Insanity Beach Body

I did a complete round of it in Oct/Nov. It is by far the hardest cardio workout I have ever done. It is not for someone who is not already fairly fit. It has lots of side-to-side movements, so it can be tough on knees. It also is very heavy w/plyometrics, so lots of explosive legs moves. It aslo requires a great deal of upper body strength as you are in plank quite a bit & there's also lots of push-ups (done pretty darn quickly). The whole feel of the workout is like old-school PE drills. If I had not done p90x first, I don't know how successful I would've been w/Insanity. After Insanity, all other cardio is easy. It is very tough to get my heartrate to really get up there now. There is also no weight-work. You will not touch a dumbell. Compared to 30 day shred....the shred would be considered a high beginner level. Insanity is very advanced. It does build in intensity though, w/month 1 workouts easier than month 2 workouts. If you can live through them, they pack a whole lotta punch in a very short period of time. I still do some Insanity now. I've mixed it into my current P90X rotation.

How intense of a workout do you like??? It is INSANE but AWESOME!!! I love it! ....and Shaun T. is awfully nice to look at as well!! I like that you use your own body strength to workout. No weights,etc. and you will be exhausted by the end. I have only completed the first 30 days. I took a break over the holidays and have started getting back into it. The warm up alone is pretty intense the first few times, but your body gets used to it pretty fast. I saw pretty good results in a month's time, especially around the midsetion. It's a GREAT cardio workout as well. Try it out!! I got mine off of Ebay, new in the box, and spent @ $50 less than ordering from Beach Body and got all the same videos, etc.

Noe that I am incorporating calorie counting into my diet, the results should be awesome from Insanity....if I
could get myself jump started again. The first time I did Insanity I ate whatever I wanted and only lost 5lbs. in a month, but did lose an inch and a 1/2 off my hips and 3 off my waist. Now...the goal is to do Insanity AND watch what I eat!!!! I LOVE this website!! Good Luck!! I hope it works out. P.S. Beach Body also has a great website if you want to find out more about other people's experience with Insanity. Pam :happy:

I have Insanity and am going to start it on my 5th week. I to have bad knees & am SCARED to DEATH to start! I have been riding the bike daily & doing upper body weight lifting to just prepare myself a bit!!!
I'm afraid my Heart Rate Monitor is going to be beeping through the roof!!!! I'm so scared!!!!

Oh and a question to you all, how fit are you guys? I am beginning my 3rd week of getting back into the swing of things & want to know if 4 weeks is enough time to get myself some what prepared for Insanity!!! Need I say I am petrified?

I should add that he sprained it while doing an Insanity workout on his 3rd day! He says the movements are intense!

Good for you, honey! I am TERRIFIED to start P90X, so I got Chalene Extreme instead, then I will hit the P90X! I should add that men are not as coordinated as us beautiful ladies, so you should be fine!!!!!

I was gonna wait til I was 20 lbs down to try it. But I really wanted to start it. I just did the fit test and it kinda kicked my butt. So I'm sure tomorrow I will be half-dead. Woohoo.