Insanity, Day 1

You know that kid at the gym who had a hard time doing any exercises because of his size? No, I'm not saying the big guys, I'm saying the pencil-arms, the string bean. You remember that guy? That's me. My senior year in high school I was 6'2" and a whopping 140 lbs. I hated the fact that I got called names, many of them hurtful. I also hating being the weak kid, the one that was never asked to help you move.

I took a weights class my senior year hoping to "BULK UP" and gain some weight. In the 9 months I gained 20 lbs and raised my bench press from 65 lbs (yes, the bar and two 10's) to 155. It was great, but still not where I wanted to be. I left for college and almost instantly dropped 15 lbs. My school schedule got in the way of my fitness and I was making the excuses like "well, I'm walking everywhere on campus, it's not like I'm being a lazy slug." But still, I just couldn't keep the weight on.

So here I am now, a Senior at my university, a nutritional science major, and finally I'm back to 160 lbs. Fitness for me hasn't just been a good idea, it's been something that changes every day. Exercise and good eating make me happy because I feel like I'm making progress.

I signed up this last month to be a beach body coach and am super excited, not only to do the workouts, but to dive into the meal ideas, the eating plans, get supported and support my friends. One thing they told me is that I should be proof of the product, so I got my hands on an Insanity DVD set. I did the fit test today, and yes, it killed me.

During the breaks they give you, I had to pause the video just to catch my breath. I had a headache for a while afterwards and my legs hurt the rest of the day (but my awesome wife rubbed them down when I got home from school). I'm realizing that I'm going to have to go to bed earlier just so I can get the rest I truly need, not the minimum I can survive on.

So this is my work-in-progress story of a skinny kid on his way to fitness, this is my sharp start.