Re: Insanity Training.

Hi it is insane indeed,
I started last Saturday but I only do it 3 days a week because I'm also doing stronglifts. So it will take two weeks to complete one. Agree with the rest, just go at your own pace. I'm extremely overweight (255 lbs, 5'7") and I think I do around 60% of the complete routine but it help me burning anything between 350-450 Kcal in around 40 min. Eventually I'll get better at it (I hope).

So go for it and DIG DEEPER

OK..... Tell me please... I have Insanity but i am really scared that I wont be able to do it because I am very overweight!! Is it possible or going to be possible for me to do this?? I don't expect miracles but I don't want to feel like a failure either!

I started Insanity on Feb 18 and there are some things I have discovered about myself.

1. I am over weight and looking to drop 70 lbs so I was scared also. However when I did the initial Fit Test my body fat % and my BMI scared the crap out of me so I decided my size wasn't going to stop me from finishing 60 day. My own personal boot camp so to speak.

2. Is it hard? Yes. Is it worth it? Absolutely!! I stopped looking at the scale because it's not moving very fast and I was getting discouraged. Instead I am paying attention to how my clothes are fitting. I had to buy a belt yesterday because none of my pants will stay up. I can walk longer distances before I get tired. Simple things that winded me before a re a breeze now and I still have 6 weeks to go.

3. DO NOT attempt to keep up with the people in the videos. I have to remind myself they have been doing this longer and if I stick to it one day I will be able to keep up with them.

4. MODIFY! I have some serious shoulder issues that keep me from fully doing all the exercises. For example, Jumping Jacks, (and this is going to sound weird to some people but its true) I can't keep my arms straight like Shaun keeps saying. If I keep the straight then my shoulders dislocate, bad cartilage. So I keep them bent enough to keep the force out of my shoulders.

5. IF I CAN DO IT ANYONE CAN!!!! You might surprise yourself.

One final note. It took me 2 week to figure this out, I can be slow sometimes, make sure you are eating enough!!! I tried 2 weeks on 1200 cals and I was just drained! I readjusted 10 1500 and am attempting to eat back my exercise cals, not always successful with that but i do feel better eating more!

Hope this helps someone out there!

OK..... Tell me please... I have Insanity but i am really scared that I wont be able to do it because I am very overweight!! Is it possible or going to be possible for me to do this?? I don't expect miracles but I don't want to feel like a failure either!

I started Insanity on Feb 18 and there are some things I have discovered about myself.

1. I am over weight and looking to drop 70 lbs so I was scared also. However when I did the initial Fit Test my body fat % and my BMI scared the crap out of me so I decided my size wasn't going to stop me from finishing 60 day. My own personal boot camp so to speak.

2. Is it hard? Yes. Is it worth it? Absolutely!! I stopped looking at the scale because it's not moving very fast and I was getting discouraged. Instead I am paying attention to how my clothes are fitting. I had to buy a belt yesterday because none of my pants will stay up. I can walk longer distances before I get tired. Simple things that winded me before a re a breeze now and I still have 6 weeks to go.

3. DO NOT attempt to keep up with the people in the videos. I have to remind myself they have been doing this longer and if I stick to it one day I will be able to keep up with them.

4. MODIFY! I have some serious shoulder issues that keep me from fully doing all the exercises. For example, Jumping Jacks, (and this is going to sound weird to some people but its true) I can't keep my arms straight like Shaun keeps saying. If I keep the straight then my shoulders dislocate, bad cartilage. So I keep them bent enough to keep the force out of my shoulders.

5. IF I CAN DO IT ANYONE CAN!!!! You might surprise yourself.

One final note. It took me 2 week to figure this out, I can be slow sometimes, make sure you are eating enough!!! I tried 2 weeks on 1200 cals and I was just drained! I readjusted 10 1500 and am attempting to eat back my exercise cals, not always successful with that but i do feel better eating more!

Hope this helps someone out there!

Thank You!!! It has helped me! All of you a wonderful and amazing motivators!! I cant wait to start this on Monday.

OK..... Tell me please... I have Insanity but i am really scared that I wont be able to do it because I am very overweight!! Is it possible or going to be possible for me to do this?? I don't expect miracles but I don't want to feel like a failure either!

ultimately your going to go at your own pace... so it really more about work ethic and how bad you want it.

