Anyone experience INSANITY related injuries?

maryjaquiss

I had pretty bad foot pain from Insanity. Possibly from the shoes I was wearing, though I doubt it - I am pretty fussy about my footwear and was using supportive shoes. Never had it running or with any other exercise DVD, so I've given up on it.

brettcurtain1971

Hi there, I took the insanity challenge and I am at day 32, going well and strong, I was already fit but this is just a new level I havent been at for a while, anyway anyone wanting to start insanity should consider a few things,
1. be reasonably fit first,
2. good shoes is a must
3. the most important and don't make the same mistake I made and worked out for the first 3 weeks on tiles, 3 injuries later, 2 CALFS and 1 QUAD, alot of ice and anti-inflammitorys but pushed through, I got gym mats, solved the problem, I cant stress how important mats are.
4. commit and know this YOU WILL GET RESULTS, just tough out the first week and its all good,
5. just because your exercising madly, good healthy food and serious protien for recovery otherwise this is just going to slow the results down
6. Dont go at there pace at first just push pause for an extra 15 seconds if you have to, you have to get the heart rate down before starting up again, this interval training, great cardio will come to you
7. Good form is a must, I have watched so many videos on you tube of people doing insanity with complete and utter poor form, this is only cheating yourself, put a mirror up in front of you if you have to and check your form, its not about looking at yourself and loving yourself its about form, even shaun T says this so many times.
8.enjoy insanity and spread the word

Trueray

Did insanity back to back for a year and Dr said i lost mostly all my cartilage in my left knees which resulted in my knee pains but now i took about 4 months of and my knee is slowly getting stronger and better.

So I would take breaks between rounds at least a month. So two months of insanity then one month break then repeat.

Steffani911

I can't do it. I can't take all the impact on my knees. I have done the 12 discs from JMBR, I run, and I lift heavy, but I can't do Insanity without serious leg pain.

Crochette2

I got plantar fasciitis after doing 2 weeks of insanity, I had to stop doing it, I'm almost on the 3rd month without jumping, I'm following my Doctor's advice, but as soon as I try to jump again, my plantar start hurting so bad, I almost finish my P90X second round, feeling good

writergrlrox

I hurt my knees a lot while doing insanity. I had only two weeks left when I quit the program because I couldn't handle the pressure with a new job. The heat spray for sports injuries that I got from the supermarket totally worked for me.
I was doing my squats right. I think the jumping part of the workouts were totally off. They were making me woozy so I didn't give them my all.
hope this helps. good luck.

jeremyw1977

My insanity has caused me injuries on more than one occasion.

But the doctors have changed my medication, and I'm doing much better now.

I can't decide what's louder.......the sound of my internal laughter or the sound of crickets.
It's both a good and a bad joke at the same time.

onandoff

Insanity is tough on the joints because there's so much plyometrics in most of the workouts. It is not meant to be done all year round and whoever does this is prone to longtime injuries.
I did it only once, barefoot, no problems to make me stop but I did felt pressure at one of my knees after the first weeks, so I took care not to exagerate my jumps and take it slowly when I felt the body needs it. Although it's a program that gave me results, will not do it more than once a year, just to be cautious.
I remember I had this reaction at JillianM's BanishFat too, which also uses a lot of plyo.

burbacka1132

It all felt good until 2 weeks in...and my right knee started feeling sore. I'm not one with knee problems and I'm a marathon runner. Granted, my knees take a beating on those super long runs, but generally speaking I don't have knee issues and I haven't been training or running long distances at all this year.

I took a break from Insanity and after 2 weeks my knee issues went away. I really like the Insanity workout and I think its really fun...but I think a little too high impact for me. I don't have any issues doing lower-impact workouts like 30 Day Shred.

kdubby22

Insanity is a form of HIIT-High Intensity Interval Training. And unfortunately, this form of HIIT is notorious for causing knee-related injuries. It happened to me, and honestly it's never a good idea to keep performing that kind of exercise if it causes pain or injury.

If you like that kind of workout without the risky injuries, research HIIT more. You'll find more relieving workouts with equal, if not better, results!

jasonpettitt

So far I've torn my calf and torn my groin. To be fair I've done them both playing football (soccer :I) but I'm convinced that the insanity programme has made me more injury prone.

Sim123one

Insanity ruined my ankle.

awoolli1

The past few days I have had a lot of pain in both my ankles (feels like right around the achilles and a little more toward the outside of the ankle) during the warm up. Once I get beyond that it lets up a little bit, as long as I make sure that I land softly especially with the plyo since it's so much jumping. On top of that, my right hip makes a popping sound (I also feel it, but it's painless) when I do a lot of the moves, which is more annoying than anything else. I already have peroneal tendonitis as a pre-existing injury, so now I feel like I'm a mess, but I don't want to stop because I've always pushed through dance injuries and that has made me stubborn...and I don't want to be out of shape.

wanabefit76

I got through 3 straight weeks of insanity but had sore lower calves after the workouts. First warm up of week 4 and I felt bad pain in my lower right calf and had to stop immediately, I couldn't jump. I went straight into the shed and started p90x, was a Monday which was good. It turns out I had tendenitis of the achillies and the last thing I need is a rupture. I started with shoes but by the end of day 2 I wore bare feet. I also used thick mma matts to jump on.
Anyway im into day 5 of p90x week 2 and have had to miss plyo for now. Just be carefull with the lower calf pain because it's not your calf it's your achillies tenden about to pop!

jimmmer

It's a fundamentally flawed schedule.

I'm surprised more people aren't injured doing it.