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Insanity: Day 3 – Cardio Power & Resistance

Stop being a cream puff.

Coach Rich Swift

I finally feel like I'm making some progress with this thing. Not bad for only being on Day 3.

When I say progress I mean being physically able to push myself through some of the pain and discomfort associated with the exercises. Yes, I died out several times throughout the course of this workout this morning. But I managed to stay moving, even when not doing the exercise of the moment, and I managed to make it to the end. Which for me is a pretty decent accomplishment.

Of course, I had some motivation behind me. All five of my kids, all of them, and my wife were awake and in the living with me while I was working out. Some of my kids even participated in the workout somewhat. So of course, I had to keep paces.

I will say that it was hard waking up this morning. I was laying in bed at 5:30 - a full half hour after I want to be up - thinking that I could just sleep and put the workout off until this evening. The soreness in my back, arms and legs was in complete agreement with that line of thinking. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that letting myself off the hook after just two days was weak and would ultimately cost me lots more than one lost day of working out.

So I got up, tried to straighten out my legs which had locked in place because of soreness, got myself dressed and headed for the living room. A few minutes later I got started and felt extremely accomplished if even for just getting out of bed. But as the workout progressed, and I stopped every now and again and again and again, I realized that I could either wimp out and let my body win or I could try to fight through the pain, soreness, tiredness and heavy breathing to at least complete the task set before me.

Which leads me to want to remind anyone that may consider doing this workout... you have to dig deeper.

I know it sounds cliché and commercial and like I read it from the packaging, but it is the truth. From the first moment you pop a DVD in the player you will be challenged to continue with the program. It is hard. Painfully hard. And it requires a certain about of resistance to failure in order to stay with it. I know this because within the first few minutes of just the fit test I was ready to throw in the towel. In yesterday's workout I was ready to call it quits. And this morning I didn't even want to get out of bed.

It is not easy at all to push yourself through the mental blockages you'll invariably face when trying to do something your body doesn't want to do. But I think in the case of Insanity it will be totally worth it. At least I hope it is. I have a wife and five kids depending on my resilience, durability and long life. So if there were ever a motivation to get my butt in gear, there it is. What's yours?