So long as you concentrate on good form and be realistic about how hard you push to help prevent injury, the only real risk is that IF you quit you will get so discouraged that you stop working out/dieting.

As a fail safe i suggest you come up with a plan B, like jogging or walking or some less intense program that you will fall back on if you desided you don't want to finish insanity, and then stick to plan b.

To the OP, pretty much any exercise program will work. Insanity probably will work faster then most. Its still 15% what you do and 85% what you do and dont eat though. I lost hella lbs. my first round of insanity, but didn't lose or even gained in 2 subsequent rounds because i was eating like a pig.

The real amazing thing about insanity is how well it conditions you. I have a family history of high blood pressure and have been asked by the dr to go on meds myself. the last time i was in the doctors office it was something over 60... i've never had the bottom number that low, nurse said it was really good.

Thanks Pax!!!!

went to the doc last night BP was 112/64. she said it was really good, i'm used to the bottum number being 80 or above. its been over three months since i've worked out with shawn T but i've still been going at it with p90x. much, much less cardio tho

I have finished month one and have a couple days left of the recovery week (Core Cardio & Balance).

I lost 6 pounds. My start weight was 150 pounds.
I measure only my waist, hips, and a thigh for progress- I've lost about 3 inches just on those measures.
I've probably dropped a couple percent body fat- not sure.

I should mention that I have never, on any other exercise or diet program, never averaged more than a pound a week- usually less than half a pound a week. And, I get to eat now- Yay!!

As for my diet- don't really have one. The first month, just by randomness - I took a 5 day vacation with my kids. I did my Insanity every day, but we ate out every. day. I tried to make good choices, but with Mexican and Italian every night, I'm sure I ate a bit over my 'goal' calories.
I also seemed to have a lot of 'social engagements' with eating out when I got back- more restaurant food and alcohol. I did not overindulge, but I did not pick at a salad either.

I started trying to eat around 1200 calls- didn't lose. As time went on, I ate around 1600 calories per day on most days, and my weight started to move down (it's really true!). I did not track my macros- well I tracked them, but did not try too hard to 'meet' the goals. My idea was to use month one for getting the exercise down and clean up my diet in month two.

I find that quite naturally, without trying, I crave and eat way less sugar and drink fewer alcoholic beverages now that the program is in full swing. I don' t want or need it.

I used a protein shake every day, actually my own version of a recovery shake (not their Shakeology). I mixed one 8.25 oz container of Muscle Milk light and 2 scoops of Amazing Grass chocolate powder for vitamins and other nutrients.

Using my heart rate monitor, I burn 250-300 cals for this recovery week. I burned about 300 cals for Plyo and Resistance and 400 cals for Pure Cardio.

Other than this exercise, I have a lightly active job and don't get much other exertion during the day. Occasionally, I would ski or get some exercise running the snowblower - maybe one of those, once a week.

Hope this helps.

Good luck! For me, this has been more effective than other things I have done or tried in the past. Don't be afraid to eat! This is the second time in my life that I've learned that you do sometimes need to eat more to lose more!

Hows Insanity been working for you since this time?

Ian

I'm on Week 7 - Day 4 of Insanity:

Start weight 140.6 (January 13th)
Current Weight 130.6 (February 27th)
Lost 3 inches off waist, 2 inches of hips and 2 inches of each thigh.

Get a heartrate monitor, but don't go overboard. I got a 150 dollar polar one from Running Room with the chest strap.

In month 1 I was burning 300-400 cals per workout (I'm 5'0" though) and in month 2 I am burning 400-550 cals.

I am following the 17 day diet, as my body for whatever reason refuses to lose weight without a low carb eating plan... I am getting checked out by the doctor next week to try and figure out why. For the first 3 weeks I didn't lose a single pound and maybe an inch off my waist. That's when I decided to switch to the 17 day eating regiment. Started dropping pounds & inches immediately. I do know of quite a few people though that do not end up losing weight at all, only inches.

As for anyone overweight or not in shape wanting to do this program, please please please mind your knees! There's a lot of jumping and lunging and squatting... weird strange movements your body will have to strain to do... do not overextend any of your limbs. You do not want to injure yourself so that you can't workout at all!