Fit Test: 6:30pm before a meal.

Completed all tests.

See results page.

Found this knackering, but pleased I got through it.

Results not too bad considering it was 2 years since I last did it.

Effort: 8/10  Performance 7/10.

Tuesday 7th July 2015

Completed. Started 5:00pm.

Effort: 9/10

Performance 7/10.

Did need to take a short rest in third set towards the end.

Feeling a bit sore on abs and calves later on.

Wednesday 8th July 2015

4:30pm

Slightly better performance today. Found the Resistance traing a little easier than the power cardio.

Effort 8/10  

Performance 7/10.

Thursday 9th July 2015

Good session. Managed most stretches to full. Just eased on the long holds for a few seconds.

Effort 8/10

Performance 8/10

Friday 10th July 2015

6pm....Power Cardio.

Found it tough, especially towards the last exercise. 

Saturday 11th July 2015

Had to take the rest day today instead of tomorrow as its Joseph's birthday. Will put in extra effort tomorrow to compensate. Should be rest day tomorrow anyway. Diet not good today though...Pizza hut!!!!

Sunday 12th July 2015

6pm: Cardi o Plyometrics

Getting better I think. slightly jibbed on the very last exercise mssing out about 30 seconds of it, but apart from that probably at 85-90% all the way. After a 20 mile bike ride today and a healthy diet, feel like I've accomplished  something. Knackered now though.

Monday July 13th

7pm: Definitely finding it a bit easier today. Completed all exercises. Diet healthier today..no alchohol!

Effort 9/10                     Performance 9/10.

Tuesday July 14th

9pm: Late night due to work.

Found it tough today, but completed all tasks. Felt a bit dizzy afterwards, but ok after 15 mins. Cardio is the hardest I feel. Not good at this time of night. Performance 8/10. Effort 8/10.

Wednesday July 15th

7:30pm. Again another late one and after a meal at 6:pm. Found it tough going. Completed all, but ski jumps were very hard on last round. Felt sick afterwards but probably due to meal and the fact I was feeling a bit off tonight anyway with stomach ache. Anyway, good performance and effort..and completed it so alls good. Looking forward to Recovery exercises tomorrow. Performance 9/10   Effort 8.5/10.

Thursday 16th July 2015

Should have been recovery but resting tomorrow so did resistance training instead. Good performance though today.

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Staff do so rest day

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Recovering from last night 4:30am!

Sunday 19th July 2015

8:00pm session (before food)

After Staff do weekend taking two days rest instead of one, felt I would definitely struggle today. I did the cardio resistance instead of my rest day to try to catch up as I'm one day behind. Suprsingly though peformance and effort were the best so far and I felt I was keeping up with the group. Kept up with Shaun T all the way apart from  slower on the moving push ups. Completed all exercises to virtually maxing out level. Feel gooood baby!!! Performance: 9.5  Effort: 9. 

Monday 20th July 2015

Felt like performed well and to the max. See results in the results section. Trying to beat Sam!!! Come on dude compare results tomorrow! No alchohol day

Tuesday 21st July 2015

Really couldn't be bothered doing it today, but glad I did. Completed all exercises to virtually max. had a ten second break on last lot of ski abs, but apart from that kept up with class on dvd. Find this a tough session as its longer. Already looking forward to Thursday recovery day. Performance 8.5. Effort 8.5. No alchohol day

Wednesday 22 July 2015

Good session.

No Alcohol Day

Thursday 23 July 2015

6pm before meal.

Found tough, but completed all exercises. Had slight stomach ache before starting so did well really.

Pure Cardio is hard but plyometrics is probably hardest. Starting to feel more toned though and fitter. Played football with the boys and felt stamina and speed is coming on too. Keeping pretty much to a good diet. Porridge morning,  cereal bars at 11am, no carbs for lunch and a protein based meal (no bread or potatoes for tea). Porridge for supper. No alchohol during week days. Trying to keep to red wine on Friday and Saturday. Effort: 8.5, Performance 8.5.

No alcohol day

Friday 24th July 2015

Feel more benefit from doing Cardio Abs awith Resistance instead of pure cardio. Great work out today giving maximum effort. Effort 9.5  Performance 10.  Cardio abs was a bit tough in places though straight after main session. 1 hour today!! Too much red wine at night as its Friday treat night. Eat too much indian.. Achohol night Need to dig deeper for tomorrow

Saturday 25th July 2015

7pm start before a meal.

Was tired before I set off, but did quite well really..so happy overall. Probably at maximum level until last set with ski abs etc... but still completed all sessions. I would say I'm not far off Tanya in terms of speed. Now faster than most of others...Tanya is the target now. Form over speed though!!

Heart rate: 68 before. 144 after warm up. Didn't check at the end.

