Hurt So Good

One of the first things I mentioned I love was athletics and fitness. Now, I personally believe that in some light, every elite athlete is a masochist. If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me, “How do you do that?” or “Why do you do that?” accompanied with that you-crazy-idiot look after telling them my workout regimen and schedule, well… I’d probably be a couple bucks richer. But seriously, I couldn’t begin to count how many times my teammates and I had group sessions to share the agonizing soreness/fatigue/inability to easily sit on the toilet we felt from training.

So now that I’m through with the 7am weight training, feared conditioning tests, 6-hour practices, and countless Versaclimber challenges, I should be relaxing sweat-free right? Well, the masochist in me is still very much alive, and I can’t seem to live without rigorous training. Somehow that inability to breathe and unceasing sweating is just oh so appealing to me. 

Without organized athletics, I’ve adopted another form of insanity. Literally. I decided to take on Team Beachbody’s 60-Day Insanity Challenge to keep me sane (ironically enough) and fit. It's a 60-day at-home conditioning program that kicks. your. ass.

An edited infomercial...

"If you're a masochist, bring it!" Love it!

So I'm actually almost three weeks into the program already and I've definitely noticed changes since starting the program. I didn't take a "Before" photo but I still have some relevant pics to post. ...will do so shortly. I've always had pretty fit legs, but they're getting really toned with this workout. Honestly, I haven't lost that much weight but I can still notice my stomach shrinking. Really, the number on the scale doesn't matter that much if you can see the results on you! I do my workout every morning to take advantage of a high metabolism throughout the entire day. It's been a ton of fun and the laid out calendar keeps me on track so I feel guilty if I skip a day. It's all about individual will power to do it but having someone plan your workouts definitely makes it easier to stick to! And the workouts are less than an hour each day (for now anyways). We can all make time for something that benefits us in so many ways. More to come soon. 

Happy Friday!