So, I’m too big, and have not done much in the way of exercise, so decided to cut down on nosh and beer over Sept and October, and to go with it I thought I would try “Insanity”. I had heard that it was okay, as a couple of other people had done it, and I also spent 15 mins watching the infomercial ;o)
So, I obtained a copy, and started last Monday, the 2nd Sept. I printed the calendar and the test sheet and away I went. First off was a quick chat with my new trainer “Shaun T”, the colossus, and we did a little warm up – which I couldn’t do ;o) Once that was out of the way, a few quick stretches then to the Fit Test. This is a way to seeing how much better you are, but the first one is there to show you just how crap you are. You do eight moves for a minute each, and you just see what you can do – they have names like Power Jumps, Low Plank Obliques, Globe Jumps and Suicide Jumps – which you have to say with a American WWF type dramatic voice over voice. It’s really bloody knackering. I was sweating my massive gut off.
This happens everyday, you “warm up”, which gets you really sweaty, then stretch, then the session, then a stretch again – each individual exercise seems easy, and it is, but you just keep going and going and going – obviously Shaun T is not actually there with you preparing to beat you if you don’t continue – so you could just put it on and sit on the sofa eating marshmallows, but if you push yourself its pretty intense.
Different sessions on the first week, which are then repeated on the second, and you get Sunday off – which is when I go for a little run. It is amazing just how hot you get doing this, it seems good – but no idea if it really is – will have to wait and see.
Along with this I have had one lot of beer in two weeks, which was last saturday, and am eating around 1500 calories a day (which is actually loads, I have not been hungry at all), which along with the exercise give around a 1200 calories intake, which should be good for weight loss.
So after two weeks my fit test was dramatically better (approx a quarter to a third better) and I have lost 7 pounds. But these next two weeks will really show whether it is working, as the first bit of weight loss is always the easiest.