Insanity Day 1

Today was the first day of Insanity and it was just the Fit Test to start the benchmarks for the next 9 weeks. Brett's cousin and her husband started Insanity exactly 2 weeks before I did. They confessed that they took a "puke bucket" downstairs with them when they went to do their first Insanity workout. Her husband said, "Godspeed, Trisha, godspeed" when he heard I was joining in on the fun of Insanity.
I am making a mental note to myself to wait until coughing from bronchitis has completely ceased before starting to workout again. It feels good NOW after having completed a workout after many weeks. The similarities between Insanity and TurboFire are incredible. I already felt "at home" when doing the routine for the first time. That was refreshing and made it less daunting. I also felt right at home with the giant "WARNING" scrolling up the screen!

I woke up at 4:15 this morning to get my week rolling. I had a pretty rough night last night again, but still getting better each night. I went to bed with and woke up with a stiff neck, but amazingly after doing the Fit Test, my neck is looser and I seem to be regaining full range of motion again! Anyhoo, the warm up is fast-paced like TurboFire with some stretching. I like these warm ups, but I would have liked a little bit more of a warm up and stretch on my arms and shoulders only because I'm still wiping the cobwebs from my eyes and my muscles are still sleeping as I slap on my Vibrams.

Shaun T is pretty easy to look at while working out. I pretend my jelly belly isn't jiggling at all as he "stares" at me through the TV screen. I did notice that I am going to have to turn the volume up a little more with his voice being lower than Chalene's, it is hard to hear him through the white noise maker of the crickets in the baby monitor.

I drank a lot of water before and during the workout, worked up a good sweat and didn't come close to vomiting. Yay, me! I was disappointed in myself for the results of my Fit Test because I know I can do better. I know in my heart that I did the best I could do getting back into "the game," but it doesn't change my drive to want to do better and continue to improve myself.

I am looking forward to seeing what the next workout will be and feel a sense of revival in the motivation department. I am soooo looking forward to doing it again and feeling that mental clarity I used to feel everyday. I am going to try and post about the Insanity workouts as they are happening. It may not be everyday as the workouts get longer and my time to blog in the morning will get shorter, but I will try to combine a couple of workouts in one post until I have talked about all the workouts.

I will also say that I love the schedule that is already laid out for Insanity. The day off from Insanity is Sunday, which fits right in with my Free Sundays. I can't decide what workout I will do on Sundays. Maybe I will miss Chalene by then? Maybe I will feel the need to get Hip Hop Abs? Maybe Billy will be waiting for me with open arms? I think if I get back together with Billy, I will put a piece of construction paper on the TV over his daughter Shellie so I don't have to see her overact throughout the ENTIRE series. Or maybe I will rock some Jillian Michaels? The sky is the limit and I'm loving the clear view!!!!!

Signing off for now, to all of you near and far and to those of you just starting Insanity as well, until next time...