INSANITY WORKOUT starting feb. 17 , 2013!!

Jamie you did great on that first fit test. Keep it up and you'll be crushing those numbers in no time!

Today I did plyo cardio circuit and then a round of insane abs. I should have done insane abs first as I was kinda wiped after plyo. A helpful hint - when you get to the days where you do both pure cardio and cardio abs, do the ab workout first. It won't drain you nearly as much as pure cardio and you will be able to give more in each workout.

Great job Brownie finishing week one, and Carrie for halfway thru the first week! You are both doing great!

Squashyhelen - The hardest workouts come in month 2, and I think max cardio circuit is the hardest, yet that one is my favorite as well


Jason

I did my Fit test last night! it was hard - and I'm sore today - but will reap the rewards in 60 days! Actual first day is today! Lets do this! Kick it!

Squashyhelen - The hardest workouts come in month 2, and I think max cardio circuit is the hardest, yet that one is my favorite as well

Jason

OMG what?? @_@ I already have to prep talk myself each time before I click play - "Helen you can do this, have faith, look at all those other people who go insane results." Hopefully by the time month 2 rolls around I'll be better able to handle harder. Right now I'm just trying to not drown!

I'm super impressed by the improvements from others here! I barely managed to scrape through the pure cardio today, but DID NOT press pause! What exercises are you guys finding the hardest? By the time the vid gets to "ski jumps" I'm usually dead!

I cant tell you about the pure cardio yet ( bad disk) but I can say that the tricep workouts on the cardio power disks I cant do. I can do the dips and a couple of the one leggers.. but the squatting V things. noway. Hopefully Ill work my way there. I try them and then do pushups or more regular dips in place of them

Oh yes! I forgot about the dips! One leg dips - who the heck does those??

We're truly crazy.

There is no reason you won't melt that stomach a little, or even a lot with insanity. If you want to look I have my before and after pics up on my beachbody profile. You can search me out there under this same screen name. Just remember that 80% of the battle is in nutrition. I loosely followed the insanity elite nutrition guide using all the recipes that I liked. Sometimes making minor adjustments for taste as I needed.

Jason

I don't have the food guide! My dad gave me his insanity and he can't find the nutriorional book! I think my mom trew it out by accident. I live paleo so normally i eat very well:) except today cuz me and my roommate made paleo cupcakes and I had three! Oops they were just tasty this is why I don't normally cheat haha but fortunately there only 70cals each. Oh well Tomo
Will be better .

Hey btw, my friend runs a paleo-foods company and a recipe / food blog if you're interested: http://louisesfoods.com/ and http://ancestralchef.com/#sthash.c2YKWVXo.dpbs

There is no reason you won't melt that stomach a little, or even a lot with insanity. If you want to look I have my before and after pics up on my beachbody profile. You can search me out there under this same screen name. Just remember that 80% of the battle is in nutrition. I loosely followed the insanity elite nutrition guide using all the recipes that I liked. Sometimes making minor adjustments for taste as I needed.

Jason

I don't have the food guide! My dad gave me his insanity and he can't find the nutriorional book! I think my mom trew it out by accident. I live paleo so normally i eat very well:) except today cuz me and my roommate made paleo cupcakes and I had three! Oops they were just tasty this is why I don't normally cheat haha but fortunately there only 70cals each. Oh well Tomo
Will be better .

I have a friend that follows the paleo diet and workouts out like mad also. She has managed to lose 4 pounds over about 2-3 weeks working out with cardio as well as weights, and she has very little to lose eating 2500cals/day. I think you will be just fine! Don't worry about the cupcakes, we gotta indulge every now and then. I gave in to a reese egg yesterday and have no regrets!

I have been doing insanity for almost a month. I will not lie, it is hard. But SO SO worth it ! Good luck.. you can do it

I don't have the food guide! My dad gave me his insanity and he can't find the nutriorional book! I think my mom trew it out by accident. I live paleo so normally i eat very well:) except today cuz me and my roommate made paleo cupcakes and I had three! Oops they were just tasty this is why I don't normally cheat haha but fortunately there only 70cals each. Oh well Tomo
Will be better .

You can find the food guide here:
http://www.teamunify.com/cast/__doc__/Insanity Nutrition Guide.pdf

I was set to go on it..actually started it but found out I have a torn ligament in my ankle so back to the bike. Its hard on the joints but it can be done.

shame you had to stop, but still a good choice. definitly shouldnt do insanity with an injury.

Is anyone else doing a roadmap? I've been doing one for 2 weeks now and I'm not logging my exercise because my calories are already configured. I just haven't lost any weight yet since I've started.

I just didn't know if anyone has any advice.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

Wow, alot of information on that link! I don't follow that, but I feel as long as you are eating healthy and at a deficit you will lose fat. Notice there I said fat, not weight. On the beachbody forums I've read over and over people early in the program not lose weight initially, and some even gain a pound or 2.

Now, on to the whole scale and weight thing. Throw away the scale!! You will do much better to measure your success in your measurements. I take my measurements once a week on my chest, waist, hips, upper arms, and thighs. I've slowed in my weight loss, but I've still had noticeable losses in measurements. Weight can fluctuate up to 5 pounds in a day. Add in days where your sodium intake might be high and cause you to hold on to water, as well as the normal female cycle, and you can see why using a scale can make one go mad! Keep doing what you are doing, eat healthy, and at a healthy deficit, and you will get the results you are striving for.

Sure did! I did cardio recovery also, along with insane abs. Those squat holds and pulses in cardio recovery are a beast! Today will be pure cardio and upper body weight training.

Just finished Plyo Cardio Circuit. That workout gets me every time. How is everyone else doing? I can feel myself getting stronger with the level 1 drills. Happy Friday everyone!