Insanity Workout
Discussion
Ruskie said:
Ruskie said:
First off big thanks to Johnny who took the time to get these workouts to me. Cheers mate
Bit of background...I used to be a professional footballer from leaving school. Stopped about 6 years ago and fitness has been on the wain since. Currently work shifts and have had spells of hitting gym. Got down to around 16 stone last year. The last year however I have been lazy and done very little beyond play a bit of 5 aside footy. Lost all tone and put weight on. Looking for a spark and hoping this is it!
6ft 4 and weigh 17st 6lb. My target weight whilst playing football was 14s 7lb!!!
Just done the fitness test post night shift! It was tough but over soon enough. I am used to going into dark places with fitness as pre-season training used to be very painful and involved breaking mental barriers. I think this will be useful in the weeks to come!
Switch kicks - 104 (singles)
Power Jacks - 38
Power Knees - 67
Power Jumps - 21
Globe jumps - 10
Suicide Jumps - 18
Push Up Jacks - 18
Low Plank Obliques - 34
Will try and keep a track on here. There are going to be odd days missed due to shift work/family commitments but I am hoping they are minimal.
Just completed week 2 and done the fitness test. I have had some great results.Bit of background...I used to be a professional footballer from leaving school. Stopped about 6 years ago and fitness has been on the wain since. Currently work shifts and have had spells of hitting gym. Got down to around 16 stone last year. The last year however I have been lazy and done very little beyond play a bit of 5 aside footy. Lost all tone and put weight on. Looking for a spark and hoping this is it!
6ft 4 and weigh 17st 6lb. My target weight whilst playing football was 14s 7lb!!!
Just done the fitness test post night shift! It was tough but over soon enough. I am used to going into dark places with fitness as pre-season training used to be very painful and involved breaking mental barriers. I think this will be useful in the weeks to come!
Switch kicks - 104 (singles)
Power Jacks - 38
Power Knees - 67
Power Jumps - 21
Globe jumps - 10
Suicide Jumps - 18
Push Up Jacks - 18
Low Plank Obliques - 34
Will try and keep a track on here. There are going to be odd days missed due to shift work/family commitments but I am hoping they are minimal.
Weight - 16s 8lb (Lost 10lb) I am delighted with the loss, clothes feel better fitting and looser. I have been eating very clean for 90% of the time with the odd treat. Minimal carbs with lots of protein, fruit and veg.
Switch kicks - 118 > 114
Power Jacks - 38 > 58
Power Knees - 67 > 86
Power Jumps - 21 > 32
Globe jumps - 10 > 13
Suicide Jumps - 18 > 21
Push Up Jacks - 18 > 25
Low Plank Obliques - 34 > 48
Feeling very happy and motivated going into week 3.
One tip I have is if I am feeling hungry/tempted I fire up instagram (google would work) and put in the hash tag inanityworkout and it brings up a load of pictures that keep you focused on why your eating healthy and working out so hard.
One thing I have noticed is now my body is fitter, it is my aerobic capacity that is being tested. I mentioned going to dark places in training and I have found that dark place today during the fitness test. Before it was my legs giving out before lungs but today it was the other way round. That dark place where you literally can't get enough oxygen in your body to compensate. Still the test results speak more than I can.
Switch kicks - 104 > 118 > 130
Power Jacks - 38 > 58 > 68
Power Knees - 67 > 86 > 96
Power Jumps - 21 > 32 > 36
Globe jumps - 10 > 13 > 13
Suicide Jumps - 18 > 21 > 22
Push Up Jacks - 18 > 25 > 42
Low Obliques - 34 > 48 > 54
Getting some good results there - particularly the switch kicks!
As has been said on here before the second month is a killer but you get used to it after 3/4 days - pretty much in the same way as the first month. I found the max plyo the toughest of the three main workouts and enjoyed the max cardio/cardio abs the most. I still do 3/4 workouts a week having finished a couple of weeks ago and struggle like mad to complete the exercises in max plyo (particularly circuit 2 which for me is a total git).
As has been said on here before the second month is a killer but you get used to it after 3/4 days - pretty much in the same way as the first month. I found the max plyo the toughest of the three main workouts and enjoyed the max cardio/cardio abs the most. I still do 3/4 workouts a week having finished a couple of weeks ago and struggle like mad to complete the exercises in max plyo (particularly circuit 2 which for me is a total git).
z4emsee said:
Getting some good results there - particularly the switch kicks!
As has been said on here before the second month is a killer but you get used to it after 3/4 days - pretty much in the same way as the first month. I found the max plyo the toughest of the three main workouts and enjoyed the max cardio/cardio abs the most. I still do 3/4 workouts a week having finished a couple of weeks ago and struggle like mad to complete the exercises in max plyo (particularly circuit 2 which for me is a total git).
Max Plyo has left me a broken man. Sat in a sweaty heap on the patio for 10 mins after. You were right about set 2! As has been said on here before the second month is a killer but you get used to it after 3/4 days - pretty much in the same way as the first month. I found the max plyo the toughest of the three main workouts and enjoyed the max cardio/cardio abs the most. I still do 3/4 workouts a week having finished a couple of weeks ago and struggle like mad to complete the exercises in max plyo (particularly circuit 2 which for me is a total git).
