INSANITY!!!!! SUPPORT THREAD FOR NEWBIES OF INSANITY!

ZoeLifts

Welcome all! Starting week 2 today after a day off yesterday! I did better this morning, but tomorrow is going to be hard because I have pure cardio again! I am hoping I can do more this week than last, for sure!

Question: How are you guys planning on doing the double discs (i.e. pure cardi & /cardio abs, or later on fit test & cardio circuit, etc)? I know soon we will have to do two workouts at once, but time is pretty rare in the morning for my husband and I. We have talked about doing one in the am and one in the afternoon, but the more I think on it, I realize that we don't have to do all of warm-up and stretch for each disc so that will shave a lot of time off of it. Anyone out there that has done it before have some advice on this?

teri92656

I fell on Saturday while trying to carry a heavy stone pedestal for my small fountain…landed on my left knee…major ouch…had to drive myself to the emergency room for x-rays. Thank God no Fx just a severe contusion…painful. Today is day 2 post injury and I'm determined to attend my Pilates Class...might be able to just do stretching with the straps but I'm going no matter what, just keep moving with help of Advil. :happy:

rkcrawf

I did find it a bit silly to do a cool down for pure cardio and a warm up for cardio abs right after...but the stretches seem to address the muscles for the specific workout and the cardio abs warm-up isn't that tough. I would guess you could compress it, but i honestly wanted the extra rest to recover before jumping into the next one.

dietfree2012

Welcome all! Starting week 2 today after a day off yesterday! I did better this morning, but tomorrow is going to be hard because I have pure cardio again! I am hoping I can do more this week than last, for sure!

Question: How are you guys planning on doing the double discs (i.e. pure cardi & /cardio abs, or later on fit test & cardio circuit, etc)? I know soon we will have to do two workouts at once, but time is pretty rare in the morning for my husband and I. We have talked about doing one in the am and one in the afternoon, but the more I think on it, I realize that we don't have to do all of warm-up and stretch for each disc so that will shave a lot of time off of it. Anyone out there that has done it before have some advice on this?

hadnt thought about it; when it comes to longer workouts i would move it to one workout in the evening.

dietfree2012

Week 2 start for me! I am a day behind so today i do Cardio Resitance- question- the basketball drills in the plyo circuit..omg!!! has anyone gotten these down completely? i am so horrible at them!

ZoeLifts

Yeah, I have trouble with those, but part of it is also because he doesn't switch sides, so it's one sided. I will probably have to switch next time I do those, because my left leg always gets really sore from it and I get to the point where I can't get my feet off the ground any longer!

We did pure cardio again today! Tough stuff for sure, but we survived!!

jasonbarry

Looks like a great approach for zeroing in on your calorie intake. (see below)

jasonbarry

This is a post from another MFP memeber regarding calories burned in insanity. This is how i decided to eat 1500 calories. Also looked at another mfp members numbers with similar weight/height as me. Her is the post:

"

find it difficult to micromanage my consumed to burned calories while doing insanity. So I manually override most of the calculations of myfitnesspal. This is what has worked pretty well for me:

Figure out your own caloric needs using the Harris Benedict:

Men: 66 + (6.23 x weight lbs) + (12.7 x height inches) - (6.8 x age in years)

Women: 655 + (4.35 x weight lbs) + (4.7 x height inches) - (4.7 x age in years)

That will account for your sedentary calorie needs (everything before activity)

Then take that number and figure out your activity level. If you're doing Insanity 6 times a week your activity level is probably 1.7 If you're doing it 3-5 times a week then your activity level is probably 1.55. If you are doing insanity 3-5 times a week and then you work as a server, than 1.6 may be more appropriate, etc.

So take that sedentary calorie need amount you found in the equation above and multiply it by your activity level.

If you are looking to lose weight. then subtract the necessary calories from that amount. 1lb = 3500 calories so if you want to lose 1 pound a week you would take 3500 x (pounds) / 7 and that's the number you want to lower per day. So if you want to lose 1 pound a week it's 3500 x 1 / 7 which is 500 calories to lower. If you want to lose 2lbs a week it's 3500 x 2 / 7 = 1000 calories to lower. Same with half pounds (.5) etc.

Once you have calculated this final number of calories per day. Manually override the myfitnesspal to that number, I also have it stated that I want to "maintain" my current weight etc. But if you do this, it's important that you DO NOT ADD THE INSANITY EXERCISE TO YOUR DIARY as it was already accounted for in 'fitness level'.

If you "record your new weight" often, you can still use the fun little scale to get closer to your goal, etc.

I know it's longer and more complicated, but it's a bit more accurate, and then you don't have to worry so much about the calorie difference between recovery weeks, versus month one, versus month two.

