It’s official, after a co-worker started talking about buying the Insanity fitness program I decided to dust off the old DVD’s and give it a second shot. I’m recruiting c0-workers to help keep me in check and so far it’s up to 3! I tried going through the program about 2 years ago and it kicked my @$$ and even worse I didn’t finish it which left me feeling pretty bad.
Why am I doing this?
I’m in a pretty bad place physically right now with regards to my fitness. I want to increase my performance in both life and work. Up until a few years ago I maintained myself by playing soccer and skateboarding almost everyday of the week. Now my only exercise is a 20-30 minute jog once or twice a week. Everyone knows that’s not enough and I’ll swallow my pride and show you a pretty sad picture of my “unfit” self:
Tom Insanity Unfit Day 1
These are my stats:
| Stats | Current | Goal | Actual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Height | 5'6" | n/a | |
| Weight | 153.6 | 140 | |
| BMI | 24.8 | < 22.5 | |
| Mile Minute | >10.5 | <8 |
Why I Failed
I saw results but I didn’t have anyone to hold me accountable so I slipped and after sometime I really started getting scared of going through that first week again. This time around I knew my weakness and found some support at work. Two colleagues are on-board and I’ll be tracking both their progress and mine.
Vince – ToughMudder team member (Started his challenge Dec 2nd) Fit Test Results Here
Ashley – aka Charkoehl (Starting over due to holiday interruptions)
Any other takers?? (If you’re interested let me know and I’ll be glad to add your stats to the final summary… just leave a comment below)
On top of that I’ll be posting my Fit Test Results every other week and my friends and family can hold me accountable. I do really well with negative reinforcement for some reason so feel free to give me a kick in the button on that comments section below.
My Insanity Workout Diet
I’ll be using MyFitnessPal to track my progress. In addition, this Insanity Nutrition Guide was referred to me by a friend and I’ll be using this to guide my daily intake.
Based on Coach Todd’s guide I’ll be at the “Very Active” level which means 6 to 7 workouts per week:
Insanity Activity Level
Using the Harris Benedict equation and activity factor I’ll need to eat approximately 2,817 calories just to maintain my weight. For weight loss it’s recommended that I eat 500 under so my required intake will be 2,317 calories/day.
Here’s the breakdown for your reference:
Step 1: 66 + (6.23 x weight in pounds) + (12.7 x height in inches) – (6.8 x age in years)
Step 2: Multiply the “Exercise Factor” from the chart above based on your Insanity Activity Level by your results from Step 1
Step 3: Subtract 500 from your results from Step 2.
What’s Next?
Hopefully I can wrestle up a few more co-workers to join the challenge and let me blog about them here so everyone can read about the range of results. I’ll keep a summary with the weekly fit test results, pictures, and other metrics like weight and inches lost. I would love to throw a nice fat chunky picture of everyone today but it wouldn’t be pretty. I think it’s only fair if I summarize everything next week once everyone has started the program.
Finally…
My Fit Test Results (updated: Dec 3rd)
| Workout | Day 1 | Day 15 | Day 36 | Day 50 | Day 63 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switch Kicks | 87 | 115 | |||
| Power Jacks | 47 | 64 | |||
| Power Knees | 85 | 101 | |||
| Power Jumps | 18 | 39 | |||
| Globe Jumps | 6 | 9 | |||
| Suicide Jumps | 10 | 13 | |||
| Push-Up Jacks | 15 | 23 | |||
| Low Plank Oblique | 23 | 43 |
I’ll update this post weekly with the latest info and participants so keep checking back. At the end of 60 days I’ll build a final summary and we’ll compare stats!
As always thanks for reading!
Tommy
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