For a really long time, I'd been wanting to try
Insanity...I guess I waited so long to try because I was secretly terrified that I wouldn't be able to do it. I don't know why because I used to do crazy Sean's bootcamp class at the gym (he claimed you would lose 1000 calories in 1 hr) and I would still be there at the end of the class when he counted the number of people who'd left.
I finally downloaded it and since now we're in our own place, I decided to try it out. Lovely winter makes for really dark evenings which make me really want to go straight home after work - and not straight to the gym. So that is one of many reasons I'm now in love with Insanity, I can come home after work but still get a really good, tough workout and have our dinner either ready or cooking during my workout and just head upstairs for a shower - it's perfect.
I started off with the first video (obviously): the fit test. I managed to do it but I was really surprised (and disappointed) by how sore I was for the next few days following. It make sense though, at the gym I would just run and bike. No abs, nothing else. And Insanity works e v e r y thing, especially abs.
After a week into the videos, I realized I was supposed to be going in a specific order, oops. So I started over and it was only a few days until I could really see and feel the results. They feel immediate. The workouts are so intense that you just feel so darn good after. And then you can feel your body changing and suddenly your clothes fit and then eventually become too baggy (hooray!).
Since I started Insanity, I haven't been back to the gym, not once. And that's simply because I get a better workout with Shaun T and feel that I push myself 10 times harder than I would at the gym. I do miss seeing certain people and miss my bike, but I love what Insanity does to my drive and obviously, my body. I just don't dread working out now like I would at the gym. I actually look forward to the challenge now because I know what it does to my body.
When Peter first heard I was going to start an at-home workout DVD, he immediately put it down. He was also becoming slightly obsessed with the gym...but, once he realized how intense the workouts are, he joined me! And now, he's addicted, probably a teeny bit more than I am. He still goes to the gym occasionally to work on weights, but on a typical evening, you will see our house transform into a workout studio for about an hour. Before our Christmas tree was inside, we'd workout side by side (seriously dangerous because this sometimes causes random laughing fits) but now, he goes in front of our couch and I go behind - I had to make the move during globe jumps when he was going way too quickly, and it's also hard to do moving push ups when you're side by side.
So, if you've heard good things about Insanity, I urge you to try it out. If you do, bear in mind, that it is hard. But, you can do it! And I promise you, after 1-2 weeks, you will be SO much stronger than when you started off (which you'll realize during your fit tests), but that strength is going to get you through each drill and soon they'll feel much easier.
We have a love/hate relationship with Shaun T, sometimes we curse him but most of the times we laugh at him and his silly comments/phrases. As silly as it sounds though, I'm grateful to have found something that works so well for both of us and to have a good, challenging workout that we both look forward to.
