Starting Insanity Max 30 December 15th

I've looked up some of the preview and review videos on YouTube and can't wait to get this. I may have to move my workouts into my garage. My wife is already telling me I have to clean or/and replace the carpet in the basement where I did Insanity and T25. Ha Ha

She'll be okay for a while. I just bought us a new bedroom suit and this weekend is our 5th anniversary. We're going to Nashville and seeing the lights at the Opryland Hotel where we went on our honeymoon. And she's getting some new bling from Kay. That should hold her over on the carpet for now.

I'd love to join you!!! Still waiting for mine to come in the mail tho!

jdhcm2006 wrote: »

Globe01 wrote: »

Just completed day 1 Cardio. I remember similar soreness when i did my first T25 workout. Now i'm having the exact same feeling.

Max out at 8:05 mins, follow by frequent maxout breaks (about 10 times) till the end of the workout.

Gonna try day 2 tomorrow, but seems scary base on the description provided by some of the guys in this thread

Gonna have a good sleep tonight for sure

What helps me get through it is switching back and forth between Shaun T and the modifier. I push as hard as I can, and then when I feel myself starting to die, I switch to the modifier, that way I can catch my breath, but keep going.

Yup i did that too. By the time i switch over to modifier, i can only follow through the motion. This workout simply "Max me out".

Did Tabata power yesterday and my arms are giving way even when i did the modifier push up.

Tonight will be sweat interval. I realize there was a bonus video called Sweat feast but i couldn't find this workout in the schedule provided.

Lapre79 wrote: »

Really need to stretch out your calf muscles before and during that cardio video. Just so much jumping my calfs are like rocks after the warmup alone. That was one of the biggest issues I had with T25 is my lower legs constantly sore and cramping up on me. Insanity Max has just as much jumping.

Has anyone tried out the bonus video yet?

I realize i had the same problem. After the warm up in Cardio (Day 1), my calf muscle was already stiffed up and my calf is still hurting when i walk right now.

By the way, I found this pretty comprehensive review of the program. I haven't read it all yet, but I like what I've read so far.

http://howdoigetripped.com/does-insanity-max30-work-workout-reviews-running-list/

I'm getting this as a christmas present so haven't opened it up yet but how does it work when you "max out"? do you leave the video running and join back in when you are ready like insanity or do you hit the pause button? I am so excited to start this! Will be early january for me.

hiitrocks wrote: »

I'm getting this as a christmas present so haven't opened it up yet but how does it work when you "max out"? do you leave the video running and join back in when you are ready like insanity or do you hit the pause button? I am so excited to start this! Will be early january for me.

I just take a mental note of the time I maxed out and you write it on the calendar at the end of the workout. Basically "maxing out" is the point you can no longer go 100% and need to modify, your form breaks, or you need to stop for rest. The goal is to improve your max out time every time you do the vid. I'd say most of the videos at this point I max out around the 8 minute mark. You don't stop the video at that point or anything you still try to give 100% but it's just a mental strategy to get people away from not trying hard at the start of videos to pace themselves for the entire video.

Globe01 wrote: »

jdhcm2006 wrote: »

Globe01 wrote: »

Just completed day 1 Cardio. I remember similar soreness when i did my first T25 workout. Now i'm having the exact same feeling.

Max out at 8:05 mins, follow by frequent maxout breaks (about 10 times) till the end of the workout.

Gonna try day 2 tomorrow, but seems scary base on the description provided by some of the guys in this thread

Gonna have a good sleep tonight for sure

What helps me get through it is switching back and forth between Shaun T and the modifier. I push as hard as I can, and then when I feel myself starting to die, I switch to the modifier, that way I can catch my breath, but keep going.

Yup i did that too. By the time i switch over to modifier, i can only follow through the motion. This workout simply "Max me out".

Did Tabata power yesterday and my arms are giving way even when i did the modifier push up.

Tonight will be sweat interval. I realize there was a bonus video called Sweat feast but i couldn't find this workout in the schedule provided.

Sweat Fest can be subbed in for Sweat Intervals.

I did Tabata Power this morning, and I increased my max out time for 10.20 to 14.12. I was able to make it through all of the push-ups this time. I had to take a break during the power jumps. I'm going to try to get Sweat Fest or Sweat Intervals tonight, so that I can be caught up, and that way I can try the low intensity workout, Pulse, on Saturday.