Have any of you tried the Insanity workout?

[justlilly]

I got it recently and I have done it a few times, but then finals week hit and I haven't had time. However, as soon as finals are over, I am really going to get into it. It seems like a really good workout, my muscles were really sore afterward.

[MrEM4N]

Insanity will destroy you and build you back up into a lean mean flat stomached machine. You know the work out is legit when even his fitness model have to take nonscheduled breaks during the routine because it's kicking their butt.

In all seriousness, I did the Insanity program and I noticed I was losing body fat like crazy. You really need to stick to the diet plan they also provide or you won't get half the results you wish you did. Good news is it's only 60 days, though. Bad news is half way through the program the Hell you think you've been going feels more like a brisk jog after you experience the ridiculous pace he sets in the second month.

[justlilly]

I hate the diet...I don't think I would ever be able to stick to it. I work in a restaurant, so my meal times are all messed up anyway. On 14 hour shifts, sometimes you have enough time to grab something really quick, other times you don't. Sticking to the workout will be really easy compared to sticking to the diet.

[MrEM4N]

The diet isn't so bad as long as mimic the formula. Frequent small meals. I also worked in a restaurant and the hardest thing wasn't funding time to it, it was not ordering the quick tasty food. You also have a lot of power to modify your orders. Take advantage of it and make your own delicious healthy meals up.

[justlilly]

The discount at my job is barely anything and if you order the better, more healthy food, you end up paying way more and the cooks can tell it is employee food, so they wait 30 minutes to make it and then cook your medium rare steak extra well. So then you don't even want to eat it when you get it. Plus, there isn't very many healthy things at the particular restaurant that I work for. I really have no idea how I will do the diet.

[MrEM4N]

That sucks. The cooks at the place I worked out "Mimi's Cafe" all had really good relationships with the servers so our food always came out nice. We just had to order our food like 20-30 minutes before our breaks so we could actually eat it during our break. I might suggest making your own meals and than bringing it in with tupperware. We had a gigantic fridge in the back and people would always stash food back there on a special employee shelf. The diet is key, though.

[justlilly]

After doing the fit test the first day, and first workout the second day, and the second workout the third day, where should I be feeling sore? My abs and stomach haven't really felt very sore yet. It is mostly just my thighs, arms, and shoulders. Is that normal?

[MrEM4N]

The high kicks from the fit test should have destroyed your hip flexors, the muscles that help bring the knee up like when you're climbing stairs. But the Insanity will work both of us out differently. I started off being stronger with my upper body so I didn't feel the pain on that as badly as I did my legs. Around the worlds and high jumps had me crying like a baby the first couple times. If you're concerned you're not getting a proper work out remember to slow down and concentrate on form.

[justlilly]

I am not very coordniated, so that makes some of it harder for me. You're right, I probably need to slow down.

[MrEM4N]

Yeah you definitely don't need to worry about trying to keep up with the people in the video. I did the entire program and I could never finish a session without having to take my own breaks. High jumps always always killed me and I could probably only do the first 15-20 seconds of it because of all the other crap he has you do beforehand. You want everything to feel as painful as possible without actually killing yourself :D

[justlilly]

I don't even think it is possible for me to do some of the stuff in the videos. Like anything involving pushups...I don't have much upper body strength, although maybe that will change if I keep trying, I don't know.

[WeaponZero]

Shaun T (the trainer/instructor) had to take a short break while doing the warmup on one of the workout DVDs (either Pure Cardio or Cardio Power & Resistance, forget which) if that tells you anything.

[MrEM4N]

Shaun T takes short breaks through out the entire vid. He "stops to assess form" but really.. he's just catching his breath :P

[WeaponZero]

yes but its just funny that on that particular one he had to do it during the warmup =)

[WeaponZero]

I've tried it and I had to quit 2 weeks in because of severe risk of injury due to my coordination and balance issues. It's very balance and coordination intensive even if you reduce the amount of reps you do and go at your own pace.

[YourLifeCoach]

I've done all the Beachbody DVDs. I do enjoy Insanity but if you have any knee trouble whatsoever it is best to avoid this particular series.

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[WeaponZero]

Also if you suffer from balance and coordination issues as with me. Although my overall level of conditioning places me at an intermediate level of fitness that would otherwise be perfectly capable of it, I have a neurological disorder that severely hinders my balance, coordination, and motor control, and as a result I have to avoid Beachbody programs, Insanity and Turbofire in particular more than the others.

[FifthElement]

Ive always wanted to try it, but I hear its not for those that are really out of shape.

[Ugliness]

Okay. What is the insanity workout. It sounds like making a lot of noise and waving your hands wildly while stomping erratically down the street until you pass out or are arrested.

[justlilly]

It is basically a cardio circuit training program on dvd.

[Ugliness]

Thanks. But the description I dreamed up would be more fitting for the title. Sorry. I never heard of it before. I considered it more along the lines of the infamous "seafood" diet.

[WeaponZero]

It is basically a 60 day long at home fitness program that requires you to work out 6 days a week for 45 minutes to an hour every day doing extremely high intensity sports drills, plyometrics, and calisthenics based workout routines giving you little to no rest during your workout. It's based on the training regimen that football players who are training to get back into the swing of things after taking a season off have to go through.

[WeaponZero]

Unlike P90X which was designed around weightlifting and as a result adds a lot of muscle mass to your body, Insanity (which is from the same people behind P90X) revolves around high intensity cardio and bodyweight training for resistance, which results in a more functionally fit, leaner frame than the kind you get with weights. Basically P90X is for adding muscle, Insanity is for improving overall fitness/athletic capability.

[martyfellow]

I think it's too tough for most people. Fine for fitness instructors, but too much for the normal citizen trying to get in shape, too much risk of injurty.

[AltTech]

Too much cardio for me, I go for size though. That one and p90x are good workouts for people who are slightly out of shape. Insanity is the more difficult one though.

[Anonymous]

I tried Asylum and started throwing up just during the warmup. That stuff is tough.

There's anew P90X2 that I think I'm going to buy and do next.