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    Insanity Newbies and Oldies

    Posts: 91 Member
    edited January 19 in Fitness and Exercise
    Just started INSANITY yesterday and OMG its ridiculous but I love it.

    Anyone else has done it are is doing it now.

    Share your Results and story.

    Also i cant log it into MFP under 'Insanity'...Is there another name its under ?

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    • Posts: 521 Member
      Just started INSANITY yesterday and OMG its ridiculous but I love it.

      Anyone else has done it are is doing it now.

      Share your Results and story.

      Also i cant log it into MFP under 'Insanity'...Is there another name its under ?

      Honestly, if you calculate your BMR and TDEE, calculate a 10-20% deficit and manually set your MFP settings, there's no reason to log your exercise... :) Makes life much more simple, especially because the exercises in the database aren't going to be accurate to your body. Just a thought...

      http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/717565-in-place-of-a-road-map
    • Posts: 172 Member
      I started yesterday as well. Holy Cow the fit test is insane!! I've been doing JM for months, but nothing compared to that. I am nervous to actually start a real dvd tonight. I hope it's not as intense as the fit test!
    • Posts: 17
      I'm on the second week. Just did pure cardio today. I def see a difference in my stamina since doing the fit test!
      I seem to put more pressure on the outside of my feet so I'm having trouble with my trainers. Need to find something else that is going to give me more support on my feet. They ache every night :(

      Keep it up! It works!
    • Posts: 1,208 Member
      Honestly, if you calculate your BMR and TDEE, calculate a 10-20% deficit and manually set your MFP settings, there's no reason to log your exercise... :) Makes life much more simple, especially because the exercises in the database aren't going to be accurate to your body. Just a thought...

      http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/717565-in-place-of-a-road-map

      THIS!

      OP, see the updated version of the thread:
      http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/912920-in-place-of-a-road-map-3-2013
    • Posts: 80 Member
      I started yesterday as well. Holy Cow the fit test is insane!! I've been doing JM for months, but nothing compared to that. I am nervous to actually start a real dvd tonight. I hope it's not as intense as the fit test!

      Same here, just started yesterday and did Fit Test and it kicked my butt! I was just saying how nervous i am to start day 2 tonight.
    • Posts: 141
      Beachbody programs are a ripoff they work yea but why spend 120 dollars on a workout program you can get for free? Insanity is just plyometrics and programmed to get your heart thumping out of your chest. Good luck
    • Posts: 396 Member
      I log it under circuit training. I'm on week 2, and it totally BUSTED my plateau I was on for 3 weeks. Like, 3lb-gone-the-first-week busted it. I <33333 Shaun T.
      Editing to add that when I take my heart rate during the workout and average it out over the full 40 minutes and use this equation (http://www.livestrong.com/article/78365-estimate-calories-burned-heart-rate/) I find that the MFP calculations are pretty accurate. That is just my experience, though, so you'll have to see for yourself. Check your heart rate when he tells you to, plug it into that equation, and remember that it is an ESTIMATE. If you are eating at a deficit, and losing, chances are you're doing what you should. :)
    • Posts: 595 Member
      I'm doing 1/2 time insanity - doing the workouts 3 times a week spaced out with other things (1 day lifting, 2 days lighter cardio) on the off days. Anybody else have experience doing insanity in a less insane pace?
    • Posts: 69 Member
      I'm on Day 4 today! I log mine manually because I have a heart rate monitor. I love that it's so hard. I hate it, but I love to hate it!! And I feel so accomplished afterwards!

      Anyone who is doing insanity can definitely add me! I love new friends, especially doing the same thing!
    • Posts: 595 Member
      Beachbody programs are a ripoff they work yea but why spend 120 dollars on a workout program you can get for free? Insanity is just plyometrics and programmed to get your heart thumping out of your chest. Good luck

      Because I work out harder when someone is yelling at me :)
    • Posts: 396 Member
      I'm doing 1/2 time insanity - doing the workouts 3 times a week spaced out with other things (1 day lifting, 2 days lighter cardio) on the off days. Anybody else have experience doing insanity in a less insane pace?

      YES. I do it every OTHER day mixed in with my half marathon training. I go 3 days on, one off, alternating 2 days of Insanity, 2 days of running for each mini week. Still seeing great results! :)
    • Posts: 123
      I started Sunday doing the Fit Test and ask my daughter to leave the room because there wasn't enough oxygen for both of us...LOL!! We did the first day last night and it about killed me but I pushed and made it to the end. I have had to modify somethings but I am loving it! As for logging in MFP, I use a heart rate monitor so I was able to make my own exercise and properly name it INSANITY. I highly recommend getting a HRM, I use the Polar FT4, it does not sync with MFP but very easy to use.

