

Elaine

edorice

Oh! I shouldn't leave with all doom and gloom. My lower abs have gotten flatter during the program. That's saying a lot for a 40 year old with kids.

MamaRandall

I am almost done with week 4 and am loving it!!! I have only missed 2 days so far and felt guilty when I had to miss those two days!!! I have lost about 5 pounds, but have lost 2 inches in my abs, 1.5 in my hips and 1 in my butt!!! I am feeling so much stronger now than the first week! i LOVE IT!

Cina04

I also remind myself that I'm building endurance

Now when I go for walks on the way home I have urges to run! I never had the urge to run not even when I was in the Army!! lol
Although at the moment I can no longer run 3 miles w/o stopping but I do some sprint runs home lol

Most importantly I didn't start the program expecting to have a rock hard body at the end of 2 months.
I do have some body fat to melt away, so I just give it the best that I can!

I love how Shaun T tells you to Dig Deep but also listen to your body and do what you can do. I also like how the program seems REAL to me. You see other people in the video needing to take their own personal mini breaks or see everyone going at different speeds.

I was starting a Jillian Micheals workout series (shape up) but I just broke down and started crying and just started to hate my body. I don't get that feeling from Shaun T. Don't get my wrong I like Jillian but Shaun T is a better motivator for me

edorice

I also remind myself that I'm building endurance

Now when I go for walks on the way home I have urges to run! I never had the urge to run not even when I was in the Army!! lol
Although at the moment I can no longer run 3 miles w/o stopping but I do some sprint runs home lol

My endurance has improved as well, but I'm in the same position. I have yet to run for three miles straight. I went to the gym this past Saturday and still can't do it.

gabyp0716

Ok, I'm not a lady....but a fan and user of INSANITY myself between marathon training programs. I saw a post earlier about exercise recording for DVD workouts (ie. Beach Body products). How does your group add these workouts to your daily updates?

I'm curious as well since I'll be back on INSANITY probably about November.

THX and stay with it!

Hello,
I have a HRM so I use that to calculate my calories burned each workout and be able to enter as a new excersice each time.
Sorry I hope that helps.
Gaby

gabyp0716

YEY!!!!
I"m so happy to see so many "chicks" hehe replying to the post. I starting week two (I kept starting and restarting so ended up doing week one like 3 x) oh well.
I dove Shaun T and I love INSANITY. I've always liked lifting weight and doing yoga. But cardio has been my down fall you can't get me on a treadmill for more than 30 mins and I'm def not a runner. But I'm loving insanity because each time it pushes me to limits I thought I could not get to. My endurance is increasing and muscle definition is getting good, specially on my shoulders and arms which is great b/c I've always had strong legs and needed the upper body help.

mandypooh2103

Just started insanity and having a difficult time with the strength part and now I am thinking I am insane for buying the DVD I really don't want to give up but get extremely tired after the work out and I have 2 little girls to tend to at home. Do I need to purchase some type of "recovery formula" cause I don't want to feel so drained after the workouts!

kangababy

"TOPIC: INSANE chicks!!! "


Disregard this post. I thought this was a thread about my current dating pool. Sorry, carry on.

It works both ways!!! or maybe you could say INSANE chicks because we are trying to date those guy left out there!!

anyways..I have done Insanity or tried to a few times but all teh jumping bothers my legs. I try to switch up Insanity with TurboFire and other DVD just because I get bored easily!

Cina04

Just started insanity and having a difficult time with the strength part and now I am thinking I am insane for buying the DVD I really don't want to give up but get extremely tired after the work out and I have 2 little girls to tend to at home. Do I need to purchase some type of "recovery formula" cause I don't want to feel so drained after the workouts!

Try N-Xplode. My husband got me to use it starting this past Sunday and WOW the energy difference. I have two little girls also and when there are time when I need to workout at 6am and after Insanity my energy is drained. Not no more!! After I rest for about 30 mins, I'm ready to go about my day.

Now berry flavored mix I don't like to much. I'm going to try punch next. So it you do have to get use to the taste. After a few days it's not so bad lol

raymj61

"TOPIC: INSANE chicks!!! "


Disregard this post. I thought this was a thread about my current dating pool. Sorry, carry on.

It works both ways!!! or maybe you could say INSANE chicks because we are trying to date those guy left out there!!

