Started Insanity

[JS80]

There have been a few threads on P90X and Insanity. Coworker offered to let me borrow either one (he has both). I opted for Insanity over P90X for cardio over muscle. I guess I'll use this thread as a tracker. I don't have a scale yet so I'll post after I get one. I gained ~30 lbs since I got married and had a couple kids...trying to go back. I figure I'm about 190 lbs now (6' tall).

Weigh Ins:
May 17
Weight: 193
% Fat: 25.5% or 21.9%
Lunch: 6 inch ham no mayo
Dinner: Sushi Zo omakase

May 18
Before: 193.8, 21.9% After: 193.4, 22%
Breakfast: rice, soy bean paste soup, fish, celery
Lunch: souplantation, salad no dressing, chicken soup no noodles
Dinner: El pollo loco 2 breasts, white rice, and veggies

May 19
Before: 191.4, 21.5% After: 191.4, 21.6%
Breakfast: Starbucks iced coffee unsweetened
Lunch: Wendy's turkey burger (not bad, 470 cal) with half the fried zucchini (330 cal * 50%)
Dinner: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seolleongtang, kimchi

May 20
Before: 192.2, 21.6% After: 191.8, 21.6%
Breakfast: nothing
Lunch: Souplantation
Dinner: Sushi, got shit faced drunk at bar

May 21
Before: 190.0, 21.2%
Breakfast: one hash brown
Lunch: El Pollo Loco
Dinner: bibimbap

May 22
Before: 192.2, 21.5%, After: 191.2, 22.2%
Breakfast: none
Lunch: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seolleongtang, kimchi
Dinner: Korean BBQ, got shitfaced

May 23
Morning: 191.4, 21.7%
Breakfast: 1/3 blueberry muffin
Lunch: chopped salad
Dinner: Prime rib, sashimi

May 24
Before: 192.4, 21.8%, 192.4, 21.6%
Breakfast: none
Lunch: Half of Mongolian BBQ
Dinner: Rice, dumplings, ate very little

May 25
Morning: 191.6, 21.5%
Breakfast: Nutri-grain bar

May 26: 192.4
May 27: 192.0
May 28: 191.0
May 29: 193.0

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Been doing most right when I wake up.

May 11 - iNSANiTY..01..Fit.Test - holy shit I'm out of shape!
May 12 - iNSANiTY..02..Plyometric.Cardio.Circuit
May 13 - iNSANiTY..03..Cardio.Power.n.Resistance
May 14 - Running, iNSANiTY..04..Cardio.Recovery
May 15 - Rest
May 16 - iNSANiTY..05..Pure.Cardio.n.Cardio.Abs
May 17 - iNSANiTY..06..Cardio.Abs (modified - I couldn't do a lot of the sit exercise so I substituted with exercises from Pure Cardio) (edit - I wasn't supposed to do this one oops)
May 18 - iNSANiTY..02..Plyometric.Cardio.Circuit
May 19 - iNSANiTY..03..Cardio.Power.n.Resistance
May 20 - iNSANiTY..05..Pure.Cardio.n.Cardio.Abs
May 21 - Rest
May 22 - iNSANiTY..02..Plyometric.Cardio.Circuit
May 23 - Crazy morning, couldn't get workout in
May 24 - iNSANiTY..03..Cardio.Power.n.Resistance
May 25 - Another busy morning, couldn't get workout in
May 26 - iNSANiTY..05..Pure.Cardio.n.Cardio.Abs
May 27 - None
May 28 - Running
May 29 - iNSANiTY..02..Plyometric.Cardio.Circuit

 

[highland145]

Good luck.

190 @ 6' doesn't sound that bad. 160 sounds way skinny. Depends on your body type.

 

[JS80]

Good luck.

190 @ 6' doesn't sound that bad. 160 sounds way skinny. Depends on your body type.

Thanks. I have a very skin and bones body type. I used to be a 32 waist with almost no "gut" now I'm a 34 with a gut/muffin top. During my peak in college when I used to work out every day I was 155 lbs. I could never really put on muscle even with weight training.

 

[highland145]

Thanks. I have a very skin and bones body type. I used to be a 32 waist with almost no "gut" now I'm a 34 with a gut/muffin top. During my peak in college when I used to work out every day I was 155 lbs. I could never really put on muscle even with weight training.

Sharp stick, pokes eyes.

You could probably do 30 min of cardio every day and it would drop like a rock.

Edit: My 10 year old can never get enough football/baseball/soccer in the back yard. You've got 2, ftw.

 

[JS80]

Sharp stick, pokes eyes.

You could probably do 30 min of cardio every day and it would drop like a rock.

Edit: My 10 year old can never get enough football/baseball/soccer in the back yard. You've got 2, ftw.

My older one is almost 3 and the other one just turned 1 so I can't quite yet play sports with them.

Btw anyone know anything about the scales that measure fat? Before I worked out the meter said 21.9% fat, after I ate a little breakfast and showered, it went up to 25.5%!

 

[wheresmybacon]

In my experience those scale meters are terribly inaccurate. Trust tape measurements, how clothes fit, and calipers, not those scales.

 

[CPA]

I'm in my "fourth" week of insanity. I put fourth in quotes because I'm not following it exactly. I have combined it with P90X and Tony Horton's One-on-One Volume 1, so I'm doing 3 sessions a week, instead of the 6. The other 3 sessions, I'm doing one of Tony's workouts.

My weight hasn't really changed, however, I did the fit test again last night and my numbers went up anywhere from 25% to 90%, so I'm stoked. I was told my someone at work yesterday that I look like I'm losing weight, but the scale doesn't agree yet.

 

[thegimp03]

Good luck. I read some of the reviews of Insanity on Amazon because I hadn't heard of it before and it looks like it's a killer.

