We Survived!

Well, my sister wanted me to title this post... "ha! see if you can do better"... but we then decided against that. Mostly because this is supposed to be an encouraging blog, not a "nanananananaaaaaaaaaa!" blog.

Anyways, we finished Insanity at 9:37 on Thursday morning. The final Fit Test that showed us how dramatic a change we'd been through. After collapsing on the floor and/or couch for a few minutes, the endorphines and competitiveness of each of us burst forth. For at least 20 minutes we sat around comparing our results and sitting in awe of my sister, Abbey (age 15), who literally kicked our behinds. Hard, beating each of our sets by multiple reps (yes, she even beat my buff 6'1", 16 year old brother).

So now I'm sure you're all sitting there thinking, "just shut up and tell me how it worked for you already!" Well, okay. Though I will tell you right now, I actually do not know yet if I have "lost" any weight. Basically, by the time I remember to check, its halfway through the day, I've already had at least two meals and drank about a liter of water. So that result will be coming shortly - just not yet.

As far as other results go, however, there have been some pretty radical changes. The most exciting of which was on Wednesday when I was able to easily slip on, button and zip my favorite cargo pants (something I'd been unable to do in over a year). No pain-to-the-eyes muffin top, no sucking in, no fear that if I sat down surely it would split down the back. They fit! I honestly don't even know why I pulled the pants out of the drawer in the first place... my safe and always fitting jeans and sweatpants were both on top of the drawer.

Another significant indicator were the Fit Tests. The Fit Tests are designed to help you track your progress through the course of 60 days. Just so you can get a hint of how endurance and strength radically improve:

                               Day 1:                                                                                  Day 60:
Switch Kicks           80                                                                                        150
Power Jacks            35                                                                                        60
Power Knees           75                                                                                        120
Power Jumps           16                                                                                        45
Globe Jumps            0                                                                                          9
Suicides                   0                                                                                          15
Pushup Jacks          10                                                                                         32
Low Plank Oblique   30                                                                                         65

So there you have it. 60 days of literally insane workouts, we've each seen our strength and health improve. I'm not here to toot Insanity's horn, but I will say that it did kick-start my body back into fat burning and genuine strength building. Abbey and I did the first set of Hip Hop Abs last night and were laughing hysterically during most of it - SO MUCH FUN! I'm actually looking forward to the next 60 days, to get back to dancing and groovin' it out with HHA and Zumba classes.

Let's just hope my hips don't have too much fun (*snicker*).