overweight and INSANITY

I feel the same way.. I just started insanity yesterday im waaay overweight ... 208 pounds 5'3, but I figure im just gonna do the best I can to make it through.. even if I have to stop every so often. I was trying to find others that had completed or done insanity that were overweight so I could see results, but I didnt have any luck

Okay sooo im 5'4 and 192lbs and when i attempt to do insanity i find myself needing to take major breaks like every few minutes.

Like i almost feel too fat to move around this quickly... hahaha

Is this something where i continue to stick with it and just try my best even if i cant keep up?

I feel so blah every time i put it in cos i cant move around like they do.....

If you are doing the best you can, you are still doing better than not doing it at all!!! If you try to push yourself too hard, you can injure yourself.

I LOVE doing Zumba, and can do the mid-intesity on my Zumba 2 on the Wii, but have over exherted myself and injured myself a couple of times... (279lbs here), so it never hurts to try, just do it at your rate. As you keep doing it, you'll notice that you are keeping up better and before you know it, you'll be keeping up with the video!!! :happy:

Those people in the video are the professionals and they can keep those fast paces. You just do what you can do and you will gradually get better. Many people do multiple rounds of Insanity. Your progress is still progress even with breaks!

Keep it up!

I started it last August and was able to see results in the first 2 weeks. I had to stop because I got sent away for work and staying in hotels with a mando roommate didn't make working out to the DVDs while I was gone an option.

I just finished my first half marathon last weekend and am all about starting INSANITY again!

Make sure you drink a ton of water and modify, modify, modify! when you first start out...it is REALLY easy to tweak a knee or an ankle. Wear cross training shoes as they have the support you'll need for the lateral movements...no barefeet!

Good luck!

You may want to choose something a little less intense, not so much because of the physical aspect of Insanity, but because it's bumming you out. Otherwise, adjust your expectations - those people on the video are in shape and still getting their butt kicked - and go at your own pace. Never sacrifice form, and you will be fine.

It gets better. The more you move the easier it will become. Your body will learn the moves even when you're fumbling around feeling like an idiot (I fumbled and stumbled for a good two weeks or so). Before you know it, your breaks will be shorter and less frequent, you'll start really enjoying it and your heart rate will stay up longer without making you want to die. I know the first time I actually got through to warm up without stopping I mentally high-fived myself.
You can do it!

Okay sooo im 5'4 and 192lbs and when i attempt to do insanity i find myself needing to take major breaks like every few minutes.

Like i almost feel too fat to move around this quickly... hahaha

Is this something where i continue to stick with it and just try my best even if i cant keep up?

I feel so blah every time i put it in cos i cant move around like they do.....

when you're starting out on something that hard, if you really want to keep with it, you can, just take the breaks and you'll be able to do more and more as you go along. or you can do something a bit more simple and build up to that after some weight loss. it's a matter of choice. it can be done, good luck.

wow this is encouraging, i have the insanity workouts on my computer and started but stopped awhile back. i've been wanting to restart (i'm 20, 5'6, and 190lbs) but athletic (plays a college sport that requires a lot of perfection of mechanics but not necessarily physical perfection). I'm comfortable with my physique but i'm longing for my high school strength and endurance where I was at 165lbs and an avid cross country runner. College stress really took a toll on me where I once weighed in at 205. Anyway, this summer is my summer to get back in shape where i will have time to dedicate to physical activity since my job isn't too demanding. I'm aiming to be more proactive at this and can't wait to read about other's improvements.

What do you log that under?

go to collagevideo.com. They have lots of workout videos for all levels of fitness. They give a description and you can watch a clip of eadh video. You don't have to start with the toughest workout you can find. Start with something more at your level and work towards Insanity.

Doing any kind of plyometrics when you're overweight to the point of obesity (no offense) is a recipe for knee destruction. And you can't "modify" the workouts to remove the plyometric element without defeating the entire purpose.

Insanity is more or less athletic training for people who are already reasonably fit and don't have much left to lose. Doing it before this point can come back to haunt you later on in life.

I actually asked my trainer about this very subject some time ago and he says he is disgusted with how all these beachbody programs are trying to push high impact, plyometric workouts on out of shape people because it simply is not a fitness tool for people like that. It WILL lead to injury (probably not now but later) because it is meant to be used as training for athletes who are already in athletic shape.

I don't know about Insanity, but that's how I was when I first started P90X. I felt like I was going to puke after the first workout. After a couple of weeks though I was able to make it all the way through and after a few more weeks I was able to keep up with the pace too. Just hang in there!

i was 350 when i started. but if you stick with it you will eventually be able to get a rythem you can keep up with. of course that about when they start month 2

Let's just cut to the chase. It is designed to be done balls out like they do it. Half assed Insanity is not Insanity. However, if you choose to keep going just do the best you can and push yourself more and more each time.


Tim

This. If you're not able to at least somewhat keep up with the pace that's intended and you try to "dial it down" to suit your fitness level, you're better off doing other, more moderate intensity things because you're not getting as much benefit from it as you might think.