Monday, August 27, 2012

Wrapping up Insanity

So I finished Insanity (63 days). I didn't take any measurements until week 3, so I'm not sure how much change actually happened, but here are the details:

Day 21 (inches) Day 63 (inches)
Neck 13 Neck 12.5
Waist 28.5 Waist 27.5
Hips 37 Hips 37
L thigh 21.5 L thigh 20.5
R thigh 21.5 R thigh 20.75
Wrist 5.5 Wrist 5.5
Forearm 8.5 Forearm 8.75

My butt/hips remain mysteriously immune to Insanity.

My fit test results:
Fit test 1 Fit test 2 Fit test 3 Fit test 4 Fit test 5
Day 1 Day 15 Day 36 Day 50 Day 63
Swith kicks ? 52/104 57.5/115 61/122 65/130
Power jacks 40 47 53 55 57
Power knees 80 110 114 120 124
Power jumps 30 35 38 41 52
Globe jumps 7 9 10 10 10
Suicide jumps 12 15 16 16 17
Push-up jacks 21 28 34 39 42
Low plank oblique 55 64 68 65 68

Switch kicks are supposed to be 2 kicks = 1 rep, but a lot of people count each kick, so I listed both.

And here are the before and afters:


The first column is day 1, the second column is the end of month 1, the final column is the last day of Insanity.  I can see a pretty big difference from column one to column two. Not so much from column two to three. I see slight changes, but I'm happy with the results. I didn't really do so well with the nutrition aspect. Most days I did just fine, but then there would be the inevitable day where I ate a ton of crap and whatnot so I'm not surprised I don't have dramatic changes like some of the people who use Insanity. I'm getting about diet and nutrition. I never buy junk and I stopped drinking soda years ago. The main problem is if I want to go out with my husband or our families invite us over for dinner--they do not cook nearly as healthy, quite the reverse. Oh well, life is a balancing act I suppose.

As far as my exercise routine, I'm going to repeat the recovery week. I have p90x coming from a friend supposedly. Hopefully it will get here before next Monday. If not, I'll just start Insanity over again until it does get here. I just don't want to burn myself out on the program.

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