Question for those who have done/are doing insanity

Maybe if your physical fitness is that poor to start you should try just walking for a while. Sounds like insanity is too much. Stopping it as much as you are is not doing you any favors and is defeating the point of the DVD.

Question
Do you guys actually do the whole thing without pausing the DVD or do you pause?
I pause it at least 10 times because if I keep playing, I literally collapse on the ground and can't get up for a few minutes so there's no real point in keeping playing it. Instead I just start it up again when I can get going again.
Wish I could do it all at once because as it is I spend 6 hours a day in front of the computer doing 2 exercise DVDs that total 1.5 hours, haha.

Years ago when I got my first copy of Insanity, I ripped it open and glanced at the workouts, and prepared myself to start the next morning. Got up early, popped in my fit test and went for it! I got started. Rolled into the first workout, and less than ten minutes in I stopped it. Walked and away, and didn't attempt Insanity again for 2 months. Lol!
Eventually though, I went for it. And yes, I had to pause a couple times over the first few workouts, but eventually, I didn't have to. Keep working at it.

But, uh, why are you attempting two workout DVDs if at present, you are unable to get through one?

I believe the intention is that you do as many of the exercises in the allotted time that YOU can do…then you recover. That means going at your own pace and resting when needed. It gets easier as you get fitter and then you'll be able to do more and keep up. If you pause it you could be overtraining yourself which will make it hard to get the motivation and energy for the next days workout.

I do not see why people press pause while doing a workout dvd. I never had to press pause while doing Insanity. Shaun T says to take a water break if you have to, if your hear rate is too high wait for it to come down some, and if you are too tired than fast forward to the cool down. The people in the dvd are actually athletes, trainers and or have done insanity for a while. Even they too stop during the video. No need to pause though. Just do as much of it as you can and then move to the cool down. Next time do a little more and after that some more. Dig deeper.

When I am not feeling to good some days I do the warm up, the stretches and only about 10 min of the workout after that, then straight to the cool down.

Also maybe give Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred a try first. That can help you to build more stamina and strength to being able to do more of the Insanity workout.

Could some of you please describe what these workouts are like? I'd appreciate the perspective of other folks like me who are still not at their fittest yet. It's so much money I want to get a better idea of what it is like before shelling out for it....thanks!

If you pause 10 times you are kinda ruining the structure of the workout. In never paused, I took a couple water breaks (5-10 seconds) much like the people on the video do.

Honestly you should probably do t25 alpha and work your way up to insanity. Month 2 of insanity is MUCH harder than month 1.

T25 is an excellent program, I'm doing a beta/gamma combo of it now.