Insanity almost finished...now what?

Lovelygirl1975

So I have been doing Insanity and I think it is working. I have been struggling with the nutrition the entire time but, I am trying. I recently decided to increase my protein so now I am drinking a protein shake after my workouts along with eating healthy. Here is my question/concern: I have two weeks left and I am trying to decided how to proceed from here. I have seen lots of improvement in my toning. My stomach and arms now have definition that they definitely didn't have before, and I can just see that everything on my body is just tighter. My weight has varied through the whole process. But, I have still have a tiny muffin top that I really want to get rid of. So I am trying to decided if I should repeat Insanity, just repeat month 2, or just move on to another program that includes more weight training. Any help you can offer is appreciated. Thanks.

deineira

I think our bodies benefit when we mix up our training regimen. Otherwise, we stop making progress as quickly as we would like as our bodies get more accustomed to the same workout routines. If you want to keep doing some toning, you might try adding a rotation that has more strength training in addition to cardio. How about P90X? I did that series years ago and it helped me lose over 20 pounds.

I just bought Les Mills Combat and I like it a lot. It's mostly kickboxing but has some toning emphasis as well. The instructors are pretty energetic and the workouts have great music, which is a big plus for me.

I also workout with Cathe Friedrich a lot, and she has tons of DVDs and series available on her website, cathe.com. She just put out a new series called XTrain that I started at the beginning of this month and it has cardio and weights. It's been great, her workouts are challenging and the quality of her products is second to none.

Since it sounds like you are fairly new to working out, it may be easier for you to just buy a series and follow the rotations given, like the ones I mentioned above.

I hope some of these recommendations are helpful. I did Insanity a couple of years ago, and after I was done, I think I headed back into more Cathe workouts, but she's my go to gal for exercise and has been for over 10 years.

Eva

niknokd

I know a lot of people do a second round of insanity (after a week or two rest period). I'm planning on doing another round when I'm done with this first one. After that I was thinking of doing les mills pump! You could try that (it's also from BeachBody). Except when I looked at the schedule, the cardio looked too easy so I was going to up the difficulty on that and possibly use Insanity videos as the cardio. Also, you can try an insanity/p90x hybrid. If you just google it you can find schedules people have created. Hope this helps!

Lovelygirl1975

Thanks so much for the suggestions. I was also looking at Pump and P90x. I like following a schedule that is already set. I had been doing my own exercise plan for a year and I wanted a challenge and to finish up my weight loss so I ordered Insanity. But now my goals have changed from just weight loss to a bikini body and a six pack. (I have never had either of these before so I really want it at this point). Thanks again for the help and suggestions.