Approaching the start of this interval training workout, I want you to consider a few things.
Firstly this course is advertised as an eight week course, it really isn’t.
The original name for this workout was the levels program, it was designed to be eight levels which gradually increased in difficulty as you graduated to a new level.
This doesn’t mean that it starts out easy and gets tougher. It actually starts out pretty tough and then gets tougher. Each week is measurable, you can look at yourself in the mirror and say, yes, i completed it or no i didn’t.
Lets also take into consideration that you are probably unfit at this moment. With this comes an improving cardiovascular system and a body where your muscles are adapting as fast as they can to what they have been thrust into.
My strongest advice is this. Treat each week as a level. Make sure that you can do all three workouts completely in the allotted times before you move onto the next week. Be kind to your body, its trying to adapt as fast as it can, so work with it, not against it.
Do the same with the nutrition and mental aspects, make sure you are getting things right before you move on.
Even if you were a super fit, fantastic athlete. If you are getting back into things take it slowly.
Using myself as an example, after recovering from an operation i was incredibly unfit. In my first week i wasn’t able to finish the sprints, i was managing about 23 seconds of sprinting before i just couldn’t anymore and in my last workout of the week, i was so tired that i only managed to do 5 sprints. So, my in my second week of training i stuck at the first weeks workout until i could manage to complete 6 sprints of 30 seconds with 90 seconds rest, 3 times in a week.
This isn’t a race. Your body will adapt just as much to sticking on the first or second week if you need to than going onto the next weeks level which could be one rung up the ladder too far for now. Your body will thank you for this 
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