Insanity start date- Nov 15th

I'm in!!! I've tried it before too and got to the 15 days mark or something. I have the time so let's do this!!

Okay - THis will keep me on track! I have the tapes and have not used them and now I have a reason to start!! I am ready

I'm in. I've had it for a couple weeks but I've been so busy that exercise fell off horribly. I'll be taking the fit test this afternoon. Gotta admit... I'm more than a little scared.

We have a group of people who workout at lunch here in my office. Since the running season is pretty much over here in Maine, we are starting Insanity today. It will take us longer than the 60 days to complete, as we will be doing this 4-5 days during the week. But we are going to follow the calendar and not skip any workouts. Might just take us 90 days to finish instead. I am hoping for great results as a group!

I got to about 17 minutes (The beginning of the basketball drills) left and said, "To hell with this." I know why they call it insanity now, but I am not giving up on the program. Trying to keep pace with the video is too fast, so tomorrow I am going to dial it back and just work on getting through each interval rather than bumping up the intensity so much.

Just have to remember that those on video have more athletic prowess than the every-day Joe or Jane, so comparison to them just isn't fair. Eventually it might be fun to compete with them, but for now, not so much.

No quitting half way through the routine today. Just kept myself going at a steady pace and tried to keep extra rests to a minimum. Much better than yesterday. Hope you all have fun with today's workout!

Today was a good workout, but I found my HRM to be a little bit of a hindrance to push as hard as I probably could have. I'm wondering if I should change my "In the Zone" settings to allow me to push a little more to my max. It starts beeping crazy at me when I get above 168. Thoughts?

Been quiet on this thread the last day or two so I'll chime in so that people don't think it's dead. I just finished the last workout for this week and am pleased to say I made it through week 1. That first day was nuts, and the run through the plyometric cardio went much better today. I was still pushing, but wasn't competing with the video so much. Looking forward to the break tomorrow and then picking it back up on Monday.

As to Elle, I say welcome to ya! I chose this program exactly because it was getting colder outside and because of how hard it is to drag my butt out of bed in the morning to run in the snow. This is much better where I just pull on my shoes, turn on my fan, and throw the DVD in my computer.

I'd say your space should be alright. I don't have a lot of room to move around, but am still able to do most. The hardest thing for me is having a ceiling that is too low. If your space doesn't work, I hope you can find another one and keep up with us.

Wow I just completed the first real day! now here I am after I took a shower of course, feeling very refreshed and accomplished, but oh boy was it a challenge!! I got through most of the exercises but on some i had to stop and jog in place, and then when they started the next exercise i'd join in again. I am ok with this as it leaves some room for improvement and a challenge to keep me going! but whoa. it is tough. it went by a lot quicker than I thought it would, however!

Unsure of how to record it in my exercise diary, as I have no idea how many calories I burned. maybe as plyometrics or circuit training? I'll do a conservative estimate for this time. but my heart rate was around 185 during most of the intervals!! crazy! I don't really care about accurately recording calories burned as long as I am pushing myself hard and not getting my heart rate to a dangerous level, im good!

Surprisingly, I have a lot of energy today even after Insanity! I am glad because it would be harder to stick with if I am totally run down Hopefully it stays that way.

I wish i could find out how many calories I really burned, I recorded like 100 lower than I most likely burned, just to be sure I don't over estimate.

I also thought it would be an awesome idea to take my resting heartrate at the beginning of this and record it and compare it to the end. Today it is 56 bpm. I am hoping to get it down towards 50 by the end. when I was doing spinning class 6x per week it was at 53.

I am already looking forward to tomorrow!! I have to wake up early since i have to be at work by 8!