Yeah? That would narrow it down to married women or other guys. LOL. Maybe I'll stick with the crazy ones for now.

jrsmithne

I am an Insane chick...I get up and do Insanity every morning @ 6:00am. I just started my 2nd round. I was never a cardio kind of gal, I hate (can't) run, :grumble: can't breathe when I run, and breathing is important. I know it is just a mental thing, I just find running so boring, lol I keep trying to do it, but FAIL!!

This morning was my recovery day. I did MAX recovery, let me tell you, Shaun T's idea of recovery and my idea of recovery are sooooo totally different!! :laugh: My legs were shaking when he was doing the quad exercises and lifting the heel. It was a tough workout.

Tomorrow I am going to do Plyometric Cardio Circuit. Of all the first month DVD's i find that one to be the toughest. So I will be loving life at work tomorrow!! :sad:

edorice

I am an Insane chick...I get up and do Insanity every morning @ 6:00am. I just started my 2nd round. I was never a cardio kind of gal, I hate (can't) run, :grumble: can't breathe when I run, and breathing is important. I know it is just a mental thing, I just find running so boring, lol I keep trying to do it, but FAIL!!

This morning was my recovery day. I did MAX recovery, let me tell you, Shaun T's idea of recovery and my idea of recovery are sooooo totally different!! :laugh: My legs were shaking when he was doing the quad exercises and lifting the heel. It was a tough workout.

Tomorrow I am going to do Plyometric Cardio Circuit. Of all the first month DVD's i find that one to be the toughest. So I will be loving life at work tomorrow!! :sad:

i just hate that he considers Core Cardio & Balance a recovery workout. The NERVE of him!!!

Cina04

Here's my progress so far

gabyp0716

OMG you look sooo great! All your hard work is def paying off. Keep it up. You ROCK!

MamaRandall

Here's my progress so far

Yowza!!!! I will make sure to keep at it!!! You look AWESOME!!! Make sure you reward yourself for that :flowerforyou:

Cina04

Oh I have! lol I had two very small shopping days. There was a buy one get one free shorts sale, so a I two pairs in size 11/12. Than the other day there was a 13.99 jean sale so a got a pair in size 11

It's when I'm done with round 1 I'm suppose to go shopping but some sales I can't pass up! LOL

edorice

Way to go cina. Hate him or love him, Shaun gets working on that mid-section. Good job!!!

Cina04

So today I'm trying my workout w/ a chest strap - my husband wanted one so badly so with my Bingo winnings (won 600.00 last weekend), I gave him the money. He only used it once because it was confusing and we couldn't return it because doesn't save the packaging stuff. I was upset about it cause that's money I could of used towards me like for example clothes!!! LOL

Anyways I'm figuring this watch out...It tells you so much info and you have to press so many buttons. When all I want to do is know my cals burn in x amounts of mins and learn how to rest everything back to zero.

Today I have to do max cardio and cardio abs. Last week I burned 678 cals based on my press the button HRM. So today I'm nervous....thinking with the chest strap it'll be more accurate (this HRM also has any touch). I nevours to find out that I may have been burning less cals and I would also "hate" to know I've been burning more lol

Oh Do you guys follow the cal intake from work the book says or this site. Based on the book for weight loss based on my age, height, and weight. I should consumes 2130cals (I'm guessing you don't eat back your exercise cals) on this site my daily intake is 1200 and with exercise it is usually 1600 - 2000 (base don what type of exercise i did that day

edorice

You should eat some of your calories burned. You're going to be burning 600 to 900 calories on Insanity. This is day 61 for me and I ate too little. I was doing 1500 calories and I should have been doing 1700 - 1900 calories. I haven't lost any weight during Insanity. So DON'T let your weight loss stall. Get a good protein shake to supplement calories. I take BSN Syntha - 6 and their flavors are great. The choc/peanut butter is awesome.

Cina04

I do eat half or most of my cals - for right now I'm going off of what this site goes by.

Just trying to figure out the calculation from the book if I eat the 2130 cal plus 600 - 900 (exercise cals) on top of that.
I tried setting my lifestyle at light active since I am a SAHM but I didn't lose weight at all just gain. So when I knocked it down while eating my exercise cals that is when I started losing!

Round 2 I might go by the daily intake based on the insanity calculations and see how that goes.

Cina04

oh and I take Syntha - 6 too!!

I was scared that I wouldn't like it but my husband said it taste good and it's the type lost of the soldiers in Iraq use. I also use N.O Xplode.

We are thinking about getting Cell Mass for the post workout. I like to use my Syntha 6 for a meal (i just add milk instead to keep me full longer)