Had a disastrous session today. I've got a stinking cold, which I think is the main reason; was debating whether to do it or not before I started, then think I just made myself excuses all the way through.
Felt absolutely exhausted at the end, but had barely broken a sweat. Hope tomorrow is better as feel like I am going backwards the last few days!
Felt absolutely exhausted at the end, but had barely broken a sweat. Hope tomorrow is better as feel like I am going backwards the last few days!
Nyphur said:
Still feeling under the weather today but really pushed as hard as I could and feel like I've done really well, especially as it was cardio power and resistance which I usually don't enjoy so much.
How is everyone else getting on - anyone approaching the finish?
I had a poor session today. Get up yesterday and it was torrential rain. I have to do it on patio as I'm too big to do it inside! Anyway decided to do a kettle bell session instead indoors. Bad move.How is everyone else getting on - anyone approaching the finish?
Got up this morning and felt stiff. Lacking motivation which is unusual for me. I also had food too soon to,starting. Didn't have a Pre workout boost drink I normally have and then put wrong work out on and did max interval sports training. Got through it but lacked any kind of spark. Put it down to sleep pattern (after nights), kettle bell day before and just lethargy. Still pleased I got through it.
Ruskie said:
Nyphur said:
Still feeling under the weather today but really pushed as hard as I could and feel like I've done really well, especially as it was cardio power and resistance which I usually don't enjoy so much.
How is everyone else getting on - anyone approaching the finish?
I had a poor session today. Get up yesterday and it was torrential rain. I have to do it on patio as I'm too big to do it inside! Anyway decided to do a kettle bell session instead indoors. Bad move.How is everyone else getting on - anyone approaching the finish?
Got up this morning and felt stiff. Lacking motivation which is unusual for me. I also had food too soon to,starting. Didn't have a Pre workout boost drink I normally have and then put wrong work out on and did max interval sports training. Got through it but lacked any kind of spark. Put it down to sleep pattern (after nights), kettle bell day before and just lethargy. Still pleased I got through it.
Had my final recovery day of month 1 today, so 2 more "proper" workouts before the rest week... noticed the last couple of days my knees and ankles are feeling achey and odd. For those of you who crack your knuckles, my knees have that feeling your knuckles get before you crack them... like they are swollen and full of air. Presumably I've had poor form the last few days (been under the weather, as per my posts!) and done a bit of damage?
db10 said:
i did the first session of month 2 on Tuesday night - my hamstrings and knees were killing me, I had to bring my rest day forward to wednesday to allow my hamstrings to recover, definitely insane !
I'm only on month one but I'm finding my lungs give out before my muscles in most cases.I'm asthmatic which doesn't help, but its one of the reasons that I'm considering re-running month one before going on to month 2. Don't know if I will be able to handle it!
So, Monday. Month 2 begins. Is it significantly harder? or is it more like an extra 20 % effort?
I wish I'd taken a photo of myself before I started. I didn't because I was convinced there wouldn't be a visible difference. At 6ft 3 and something like 73 kg there is very little fat to burn and thanks to swimming already looked ok. But, but! More definition in the abs, bit more meat on the pecs (swimming tends to just work the upper/outer part of the abs... so you end up with defined, but flat pecs or slightly pigeon chested) but all these press-ups are having an effect. And weirdly my back, if you arch the back slightly and feel those two muscles that run either side of the spine... those are feeling thicker.
One oddity though, doing the recovery week exercises was stiffness/soreness in the lats! I thought it was because I did some stretchcordz afterwards, but my GF also had the same. We were scratching our heads thinking which exercise was responsible for that! I think it was the moving plank walks, but I just don't know.
I will be very interested to see how my race pace has improved in the pool! I feel, how should I put it, more robust? Like the effort I am putting in is hard and Im feeling it but its not running me down, I can just keep going a bit longer.
When insanity is over, what do people do? Do you start over? or just cut down to a few times a week, doing the DVD's that you think you'll get the most from? Do you try to make the videos harder ? i.e. wearing ankle / wrist weights, using small weights (for squatting, goblet squats) or tubing to add more resistance?
I wish I'd taken a photo of myself before I started. I didn't because I was convinced there wouldn't be a visible difference. At 6ft 3 and something like 73 kg there is very little fat to burn and thanks to swimming already looked ok. But, but! More definition in the abs, bit more meat on the pecs (swimming tends to just work the upper/outer part of the abs... so you end up with defined, but flat pecs or slightly pigeon chested) but all these press-ups are having an effect. And weirdly my back, if you arch the back slightly and feel those two muscles that run either side of the spine... those are feeling thicker.
One oddity though, doing the recovery week exercises was stiffness/soreness in the lats! I thought it was because I did some stretchcordz afterwards, but my GF also had the same. We were scratching our heads thinking which exercise was responsible for that! I think it was the moving plank walks, but I just don't know.
I will be very interested to see how my race pace has improved in the pool! I feel, how should I put it, more robust? Like the effort I am putting in is hard and Im feeling it but its not running me down, I can just keep going a bit longer.
When insanity is over, what do people do? Do you start over? or just cut down to a few times a week, doing the DVD's that you think you'll get the most from? Do you try to make the videos harder ? i.e. wearing ankle / wrist weights, using small weights (for squatting, goblet squats) or tubing to add more resistance?
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