 

[rasczak]

Good luck. I read some of the reviews of Insanity on Amazon because I hadn't heard of it before and it looks like it's a killer.

it is.

 

[JS80]

I'm in my "fourth" week of insanity. I put fourth in quotes because I'm not following it exactly. I have combined it with P90X and Tony Horton's One-on-One Volume 1, so I'm doing 3 sessions a week, instead of the 6. The other 3 sessions, I'm doing one of Tony's workouts.

My weight hasn't really changed, however, I did the fit test again last night and my numbers went up anywhere from 25% to 90%, so I'm stoked. I was told my someone at work yesterday that I look like I'm losing weight, but the scale doesn't agree yet.

Has it been taking a toll on your knees? My knees were hurting this morning.

 

[highland145]

Has it been taking a toll on your knees? My knees were hurting this morning.

Fish oil caps helped me a lot.

 

[JS80]

Fish oil caps helped me a lot.

thanks!

any other "supplements" that will give me energy or placebo effect?

 

[SZLiao214]

Have you ever tried taking a pre workout like 1RM, Jak3d, or White flood? All 3 of those are really popular pre workout items but i only have personal experience with 1RM.

For me after about 20-30 minutes i get steady source of energy. I work out late at night after work so usually my energy levels are really dragging. If i don't start working out within 40 minutes or so my muscles start to feel restless.

When doing cardio type stuff it seems to give me a near 2nd wind feeling. It also makes it so i can raise my heart rate a little bit easier.

 

[JS80]

Have you ever tried taking a pre workout like 1RM, Jak3d, or White flood? All 3 of those are really popular pre workout items but i only have personal experience with 1RM.

For me after about 20-30 minutes i get steady source of energy. I work out late at night after work so usually my energy levels are really dragging. If i don't start working out within 40 minutes or so my muscles start to feel restless.

When doing cardio type stuff it seems to give me a near 2nd wind feeling. It also makes it so i can raise my heart rate a little bit easier.

Looks like all these are just caffeine? I drink a cup of black coffee when I wake up.

 

[Dacalo]

I did insanity and then did another few weeks of the second portion of it and I lost 20 lbs and 2 waist sizes, from 32 to 30. Could run and run for miles without getting tired. That was a year ago and I started again out of shape. Crazy how much you lose by being stagnant. Day 6 for me tomorrow.

 

[tedrodai]

My weight hasn't really changed, however, I did the fit test again last night and my numbers went up anywhere from 25% to 90%, so I'm stoked. I was told my someone at work yesterday that I look like I'm losing weight, but the scale doesn't agree yet.

Probably like me when starting an intense workout after a period of inactivity (hopefully the last will be just that)--initially putting on muslce to help keep up with the intense exercise (long as you're getting good protein), but dropping a lot of fat. So, the weight balances to some degree at first. Over about a month and a half recently, I dropped maybe 6 lbs, but went from snuggly filling my 34 pants to needing to buy 32's. Another month and a half, and I've gone down another 10 lbs.

 

[TheFamilyMan]

Started CrossFit 7 weeks ago and dropped 20lbs already...complete change in diet and activity levels contributed to this. I could do more pushups, pullups, and weight before failure when I tested @ 6wks vs. when I first started. I'm continuing with this and on days I miss CrossFit due to traveling, I have P90x and Insanity loaded on laptop.

Really loving this...much better to me than just going to gym to lift or cardio on my own. I get bored easily and the class nature of the program helps immensely with that.

 

[CPA]

Probably like me when starting an intense workout after a period of inactivity (hopefully the last will be just that)--initially putting on muslce to help keep up with the intense exercise (long as you're getting good protein), but dropping a lot of fat. So, the weight balances to some degree at first. Over about a month and a half recently, I dropped maybe 6 lbs, but went from snuggly filling my 34 pants to needing to buy 32's. Another month and a half, and I've gone down another 10 lbs.

I hadn't been inactive actually. I had been doing P90X and Tony Horton's One-on-One since last summer. It's age and my diet, most likely. 41 and I can tell my metabolism has crashed. Plus, I'm not doing well with my late evening eating.

 

[CPA]

Has it been taking a toll on your knees? My knees were hurting this morning.

Actually, believe it or not, I feel that I have learned how to use better care with my knees while doing the workouts. I have fake cartilage in my left knee, so I am supposed to forgo intense activity on it, but I can't, or won't. So far, if anything, my calves are the sorest.

 

[killster1]

ive done a few of the insanity videos, they are decent work out.. kinda boring for me i like to watch tele instead on the treadmil .. Ur diet is ajoke right? no breakfast? is that smart? i eat like 4 meals a day and still losing weight.. was at 245 when started exercising now today 198.6.. just running and lifting every other day and p90x ab ripper.. (still dont have a damn six pack hahahah prob 10 more pounds to go)

 

[thegimp03]

I did the Insanity fit test on Sunday and found the chick to be pretty motivational...

 

[dlock13]

Reading this has made me want to start and try one of these programs. I don't actually have anything at my house to use for equipment. What all do you need for these programs? I have.... a set of 5 LB dumb bells at my house. That's it.

 

[Whisper]

Reading this has made me want to start and try one of these programs. I don't actually have anything at my house to use for equipment. What all do you need for these programs? I have.... a set of 5 LB dumb bells at my house. That's it.

I haven't actually done either program, but I do know that P90X works best if you at least have a pull-up bar. Hand weights like you have are also useful I believe.

 

[DarkForceRising]

Reading this has made me want to start and try one of these programs. I don't actually have anything at my house to use for equipment. What all do you need for these programs? I have.... a set of 5 LB dumb bells at my house. That's it.

Insanity requires nothing at all except some floor space.

P90x needs dumbbells (or bands) and a pull-up bar (or a mounted band).