Insanity Workout

My best advice would be don't try to keep up with the people in the video. In order to keep proper form, I will look to see what the exercise is, and then I don't look back at the tv screen until Shaun T says it's time for a break or a different exercise. I find that if I look at the screen, I end up trying to keep pace with them and that's when I start losing good form. This is a very fast paced, high intensity workout, so proper form is very important to avoid injury. Good luck!

I agree with karaks. Im on day 46 today, the first month(for the most part) I thought "There is NO way I can do this" NOW I feel great AND the workouts are tougher but I have gained strength over time. I modified and went slower when I needed to with the goal being to just get better. The whole time you watch the dvds all Shaun says it go at your own pace. Do what you can and then push yourself.

You'll do great!!

I agree, do what Shaun T says. When he says go at your own pace, go at your own pace! Don't try to keep up with them. Just do it as fast as you can WITH the RIGHT form. Take breaks when you need to and drink a lot of water. Don't feel bad if you have to take a break. I am in week 4 and still need to take breaks sometimes.

Watch them a couple times to make sure you know the form before you start doing something. The form is important to prevent injury so make sure you know how to do it properly because he doesn't always TALK about what the proper form is.

Good luck!!

Number 1 I suggest you get a heart rate monitor because with high intensity workouts like Insanity you want to make sure you heart rate is where it should be. Secondly, you most likely will not be able to hang the entire dvd. NO BIG DEAL. You do as much as you can and build up endurance. When I first started I could barely get through warmup without taking a break, but within a week or so I was able to get through the entire thing and push myself . The great thing about having HRM is that once you build up a little endurance and become familiar with proper form you can check to make sure that not only is your heart rate coming down on the rest periods but that you are working hard doing the interval. There were times I felt like I was pushing myself but my HRM told me different so I pushed harder. You will definately need some mental toughness to finish it but its definately worth it. Make sure you are eating enough because you will be definately burning a good amount of calories. Stay committed to it and you will see results. Good luck :drinker:

Just because you need to lose extreme doesnt mean you need to work extreme. Insanity is an awesome program, but if you are not careful you can do some serious damage to your body. Take it slow. You will not be able to keep up with everything your first time around. Good Luck and have fun.

Trust me i felt like giving up yesterday.... but my progess keeps me going... You know those people doing the workout are inshape already and its even hard for them. So you go at your own pace... even if u cant go as fast as them...the goal is to keep ur body moving. I cant go as fast as them, and sometimes i have to stop cause my calves are killing me, but i still push myself to make it threw the whole thing. Its a really good workout and even though its tuff, you feel good that you didnt give up. I started Insanity last monday 7/9/ and missed the workout two days because of my schedule. I also started taking Oxy Elite on Thursday 7/12, and started my calorie counting on Saturday and ive lost 7 pounds. Its very rewarding to see all the hard work you've put in with just a week, and to already be showing progress. So dont give up, imagine how you will feel after you complete the 6 week workout.

some folks do find insanity or p90x to be too much too soon... my advice is to look at the step back programs

P90 (not the X one) is a GREAT starting program.

As a beachbody coach I encounter folks of many different fitness levels. Not everyone is suited for Insanity or P90X to start - REGARDLESS of what the TV ads tell you.

Many times I lead folks to the normal P90 plan. After completing the P90, they are in a much better state to phase into the P90X or Insanity and not feel discouraged by trying to "learn algebra before learning how to add and subtract"

Too many times folks try to jump into something too aggressive and then get discouraged and stop and do nothing.

theres no shame in starting slower and building. Infact, your success rate is much higher with that approach

It take a while to get up to speed w/ insanity. I repeated the first month and then did the last month, so it was 90 days for me to complete my first round. I think I did most of the pushups from knees for the first 4-5 weeks.

I think it took me about 2 weeks before I began to believe that I could complete the program.

Insanity is simply built around the concept of complete exhaustion I'd recommend subbing simple squats for the jumps if your very overweight. No sense in beating your knees to death. Just keep moving until it's an official water break.

There's not a lot of difference in the workouts. Most of the circuits contain a cardio move, a squat move and an upperbody move.

Until my weight came down I really liked Pure Cardio since it has minimal pushups.

I won't bother to mention that the results come from the nutrition in combination with the increased activity <-- see what I did there?

Good luck, feel free to add me.

I just got mine in the mail today, this post just helped me ALOT!!! thanks to all who added to this post. I now have a plan.....keep the correct form and dont keep up with people on video.