Anyone tried Insanity??

If you want to go the at home workout DVD route, I'd recommend starting with P90X instead.

You can also do both. I'm in the middle of my 3rd week of a P90X / Insanity hybrid workout.
What I found in doing both by themselves is that (1) the slow and methodical pace of P90X bored me, and (2) the break neck pace of Insanity tore me apart.......not in a good way. My knees and lower back were really taking a toll.

I've now been doing this hybrid, and I am still getting results, and the pace of things is just perfect. One day of P90X, followed by a day of Insanity, then 3 more days of P90X and the week is ended with Insanity. It's perfect.

So for those that have done this before, do you also continue doing other workouts such as weights and running?

YES

Or is this something that will take all your energy and you won't want to run?

YES

If it does cause you to not also lift weights, do you lose whatever you've built up previous to doing Insanity, or does it work all your muscle groups enough to keep you toning? TIA!

my bench press went way down when i did insanity. The good news is, it comes back very, very fast. Some people train on top of insanity, some don't. if you were going to, i'd recommend some weight training. i just did full body 2-3 times a week. but theres enough resistance in insanity that so that there is a stimulis to help you hang onto your muscle.

However, unless your nutrtion is amazingly spot on, i'd expect to lose some muscle.

There is a guy named Lori, you see him in month 2 of insanity. he's got an enormous egale tattoo on this back. when you see him again in asylum, he's super cut but honestly at least a third smaller... and he was all muscle in insanity.

looking great mrguitardude!

If you haven't exercised much before, I would suggest you start with Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred. It is on youtube so you aren't out money if you don't like it. You build great stamina with it and it would be a good prep for the Insanity DVDs.

I totally agree with this. I started off losing weight very slowly in January and February (SW was 240, I'm 5'7") by just doing light cardio (Just Dance 4 on my Wii) and other various workout DVDs I already had for years (The FIRM, love everything they have), Then in March I decided to join a JM 30 DS group and when I completed it had a loss of 11 lbs and over 5 inches lost from my waist and hips (didn't measure anywhere else) and my stamina and cardio were MUCH improved. I started Insanity on April 9th at 207 lbs, I'm almost done with week 3 and I've lost 7 lbs, haven't taken measurements but my clothes are definitely fitting looser, I only measure once a month.

Great job!