      Feel free to add me as a friend, would love to see how you progress in the next 60 days.
    • Posts: 489 Member
      Bump!
    • Posts: 69 Member
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      Because I work out harder when someone is yelling at me :)

      Me too girl, me too. There's no way that I think to myself, "Oh I think I'll just do some plyometrics on my own."
    • Posts: 396 Member
      Also, anyone here looking to join a group specifically geared towards like-minded people doing Insanity, P90x, Turbofire, etc, look no further than here: https://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/5498-p90x-insanity-the-game-changers

      Full of amazing, positive people. Lots of really good support, and you get assigned a personal (AND FREE!) coach. I know, I know. They are a part of Beachbody, and occasionally you will have to put up with a "OMG SHAKEOLOGY" email from them, but the extra support and personal connection is worth it to me! There isn't any pressure to buy a premium membership, either, which I think is awesome.
    • Posts: 2,218 Member
      I'm doing 1/2 time insanity - doing the workouts 3 times a week spaced out with other things (1 day lifting, 2 days lighter cardio) on the off days. Anybody else have experience doing insanity in a less insane pace?

      yes me! I do the workouts 2-3 times a week on top of running.
    • Posts: 24 Member
      Started month 2 yesterday. Besides jumping up to an hour for the workout. Also new, harder exercises. But to add in the fit test on the same day too! My body killed me all night into the morning.

      But guess what? I still got my butt to the basement and did the next workout today. Do I need an extra break the odd time? Of course. But as Shaun T says, "you got to dig deeper".
    • Posts: 2,218 Member
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      YES. I do it every OTHER day mixed in with my half marathon training. I go 3 days on, one off, alternating 2 days of Insanity, 2 days of running for each mini week. Still seeing great results! :)

      same here! I did month one whilst training for my half 3 weeks ago! now onto month 2 and training for a 10k soon!
    • Posts: 2,218 Member
      Started month 2 yesterday. Besides jumping up to an hour for the workout. Also new, harder exercises. But to add in the fit test on the same day too! My body killed me all night into the morning.

      But guess what? I still got my butt to the basement and did the next workout today. Do I need an extra break the odd time? Of course. But as Shaun T says, "you got to dig deeper".

      well done! I did the fit test the day before (to spread out the insanity! lol)
    • Posts: 189 Member
      I started yesterday as well. Holy Cow the fit test is insane!! I've been doing JM for months, but nothing compared to that. I am nervous to actually start a real dvd tonight. I hope it's not as intense as the fit test!

      lol it's worse than the fit test - good luck :-)
    • Posts: 396 Member
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      lol it's worse than the fit test - good luck :-)


      HAHAHAH YES. It is. I did 30 Day Shred and that was like petting puppies while eating truffles compared to Insanity.
    • Posts: 25 Member
      I'm on the second week. Just did pure cardio today. I def see a difference in my stamina since doing the fit test!
      I seem to put more pressure on the outside of my feet so I'm having trouble with my trainers. Need to find something else that is going to give me more support on my feet. They ache every night :(

      Keep it up! It works!

      Try doing it barefoot. I did the whole program with no shoes on because it didn't feel right, never had any foot pain.
    • Posts: 43 Member
      I'm on the second week. Just did pure cardio today. I def see a difference in my stamina since doing the fit test!
      I seem to put more pressure on the outside of my feet so I'm having trouble with my trainers. Need to find something else that is going to give me more support on my feet. They ache every night :(

      Keep it up! It works!
      Me too! I watched the cardio abs cuz I'll be doing it on sat it looks awesome! I can't wait to do the fit test again to see my progress.
    • Posts: 93 Member
      I just started it on Sunday. I did day 3 this morning before work.
    • Posts: 539 Member
      I just started week 4. ( I feel like a pro! NOT) Anyhoo. I am 48 years old and its kicking my butt! But i love it. I'm already seeing a tremendous change in my body. More than I ever saw with Turbo Fire or Jillian. Im not following the diet. That will come in month 2. I say stick with it. you will start to see subtle changes within the first 2 weeks. Even at my age my body is changing like never before. The scale however has not budged. But i don't care. I've lost a pants size in 3 weeks. And people are noticing. My 17 year old told me I looked skinny yesterday... It truly is an amazing work out. And Shaun T is coming out with a new one this summer. I can't wait.......
    • Posts: 26
      I just started Insanity today. Just completed my fit test, and holy friggen cow my body feels like it's dying. I've also been doing JM videos since january, and i lost a few inches and 3 lbs, but i can already feel my skin melting off my body. haha excited to start the real workouts tomorrow :D (but i'll probably regret saying that by the time i get to it.) haha
    • Posts: 924 Member
      Hi, newbie here :) I am on week 2. I can't believe how sore I was the first few days. I feel like I am in good shape and worked on building up my stamina before starting the program. I don't really like it so far, but I think it is shredding me and I want the results that I see people here on MFP get with it so I am in it!
    • Posts: 117
      I'm in week 4 of Insanity. Still loving it very much.
    • Posts: 33 Member
      Week 3, did the second fitness test and my reps are up. Lost only 2 lbs but my jeans are getting loose.
    • Posts: 180 Member
      Good luck everybody. I just started day 1 of Recovery Week.
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