With P90X you take a fit test at the beginning of the program and at the end. Most of the exercises would be familiar to anyone who has exercised before; you know, push-ups, pull-ups, vertical leaps, bicep curls, etc. With Insanity it’s a whole different ball-game. You take the fit test every 15 days or so, and you probably have never attempted most of the exercises. But they’re INTENSE!

The fit test in Insanity counts as a day of workout AND as a sign post along the way to progress. It’s actually very cool in that regard, the only problem is nobody who has never tried the program understands one iota of hell what the exercises involve. So, while the fit test is hard, nobody outside of the program can easily use it to understand what sort of progress is possible or reasonable to expect. P90X is a much better test for the layman who is wanting to understand what sort of results to expect, whereas the Insanity fit test is much more useful as a progress indicator for the unfortunate saps neck deep in cardio needing some way to gauge how they’re doing, but it’s inaccessible to anyone outside of the program.

With that disclaimer out of the way, here are my Day 15 Results compared to Day 1:

Switch Kicks — Day 1: 94 |  Day 15: 115

Power Jacks — Day 1: 41 |  Day 15: 50

Power Knees — Day 1: 76 | Day 15: 91

Power Jumps — Day 1: 32 | Day 15: 40

Globe Jumps — Day 1: 7 |  Day 15: 8

Suicide Jumps — Day 1: 13 |  Day 15: 15

Push-up Jacks — Day 1: 23 | Day 15: 30

Low Plank Obliques — Day 1: 40 |  Day 15: 45

Across the board, I suppose I had roughly 20% improvement on the various exercises.  I was really happy with the improvement given two weeks of work, but physically it felt just as difficult the second week as it did when I started.

I will hold off on pictures for now, but I will likely post 30 day pics. On that front, I’m pretty surprised at how fast my body has been changing. You burn fat FAST on this program. The jury’s still out on how much you build muscle, but the tell of the tape will be Day 63 there. Stay tuned.