Insanity?!?!??!

I'm currently doing P90X and did NOT buy any of the powders nor am I following the nutritional plan (bought only the DVDs to save some money). I make sure I eat extra protein on days I do weights and make sure to eat food to keep a balanced day between carbs/protein/fat. During the 8 weeks I've completed, I've lost 9 lbs, 2" off my waist, 1.5" off my thighs and 1" off my butt. So, imo, no, you don't need the powders.

I couldnt keep up with Insanity, but my brother did it without buying any of the drinks and he got great results. Now he is doing the P90X. You will do great. All the best

I have done p90x and insanity, doing combo of both now.

Is there a reeason out of curiousity that you are doing both p90x and insanity since ive seen many people do both and im just wondering if its really needed or if i could just live off one since i know i wont be buying both

I done a round of p90x and part of a round of insanity. I was 5 pounds from my goal, and had a big plateau for 4 weeks. I love p90x but I think I got used to the cardio, so I am doing the strength training in p90x and the insanity cardio (cuz it is higher intensity than p90x) to get me out of the plateau and it worked, I finally broke it.
You can totally do insanity and get great results. I took the parts I like of each system to create my own that I feel gives me a good workout!
Insanity is hardcore, p90x I feel gives me more strength training.
make sense?? Hope I ddint confuse you even more!!:ohwell:

That's a great idea - I'll have to keep that in mind for when I finish P90X end of this month and complete a round of Insanity (starting sometime in July).

Insanitity works...I know someone whom is using this to lose weight and the results are great....try muscle milk and lean body shakes pre-mixed shakes...gnc or the vitamann shoppe have great products....also if you print the coupons off the vitaman shoppe website they will honor the price difference online vs in-store

I STILL havent gotten it (lack of funds) but is almost done in saving up for it
What do people tend to have for meals during insanity...do people add certain foods before and after the workouts
does anyone know how many calories one can burn from a workout so I could add it on MFP
I noticed that on Day 7 is rest day...what does that usually mean???? being a lazy bum??? going for a light run?

Rest day means you rest. You'll WANT that rest day after 6 days of Insanity workouts.

There's been a lot of talk regarding Insanity now that people have done multiple rounds and such. It is a fantastic cardio program...I really leaned out a TON doing my 60 days, but it was hell on my knees and low back. If you have issues with knee or back pain, you might reconsider.

With regards to nutrition...seriously, it's not about bars, drink and such. It's about eating 5 nutritious meals that are fairly well-balanced nutritionally.

I tried Insanity and did it for 2 week, then I decided that I needed to do another round of P90X to build my muscle strenght to try and protect my knees and lower back. It really was hard on my knees. I hope that, after building a little more muscle in my core and legs with P90X, I will be able to do 60 days of Insanity. It was very intense but I did like the workouts. Also, I have plantars facia in one foot, and all the jumping in Insanity kept my foot hurting all the time. It's like 6 days of plyometrics. Even the recovery day was really intense. But I'm not going to give up on it. I'm still going to give it a try. Just putting it off for awhile.