THANKYOU WEEK 4 INSANITY

Today is the begining of my fourth week of Insanity. My hamstrings are tired and my hip flexors tightish. Sometimes I'm a bit slow to start and get my legs moving. But by the end I'm wrapt that I've made it through yet another gruelling workout.

Today I did my P90x workout early. Todays was basically all variants of pullups and pushups. Ahhhh. I do these workouts at the gym as I don't yet have weights or chin bar at home. I'm not doing P90x cardio as Inasnity is enough. So I'll do the 3 P90x weights/resistance workouts and the yoga and kenpo coupled with 6 Insanity workouts per week. That should keep me busy.

I'm so grateful that I stumbled along the following things in recent months.

The Gabriel Method

Paul Mckenna-I can make you thin.

Inside out weight loss via Katie.P

Katie P

Shelley

Insanity and

P90x

All of these have provided me with information and resources that have helped me to control the negative beliefs and self doubts that I had been filling my head with. I have found a path that is taking me to interesting places, places that I haven't been before, places where I have found some emotional peace and and new self talk, new beliefs and new interests.

Thankyou to all of you. You have helped make my world a better place to be.

OM F#@$*%G G

I know I keep saying this like a broken record but this Insanity, omg I can't believe how hard it is. When oh when will it get easier?

I'm so glad I found it, I'm so glad I quit my job, I'm so very grateful that I can spend some quality time with myself. I'm getting back to how I used to be. As much as I loved working with the kiddos the job made me lazy. Well it wasn't the job but I felt so lazy because I sat all day. What made it worse was when I couldn't walk to school anymore because my son changed schools and the time factor put an end to that.

But now I'm on the come back trail. I'm loving it. I feel better than I have in ages.

I just hope my knees hold out as there is alot of pylo, jumping moves in Insanity. I'm trying to be very kind to them.

FIT TEST

Todays Insanity workout was the second fit test.
I made improvements on all exercises except switch kicks, same result as first fit test.
Man the sweat was dripping of me by the end. I'm fairdinkum stuffed. However I'm feeling fan bloody tastic!
I have finally been taking some long walks, listening to podcasts from renee.personallifemedia.com/ which were recommended by Katie at headhearthealth.wordpress.com/

I can walk for hours when I'm listening to something other than my own self talk. The weather has finally warmed up here. I became rather lazy during the winter months and didn't go walking. I used to walk all the time no matter how cold it got. But I'm back to it now.
Heading to the coast tommorow to talk to architect about our house and let kids have swim at the beach. Public holiday tommorow for us.

2 Weeks down

Already, I've completed 2 weeks of Insane Insanity workouts. It is such a challenge. You know all this talk of women shouldn't focus so much on cardio, well perhaps if they did this sort of cardio then the "experts" might not complain so much.

Lifting weights is all well and good, and I personally do alot of weights, but it does not increase your aerobic capacity. Running on a treadmill day after day on the same speed will not increase your aerobic capacity. But interval cardio with pylometric moves will not only increase your aerobic capacity but also your power, speed and agility. And woo and behold you will also spend less time doing it. More bang for your buck. What could be better.

This is why I love Insanity. I feel powerful and athletic at the end of it. I really feel I achieved something. I've pushed my body through a very challenging workout and me and my body survived it.

I love it, I love that I'm up for the challenge, I love that my body allows me to do this, I love that my my body is coping with it, I love that my mind doesn't fade before my body,I love Insanity!

love hate

Insanity is the workout you hate to think about doing but love it once its finished. I don't think it gets any easier as you just keep pushing yourself harder. You must try it.

I've been reading some really great blogs latley. Such words of wisdom these gals are writing

headhearthealth.wordpress.com/

othersideshelley.blogspot.com/

Check them out.

Im taking off

Literally with all the pylometrics.

Insanity is really tough. But as you push through to the end you feel fantastic. It does knock me around for the rest of the day but I'm guessing that will ease of as I get further into it.

For the first time in a long time I really feel positive about these workouts and the outcome.

I think just having a change from going to the gym day in day out has been refreshing. I can do a really solid workout without leaving home.

You can only get fit by doing Insanity it truly is VERY hard.

Day 1 P90x

The day started with Insanity and ended with my first P90x workout. Unfortunatly I don't have a set of dumbells for the workouts yet. So I did the band option but the band didn't have enough resistance for me to get a really intense workout. But there was lots of pushup variations in it to make it hard. Just would have been way better with some heavy dumbells. I'll be looking to get myself some very soon. Of course the option is to write out the workout and do it at the gym.