I know there are still some out there that insist on keeping the HRM store in business and want to nail every single calorie, etc. And that's cool, to each his own. I just found that this is a pretty easy way for those who are not into the "technical" side of fitness training to have a good base to go from, especially with making myfitnesspal compatible with Insanity, as the myfitnesspal is a great way to keep track of calories, and carb/fat/protein ratios.

Hope that helps. "

dietfree2012

pure cardio last night was tough...thats all i have to say about it, lol! We are really insane for doing this 6 nights a week. We are going to have hot bodies in 60 days!

ZoeLifts

Sorry no posts, friends! I got sick Tuesday afternoon in through yesterday so no DVD workout yesterday. Decided to consider yesterday my off day and continue on with Cardio and Resistance today and then we will push Cardio recovery to Sunday which is usually when I am off. I guess that works.

It sure was hard to push through today, though, having been sick.

dietfree2012

Sorry no posts, friends! I got sick Tuesday afternoon in through yesterday so no DVD workout yesterday. Decided to consider yesterday my off day and continue on with Cardio and Resistance today and then we will push Cardio recovery to Sunday which is usually when I am off. I guess that works.

It sure was hard to push through today, though, having been sick.

im glad u listened to your body and rested; good job on getting right back to it! i hope u feel better!

McghanK

I want to start doing this program the week of the 4th or I might have to pospone it till the week of the 11th since I want to do it with hubby. I want to convince him to do it with me, I saw a "sample" yesterday and he wasn't very gun ho about doing that. He said he was gonna die if he did that....lol.....I thing though, that he is willing to try it. How longdid it take you guys to see results? Or the scale move a little. My husband is 6'1 and weighs 220. He is big framed as well.

Beachbum03

I am so glad i found this thread!! I too have Insanity and its super hard! My husband and i are planning on starting the DVD tonight/tomorrow, so i will let you all how i feel!! :-) On another note do you know how many calories the work outs burn?

Thanks!

McghanK

I am so glad i found this thread!! I too have Insanity and its super hard! My husband and i are planning on starting the DVD tonight/tomorrow, so i will let you all how i feel!! :-) On another note do you know how many calories the work outs burn?

Thanks!

I don't but there is a formula in this thread that calculates something like that.

Beachbum03

Thanks! i will have to search for that! :-)

evandmegsmom

Hi everybody!

I have 2 workouts left in Month 1 of Insanity. It does get easier...way easier! Of course, I have heard that Recovery Week is just as intense as Month 1, and that Month 2 will have me laughing out loud at some of the things Shaun T. will expect me to do. I haven't skipped a day, and I've added running a few nights on each week as my HRM tells me I'm not burning as many calories as most seem to during Insanity. I average 300-400 calories burned per workout (excluding Fit Test & Recovery, of course). I have lost 13 lbs. in the 26 days I've been doing it. Just want you all to know that it's well worth it ,and if you haven't already you WILL grow to love it. Or at least become addicted to it anyway. Best of luck!

dietfree2012

I want to start doing this program the week of the 4th or I might have to pospone it till the week of the 11th since I want to do it with hubby. I want to convince him to do it with me, I saw a "sample" yesterday and he wasn't very gun ho about doing that. He said he was gonna die if he did that....lol.....I thing though, that he is willing to try it. How longdid it take you guys to see results? Or the scale move a little. My husband is 6'1 and weighs 220. He is big framed as well.

i am doing insanity and eating around 1500-1650 calories a day...in mid week 2...losing about .02 pounds a day or a pound evey 5 days...so far 1.5 pounds...hope this helps~

dietfree2012

I am so glad i found this thread!! I too have Insanity and its super hard! My husband and i are planning on starting the DVD tonight/tomorrow, so i will let you all how i feel!! :-) On another note do you know how many calories the work outs burn?

Thanks!

lol, this is a hard question...if you cirle back to the earlier portion of this thread there is a lot on this topic..hope this helps!!

ZoeLifts

I want to start doing this program the week of the 4th or I might have to pospone it till the week of the 11th since I want to do it with hubby. I want to convince him to do it with me, I saw a "sample" yesterday and he wasn't very gun ho about doing that. He said he was gonna die if he did that....lol.....I thing though, that he is willing to try it. How longdid it take you guys to see results? Or the scale move a little. My husband is 6'1 and weighs 220. He is big framed as well.

We had the discs about 6 weeks before I finally put my foot down and told my husband I was going to start it with or without him because I was ready! LOL! I gave him an ultimatum and said that if he is not ready to start, I will start and if he is ready in 30 days, I will start over with him, or if not for another 60 days, then I will finish the program and restart with him then. He started with me instead! It has been difficult for him because I had already been working out each morning and so he is taking is slow and listening to his body so he doesn't get hurt.

