Insanity

Yep, I feel that fairly often! Sometimes I want to stop the video in the middle of the warm-up, haha. But I don't, I just stop for 5-10 seconds and then keep going. Eventually it gets to a point where it's like the warm-up's over and so is stretching and that means that there's only 15-20 minutes of the actual "insanity" and then it's stretching again, and I work through it with frequent pauses. Now I can do almost all of the month 1 videos without stopping and I'm doing basically the same thing as I did with month 1 now in month 2. I lost over 6" in month one by pushing through and taking breaks when needed. You can do this!

I myself have tried and currently am doing Insanity.... again. I have finally stuck with it and only have 1 week left of month two. I have started the program twice and finally made myself stick with it this third time. The things i found that have helped the most is start at your own pace. By no means try and keep up with the individuals on the DVD. I would work at my own pace that allowed me to keep doing the move for the length of time alloted, then pick up my pace as the weeks went by. The first week I was always sore, the second week I would always struggle through but by the 3rd week I would always feel good. I have had a fitness buddy this time around. Hard to come by when you mention doing Insanity but it has definately helped. I did several of the Jillian Michaels DVD's for a couple months prior to starting it again but, I wasn't working out at all unlike you. If you stick with insanity it will definately be worth it. I have lost weight and have muscle tone that you couldn't even see before due to hiding under a layer of fat!

I'm on my last week of Insanity, I can see why people quit that first week, it is TOUGH and you're so sore and exhausted! But after that it becomes an enjoyable type of tough. I'm at the very end didn't miss a day and still sweating like I did in the beginning, I can do the moves better but it's never gotten easy. I'm really happy I pushed through though, I didn't lose much weight, but I lost a ton of inches and overall my fitness level improved so much I feel like I could do any work out now. A lot of it is just mental, I've told myself throughout the whole program this is too hard I can't do it today but once I put it in and get it done it's worth it. Try sticking it out for a week

I redid day one today...I had to stop a few times but I finished! Thanks for the words of support!

I was really happy to read that you redid it!

This might help: I've 30 Day Shred twice over the last 1.5 years. I did Insanity recently (almost the entire program and finished in May). So, by no means am I new to this interval fitness world. BUT, I tried to restart Insanity last week, got 25 minutes in to the Plyo Cardio Circuit and gave up for the day. I just wasn't ready. Sometimes you just have to try again. Instead of saying "oh screw it, I can't do this" I went running for the next five days, and a few days ago I restarted Insanity. And now I'm back on track. No matter how hard it is, you will overcome it if you push through!

I've been religiously going to the gym doing my 30 minutes on the elliptical. I am not losing weight anymore, which is fine, but I do want to tone up. My gym is closed for construction so I need to find something else to do now.

I decided to try Insanity and did the Fitness Test yesterday and was all set for day 1 tonight. I'm embarrassed to admit I stopped after ten minutes. I decided it's too hard and that I'll find something else (30 Day Shred? C25K?). Of course I regret this now because I know it's not supposed to be easy.

Has anyone else who has done Insanity felt like this in the beginning? I guess I'm just looking for some motivation or someone else who felt like it was tough (or impossible...) but stuck with it and saw results.
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Heck I have two days to go to finish and I still feel like this. You just have to go as hard as you can and keep your form and you will get better (13 lbs (my tracker is off) and 5 in off my waist later...)]

Yup! I just signed up today and saw (another post) about Insanity and so I friended everyone in the group and was like I'm going to do the fit test and get started TODAY. All I did was the fit test and watch the first DVD and I was like oooooo Hahahahaha

I am excited to get started though because I already set some goals (based on my atrocious fit test scores) and I'm really looking forward to beating the pants off those goals.

I just finished my first week of insanity. I have one day of rest. To the post below, I am extremely out of shape. Even tho it's hard, I do what I can and keep my heart rate up..while Shaun T and his crew are doing push ups (which I do attempt to do,) I collapse. But instead I jog in place and grab a set of weights and do my own work out until its on to the next move. This may not be advised bc it's not following the work out step by step, but I'm doing what I can handle. Don't give up on it bc it's too hard. Instead made modifications that work out the same muscle group they are focused on and slowly try to build your strength. I only just completed my first week, but I feel great bc I stuck with it. I do take breaks when I can't push any harder but to make up for my breaks I do an hour of Zumba on the Wii and do other work outs to keep burning calories. I have a ton of energy and I feel my core is swollen and sore but it feels AMAZING!!!! And I know each day I'm getting better and stronger than when I first pushed "play" on my DVD player.

I just tried my first Insanity workout. I am sweating like crazy. I had to stop after 30 minutes of the Plyometric Cardio Circuit.

THIS IS MY 2 OR 3RD ATTEMPT AT DOING INSANITY, I NEVER MADE IT PAST THE 1ST WEEK, MADE A TON OF EXCUSES, IM NOW AT 2ND WEEK AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT! IT IS HARD, BUT YOU FEEL THE CHANGE DAY BY DAY! I WOULD STICK TO IT, I READ SUCCESS STORIES AND PICTURES AND IT GETS ME SUPER EXCITED NOW TO FINSIH IT!

I have completed Insanity, and the advice i would give is stick at it, work through the pain (it goes after a few days) work to your own pace and you will reap the benefits. yes you sweat, yes you get out of breath, but you will find out that after a few weeks your body recovery rate becomes better, you feel better and overall fitness level is increases. Not bad for 9 weeks work out.