Starting Insanity - need support to get through this!

It gets easier.

Eat right and it will definitely get alot easier (it feels like you are breaking your body down to me. The 40/20/40 macro has worked out fine for me).

I'm on my second round, this time, I'm doing two different programs morning and night, one is still Insanity.

I'm on the floor with my laptop, just finished max interval sports training.

I think I'm gonna lay here awhile... but I finished it, that's what matters.

I'm not at the 'gets easier' stage (day 6) but I'm right with you on cramps -especially on butt kicks! feel free to add me as a friend if you want to share your journey -I'm currently laying in bed delaying pushing the play button today lol.
Can I ask how everyone is recording their Insanity work outs? I added mine with zero calories as I worked out my calorie intake using the Insanity nutrition guide which I understand already accounts for the expenditure?
Good luck to everyone on their challenge

I started insanity yesterday too - just about to begin day 2! We can do this haha

You can all do this. Keep on pressing play. The first time ever that I did insanity, I had a nosebleed :laugh: but I still went back to it the next day and the next. I'm on another round, Day 58 :drinker:

I have tried doing it but it just way too much for me to for a start. So I am doing something easier for now.

My friend said strictly follow the diet with the exercise.

and I say to you. take it one day at a time.

I completed one round of Insanity so I know your pain LOL. It's hard but it's worth it if you stick with it. Just do the best you can, go hard for as long as you can. Don't try to stay with them go at your own pace. You'll do great! Good luck to you!

It won't seem like it is getting easier for a while because each day you will be pushing yourself to the max. But, eventually you will notice that your "max" starts to change and you will realize that you are doing things that you weren't able to do before. After Insanity I started pushing myself in other types of exercise and realized I could run faster and longer than I ever had before. Stick with it! I promise you won't regret it!

i did the fit test for insanity and i literally cramped right at the beginning and started to see dots halfway through it.... and then when i completed it, i passed out in my own sweat puddle. That was too intense for me and passing out like that is scary. so im going to try to get a bit more fit before i give insanity another go. You guys are AMAZING for sticking it in! Good luck on your results :-) One day, i will be able to complete insanity fully .... or at least get past the fit test. lol

I've just started today. The fit test was pretty hard so I'm dreading tomorrow! Feel free to add me

Thanks all for your encouragement! Day 3 was surprisingly a little easier on me (mentally, not physically ha!) I'm looking forward to seeing some inches come off. Pounds would be a bonus; I like to look at the size of my jeans rather than a scale to measure progress Still can't do full-form pushups when he asks me to - still on knee pushup stage, but I hope someday I can keep up. I think what helped today was not looking at the screen during the exercises and focusing on what my own body could do. Watching the video, I get discouraged by how fast they can go compared to me. Good luck everyone!

Exactly! Looking at the screen just saddened me when I first began Insanity. I thought I was a complete failure, but then realized everyone doing the workout had already done the 60 day program and some of them are even trainers and/or beachbody coaches! And actually, by the end of month 1, you'll notice that you're pretty much keeping up with everyone in the video, which is super exciting. :happy:

Oh my GOSH. I just did the fit test. I can't believe I finished! I didn't get high marks in some of the last few exercises, but holy crap, I'm so glad I finished. I'm dying right now and I'm exhausted, and I feel as though I am literally melting through my pores.

Tomorrow begins a new day, and another workout. Ugh, this is going to suuuuuuuck! But I'm going to do as much as I can each time, and only get better at it.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF US STARTING! This is my FIRST time trying it.


Also...how the heck do I log this!?

Redlybird, if you don't have a HRM, use "circuit training" to log it. Do not log the whole thing though - the stretch at the end and the strech after the warm-up don't count. Usually if the workout took 40 minutes I logged 30 max, if it took an hour, I logged 45-50 minutes. Just be honest with yourself.

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I started Insanity on the 1 st. Pretty much matched Tanya's results in the fit test. Tonight was pure cardio, that was tough but I feel great afterwards.
I am already pretty fit and using insanity to push me even further and get back all the muscle tone I lost when I was pregnant. Not looking to loose weight, looking to build muscle and increase my fitness level.
Feel free to add me.

Started the fit test tonight! OMG barely made it through. It was tough but doable. I only workout about once a week so this is completely different than what I'm used to.

Hey guys!
I'm on day 3 of insanity and after the first two challenging days I realized I was stopping all the time during the workout and feeling like I was going to die. Sooooo... To help push myself and keep going I put up motivational pictures all around my living room where I could see them while doing insanity, it really helped!! When I felt like giving up half way through an exercise I would look up and see a quote or picture telling myself to keep going and it worked ^_^
You guys should try it
My favorite quote to help push me was

"Crawling is Acceptable
Falling is Acceptable
Puking is Acceptable
Crying is Acceptable (and i definitely cried lol)
Pain is Acceptable
Blood is Acceptable
QUITTING IS NOT "