insanity

medlaura wrote: »

I talked to my assigned beachbody coach

You might want to use this statement sparingly or not at all.
Saying "I talked to my Beachbody Coach" carries the same weight and credibility as if someone said "I talked to my psychic".

Here's my two cents on the program.

On the positive side, it is a balls-to-the-wall intense cardio workout program. You will sweat, you will pant, you will beg for mercy, you will come out on the other side wondering what make and model of vehicle just ran you over. As far as the Beachbody workouts and cardio go, Shaun T pretty much has that market cornered with not only Insanity, but Insanity MAX, Focus T25 and the Asylum workouts.

On the negative side, and I guess this could be a negative for any workout, but form is everything. If you jump into the workout and try to keep the pace with Shaun, Tonya, or any of the other participants, without worrying about form, you increase the likelihood of hurting yourself.
Whenever someone asks me about Insanity, I tell them to start out going at their own pace (even if it is slow and methodical) and use good form. Once you have the form, incrementally increase the speed while maintaining that good form. Through repetition, the speed and endurance will come.
Additionally, those people with knee or ankle issues might want to avoid this program altogether. I have had 3 surgeries on my left knee and have bone spurs in my ankles. The high impact nature of this program just did not mesh well with my lower extremities and I also developed soreness/pain in my lower back (the lower back pain stopped once I discontinued Insanity).

Again, on the positive side, I did experience size and weight loss with this program, although not right away. After Week 1 and Week 2, I noticed an incremental gain, which was then followed by losses in each successive week.

In the end, be smart and be patient. It's a good program and Shaun is a half-decent motivational instructor.

jeremywm1977 wrote: »

Here's my two cents on the program.

On the positive side, it is a balls-to-the-wall intense cardio workout program. You will sweat, you will pant, you will beg for mercy, you will come out on the other side wondering what make and model of vehicle just ran you over. As far as the Beachbody workouts and cardio go, Shaun T pretty much has that market cornered with not only Insanity, but Insanity MAX, Focus T25 and the Asylum workouts.

On the negative side, and I guess this could be a negative for any workout, but form is everything. If you jump into the workout and try to keep the pace with Shaun, Tonya, or any of the other participants, without worrying about form, you increase the likelihood of hurting yourself.
Whenever someone asks me about Insanity, I tell them to start out going at their own pace (even if it is slow and methodical) and use good form. Once you have the form, incrementally increase the speed while maintaining that good form. Through repetition, the speed and endurance will come.
Additionally, those people with knee or ankle issues might want to avoid this program altogether. I have had 3 surgeries on my left knee and have bone spurs in my ankles. The high impact nature of this program just did not mesh well with my lower extremities and I also developed soreness/pain in my lower back (the lower back pain stopped once I discontinued Insanity).

Again, on the positive side, I did experience size and weight loss with this program, although not right away. After Week 1 and Week 2, I noticed an incremental gain, which was then followed by losses in each successive week.

In the end, be smart and be patient. It's a good program and Shaun is a half-decent motivational instructor.

The boldened part above is golden!!

It is very easy and tempting to watch them on the screen and match what they do and the timing, but you will soon flag. Just do the exercises to the best form you can at your own pace. As you get better and fitter you will gain more endurance.

I'm just getting towards the end of week 3, and while it isn't getting any easier, I am certainly much fitter than I was at the start. You just end up doing more and so end up in just as much of a mess at the end haha

jeremywm1977 wrote: »

medlaura wrote: »

I talked to my assigned beachbody coach

You might want to use this statement sparingly or not at all.
Saying "I talked to my Beachbody Coach" carries the same weight and credibility as if someone said "I talked to my psychic".

Okay

when reading this, keep in mind that i'm only 5 feet tall/petite.

I did insanity once in 2012, my diet was 900-1200 calories depending on if a splurged and let myself have a serving of ben & jerrys half baked froyo.

Within 4 weeks I went from barely squeezing into a size 8 in pants (muffin top tight), to a perfect fit size 4 in pants.

My husband did it with me and by the end of week 4 he went from a tight size 42 pants (muffin top tight) to a loose size 36 pants (and he ate at least 1500 calories a day, up to 2000 calories on his cheat days.

I just started it again this week (my husband claims he's sick of the mans voice & the workouts are boring him, he's hitting the gym instead). Before I started this week I was a tight size 12. Lets see how low I go by the end of week 4!

It's hard when you're doing it alone to not give up. My first time around, i wanted to give up by day 3. No joke. My husband and i had promised each other we weren't going to give up for at least 2 months, we were going to do it till the end to the best of our abilities. There were days I was so sore i was whining like crazy and my workout was WEAK lol, but he made me do it, and by the end of the workout I was thankful i got it over with. Right now he's not doing it with me but I made him promise to get me out of my own head and make me do it each day and keep up with it for at least 4 weeks. So far so good. I wanted to give up on day 4 this time but he made me keep at it. I'm about to go get my insanity done for today!!!

you should try to make up your missed day on sunday. (or at least do cardio recovery on sunday, it's the easiest workout.)

With insanity you'll always be sore, but by the time the warm up is done your soreness will be gone. just remember to tighten your core!!! That makes such a difference.

I'm on week 1 of Insanity max (just finished t25 and did insanity max this time last year. I can hardly walk my calves are so sore.

The workout is super intense and I like it, especially since I'm living in hotel rooms for business lately.

Hi! I ate 1300 calories per day while doing the entire Insanity program following it by the calendar. The first month was fine but the next month gave me bad knee problems even though I was practising proper form. It did make me more fit & strong but I haven't noticed any muscle increase or drastic weight loss. I don't know if it was really worth it - I'm switching to crossfit strength training to build more muscle & hopefully I'll get better results!

I've had the Insanity program for 3 years now and have gotten great fitness results from it. This week I started doing the full program again for the 4th time. I never have a problem doing these workouts anymore as I am already physically fit. However, I tend to get bored with it after the second week or so due to the repetitive movements. Today is day 2 of week 1.