What to do after I finish Insanity?

I'm in the same boat! I have 8 days left of Insanity and I'm trying to figure out what to do next. I have p90x already, so I think I'm going that route for a bit. I have three small kids and no gym membership at the moment, so that really isn't a realistic option for me yet. I'd love to get into heavy lifting someday...

I have never completed insanity/turbofire/brazil butt lift or p90x however i own them all and a few others(turbo fire, chalean extreme and a few others i cannot remember. A lot of people complete insanity then go hybrid and do a mixture of brazil butt lift and turbo fire or p90x and insanity. Its about your personal preference. Have a look on youtube and look at the infomercials for beach body programmes.

I was actually thinking about doing either 90x or Insanity again but I miss going to the gym! Should I do a combination of another round of Insanity or p90x and also go to the gym? Like go to the gym every other day and the rest of the days would be a beach body program?

What are you looking to accomplish now that you finished? Maintain? Get more muscle? Lose more weight? I think that it would depend on those things.

I actually want to lose more weight, specifically in my stomach area and arms and gain more muscle.

First - you can't spot reduce. You have to lose the overall body fat and that's done mostly through eating at a caloric deficit.

Second - you can't gain muscle on a calorie deficit. You can strengthen the muscles you already have, but to gain new muscle, you'd have to be eating at a caloric surplus.

I don't know if you are aware that Shaun T is currently going through the full insanity programme as part of a birthday celebration (bizarre way to celebrate a birthday I know). He is currently on day 46 and has vowed that once he had completed Insanity that he will be moving onto the Asylum. I just happened to start at the same time as him but I've found it even more enjoyable following his twitter and facebook feeds. So, the Asylum should start in just over two weeks which would give you a couple of weeks in the gym!

Oh cool, birthday celebration? I really want to do a combination of both a beach body program and the gym though. I feel like I'm wasting my money not going anymore! Lol! But thanks!

Don't get me wrong, P90X and the Beachbody programs can yield some great results, but most people I know that have done them, eventually get into weightlifting once they either can afford the gym, have the time or feel comfortable working out around other people.

The weight room is where you're going to get the most bang for your buck, IMO.

So would it be better for me to go to the gym instead?

Yes.

Specifically the squat or power rack. Look up a program like Starting Strength, Stronglifts 5x5, or NROLFW.

I am currently in the same boat and I finish Insanity this weekend. I have been looking into heavy lifting, but I am afraid that I am still too heavy to do it and maybe I need to lose 15 more pounds before I start. I also am afraid of injury doing the squat and not being able to put the weights back. I don't have anyone to train with me and I really can't afford a personal trainer. Are these legitimate concerns? So really until I read more up on heavy lifting, I am going to try JM30DS for the next 30 days

Start lifting... like yesterday! You're not too heavy. Go light with weight at first, make sure you're executing the movements properly, ask a lot of questions on here and in the group I listed above, youtube and google a lot, buy a book like Starting Strength or NROLFW, use a squat rack which ensures your safety while lifting heavy, and get after it!

Incorporate moderate cardio if you like, but don't go too crazy with it.

Shaun T is launching T25 at the end of June which I plan to do. i finished Insanity a week ago and started Turbo Fire and I'll throw in some insanity workouts (month 1) when I feel like it - i think you need to give your body a rest from that for a while. I also do some classes and kettle bell

Oh nice, what is T25? How were your results with Insanity?

excellent results i lost lots of inches rather than weight and have abs now! :-) T25 is supposed to be the same as insanity but only 5 days a week 25 minutes..
look here
http://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness_programs/focus-t25-workout.do
stick with insanity the best result is the fitness level you will get to

Thanks everyone, I do actually want to lift weights at the gym but the problem is, I really don't know how... Plus I don't really have the guts to go in the weights area because the majority of them are men. I feel self-conscious for some reason, lol! I really want to do the weights where you do squats, I just wish I knew how. I was thinking of just doing free weights. There's also a class at the gym called body pump, I used to do that but I feel like it's not that much of a challenge for me. Maybe I need heavier weights for that class.

I would say since you want to lose more weight AND lift some weights, do the p90x Lean Routine. that way you only have to worry about going to the gym to lift 2wice a week.

Thanks everyone, I do actually want to lift weights at the gym but the problem is, I really don't know how... Plus I don't really have the guts to go in the weights area because the majority of them are men. I feel self-conscious for some reason, lol! I really want to do the weights where you do squats, I just wish I knew how. I was thinking of just doing free weights. There's also a class at the gym called body pump, I used to do that but I feel like it's not that much of a challenge for me. Maybe I need heavier weights for that class.

Check out http://www.niashanks.com/

Her beautiful badass series is pretty badass! She also weight routines at all different levels. I definitely think you should add in some weights too. You'll feel like a beast heading into that weights area!

Second - you can't gain muscle on a calorie deficit. You can strengthen the muscles you already have, but to gain new muscle, you'd have to be eating at a caloric surplus.

When people say stuff like this, it makes me think that they are sprouting new muscles out of their backs or something.

Seriously, use some common sense. Your body doesn't measure your energy calorie for calorie, and then turn on/off the muscle building switch. If you lift, you will build/strengthen muscles, as long as you are not starving yourself. You won't get huge without a surplus, but I doubt that's what the OP is going for anyway.

Second - you can't gain muscle on a calorie deficit. You can strengthen the muscles you already have, but to gain new muscle, you'd have to be eating at a caloric surplus.

When people say stuff like this, it makes me think that they are sprouting new muscles out of their backs or something.

Seriously, use some common sense. Your body doesn't measure your energy calorie for calorie, and then turn on/off the muscle building switch. If you lift, you will build/strengthen muscles, as long as you are not starving yourself. You won't get huge without a surplus, but I doubt that's what the OP is going for anyway.

False... the average person may gain strength while not increasing muscle mass in a deficit. Strength =/= muscle mass necessarily. You can minimize loss of LBM and gain strength while in a deficit due to strength training and adequate protein, but you won't be gaining any notable amount of muscle mass and most likely you won't be gaining ANY mass, you will just be losing fat which can make the appearance of muscles more defined and seem larger.

Your body operates by the laws of thermodynamics, please explain to me how it doesn't measure your energy calorie for calorie... does it round to the nearest 5 or 10?

This is what I did:

March 2012 - Mid-August 2012 NROL4W

Mid-August - January 2013 - 2 round of Insanity

Feb - current - NROL4W and Insanity twice a week.

At this point, I don't think I'll really ever just "go to the gym" without having an actual program to go off of. I feel so much better about what I've done and where I'm going with a plan. I'd do a lifting program, then after you finish it (and I mean finish it...not do it for 4 weeks and then decide that you don't look like a fitness model yet so then freak out and quit and start something else), assess where you are and go from there. Good luck!

Thank you- this sounds like a pretty good plan and how I envision moving forward...

I did Chalean Extreme after Insanity (well, after Asylum), cause I wanted weights. It's a 5 day program that does weight workouts 3x week, and then a recovery workout (and abs); and a cardio (20 min)/Recharge (also 20 min) the other 2 days. That would give you definition with the weights (no bulk, I just got really nice looking shoulders and arms/abs); and you could do your gym glasses the other 2 days. Focus T-25 will encorporate weights in the workout, and is a 5 day program. When I was inbetween programs, I took a week to do what I wanted (workout) and just did various things that I liked:) Great job finishing it!!!!!

Michelle:)

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I am sure they will have Insanity X, or Instanity 2, or something. Or switch to something else new.