Insanity Workout Day 1 - Fitness Test

1-5-10: Upon arriving home from work, I saw the package at the front door, immediately opened it, read through the materials and set up an Insanity environment in my basement. I then put disk 1 in, the fitness test. I immediately discovered that I do not like Shaun T. He made me tired...for a stupid fitness test. I found myself responding to his orders with "You do five more Shaun T" or "You suck Shaun T". Maybe I've seen too many movies, but he was not my TV friend. He was my nemesis (Joe mentioned at some point that I should do Insanity and try to make it a competition of sorts. I said I wasn't as competitive as I used to be. However, it turns out that my motivation will be hate).

So, first day challenges. Aside from the actual workout (which hurt me - I thought I might have to sleep in the basement). Challenge one was the low ceiling. I totally forgot about the jumping aspects of the workout. Thankfully, so far, the only jumping that I could not do naturally were the basic jumping jacks. I had to short arm them. My remedy for this will be to either run upstairs to do them or run to the laundry room (if there is enough jumping room in there) and then run back when the next part of the workout comes around. I figure this should add some much needed cardio. What the hell am I talking about??? Realistically, I will short arm them until I am in sufficient shape to attempt a better location.

The second challenge comes in the form of his ludicrous Elite Nutrition guidebook. This will be the real challenge of the program. I think I can manage the five meals per day, but his recommended recipes are for nazis and communists. I may be overreacting to the level of fruits and vegetables thrown in. And the time preparation. I spend as long as it takes to punch in microwave instructions on most meals now. How will I be able to start working longer on meals. Still, there is a Michi's Ladder which highlights many acceptable foods and what positives they provide, which might make things more realistic (and my own recipes will no doubt be much quicker). The basic concept of calorie intake and spaced out meals will be attempted. Of course, he does not mention anything about cheat days...and I like food too much for there to not be the occasional buffet or pizza gorging. All gorging will be done in moderation though, if that makes sense.

Finally, when I told Vince that I was starting, he got pretty excited to start up again as well. With any luck, we just might be able to motivate ourselves into the full fledged program. Good Journey.