Hey America, thanks for checking out the blog. I'll be posting updates to my Insanity workout on here in more detail than on Facebook, so keep checking back if you're interested in finding out if it's worth you time and money...or if you find me amusing.
So as you obvi know since you're looking at this, I'm starting Insanity on Monday, March 11, 2013. I ordered it from a buddy of mine that is a coach with the company that sells Insanity, P90X, Hip Hop abs, and all those other infamous workout dvd fads. I'll post a link to his page below. Tell him Hillary sent ya ;)
But I digress...
So yeah, since I'm starting Insanity on Monday I figured I'd take this weekend to literally over-indulge in THE MOST fattening food I could get my little brown hands on. Might as well live it up now since it doesn't look like I'll have the opportunity to do so in the next 60 days smh. I went through the nutrition guide...not a single cheat day. Granted, you are trying to lose weight, but psychologically it's going to be very difficult to maintain a lifestyle that doesn't allow you to enjoy your favorite foods at least ONCE every 2 weeks. So we.shall.see how that works...
What comes in the box:
- 10 dvds + bonus 20 min workout dvd
- Nutrition guide
- Fit test sheet
- Wall calendar
My general first impressions: Shaun T Ain't No Miracle Worker.
Or a genius. Or fitness guru. Or anything of the sort. There's nothing in the workouts or guide that are revolutionary. It's actually quite simple: eat less than 3,000 calories a day + increased cardio = weight loss. Anyone who paid attention in 7th grade health class would know what. Insanity is just a really good cardio workout, so there's nothing new there. Here's list of the workouts in order of how they are to be done:
Month 1
- Dig Deeper & Fit Test
- Plyometric Cardio Circuit
- Cardio Power & Resistence
- Cardio Recovery
- Pure Cardio & Cario Abs
Month 2
- Core Cardio & Balance
- Max Interval Circuit & Fit Test
- Max Cardio Plyo
- Max Cardio Conditioning & Cardio Abs
- Max Recovery
Each workout is approx. 45 min and are to be done 6 days a week, so like Jesus, you get to rest on the 7th day. Hallelu for Jesus needing to nap on the 7th day!! The wall calendar tells you which workouts you're supposed to do on that day, so it's pretty handy-dandy. *Side Note* they really should have made the calendar much bigger and shrank the hell out of that stupid pic of Shaun T and them random people doing that one trademark move...what a waste of space. I'd be kinda bitter of I had bad eyesight.
But anywhos, back to that nutritional guide. Like I said earlier, eat less, workout more, lose weight. This program has you on a 1,500 - 2,500 calorie diet spread between 5 meals a day. Now I don't know about you, but a sista has a job, so idk when in the world I'm supposed to get time to eat 5 meals, but we gon' work it out. They give you a bunch of "suggestions", aka things they really want you to eat. But I'm not really sold on the necessity of eating what they're recommending; if you already have a pretty clean, healthy diet, I really don't see a need to change. I guess this is more for people who eat crap everyday. Admittedly, I need to work on my portions; I love food. If I didn't workout, I'd be 300lbs. Like for reals. But anyway, I kinda like how the guide gives recipes and breaks down the nutritional value in each meal. From what I can tell, they're basically getting people to eat more protein, which builds muscle, which makes sense if you want to lean people out. Personally, I don't have the time, patience, or math skillz to be counting calories, so AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT! They also give you this tier system that ranks foods based on their nutrition. First two tiers are the best; veggies and other things nobody likes eating. Last tier is the worst; cakes, candies, fast food, gravy...things people <3. So I've decided to be a little brown rebel for the first two weeks of this thing and do my own thing in terms of eating. I'm sticking with the 5 meals a day thing, but I'm doing it more on a broke, I-done-already-spent-too-much-damn-money-on-this-dvd-set-to-buy-the-recommended-food...budget. So here's what we're having for this week, along with my usual copious amounts of water:
Meal 1 (7AM): cereal and 8oz of orange juice (one of them kashi boxes claiming to have as much protein as an egg [doubtful]). reason: this has been my breakfast for over a year now. why mess with success?
Meal 2 (10AM): strawberry-banana yogurt and a 1/4 cup of a specially made concoction of dried cranberries and almonds
Meal 3 (1PM): tuna salad sandwich made with celery and eggs, and another concoction of banana, cantaloupe, black berries, and blueberries.
Meal 4 (4PM): protein bar...one with less than 15g sugar and at least 20g of protein
Meal 5 (7PM): whatever moms makes for dinner lol. Haven't really thought this one out yet, but it'll probably be steak, and I'll pair it with carrots and spinach. I hate spinach, but I heard that ish is good for you so I eat it anyway *le sigh*. This is also be the post insanity workout, so I'll have 1 scoop of my strawberry-banana (seeing a theme here?) whey protein with some d'licious almond milk (because almond milk makes everything better).
The timing of that last meal will depend heavily on rush hour traffic. Those of you who live in the DMV know EXACTLY what I'm talking about smh. But yeah, I'm kinda excited. I'm a HUGE skeptic of these workout videos; I'm a "getcha a** off the couch and you won't look like that" kinda person. And as ya'll know, I'm a notorious
Long story short, I better look like a mutha f*ckin' swim suit model by the time I finish this thing.
Stay tuned...
Order Insanity Here. This dude is legit, for reals. I worked with him one summer back when he was doing P90X. He had his girlfriend have both done Insanity AND P90X. Psycho workout addict love. So beautiful. So help a brotha out. It's the same price as if you got it somewhere else, but the homie gets commission. And ya'll know the financial struggle is real in these streets.
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