Lately, i've been doing a heck of a lot of baking. I've always been pretty good in the kitchen, but baking from scratch only happens every once in a while. Prior to about 2 months ago, I hadn't truly COOKED anything in about a year and a half. So, it was time. I may post later about what I cooked, but that's not the point of this post.
The point is that I've been baking, spending a ton of time on the computer, and watching TV more often than not. Sitting + baking/eating = more lbs and that's the last thing I want to do. I've been riding a stationary bike 2 maybe 3 times a week, but it's not doing anything for the lbs. Good for staying healthy though. Today, i get the genius idea to start the Insanity workout by Shawn T. Stupid, stupid idea.
The 60 day transformation workout starts with Shawn telling you he's going to ask you to dig deeper than you usually do with your workouts. Easy peasy. I am persistent, so no biggie. First things first...how fit are you...or am i in this case. I knew I was starting at a pretty low point, because I haven't been working out regularly. The Fit test is designed to see how many reps you can do of various exercises (1 min each) without dying. I did better than I thought I would, but by the time I got to the last exercise I was spent. The exercises are below.
I looked at this before starting and wasn't too intimidated, but seriously, how many times have you ever done 8 exercises repeatedly for 1 minute each. Me...Never.
Anyway, my numbers in order of the pictures above were 70, 20, 70, 15, 6, 3, 14, and 1.
I think I pulled something in my left shoulder during the 1st exercise which really had me straining for the remaining 7, but I didn't give up until the low plank oblique. I can barely lay on my back and lift each leg to my each hip. I am going to really have to pray in order to this one.
I have never felt like I felt today after the workout and I'm no novice to working out. I can gym it up 5 days a week for 2.5 hours and be just fine. This is new to me...taking me back to my college days when I stepped in the gym for the 1st time and couldn't do 3 minutes on the elliptical.
All in all, it was okay. I plan to do it tomorrow and every day after that until I reach 60. My Insanity cycle should end on January 1st. I'll see if i can last that long.
I won't post before pics until I have after pics.
Join in on the fun. Insanity for everyone!
Happy Health!
