Turbofire/Insanity hybrid - can someone do me a rota pls.

We're doing this schedule

Week 1
Day 1. Insanity Fit Test & Insanity Plyometric Cardio circuit
Day 2. TurboFire Fire 30 class & TurboFire Stretch 10 class
Day 3. Insanity Cardio Power & resistance and TurboFire Stretch 10 class
Day 4. TurboFire HiiT 15 Class, Insanity Pure Cardio, & TurboFire Stretch 10 class
Day 5. TurboFire Fire 55 EZ class
Day 6. Insanity Cardio Recovery & TurboFire Stretch 10 class
Day 7. REST DAY
Week 2
Day 1. Insanity Plyometric Cardio Circuit & TurboFire Scultp 30 class
Day 2. TurboFire HiiT 20 class & TurboFire Core 20 class
Day 3. Insanity Pure Cardio & Insanity Cardio Abs
Day 4. TurboFire Fire 30 class & TurboFire Stretch 10 class
Day 5. Insanity Cardio Power & Resistance
Day 6. TurboFire Fire 45 Class & TurboFire Stretch 10 class
Day 7. REST DAY
Week 3
Day 1. Insanity Pure Cardio & TurboFire Core 20 Class
Day 2. TurboFire HiiT 25 Class & TurboFire Tone 30 Class
Day 3. Insanity Plyometric Cardio Circuit
Day 4. TurboFire 55 EZ class & TurboFire Stretch 10 class
Day 5. Insanity Cardio Recovery & TurboFire Stretch 10 class
Day 6. TurboFire Fire 30 Class & Insanity Cardio Abs
Day 7. REST DAY
Week 4
Day 1. Insanity Cardio Power & Resistance and TurboFire HiiT 15 Class
Day 2. TurboFire Fire 45 Class & TurboFire Sculpt 30 class
Day 3. Insanity Pure Cardio & TurboFire Stetch 40 Class
Day 4. TurboFire HiiT 25 Class & TurboFire Core 20 Class
Day 5. Insanity Plyometric Cardio Circuit & TurboFire Tone 30 class
Day 6. TurboFire Fire 55 EZ Class
Day 7. REST DAY
RECOVERY WEEK
Day 1. Insanity Core Cardio & Balance and TurboFire Stretch 10 class
Day 2. TurboFire Stretch 40 class
Day 3. REST DAY
Day 4. TurboFire 55 EZ Class
Day 5. Insanity Core cardio & Balance
Day 6. TurboFire Stretch 40 Class
Day 7. REST DAY
Week 5
Day 1. TurboFire Fire 30 Class & TurboFire Sculpt 30 class
Day 2. Insanity Pure Cardio & Insanity Cardio Abs
Day 3. Insanity Cardio Power & Resistance and TurboFire HiiT 15 class
Day 4. TurboFire HiiT 20 class & TurboFire Core 20 class
Day 5. Insanity Plometric Cardio Circuit & TurboFire Stretch 10 class
Day 6. TurboFire Fire 45 class & TurboFire Tone 30 class
Day 7. REST DAY
Week 6
Day 1. TurboFire Hiit 25 class & Insanity Cardio Abs
Day 2. Insanity Pure Cardio & TurboFire Stretch 10 class
Day 3. TurboFire HiiT 15 Class & TurboFire Sculpt 30 class
Day 4. Insanity Cardio Recovery
Day 5. TurboFire Fire 30 Class & TurboFire Core 20 class
Day 6. Insanity Cardio Power & resistance and TurboFire HiiT 15 class
Day 7. REST DAY
Week 7
Day 1. TurboFire Fire 55 EZ class & TurboFire Stretch 10 class
Day 2. Insanity Pure Carido & TurboFire HiiT 20 class
Day 3. TurboFire HiiT 25 Class & TurboFire Sculpt 30 class
Day 4. Insanity Plyometric Cardio Circuit & TurboFire Core 20 class
Day 5. TurboFire Fire 30 Class & TurboFire Stretch 10 class
Day 6. Insanity Pure Cardio & Insanity Cardio Abs
Day 7. REST DAY
Week 8
Day 1. TurboFire HiiT 25 Class & Insanity Cardio Abs
Day 2. Insanity Pure Cardio & TurboFire Tone 30 class
Day 3. Insanity Plyometric Cardio Circuit & TurboFire Hiit 15 Class
Day 4. TurboFire Fire 30 class & TurboFire Core 20 class
Day 5. Insanity Pure Cardio, Insanity Cardio Abs, & TurboFire Stretch 10 class
Day 6. TurboFire HiiT 20 Class & TurboFire Sculpt 30 class
Day 7. Insanity Fit Test & Insanity Cardio recovery[Also in Month 2 of this Insanity TurboFire hybrid you can do Insanity month 2 workouts instead of month 1 workouts]

Combining these two programs sort of defeats the purpose of doing a hybrid program in the first place because they are both very similar to each other in that they are mostly cardio with very little strength work. If you want to put a hybrid program together, select a program that is strength based and a program that is cardio based. A good example would be P90X and Turbo Fire. And when putting your schedule together it is very important to schedule rest days after days where you've worked your lower body very hard via strength training or plyometrics work.

