Insanity or T25?

I'm on week 2 of T25 and love it. Depends what you want really, Insanity is longer (45+ minutes 6 x a week) whereas T25 is only 25 minutes 5 days a week, but T25 is non-stop and can be hard to keep up with. I completed Insanity and am having to modify in T25, but it gives you a lot of room to progress as you do each phase for 4-5 weeks.

Either one is a winner really in my books, I love all of Shaun T's workouts and always get great results!

I'm doing T25. They are both excellent programs. It depends if time is a factor or if you need something that not too high impact I would say go with T25, otherwise do Insanity.

T25 is meant for people who are working out under time constraints. If you have the luxury of being able to devote more than 30 minutes a day to your workout session there are better programs out there, and once the novelty of it (as the newest beachbody program) has worn out, people will realize this.

T25 is meant for people who are working out under time constraints. If you have the luxury of being able to devote more than 30 minutes a day to your workout session there are better programs out there, and once the novelty of it (as the newest beachbody program) has worn out, people will realize this.

I had similar thoughts. I havent done T25 but I have done other programs. I feel that in order to make a video seem shorter for people a lot of essentials are cut out such as a proper warm up and stretch. And you do always hear them say that if they need more stretching to do it on their own time. So I can only imagine what else they cut out of T25.

Based off of that I would say go back and get your foundation program of HIIT training and start with the Insanity, but if time is a factor and you cant workout for more than 30 minutes (which i feel crazy even mentioning this) then the T25 sounds good for someone that just wants to not think about exercises, and run a stop watch. Get in, get out. Done!

I've done Insanity and now I'm 2 weeks in to T25. A couple important things. There is no pre-workout stretch and warmup in T25. There is a cooldown AFTER the Focus T25 workout proper is done. It's another 3 minutes or so. Unlike Insanity, there are no "intervals".

Basically, it's Insanity without stretching or warm-up and without any intervals whatsoever. That's how he got the workout down to 25 minutes. It is a pretty crazy workout, definitely. I agree that I am working out as hard as Insanity. And I would say the beginning of T25 workouts do a reasonable job of safely warming up your muscles, since you just about always start with knee lifts and control jogging and such.

I personally like that I'm done with my morning workout in 30 minutes, it's a plus for me. I'll see how the results seem and if I've slipped on fitness compared to Insanity.

Oh yeah, and my wife is doing T25 as well, in a Challenge group with a coach. She loves it! She really prefers the intensity level of T25, which is definitely a notch higher than Insanity since you have no rest intervals.

If you've got the time, I would do Insanity. I'm into my 2nd week of Beta phase, and after almost every workout I debate switching back to Insanity the next day. There's no question that you will shed pounds and push your overall fitness level faster and harder with insanity. Plus, I feel like there isn't adequate stretching and cool down in T25 (which makes sense because it's all about getting it done in less than 30 minutes).

That being said, there is definitely something to be said about being able to get a good workout in 25 minutes a day. During the winter months when it takes longer to get the kids bundled up, takes me longer to warm up and you never know if you'll need to go out and shovel...saving the extra 20-30 minutes by doing T25 at the expense of burning an extra 300-400 calories/day is worth it.

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I would pick T25 9 times out of 10.
Nothing against Insanity, but I feel that T25 just gives me as good of a workout, in a shorter amount of time, without as much of the impact on my knees.

I did Insanity for 86 days. The last 56 were the max circuit. I lost 0lbs and maybe one inch at the most around my thighs. My stomach is still big as ever. I just purchased T25 and I hope I see at least some results. Glad that it is only 25 minutes as I need a time saver! Good luck to all of you!!

I'm doing T25 now because I started Insanity and I wasn't able to keep up. I have a feeling that with T25 I will be in better shape in order to tackle Insanity. So far I've lost 15 pounds after 3 weeks.