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I is here! Wow this thread got lit up.
I’m still chugging along. It’s a bitch sometimes but I’m am seeing results. Tomorrow morning I will complete the third week. I will not step on a scale again for a long time – I weighed in after the first two week and I had gained a pound!!! I am more solid now though, I am changing. One pair of gym shorts I was wearing on week one…I can’t use them anymore, they start falling off. OK…..alnorth….I really hope you are a young dude talking about heart rate of 170….either you are young or I have my heart rate calculation way off! I need to know if I’m doing this right. Very important! I have been using this formula…..220 – age times .65 for low end and 220 – age times .85 for high end. I’m 47. My low end is 112 and my high end is 147. I frigging LIVE in the 150’s. I just can’t help it. Am I calculating this right??? Buehler445 - by the time I’m thru the “warmups” and get to the stretching….I don’t think it’s a joke. Sometimes I can’t even hold the positions as long as they can. Keep doing it! Don’t skip it. I’m sure it will help you avoid injury. Chiefs1968 – keep going! Who cares if you miss days…keep doing it. It’s GOTTA make you better. Better….stronger....FASTER! (can anyone identify that tv show?) My immune system is ASS. I usually get sick when starting out on a physical fitness odyssey. I’ve been taking a daily vitamin and popping some airborne at the slightest hint of feeling bad. So far so good. Painful as it is sometimes….I don’t want to get derailed. Also another thing I started doing….drinking a protein shake after the workouts. I’m feeling pretty good.
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(Also, this is probably only interesting to math nerds like me, but the traditional 220-age formula which became really popular is apparently thought to be not the most ideal formula. Some researcher just threw that out there years ago as a rough estimate and heart rate monitor companies just took it and ran with it. There's a lot of other more complicated formulas out there, one that was created a few years ago is calculated as: 163 + (1.16 x age) - (0.018 x (age^2)), but 220-age still gets you pretty close to that.)
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03-02-2012, 03:25 PM | #155 |
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ahh...I'm with you now. yeah I usually get some stretching in before it starts as well. I mean heck the just jump right in. "OK everybody jog!"
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I've been considering the possibility of doing the first month a second time and THEN moving on to the harder workout dvds. I looked at all the workout times and the second month gets even longer. I'm not sure I'll be ready for the next level of torture in another two weeks.
does anyone that has done this before think that is a stupid idea? remember I'm 47!
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There's a lot of people who now say this was not correct at all, and you really should warm up with light aerobics before stretching. I saw an interview somewhere where he addressed that, saying new research showed you have to warm up first, which is why he does that for insanity (you may notice his warm ups generally don't involve an exercise that could be trouble if you didn't stretch) Basically its the "you shouldn't try to stretch a frozen rubber band" theory. Regarding whether the stretching they do is sufficient, the new opinion on stretching is that we overdid it in the old days, and the static 20-30 second stretching either did nothing for you, or in some cases actually weakened your muscles rather than strengthen them. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/sp...112pewarm.html Quote:
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Does anybody know if Peyton Manning does Insanity?
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I do however want to ask.. why the hell would you get a STATIONARY bike? Are people really that afraid to be seen outside on a bicycle? Or is it the monster hill you have to climb to get back home? I guarantee you'll find yourself looking for reasons to hop on your bike and enjoy your city. Plus, if you do stick to insanity the bike will help higher your endurance which is crucial. Oh and my measurements are 5'11" @ 280lbs. So I'm not "Gym Guy" obviously. Just another guy who likes to go for seconds and thirds @ dinner time. I think I have a good perspective to give out some realistic advice for some1 else trying to feel healthier and better about themselves. Good luck with insanity. I didn't read through this whole thread but people who have completed insanity should post some pics of themselves with the shirt on if that hasn't already happened further down this thread. |
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After the first month I felt I was ready to move on and the second month is no joke. I had plateaued in my weight loss. Now, only five workouts from the end, I can say I'm down 10 lbs, two belt loops thinner and can start to see some inkling of ab definition, but it wasn't until now that most of that came in. Edit: I'm 40 for what it's worth.
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Did my 2nd fit test, and I'm a little suspicious that maybe I was sandbagging the first one, but I cant remember because it was 3 weeks ago. (lost a week from the cold) I couldn't help but think "wow, I only did that many last time? That number sucks!" before destroying each of them this time.
I think I'll dismiss those first numbers as "I was a lazy SOB" and see if I improve much in 2 weeks.
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I bought the NFL workout video game for the WII. I couldn't get through more than two sets of excercises.
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Well, I completed Insanity. Here are my results followed by some comments:
Starting Weight: 207.5 lbs Ending Weight: 198.5 lbs. Starting waist (across belly button): 40 in. Ending waist: 38 in. Starting chest: 45 in Ending chest: 43 inches Fit test (Day 1-Day 63): Switch Kicks: 48-67 Power Jacks: 47-62 Power Knees: 75-106 Power Jumps: 35-52 Globe Jumps: 8-12 Suicide Jumps: 18-24 Push-up Jacks: 20-37 Low Plank Oblique: 42-64 I didn't measure my body fat% before (or yet). Comments: I didn't really follow the nutrition plan (other than some portion control) which no doubt affected my measurement results, but I feel like I improved my cardio and strength quite a bit. I'm glad it was only 2 months, because I was kind of getting bored with it. It did give results and I'll probably use some of the circuit training DVDs once or twice a week in addition to the running I'd like to do. I'll also probably go through it again next January as I find that these DVDs are good excercise routines to do during the winter months. I just can't do these programs when it is so nice outside. Also, it took until the LAST workout to finally go through the MAX Cardio Conditioning with virtually no break so don't sweat it if you are taking breaks. The fit test is actually maybe one of the toughests workouts, probably because you are busting ass to try and beat your previous best. There's a lesson there maybe. Anyway, that's my experience. Time for the T-shirt.
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