Dare I say the workouts are getting easier? I guess easier isn't the right word, but I'm making it through with fewer breaks. The breaks I do take are much later into the workout, usually during the exercises done from plank position (ski abs - oh how I hate you while I love you). My shoulders and arms just can't hold up to last to the end. But, I'll take any progress as good progress. I noticed my husband is much further into his stretches than he was when we started too (which wasn't very far at all). And no more back pain for me - guess I improved my form.
My view so far: The workouts are intense and effective. I think my belly went down a little already and my butt is firmer. I do wish there were more muscle building exercises incorporated, but Insanity was not meant to be that kind of workout - although I did pick up the upper body weight training DVD via eBay that apparently came with the deluxe Insanity package. Guess I just miss the weight training from my P90X run and I have gone back to them on my rest days so far. The ideal program would combine Insanity's cardio and P90X's weight training - that would be awesome! I'm also getting bored with the warm up already. It's the same thing for the same 9 minutes most of the week. A little more variety would have been nice. But, I like it. I feel so good and energized when I'm done. The ultimate endorphin rush! My husband has thanked me about a dozen times so far for getting him to do this. Now that's something! We will keep pushing play and digging deeper until we get to the end.
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I hated the warm up... and I hated the month 2 warm up even more. That's the only bad thing with Insanity... You're doing the same warm ups and same routines multiple times through the week. Looking back I can't believe I went through it TWICE!
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely going to do a hybrid of both.. seems like the best of both worlds!!!
You're going to make me preview the month 2 now just so I now what Im in for. LOL Yeah, I think 63 days will about do it for me. I give you tons of credit for 2 rounds. Next for me will be P90X again subbing out those cardio days with Insanity.
ReplyDeleteLOL... I'll be doing that with ya!
ReplyDeleteI've been wanting to try these workouts for months. I just d/l the P90X ab ripper. I'll give it a try tonight. Nice to hear you're seeing results. That's motivating for me. Like your husband, I Thank you. =)
ReplyDeleteThat's great Ree. I hope you come back and let me know what you think. Ab Ripper is called that for a reason! LOL
ReplyDeleteLaura - that's cool! Maybe our start dates will synch up. I'll be interested to see what kind of schedule you make up.
ReplyDeleteMy obliques hurt and buuuuurn! I love it! I'm looking forward to trying some of the other parts today. As intense as Mr. Horton seems, I love that his appraoch is 'do what you can'. He has a way of making everyone feel as though they're on the same level, no matter what they can do.
ReplyDeleteI used to train professionally, 4-6 hours a day, 10 years ago. These days my workouts have been relegated to, maybe 30 minutes 4 days a week. =/ I'm really looking for something ti whip me into shape again and this seems like the perfect program for me.
Thanks for inspiring me to fianlly try it. =)
that's awesome Ree!! I'm so glad you are enjoying it. I do think it's the best for whipping someone, especially who used to train as much as you, right back into killer shape. I hope you continue to enjoy and update me. Such great news!! :)
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