Effort: 9

Performance: 9

1 small glass of red wine tonight and thats my lot! :-(

Sunday 26th July 2015

Diet good during day. But couldn't resist the beefburger at Shireburn at night and a pint.

Monday 27th July 2015

1:30pm. In between meals. Found this pure cardio ok today, so must be getting better. six pack starting to be visible!! Yipee! Healthy diet...but sandwich for lunch :-( No Alchohol day.

Cardio Abs was good. Getting better! started this after about an hour after main session.

Effort: 9.5

Performance:9

Tuesday: 28th July 2015

1st Day of holiday.

Found it tough but completed in hotel.

Performance 8/10

Effort 8/10.

Hopefully better tomorrow.

Wednesday 29th July 2015

Slightly better performance than yesterday. Looking forward to recovery week. 42 degrees outside. Sweating like a ....

Swam 10 lengths of pool as well.

Perofrmance 9/10.

Effort: 8.5/10.

Thursday 30th July 2015

Recovery day completed with maximum effort. Good performance. Still sweating like mad.

Friday 31st July 2015

Good session. Very hot outside 42 degrees again. Sweating like mad, floor a problem with slippage. 9/10 effort and performance. Started drinking beer during day though. Trying to eat as healthy as possible. Limited carbs.

Saturday 1st August 2015

Another pretty good session. Main problem is floor being wet with sweat, especially on level drills. Effort 9/10, performance 9/10. Trying to avoid carbs.

Sunday 2nd August 2015

Thank goodness!!!

Monday 3rd August 2015

Enjoyed this session. Felt I could easily achieve it, but still felt that it was working the flexibility and control.

Enjoyed! Wish they were all this easy. Effort 10/10. Performance 10/10.

Brill! 10/10! Hot outside still sweating!

Loved it! Feel gooood baby!

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Yo ! Dig deeper! Form over speed. Lots of power control today. 36 degrees outside. Cool !

Gonna have a beer..its my hols!

Saturday 8th August 2015

Good session. More control!

Sunday 9th August 2015

Need the rest before month 2!

Monday: August 11th 2015

Should have done start of month 2, but 40 degrees outside and wayyy tooo hot. Start month 2 when Im home. Doing another session today though: recovery balance.

Travelling back to UK today so not doing anything.

Thursday 13th August 2015

O my god! Mucho Harder than month 1, but managed it all. All 59 mins. Felt absolutely knackered afterwards. but a good sense of achievement. Month 1 was a lot easier. Hope I can keep this level up! Effort 9/10. Performance 8/10.

Friday 14th August 2015

Gone back to day 37 to get back in sync after flight back from holiday.  Really really megga Bananas!!! I had to pasue for the first time since starting insanity. 55 mins, but had to pause after 35 mins to catch my breath. Struggled today performance wise. Started well.

Saturday 15th August 2015

Max Cardio was tough, but not quite as bad as previous two. Firstly it is shorter at about 47 mins which helps. Found that I could complete this giving 100% effort onto the whole set of sessions. Good feeling of acomplishment at the end. I think energy levels, sleep and time of day do help a lot prior to doing these. Anyway, I think that this week was a shock to the system being longer and harder sessions, but will hopefully get used to it ny next week. Talking to Ben at bar made me realise everyone struggles in week 1 month 2. Effort 10: Performance 9.                       2 glasses of wine tonight (red)

Monday 17th August 2015

Not sure where they get Recovery Day from this was a burner. Not in the cardio but the balances were really hard. Completed all but last 5 mins when the DVD froze. Virtually an hour hour though, so not the session to look forward to like in meonth one. Still tough!! No alchohol Day

Tuesday 18th August 2015

59 mins of agony!But definitely did better than the first time I did this. Did this session later but still bid very well. Trying not to keep looking at the clock as it seems worse. Trying to break down each one and cocnentrate more on giving about 95-100% on each exercise. Looked at Tracy Kiss and as she says it destroyed her on the first few lots of sessions. Trying harder now to keep portion control with diet and cutting down alchohol even further .

Wednesday 19th 2015

55 mins of torutre but feel like I am turning a corner and getting fitter. Still unbelievably hard, but got through it all. Just had to change the last set of power jumps to an alternative because my legs just wouldn't jump today at that point. Managed first 2 sets but last set they were gone! Did better that Tania on many of them though, so feel like I'm getting there. Diet is also doing well. No alchohol day.

Thursday 20th August 2015

Friday 21st August 2015

47 ins. I do find this session easier than the plyo and cardio, but still rock hard. Pressup up jumping jacks are easier than the power type jumps, esepcially on the last sets. Diet and limited alcohol as having a definite effect on results. Feel fitter, sharper and more toned.  Tough session tomorrow though. Performane 8.5/10, Effort 9.5/10.

Saturday 22nd August 2015

Had to repeat the 48 mins from yesterday to the the MAX body conditioning, since feeling lacking in energy today and very tired from late night. Didn

't feel I had the 59 mins cardio in me today. Pleased with performance and effort though and still found this session very very tough! 1 red wine tonight!! Yipee!

Sunday 23 August 2015

Having repeated the conditioning yesterday, I'm hoping for a good performance today. Good healthy diet today so fingers crossed!!!

Completed the Ply circuit in full. Gave maximum effort 10/10 and good performance 9/10.

Feel dizzy now so going to have a light snack and some fruit.

Recovery day tomorrow after three days of difficult sessions, but from what I remember from last week recovery is still rock hard.

Feel fitter though. Dig deeper!

1 glass of red wine tonight.

Monday 24th August 2015

Wednesday 26th August 2015

48 Mins of hell! Why do I do this??

Feeling shaky after this workout session, but felt that I did pretty good. Only exercise I found extreme today was the Diamond jumps towards the end, but apart from that completed all exercises at vrtually 90-95% effort. Even the diamonds completed virtually all jumps. I think its the timing of the jumps I find hard. Anyway will do the Insane Abs and the Balance session tomorrow as planned. Yesterday I jibbed, because we had gusest round, but had a busy day building the shed in the garden so at least I was doing a physical job. Effort 9/10. Performance 8.5/10. Curry tonight.

Friday 28th August 2015

Found this easy but really enjoyed this.

form 10/10,   performance 10/10, effort 10/10. Good session for coordination and balance, strength power etc...

Saturday 29th August 2015

Didn't feel too good today with a strange feeling in myn heart area, like cramping. could be nothing. Anyway its a rest day soo no probs! Glass of red wine! and Burger King at trafford centre :-(

Saturday 29th August

8pm: 1 hour after food. Great Test results so must be getting fitter! Some results have doubled! :-)

Sunday 30 August 2015

57 mins of tough exercise. Did this session at 9:30pm, not recommended as I already felt shattered after working on the garden shed all day. Good sense of achievement though. One glass of wine as its Emma's birthday today.

Effort: 8/10

Form 10/10

Perfromance:8/10.

Monday 31st August 2015

Will I ever find any of these easier?

48 mins for conditioning session which is slightly easier, but I still found it very tough and had to force myself to keep up with Tania. I'm finding that I'm faster and better than some in the group, but not quite as fast as Tania. 

Effort: 9/10

Form: 10/10

Performance: 8.5/10

Maybe one glass of red wine tonight??

Tuesday 1st September 2015

Enjoyed this Max Recovery better than the last time I did this. Felt like I knew what was coming so was better prepared. Its the length of time you have to hold the hip flexors with the complicated twists thingys thats really tough. Overall though, pleased. Diet ok today, porridge for breakfast with blueberries, fresh veg soup for lunch and Kays fab Carribean Chicken for tea. I've also gone on to decaf coffee to cut down on Cafeine- A good move. Plenty of water and nuts.

Form: 9/10

Effort: 9/10

Performance: 9/10.

Good day!

Wednesday 2nd September 2105

60 minutes of hard cardio.

Get in there...Did fab today-really chuffed! For some reason had more energy and outdid most of the group. Completed all sessions to max. Hope this continues. Only 9 days left!!

Form: 10/10

Effort 10/10

Performance 10/10!!!!!

No alchohol today as well...

Thursday 3rd September 2015

Did the Cardio Abs in the morning. Enjoyed the good work on the abs, which are coming on. Core balnace was quite easy, so must be getting fitter. I like the core balance though as you really feel the balances and stretches keep you supple.

Friday 4th September 2015

Should have been a rest day, but did the Max Body Conditioning instead. Trying to keep up the momentum. Form 10/10, Effort 9/10, Performance 9/10. Had 3 glasses of red wine though at nigh. Healthy diet during the day though so could afford it!

5th September 2015

Did cardio abs for 16 mins despite being rest day.

Sunday 6th September 2015

Did the guild wheel with Kay. Didn't get back until late so doing day 58 tomorrow.

Monday 7th September 2015

Found this 55 minute session difficult, especially after the long bike ride yesterday adn first day back at work. Eaten pretty healthily today. Porridge, fruit, cereal bar, nuts, soup and a tuna wrap. Curry for tea. No alchohol!

Workout was tough on the first set of exercises withe the power jumps but tended to get better as I worked more on the upper body later. The level drills are no problem as I dug deep! :-)

Performance 8/10

Form 9/10

Effort 8/10.

Overall happy I completed it as I was knackered before I started. See ya tomorrow!

Tuesday 8th September 2015

Felt really rough and low on energy before I started, but pressed play!!

Performance 9/10

Effort 9/10

Form: 9.5/10.

Felt a good sense of achievement but got kidney stone pain!!

Wednesday 9th September 2015

59 mins and 30 secs of torture. with kidney pain too!

This one is a killer from the word go, even the warm up is tough.

Anyway, I kept up and completed all the sessions giving it everything.

One more proper day left then the fit test!!

Going to beat insanity and feeling goooood!

Effort: 10/10

Form 9/10

Performance: 8.5/10

No alchohol today and eat very healthy. 

Porridge and raspberries for breakfast. 200

Banana for snack 95

Cereal bar and almonds for snack. 200

nut: 100

Veg wrap and beans for lunch. 250

Pear 90

Paprika chicken and brown rice. 500

one square of chocolate 100

water 0

Porridge and honey 200

Total calories: approx 1800 Cals

Thursday 10th September 2015

6:30pm

Cant' believe this is the last work out session, after day 62. Only the fitness test left. But I'm not stopping now, not after seeing the big difference in fitness levels. Going to do a mix of Insanity month 2, Insane Abs and the Insanity Sports fitness for month 3.

Effort: 10

Form: 10

Performance: 10

Cardio Balance is much easier at is also less than 40 mins. Feel good after this session.

No alchohol Day!

Healthy diet with :

Breakfast: Porridge and raspberries.

Snack: Banana and 2 cereal bars

Snack: 30g of nuts

Lunch: Fresh veg soup and two pieces of chicken and 2 pieces of brocolli

Snack: Milk and banana

Tea: Slow cooker::- beaf in red wine sauce and rice.

Supper: Going to have porridge and a glass of milk.

Friday 11th September 2015

Finished!

Instead of finishing, decided to going on to month 3. Will focus on the best of month 3 sessions with MAX sports conditioning and insane abs. Will post my new timetable this weeekend.

Found the body conditioning hard today, but 8pm is not a good time, so felt dizzy.

Performance: 8

Form 9

Effort 8

12th September 2015

Got new kit for month 3.

Going to up the workouts with the following this month:

1) MAX Ply Interval

2) MAX Body Conditioning

3) Insane Abs

4) MAX Recovery

5) MAX Sports Interval Training

6) Cardio Power

7) Rest Day with exercise eg: Bike ride/Walking

 In addition going to try to start a few medium weights but limited as I just want go get ready for MAX 30 in Month 4.

New heart rate monitor today: high 168 so under the 175 Max level.

Time 55 mins

515 Calories burned

140 average HR.

Sunday 14th September 2015

21 Mile Bike ride with Kay.

Preston Guild Wheel.

Loved it. 

1 beer at night.

Tomorrow we'll start it back up again! :-)

Monday 14th September

I'm in the pocket!!!...

Really chuffed with these results!

Heart rate maxed at 171 (Accurate reading)

Literally couldn't complete another switch kick so I know I maxed. Beat Tania and Chris who are ace at it, so really chuffed.

I've pulled my calf muscle though so trying to get ice on it for tomorrow.

No alchohol day!

15th September 2015

Only did 35 mins as I had to shoot to pick Joe up.

Did ok really and found it hard but kept up with good form.

 Going to report Claories burned and average heart rate as indicators of effort from now on.

Performance:

 Av. Heart Rate: 135

No alchohol day

Wednesday 16th September 2015

Time: 56 mins

Performance:

Av Heart Rate: 132

Peak HR: 165

Calories: 470

Enjoyed this session as there is lots of variety and didn't find it as tough as the MAX Interval or plyo.

No Alchohol Day.

Big dinner so smaller tea.

Energy tube before session.

Don't feel as exhausted afterwards. ;-)

Thursday 17th September 2015

33 mins

Average HR: 116

Peak: 163

Calories: 215

I suppose I'm experimenting this week with the different options for doing round 2.

I think instead of a recovery session on a Thursday I'm going to do an Insane Abs and medium weights. SO basically having a lower intensity work out instead of a recovery day.

This session is strong on the abs, but feeling it in my back so need to adjust position next week. 

Don't feel shattered after this which is good. Liking the MAX conditioning, Sports intervals and the MAX Plyo. Perhaps taking the rest on Monday or maybe do the cardio abs just to keep them developing. I'll see at the weekend. Staff Insanity tomorrow! ha!

No alchohol Day. :-(

FRIDAY 18th September 2015

26 minute fit test with the staff.

Enjoyed!

Put in maximum effort

Saturday 19th September 2015

56 mins: Found this tough especially first half. Gets easier towards the end.

Performance:

486 Calories

Average HR: 136

Peak HR: 162

Sunday 20th September 2015

Cardio abs and a 21 mile back ride.

Really enjoyed the bike ride. 

Going to start Insanity SPORT next week. Starting a new Timetable which will be uploaded weekly.

Insanity Sport is going to be very similiar to Month 2 of Insanity with more empahasis on plyometrics and cardio abs. Weights to develop upper body. Main aim is to get ready for Insanity MAX30.