Asylum - Day 9

So I've completed one week of Insanity the Asylum and I am now on my 2nd week. Yesterday was the Back to Core workout and I am definitely feeling the soreness in my back today! Ouch!

Just a few minutes ago, I decided that I would look to see what is on my workout schedule for the day. So I log into WOWY and see that it is Vertical Plyo. I think I died a little inside when I read that. It's the hardest workout I've ever done. But I can't let fear take over me. I will conquer this workout. I can do this. When 5:00 rolls around, Vertical Plyo & I will meet again - I can't say I'll kick its ass, but I'll definitely give it my best shot!

What's the hardest workout that you've ever done?

Asylum - Day 7

Wow! I could of swore I had made another blog update sometime between Day 3 and Day 6, but apparently not! I guess I have some catching up to do! You'll be glad to know that I have stuck with my scheduled workouts so far! Day 3 was Back to Core. I think that is probably my favorite Asylum workout! I always noticed in people's before/after Asylum pictures that they develop these awesome back muscles... now I know why! It is a workout that really focuses on your back and I definitely felt it the next day! Day 4 was Vertical Plyo. Oh my gosh! I do believe that was the hardest, most intense workout that I have EVER done. I was sweating buckets during it! Now I look back at it and even though it was only a couple days ago, I don't really remember what made it so intense. I just remember that I felt great after accomplishing it. I seriously wanted to quit after the warm-up, but I pushed through the entire thing! It felt awesome to accomplish something so hard. I am so blessed to have the athletic ability to get through that workout and any workout for that matter! Day 5 was a rest day and a much needed one at that! I was moving into an apartment on Saturday so I really didn't have the time or energy to complete an Asylum workout, so I am thankful that it was my rest day. Sunday came soon enough and I was back to doing Speed & Agility. This time around, I was able to do more of the moves before taking a short break. I also sweated a ton more than I remember sweating the first time! Today I have Day 7 - Strength.

As I mentioned, I moved into a new apartment on Saturday. Unfortunately, it's an upstairs apartment so working out is going to be quite difficult. I am thankful that I still live in the same town as my Mom, so that I can still use her basement as a workout area, but at the same time it just sucks. I don't want to have to drive somewhere to workout - that's what I hated about the gym. I could always use that as an excuse not to go. But this time it's going to be different. I am more committed this time than when I had a lousy gym membership. I'm glad I committed to the Asylum 7 days ago or else I probably would be more inconsistent with my workouts since my routine is changing.

I've decided, I've committed, & I will succeed.

Asylum Day 2 - Strength

Yesterday was my second day of Insanity the Asylum. Strength was the workout on schedule. It wasn't your typical strength training routine. It was more of cardio + strength. Almost all the different moves required the use of dumbells or resistance bands. What I really liked about this workout is there were some moves that you could either do on a pull-up bar or you could use dumbells instead. Shaun T shows you how to do it both ways. I really liked this because in our basement we don't have anywhere to set up a pull-up bar, so it was nice to be able to use dumbells instead. I found that this workout was a lot of pushups, but it's not just like pushup after pushup. He has you doing a different move inbetween pushups to make it crazy intense. By the end of the 50 minutes, I was dripping sweat! The last move he has you do is frog jump and then go back into a plank with one leg up in the air. I was literally slipping in my own sweat!

My inner thighs are really sore today, which really surprises me! That is the last thing that I thought would be sore. It is possible that they are sore from Day 1 and the second day soreness just hasn't caught up with me yet. Today I have Back to Core on schedule for Day 3.

Are you doing a scheduled workout program? Let me know how it is going!

Entering the Asylum

Last week I flew with my Success Partner (who happens to be my Mom) to Los Angeles, California to attend a Beachbody Coach Summit. It was a huge conference with 2,500 attendees who were there to learn how to better themselves and their business. It was one of the best experiences of my life. We brought home all sorts of knowledge that we are now putting into action.

Before we left, my Mom and I decided that we were going to start Insanity the Asylum when we returned home. For those of you that don’t know, Insanity is a 60 day intense workout program. Insanity the Asylum (30 day program) is meant to be done after you’ve completed a round (or two) of Insanity. My Mom and I both have done a round of Insanity, but it’s been a few months. In the mean time, we’ve both been doing ChaLEAN Extreme. I am embarrassed to admit that I actually didn’t finish my ChaLEAN Extreme/TurboFire hybrid that I previous wrote about. I don’t really have an excuse; I made it to day 70 or something and just kind of got bored with it. But that’s ok because I’m on a different journey now.

Monday June 20^th was our official start day of Insanity the Asylum. I like to think of it as Day 0, since that’s when I did the fit test. Yesterday was Day 1 and the workout on schedule was Speed and Agility. This was the only workout in this program that I have tried before so I was pretty familiar with it. It starts out with a warm up that requires the jump rope. My ceiling is too low in my workout area (my basement), so I just pretend like I have a rope in my hand. I feel like it’s just as intense and that way I’m not tripping over the rope every two seconds. After the warm up and stretch, Shaun T had me break out the agility ladder that comes with the program. I was jumping in and out of it, doing pushups in it, bear crawling across it – anything you can imagine being done with a ladder like this, he had me doing. It was crazy intense but fun at the same time! After the workout, he takes a couple minutes to cool you down. I was happy to see that cool down come as I was dripping sweat. I felt accomplished!

I plan to document my 30 day journey with Insanity the Asylum by writing blogs and videotaping it. At the end of the program, when send in your before and after pictures, you get a free t-shirt. I am EARNING my T-shirt! My goals for this program are to increase my performance which will be measured by the fit test but also to strengthen my core. My core is super sore today so I know I am on my way to reaching my goal already! Please come back to look for more updates and to cheer me on. Keep me accountable!