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I made it to the end of week 2 of Beachbody’s Insanity workout program, and for some reason I want to put up one of those signs you’ve seen or heard about in factories: “No injuries in (number) days.” In other words, it’s “So far, so good” when it comes to my back, knees, ankles, etc. I have had problems during my rounds of P90X with my shoulders and knees, for example, but I came into Insanity forewarned that I should pace myself. I also purchased some foam squares to cushion my jumps, which are probably helping.
Here’s another reason I might be doing well with Insanity so far: I like to warm up beforehand, using the stability ball and foam roller I learned about from P90X2. Tony Horton often reminds us that the warm up and cool down are demonstrations of what you should do, but of course it’s OK to do more if necessary. Shaun T, on the other hand, briefly reminds us to stay safe, go at our own pace, land on “soft knees,” but the Insanity workouts pick up the pace a lot quicker than P90X and P90X2. Maybe I need the extra warm up and stretch, and maybe not, but it does help me to get ready for what’s coming. I also like to add a couple of cool down exercises at the end, because that three minutes doesn’t seem long enough,
The workouts for the first month are the same, in a slightly different order and frequency each week. Check out my Week 1 Recap for descriptions. The big difference is that week 2 is supposed to be the first week with six workouts (OK five and a recovery day). Unfortunately, we had a big snowstorm here on Friday night, so my Saturday workout consisted of a lot of shoveling. Hurray for fitness, right? I wasn’t complaining about a sore back like a lot of my friends, but my arms were sore from all the lifting!
I lost a couple of pounds this week, but since I am in weight maintenance mode I didn’t expect anything drastic. I am still working towards the elusive six-pack abs, and of course the ability to workout at those high speeds. Week 3, here I come!
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