Insanity Day 30 Progress

Ok, so yesterday was my day 30 mark of the Insanity program and I wanted to do a little mini review to let you know how I am feeling about the program so far.  I have tried many Beachbody programs from doing 90 days of P90X at home to trying several programs at Beachbody Fit Clubs.  I have enjoyed all of them in one way or another, but Insanity has been by far my favorite!  Shaun T is an incredible motivator and pushes me to my limits and beyond for every workout.  This is both a blessing and a curse because I have been right on the edge of injury throughout this entire program.  I get so into it that I push my body too hard sometimes.  This is definitely something I try to be aware of and I noticed it after finishing Fit Test 2 and my back pain kicked in.  This program requires you to do a few things that in other programs you might not take seriously.  First, STRETCH your body out!  Don't skip, ignore, or half ass the stretching routines when they come up.  This can lead to you getting injured!  Second, COOL DOWN your body at the end of the workout so you don't get cramped up and injured.  I know by the end of the workout you want to just turn it off and go lay down for awhile, but finishing up with the cool down is crucial to avoiding injury.  The last thing I will mention is to create a safe environment to do your workouts.  I had heard all the horror stories about people injuring their knees and ankles from all the high impact moves in this workout.  I prepped my workout area with some exercise mats that I purchased at Walmart for cheap.  I also wear proper shoes and I am conscious of my form when jumping and landing as to not bang my joints.

Insanity Workout Shoes and Sleeve For My Knee

Mats covering my workout area

Fit Test 2 Results

So today marks day 15 of Insanity and I took my second Fit Test.  I am happy to report that I have improved on my numbers for every movement!  Some of my gains were significant and some were minor, but the good news is I am improving and feel stronger then ever!

Insanity update

It has been awhile since I posted on here, but I want everyone to know that I am still bringing it with the workouts!  I am loving Insanity and it pushes me to my limits and beyond.

Insanity 1 - Hunter 0

Today was my first real day of Insanity and holy crap was it intense!  For starters, the warm up felt like a full workout in its self!  I had to really dig deep to bring it all the way through.  I am positive that this program is going to get me the results I want.

Insanity Day 1 Fit Test

Damn it feels good to break a sweat again!  After 21 days on the Ultimate Reset I finally get to go back to working out.  Most people would slowly transition into something less intense after not working out for so long, but not me!  I'm going all out and pushing myself to new limits!  Today is day 1 and I started out with the fit test.  I have never done Insanity before so I don't know if my numbers are impressive, but I gave it everything I had.  Check it out:

Getting my home gym ready for Insanity

On Monday I will be starting up my next Beachbody program.  So far I have experience with P90X and The Ultimate Reset...next in line is Insanity!  I had some fitness mats that I had laid out on the floor that I used during plyometrics in P90X, but they always slid all over the place.  I didn't want that to happen with Insanity so I bought some wide Gorilla tape and taped them to the floor so they won't slide.  I just wanted to give you guys a sneak peak of my hard work.  Check it out: