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By far INSANITY has been the best program for us. WE absolutely love, love, love, this fitness routine!

In just two months we have seem some phenomenal results. Overall, Sherri has lost 8lbs and dropped 2% in body fat; while Steve has lost 3lbs and dropped another percentage in body fat.

Since starting our fitness and health journey Steve's overall body fat has dropped from 23.2% to 19.8%. He has lost 11" all around and has dropped 15lbs. Steve is super stoked and is amazed at all the changes his body has made over the last year (11/27/2011).

Sherri started her journey 15 months ago (8/1/2011) and has had similar results. Sherri's body fat has dropped from 27.0% to 22.7%. She has lost 16" all around and has dropped 16lbs. Sherri is delighted with the transformation she sees going on in her body and loves how she looks. For the first time in her life, she actually feels happy about the body she's living in.

INSANITY - Phase II (1st week)

Wow! Has it been a week already? The second month (phase II) is truly insane. Each workout is a full hour and is packed with intense cardio! Here's the list of workouts: Max Interval Circuit, Max Interval Plyo, Max Cardio Conditioning and Max Cardio Recovery. Max Interval Circuit is the one we burn off the most calories (Steve 1000+, Sherri 600+), but each workout is INSANE! Our "recovery" workout means we burn less calories (only 500 or so for Steve, maybe 200 for Sherri), but most would not call it recovery.

Today we did Max Interval Plyo, and I still think it is the second hardest workout. Here is a list of some of the exercises:

Power Jumps – Every single round of these was challenging and we had to take a couple of brief breaks in the final set. Jumping for the entire allotted time is absolutely crazy; especially if you are using good form and actually getting your knees up. We were able to do these no problem in P90X Plyometrics, but they are an entirely different beast in this workout; you do them for 3 rounds and Shaun T is telling the people to keep pushing and “digging deeper” and the way that they are grouped is insane.

One Legged V Push Ups – When you finally finish doing the first round of moves, you get the “one legged V push ups” thrown at you. My arms were sweaty and I could barely maintain the proper positioning. With that said, I think that I did a pretty good job with these even though my arms were absolutely dead and I was physically exhausted.

Level 3 Drills – These are absolutely crazy because you do 16 Push Ups, with 16 Plank Runs, followed by 16 more Push Ups and 16 more Plank Runs after that. These are absolutely ridiculous. Our arms were so dead by the second round that we couldn't knock them all out. Hopefully next workout we will be able to finish them all.

Balance Push Ups – These are great to have for the final exercise, but they are sure tough. Your right arm and right leg are supposed to come up together and your left arm and left leg are supposed to come up together, while balancing in the plank position. Absolutely insane!

We have a rest day tomorrow, so stay tuned and we'll see you after we finish our second week of Phase II!

One Year Ago This Month

One year ago this month Sherri began her fitness journey. She has completed Slim 'n 6, P90 and P90X. Overall, she has lost 5lbs and 8" all around, and feels GREAT!

Here are some personal goals she has set for the next 365 days: 1) Complete the Race the Reserve 5K on August 11th; 2) Begin INSANITY on August 13th; 3) Continue to expand and make better food choices; 4) Drop a few more inches; 5) Get blood drawn to see if her counts have improved; 6) Continue to drink Shakeology daily; 7) Run at least 3 miles 2x a week; 8) Run another 5K and 9) Learn to love the body God has given her.

Steve did not actually start his fitness journey in August due to a strained hamstring; however, he was able to get on the row machine and work out that way. In November, after his hammy healed, he was able to really focus on his fitness journey. So far, it has been an amazing ride and the best part is we get to do it together!