The road to Insanity!
Today heralds the first day in my endeavour to learn what insanity really means.
To those who are unfamiliar, Insanity is labelled by some as the most brutal and unforgiving 60 days of fitness you will ever experience. A workout program designed to kick your ass and push your limits beyond what you thought possible…. no worries mate, yea sure sounds like fun, sign me up! Donna has managed to encourage me to accompany her in this joint adventure to discover more about ourselves and what we are capable of.
Well, last night was the ‘fitness test’ before the program actually starts. Designed to track your progress and so forth. My results were rather interesting… my body decided to purge all the negativity of 33 years of treating it like shit, and afterwards I found myself cramped up over a toilet bowl spewing my guts up and ready to pass out from exhaustion.
Tonight is the start of our insanity, and I know it’s not going to be easy, but for once in my life I have someone beside me who I know will be there to support and encourage me and together we can work together to be successful. If we can pull this off, it will just be the start. Obstacles put in our path will no longer be viewed with doubt and disbelief, and we will smash down those barriers with ease.
Sure, we might come out of this a little bit insane, but I’ll love her even more for what the other benefits this program will bring, and that’s all that matters to me.
But… before we begin our journey we had to prepare one very important thing for each of us. Behold the ultimate products in matching athletic foot ware for him & her:
Hahaha OMG – Thank you so much for writing your first blog. I’m so excited and I have the biggest smile on my face right now!!! Let’s kick some insanity ass. Those are very sexy foot ware my dear.
xoxo
I love you.
What a great blog Mark! I know how strong Donna is so with her beside you, you can’t go wrong.
The sneakers will clinch it for you tho!
Just think how great you will feel when you have finished.
I’m so proud of you both. Go get ’em!
xxxxx
Love…love…love….the pink shoes!
Give me some of your motivation please….mine seems to have disapeared since Dig got home.
haha thanks Mell! They’re Brooks Glycerine 😉
Yeah, I’ve found over time that Motivation is one of the key things that make or break your success hey?! It’s OK to have breaks, your body needs it. Just don’t lose control, remember to remind your brain who’s boss. haha Mum told me you workout a lot, (In a not-condescending way) I’m proud that you’ve maintained this & happy for you.
This time, I’ve set the expectation that I won’t give up. Full Stop. So when I’m half way through Power Cardio and my thighs are burning and its hard to walk, it sounds corny, but my method is to literally ask myself the following questions and they work for me every time.
“How will I feel tomorrow morning when I have to admit, that I gave up on myself last night, that not my body, but my mind was too weak to finish?” Probable Answer: “I’ll regret it, I’ll be disappointed that I wasn’t worth enough to myself to push through and finish” Then I ask this – “What if I finish this, giving it my best?” Probable Answer: “I’ll be proud of myself, I will feel like I DESERVE to be happy and healthy because I EARNT it.”
And, that sums up what fitness is about to me. Treating my body with respect, giving it the food and exercise it was designed for. Doing this gives me so much more confidence, happiness and self worth than any reflection in a mirror will ever give me. Looking good is just an added bonus.
These workouts are hard, but half the battle is accepting that it’s going to be bloody hard. Once you get over that fact, you can move on with tackling the beast. However, as hard as they are, I finish each one with a big smile on my face and a Hi-Five. Just ask Mark.
can u email me the insanity workout please?
Thanks for the motivation Don. I agree, its how u feel on the inside that counts….being able to stand naked in front of the mirror and not cringe is an added bonus. Without sounding nasty…..fat people are my motivation to keep going!
Wow! If that pep talk doesn’t get me going nothing will. I did actually exercise this morning. Hopefully my life is getting back into some sort of normality. I am so proud of my girls. That’s what I call good body image…..feeling good on the inside. xxx
Yay Mum, Good Work. Keep it up!!
Hey Don, just checked out the insanity website. After eating pancakes for breakfast, fish and chips for lunch and pigging out at sizzler for dinner, I am super keen to start the insanity workout. Are you able to post it to me, or can i download it?
Cheers,
Mell xoxo
Just sent you an email.
xx