The good thing about the workout is that they don't expect you to do it at the same speed they do (in fact, they can't even do it all, you will see them have to drop out and rest!). You do each of the exercises at your own pace, break when you need to and aim to get better each time. So far, in the first couple of days my husband lost about 5 lbs immediately and I already see a difference in his body. I see a difference in my body but less so on the scale than just toning up, but this is a plateau breaker for me, or to really kickstart a change that my workouts have been slow to give me.

I usually burn around 500-600 calories per workout. I highly recommend a HRM that calculated calories burned and to monitor during the workouts so you don't run your heart rate up past its healthy limit.

dietfree2012

plyo last night was killer!! happy holiday weekend insane people

phoenix1972

That is so AWESOME...at 235, not going to join just yet..but keep ur eyes open for me in the Insanity future!! LOL Best Wishes! :flowerforyou:

BrookeEspinosa

Is anyone else's calves sore?

Nomi3

Brooke- my calves are killing me. But...it hasn't even been a week and I already see more definition in my calves so I'll take the soreness for now. I'm def not as sore as I was after the first couple of days.I have Pure Cardio today and I am simultaneously excited and dreading it. Good luck all, keep pushing!

SDH15

Hey Latoya

Have you been reaching your weight goals?

McghanK

Holy Moly.....third day of insanity and I think I am INSANE for trying this. I ALWAYS end up wrenched in sweat. Some of the excecises are a little hard for me because of my knees. I have been drinking glucosamine and my regular regimen of Naproxen. Any other ideas? I am super excited though because I feel like that workout is really giving me a work out.....lol

kmihalik

I'm glad I found this thread. I just started Insanity on July 4. I didn't find the Fit Test all that hard but perhaps I wasn't pushing myself hard enough. I already workout 6-days a week between running, step class and spin classes. I plan on keeping up with the running and spin classes in the mornings and doing Insanity in the afternoons.

The only thing I think that will slow me down a bit doing Insanity is that I'm 10 months out from shoulder surgery (torn labrum ligament and bicep tendon). Push-ups were never easy for me but now they're even harder. I really need to do them with my arms out wider than probably they should be.

I already had Spin class this morning and will do the 2nd Insanity DVD today. I was also doing week 1 of South Beach Diet last week but I know I need to up my calories and get some carbs once I started this workout.

ZoeLifts

Did the fit test yesterday, but I left my results at home, so I may update later, but does anyone have some results to share of their fit test? I think I could have done better if it would not have been a holiday and our anniversary this last weekend! But we are still on track and I'm back to drinking a lot of water and eating right!

BTW, we did the Pure Cardio and the Ab workout on Saturday!! I could not make it through the abs, they were insane!! But I tried each exercise and I hope I can do better when I have to do it again tomorrow!

SDH15

Looks like I found the perfect thread as I am right on track with you guys, 2nd day into my third week. I had heard prior to starting insanity that around the third week is when most people begin to lose motivation/quit. I must admit, within the first week or so i've seen a lot of changes to my body which have kind of remained static nearing the end of the 2nd week. Im beginning to find it hard to push through this week. One thing I read on the internet, which seemed to work for me, is that if you ever start to lose motivation - try to watch the INFOMERCIAL again haha. I rewatched some of the insanity commercials on youtube, also the asylum ones and that really did the trick for me. Unfortunately, today I feel a little tweak in my groin area, im pretty torn as to whether I should take 2 days off to rest or give it a good stretch and push through. Im afraid if I take a couple days break ill have a tough time getting back into it......bc ill definitely go to town on some fast food restaurants. (Plyo Cardio Circuit is also my favorite!)

dietfree2012

im at 156.6 today..i have been. i was at 155 on the 4th which was my goal. my next mini goal is 148 by august 1st.

dietfree2012

Looks like I found the perfect thread as I am right on track with you guys, 2nd day into my third week. I had heard prior to starting insanity that around the third week is when most people begin to lose motivation/quit. I must admit, within the first week or so i've seen a lot of changes to my body which have kind of remained static nearing the end of the 2nd week. Im beginning to find it hard to push through this week. One thing I read on the internet, which seemed to work for me, is that if you ever start to lose motivation - try to watch the INFOMERCIAL again haha. I rewatched some of the insanity commercials on youtube, also the asylum ones and that really did the trick for me. Unfortunately, today I feel a little tweak in my groin area, im pretty torn as to whether I should take 2 days off to rest or give it a good stretch and push through. Im afraid if I take a couple days break ill have a tough time getting back into it......bc ill definitely go to town on some fast food restaurants. (Plyo Cardio Circuit is also my favorite!)

so funny!! this is true!! third weeker here and motivation is definitely dwindling; trying to push through though; i have a big goal ahead :happy: glad to have another 3rd weeker..what about taking 1 day off?