I thought that was what this programme was

Turbo Fire is all cardio and so is Insanity like conting said.
You could do:
Turbo Fire / Chalene Extreme
Turbo Fire / P90X
Insanity / Body Revolution - don't do any BR cardio since you will be doing cardio with Insanity
Turbo Fire / Body Revolution - don't do any BR cardio since you will be doing cardio with Turbo Fire

When I finish Body Revolution I won't want to do it again but I've heard good things about Insanity so would rather do a Hybrid with that.

Charlene Extreme looks like it could be a good Hybrid with either Turbo Fire or Insanity. Maybe someone can post up a hybrid programme. I'll start a separate thread for it I think. I wouldn't know where to start otherwise as I want to get a good mix of working all my body parts and having enough rest betwen etc. but I want a 6 day programme with max calorie burn.

If you're dead set on doing Insanity as your cardio workout then i STRONGLY recommend using P90X instead of ChaLEAN Extreme for the strength portion. Insanity and ChaLEAN Extreme don't mix well because they both work your leg muscles heavily every single day to the point of failure which is NOT a good idea. This will actually slow down your results and make you more prone to injury. In addition most of the moves in Insanity have no way to modify them to remove impact which is something you want to do when making a hybrid with other programs. P90X works different muscle groups on different days which makes it easier to fit it in together with Insanity.

One thing you SHOULD understand about hybrid programs is that from an exercise standpoint they generally are no better than the base programs used in them and often times are less effective. People do them because they want the challenge, but as far as getting results goes 9 times out of 10 you'll do better picking one program and sticking with it.

That being said... my suggestions is that if you really are dead set on doing a hybrid program here are the best choices to choose from:

ChaLEAN Extreme > TurboJam
ChaLEAN Extreme > TurboFIRE
P90X > Insanity
P90X > RevAbs
P90X > TurboFIRE

Understand however you'll probably get better results picking just one program and sticking with it. Remember these hybrid programs aren't for results but for challenge. People do them because they want the sense of personal achievement that comes from doing them.

Thanks for that, maybe I'll do Chalene Extreme and Tubo Fire in that case but I need to get hold of a day by day workout plan. I don't mind doing a whole program instead of a hybrid but it's just that I have heard such good things about Insanity I want to try it for myself but don't want to give up the strength.

What about doing a split workout program ie. in the morning do one and the evening a different one?

Would it be better to simply do Chalene Extreme on it's own from start to finish initially and then when I am where I want to be weight and body fatwise change to Insanity?

Doing a split of one in the AM and one in the PM is even worse from a safety sandpoint because joints themselves also need to recover. After completing any sort of highly intense lower body workout, whether it's strength training OR plyometrics, you need a full 48 hours rest MINIMUM.

My suggestion if you're dead set on doing Insanity is this:

P90X/Insanity Hybrid where you take TWO (and ONLY TWO) Random workouts from Insanity (your choice as to which ones) and do P90X cycling those Insanity workouts in place of the Plyo X and Kenpo X days. Aside from that stick to the P90X schedule. You can cycle the Insanity workouts you do each week.

Combining strength training and high intensity cardio in a workout schedule, strength training should be the one given priority. If compromises have to be made in putting together the schedule, it's better to take from the cardio end of the spectrum than the strength training. Are you opposed to doing workouts that are not DVD workouts? I think you'll find that there are books and ebooks out there that guide you through programs way better than most of these DVDs. They're just not popular cause, well, people don't like to read anymore.

Thanks everyone for your input. I've done turbofire for the full 20 weeks before I've completed Insanity before (got the t-shirt) I've done the 30 day shred before (got good results) then I took a break from fitness for about 3 months :ohwell:

I'm now back in the loop and almost half way through the 30 day shred again. Afterwards, maybe I'll just stick to either turbofire OR Insanity and NOT do a hybrid

I see cardio cardio cardio cardio. Definite lack of strength training there.

I am currently doing Insanity and heavy lifting together. Decided to break up the cardio with proper strength training. I'm definitely feeling stronger but not seeing the definition I'd like yet or inch loss. I have been skipping Insanity workouts on weights days and other days I've doubled up (but split the workouts during the day), just doing whatever I can manage really and aiming for a 3500 calorie burn each week.