Insanity drop outs

I can't say that I quit but I started insanity and then got a 50% on a gym subscription for a month to try Les Mills programs and so did that. Now the weather is too nice to workout at work so I am waiting for the fall to start Insanity again !

I finished Insanity the first time I did the program, but I dropped out the second and third time.

My reason for both drop outs is the same. This program is murder on the knees...

When I do the workouts without following the program to a T, my knees are OK cause I can recover. Doing the program on a daily basis doesn't allow adequate recovery and I messed up my left knee. So I refuse to ever do the whole program again. I just incorporate the workouts into my current routine (which only has 2 days of cardio each week) and my knees are fine.

I watched a you tube session on insanity... and went straight back to my wii fit. I do wii fit yoga and barre3 online sessions. I wear a nike fuel band and set my calories at "sedentary". I eat back between 50 and 100% of my "activity" calories. My goal is to train to be able to attend the adult amatuer ballet class with the Houston Ballet. I walk a lot and utilize the Galleria Mall and Downtown Houston Tunnels so weather is never an issue.

Now that I am in year two of my healthy lifestyle, I may reconsider insanity as a 28 day challenge in addition to my "sustainable" training at some point in the future. I am inching my way up on activity and training.

I completed Insanity. Then I took a week off and then went straight back into it - not a good idea. My knees definitely needed a break. I think Insanity really helped me with a lot of things, but it is good to change it up a little. So 3 weeks into my second round of Insanity I quit and started doing something else.

i fully completed insanity, all 63 glorious (not) days of it. I can understand why ppl drop out, it's no freaking joke!
I did, however, drop out of Insanity Asylum.... I hate that program! The videos were boring and i just did not enjoy it. I am now doing ChaLean Extreme and I LOVE IT!

I got through 3 weeks of it, then had a 40 mile off road mountain bike event to complete, and that threw me out of sync. When I tried to get going again, other things started getting in the way, and I had lost the discipline of doing it daily.

I really enjoyed it, although it was hard (I wasn't able to finish most workouts) and I did have to watch my back during the burpees, as I am quite tall and overweight, and my core isn't the best at the moment, but I definitely felt much better for doing it. I'm now training for a half marathon in October, and will try Insanity again after that, when the weather is cold and dark again and I don't feel like being outdoors so much.

I actually quit Insanity twice before my 3rd-time-charm finish....
Yes...it's physically exhausting, but you have to be "mentally" prepared for it too. The 1st time i believe I got through about a week, then I let excuses get in the way (too tired from work....it's too late at night to do it)....the 2nd time I just "quit" after about 2 weeks in...really had no excuse as of why (lazy i guess :grumble: )
But like they always say....the 3rd time's a charm! I started it and finished with great results! ( even after having to take a week off per doctor's orders).
I'm actually starting my 2nd round of it today! I love it! I encourage anyone who's doing it to not drop out...it works...it gets your body ready for many challenges (I can run about 4.5 miles now with no problem). It got me in the best shape of my life! So if you're just starting...or halfway through it....DIG DEEP and finish! You won't regret it....

I managed two weeks, it was too long a workout for me and I was constantly taking breaks from it.

I stuck to Jillian Michaels as the workouts aren't as intense but still get results.

I tried twice. The first time I quit after only three days because I knew instantly it was going to be too much for my knees at my weight (at the time I weighed 270 lbs). The second time I got halfway through week two and injured myself.

I dropped out at Week 7 because I managed to injure my upper left arm! I think it had something to do with too many push ups. But so close!

The first time I did Insanity (4-5 years ago), I had to stop at about the 40 day mark.

I was also riding my bike to work 4-5 days a week at the time, 9 miles each way - 50-55 minutes to (so I wouldn't be all sweaty and gross), and 30-35 minutes home (I would "race" against myself) - and was doing Insanity on top of that. It was just too much. I simply could NOT eat enough food to sustain that level of exercise, and one day on my way home from work, I totally bonked. Literally stopped in my tracks and could not pedal even one more foot. :ohwell: I had to call my fiance to come pick me up. Took a couple of days off of everything, and then resumed biking to work until the weather was no longer nice enough to ride.

That said, I've since completed Insanity twice since (the second time followed immediately by Asylum Vol 1), among many other Beachbody programs. :happy:

I tried Day 1... and knew right away, that I have to wait until I was more fit, to do Insanity. I couldn't finish. I still have knee and back pain from Tuesday.... plus, I was soo excited about working out, I worked out several times a day, after the Insanity, that I overworked it. I am hoping to try it again, when I lose 30lbs or so.

I'm kinda not surprised this thread exists.

Insanity and other HIIT is great for boosting fitness levels and burning fat but something on my mind: longevity. It's an hour a day of intense exercise - who has the energy and time to do that every day until they die? Maybe it's my old man thinking.