Big girls VS Insanity?

If you can't do regular pushups, do "girl" pushups.

*ahem* That would be modified pushups. There are plenty of girls who do military style, no need to call it something that makes us all look weak.

I lol'd at the title for this topic. :laugh:

That said, you don't look that big to me, not like you're saying so. So there's that

Now, if you've never worked out before, don't just jump in the deep end for the sake of kicking your own *kitten*. Take it easy, go for some walks, maybe a jog, and get used to the activity. Build up your fitness before you go from 0 to 60 and too sore and discouraged.

The hallmark of someone who knows what they are doing is that they pace themselves, and understand that results don't come with going all out at the start. Results come from first learning about fitness and weight loss, then planning out how to get there.

Try reading the book New Rules of Lifting for Women. The routine is kind of convoluted, but all of the information in the book about fitness and how to reach your goals is excellent.

I'm not big but I'm doing it but I definitely think you should give it a try! It will definitely get you results!

... your results will vary. Like I said before, learn about this stuff before you bust your *kitten* and get discouraged. You can and will achieve your goals without a doubt, but you have to learn why. There's nothing special about insanity or any other routine out there. It's just a bunch of pushups and situps and whatever.

For example, this girl who is guarenteeing you results... she has a bodyfat percentage of maybe 20%. She is slim and her muscles show through, and if she were to gain an ounce of muscle you would see it. Your bf%, admittedly, is higher (this is temporary ). How on earth can anyone compare your experience with a program like Insanity to hers? For one thing you won't "see" results until you lower your bf%. Furthermore, bodyweight exercises like in Insanity would be a breeze for her compared to with you by virtue of the fact that she probably doesn't weigh much with her bf%.

NONE of this is to judge you, we talk about this kind of thing all the time on this website. I just want to explain clearly that you need to concern yourself with first learning about exercise and diet from a reputible source like the one I suggested, and then focus on what YOU need to reach your goals, and what it will be like as you work to get there. You see what I mean?

Once you understand WHY Insanity might work for you, and you're sure that your fitness level can keep up (this is just for safety/health reasons, you said you were worried you might die lol ), then I would recommend you give it a shot.

I did Insanity for two weeks ( I was NOT invested in my weight loss then so I was basically trying it to say I was trying it)
I was also at my heaviest (225ish) and supremely out of shape.
I worked out on hardwood floors in tennis shoes and I may as well have been ice skating, I was POURING sweat.
My big motivation was to just get through the workouts to the best of my ability. I started off barely able to do ANYWHERE near the amount of reps or at the speed as the athletes, but I wanted to make sure I did it.
Somehow, I managed to lost about 5 lbs (still eating crappy) in those 2 weeks.
I wish I had stuck with it, but I got back into walking/running with lifting now

hey

i just started insanity a couple of weeks ago and i love it.

i actually started up because i couldnt sleep one night and caught a glimpse of Tony Horton's 10 minute trainer. I did that for a while and enjoyed it. Didnt lose too many kgs, but lost a stack of inches. Then (by way of clever marketing on beachbody's behalf) i got hip hop abs and i LOVED it! Again, didnt lose too many kgs, but the inches kept dropping.

I pretty much got hooked on home work out dvds and bit the bullet on insanity.

not regretting it one bit.

however, if you've not done any form of intense home exercise before and you jump straight into insanity, you could be setting yourself up for failure.

it's high impact, and honestly could do more harm than good. there could be potential issues with your knees and joints and it could very well be a case of 2 steps forward, 3 steps back if you get injured.

my suggestion would be to start with something simple like Hip Hip Abs. I absolutely love it and i still do it on the rest day of Insanity. It's a heap of fun, and I still burn as many calories doing stacked workouts with it than (compared to Insanity).

whichever way you go, you're doing the right thing by even wanting to start some serious exercise and like I said, if you are overweight as you say (let me echo a fellow members post by saying you dont look overweight at all!!) the high intensity stuff could be a problem (initially).

when you trim down (and you will trim down) and get that hunger for weight loss / improved health (which almost every insanity participant craves) then definitely do it and be sure to keep us posted.

of course, all that exercise is pointless without a healthy diet. but thats another thread im sure

PS: I was obese at once stage also, so I know what youre going through.

I lol'd at the title for this topic. :laugh:

That said, you don't look that big to me, not like you're saying so. So there's that

Now, if you've never worked out before, don't just jump in the deep end for the sake of kicking your own *kitten*. Take it easy, go for some walks, maybe a jog, and get used to the activity. Build up your fitness before you go from 0 to 60 and too sore and discouraged.

The hallmark of someone who knows what they are doing is that they pace themselves, and understand that results don't come with going all out at the start. Results come from first learning about fitness and weight loss, then planning out how to get there.

Try reading the book New Rules of Lifting for Women. The routine is kind of convoluted, but all of the information in the book about fitness and how to reach your goals is excellent.

I agree, you'll probably do it once or twice or for a week and give up (that's what I did, but why, maybe you can do better than me). Give it a try, but if it becomes too difficult don't give up all together.

I'm going to recommend against it.

Not that you can't do it. You can. Insanity is as much a mental challenge as it is physical. If you believe in yourself and reach in and keep pushing you can totally do it. It's very scalable, like a previous poster alluded to you can modify every single exercise and still get meaningful results. So long as you push yourself, you WILL improve.

And your size is nothing outrageous. I first did insanity at 295 and was fine. I've done it twice more since; clearly I'm a believer. Btw I'm MUCH happier doing it every other day rather than staying "on program". I did it on program the first time mainly to earn the shirt, and by the end, my knees were making their displeasure known. Doing it every 2nd day I have zero issues. Of course, I'm 40 plus pounds lighter now, too.

And I'm pretty proud of that damn shirt, let me tell you. So proud I never wear it (can't buy a replacement, don't wanna wear it out, lol). And, seriously, I am pretty fit now. Seriously. Not lean, not yet. But FIT. I cycle like a BEAST and I owe it to insanity.

Which is why I steer people away from it who are in your shoes. Insanity is a CARDIO CONDITIONING program. A hard one. If you dig deep and put in a consistant effort it will give you tremendous wind. But it's not a fat loss program. It's just not. Yeah, you'll lose fat on it. You'll get stronger, too. But it's not what the program does well. It's...inefficient for weight loss. Tremedous effort goes in, not much weight loss comes out (generally speaking, there will be exceptions). At 295 I had lots to lose. Know what I lost in 60 days? 10lbs!

Having said that my 15 day pics showed SHOCKING improvements.

So for my money I say pick on something a little less intense and I think you'll see better fat loss. Assuming that's the goal.

Now if conditioning is the goal, or you fancy taking on the challange of "the hardest workout ever put on dvd" than embrace it. You will make huge gains in performance and learn a lot about how strong you really are INSIDE, and those are certainly worthwhile goals.

Just the .02 of a 3 time insanity veteran who wants others not to make the same mistakes he did. Best wishes either way!

Well I'm about 260lbs at 5ft 5in now. I started insanity a few months ago and I just had to modify some of the moves. I was 275 when I started doing insanity. So as you can see in that month it worked and I lost 15lbs.

I fell off from doing it for a couple of months due to moving from one state to another but I'm starting it back today. I'm still at the weight of 260lbs, so I believe that I can do it so can you.

I did notice that every week the moves got easier for me to do with less modifications. I never made it to the 2nd month workouts, But I believe that you can do it.