I decided to start the Shaun T Insanity workout because it looked like a challenge and I have always wanted to incorporate more cardio workouts in my life, plus I need to lose some weight and get toned. So I took up the Insanity workout challenge. I will be doing this Shaun T workout for the next 60 days, I will also be following the nutrition guide as much as possible, so I can maximize my results and be pure in my review. I have Shakeology to help me, plus the P90x recovery drink to help my muscles recover from the workouts. I will not be drinking soda, anything with artificial flavoring, or anything other than water, shakeology or a recovery drink. I might have a small glass of non-fat milk from time to time.

I really do not have a set goal of how much weight I want to lose. I do weigh 206 pounds right now, and eventually I would like to get down to 185 pounds and toned. I really do not think that it is possible or healthy to lose that much weight in 60 days, but if I can lose 10 to 15 pounds, that would be great!

My nutritional guidelines are pretty simple, Insanity has a nutrition plan all laid out and ready for use. I have already done my shopping and am ready to go. I will only be having whole wheat breads, that includes regular sandwich bread, pita bread, and English muffins. I will have Oatmeal or Kashi Cereal, and maybe a shakeology drink. For meats, I will only have turkey, deli style roast beef, some chicken without skin, and lean steak. Fruits, vegetables and nuts will also be part of this diet. I actually hope to start living my life like this.

I first want to start off by saying that I have done the P90x workout, and that was extremely tough, I however did not do the nutrition plan for that workout, but I should off, I still saw pretty good results.  After doing my first week of the Insanity workout, I have found that these two workouts are completely different.  I am actually havig a tougher time with Insanity then I did with P90x, mostly because there is SO much cardio and I am not used to that.  The last time I have done cardio like this was when I played football, and that was over 12 years ago. 

My first day of the Insanity workout will be one that I will never forget.  I will try to do my best in explaining it.  The first day was the Dig Deeper Fit Test which is about 30 minutes long.  Like EVERY workout so far, you do a warm up section.  Each circuit is about 3 and a half minutes long.  You have no breaks in the warm up section, after you get done with the circuit you do it over again, but faster, and then after you get done with the 2nd circuit, you do it gain and even faster.  The whole warm up section is around 11 minutes of doing exercises as quickly as possible, I sweated like crazy in this section and was extremely tired.  After the "warm-ups", there is a section of stretching, which is nice because your body is warmed up and ready to stretch, plus your heart rate goes down during this time.

Then came the actual Fit Test, where you do 8 workouts for 1 minute each with 30 second breaks in between. Another thing, there are no set reps in the Insanity workout, you do as much as possible every exercise.  I was struggling right away, but I was still able to keep up and push through my workouts.  Probably around the 5th workout I started to feel a little queasy, but I still pushed through.  By the last workout I was in the bathroom PUKING!  It was a great feeling!  I have not puked from a workout in a long time.  Turns out my friend's wife who is also doing the insanity workout also puked during the fit test.

My second day was much better, however, I was sore...but I did not puke!! The 2nd day was the Plyometric cardio circuit, it is about 40 minutes long, but because of the warm ups and the stretching, you actually do not start the real workout until there is 23 minutes left in the workout.  Which is plenty of time for Shaun T to do some damage.  There was a lot of jumping and squats in this workout and even some football drills.  After the workout I just had to lay on the floor and do nothing, my body was exhausted.

I woke up the next morning even more sore than the day before.  But I got up and pushed myself to do the workout, it was seriously a struggle.  My calves and thighs were on fire, even my upper body was sore from doing the push up routines.  By the time the warm ups and the stretches were over my muscles started to feel better, then came the Cardio Power and Resistance workout.  There were more push ups, more squats, jumping, and sprinting.  This was a great workout for me to push through, it gave me a lot of confidence that I can actually do the Insanity Workout.  These workouts have been so tough even the people in the video have to take breaks and get water.

The next day my body was crying out for a break, and the next workout could not have come at a better time.  It was the Cardio Recovery, although it was not a piece of cake at all.  It did have a lot of stretching in it, with some moves that I recognized from Yoga.  After the workout my body felt great!

But I could not get to comfortable, because the next day was the Pure Cardio workout.  Once you get into the main workout of the disc, you have NO 30 SECOND BREAKS....ZERO.  You push your body as hard as possible for about 15 minutes straight.  I was dropping like a fly, but I was not the only one, people in the video were also dropping like flies.

Overall this first week has been a pretty huge shock to my body, the soreness is subsiding and I am starting to feel more energized throughout my day.