Insanity- day 3

Cardio Power and Resistance

Wow!! This workout is awesome. It hurts and I hate it, but its awesome.

I did not want to do this today. like, at all.
I have been eating healthy for the past week, but I was strugglin not to eat a cookie this afternoon.
After some more Pinterest motivation I decided it was time.

When Shaun T started pumping us up, I was almost dreading it more.

The warm up was as hard as usual, but we did some new exercises that I really liked
When the work out started, I could feel tears coming.  It hurt so bad. The pain was not like a normal physical pain I usually feel when I work out, it was like an inner pain, almost like a combo of being scared and being sore.  That was a rough moment and I wanted to quit right there.  I even paused the video and sat down, discouraged.  I am no good at this.  Its hard and I don't want to do it.  And then I thought of my awesome mom who got up at like 4 in the morning to workout and then help me get ready for school with no complaints.  I thought of the person I want to be and how I want to feel good on the inside and the outside and I decided to try again.

It was still way hard but I realized it was hard for every one of those super fit people on the screen in the beginning, and they got better!

I will get better.

When we started the first few circuits, it hurt like crazy...but as we went to the second and third, I started focusing not on the pain but on my technique.  I stopped watching the models on the video and focused on me.

When the last set of Globe jumps came (This is an exercise where you squat to the floor and jump back, squat, jump forward, squat, jump right, squat and back again a million times) I was powered up! I was doing them and doing them well!

Then the very last exercise came: four deep squats jump back and do eight pushups.   I hate pushups.  When I jumped back, however, I did them! I did them all without my bum in the air.  I did them right and I felt awesome.

When it ended, I was happy I didn't give up in the beginning. I felt empowered and strong.  I look exactly the same, but I can feel myself getting stronger.  Wahoo!

this is  Shaun T. 

He yells at me to keep going and I'm grateful for it

Insanity- day 2

Plyometric Cardio Circuit

Today was a killer

I was excited to work out today because I felt good when Brantley came home and was proud of me for starting Insanity, and I know he is always proud of me but I like it when I have something to really show for it.

When I started  the warm up, it was the same as yesterday, super hard and  I was drained by the second time around the warm up exercises.  The warm up was slightly different with a lot of stretching. I am hoping to increase my flexibility as well over the next few months.

As I was working out, I could feel the muscles in my legs working crazy hard. I had to take a lot of breaks during this video, but at the end I felt really good.  Sorry I'm not more detailed, (I actually did this yesterday and was just behind on my posts so I cant remember everything)

I took some time to look up some fitness motivation on Pinterest....haha I love Pinterest

Here was one of my favorites:

And its true! I'm really no expert (for reals I've been doing this for 2 days) but I went to bed last night feeling awesome! I want to keep it up!

Insanity day 1

The fit test

Here we go: I got my water bottle and headband and I am ready for some insanity. I put the DVD in my computer and set it on our table in the living room. All of a sudden, this super intense music accompanies a ton of super hot people yelling and running in place like they were running toward the last ship off the titanic. All of a sudden this super huge guy comes to the camera and yells

"THIS IS INSANITY" 

Oh dear. 

It breaks and now the guy is smiling with two other super fit instructors.

"Hi I'm Shaun T, welcome"

Not sure what the "T" stands for

The fit test, as Shaun T explained, was to help track your progress over the 60 days of the program. 

A little more intimidated than before, I started the warm up.

Normally, I can do a workout warm up without too much difficulty, but as we started the second circuit of it, I was wheezing and drenched in sweat. 

Brantley And I did a few of these warm ups together after our honeymoon, but for some reason it was easier with him cause I was trying to impress him, but now it's just me, Shawn T and the stitch in my side. 

As we began the fit test, I realized quick that I wasn't "fit" according to these standards, but it did feel good to see that I could actually do what they were talking about, just not as many repetitions as the pros.

When we got through the whole test, it felt good! I felt empowered and like I was doing something right!

Then I took a nap.

DAY 1 DOWN

Insane

Here is the update on the Brooks fam:

Brantley sells security systems as a summer job (that is why we are in California and not Idaho, where we go to school) he is gone from noon til 10:30 every day. 

Claire is currently looking for a job, with little success (just got turned down from target...again). So I (Claire) have been trying to find some things to do other than napping and reading. I decided to try and use this summer to get in shape and try INSANITY WORKOUT PROGRAM. I knew I would probably not stick with it unless I had something holding me accountable so for the next 60 days I am going to write about my experience here! WOOO! Lets get goin!

Divergent Craze

Ok. Lets talk about this book.

Its amazing people!!!

Brantley and I read it on our honeymoon and road trip to California.  Its absolutely incredible.  If you have not read it, READ IT. Its one of my new favorite books.  To top it off, the movie follows it SO WELL, aside from one scene which I'm a little mad about but its ok.  

I wont give anything away, but if you do read it, you are not going to be able to put it down.  Enjoy!

Mr. Brooks

Brantley as described by Claire

-This guy is the best

-Funny

-Plays guitar

-loves to smile

-reads Sherlock

-Supportive

-Patient

-Loves Pizza, Chicken Cord on Bleu (is that how you spell it?) and mashed potatoes 

-Basketball pro

-Laughs a lot

-flosses every day

-Looks at the up side

-reminds me to use mouth wash

-likes to cuddle

I love this guy and I am so grateful to be his wife.  Love you Mr. Brooks!!

The Names (part 2)

My Sweet mother texted me some great ideas for the name of our blog.  I accidentally deleted the text before I could make a post, but here are the ones I remember

-Brooks' Nook
-Follow the play Brooks
-Follow the yellow Brooks road (that ones pretty dang good)
-Love Brooks


I'm so sad I cant remember the others....Mom! Leave them as a comment so everyone can see them :) Love you so much!