Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Review: Insanity


Insanity is not for everyone. This program literally is challenging from day one, it is made for the already fit. It's a total cardio body workout without weights.
There is no separate programs for this, its all just one. Before you start you do whats called a " fit test" You do different moves and you keep going till you can't anymore. At the end of month one you do it again and then at the end of the program. It helps you see how far you've come.

Here are the workouts:

  • Plyometrics cardio circuit- intense lower body plyo mixed with high cardio. 40 minutes
  • Cardio power & resistance- upper body strength training and power moves. 40 minutes
  • Pure cardio- extreme non stop cardio workout. 40 minutes
  • Recovery- total recovery to get ready for the next round. 35 minutes
  • Cardio abs- intensive core workout. 20 minutes.
  • Core cardio & balance- Restore tired muscles for month 2. 45 minutes 
Month two:
  • Max interval plyo- power plyo leg workout. 50 minutes
  • Max recovery- building strength with intense moves and stretches. 50 minutes
  • Max cardio conditioning- extreme cardio workout. 50 minutes
  • Max interval circuit- intense interval circuit thats more extreme than ever before. 60 minutes
Deluxe edition:
  • Fast and furious abs- a 45 minute ab workout shortened into 15 minutes. 
  • Sanity check-A not-so-crazy workout that shows you how to perform each of his insane moves safely and effectively, so you can get maximum results. 26 minutes.
  • MAX interval sports training- designed for elite athletes. 55 minutes
  • Insane abs- intense ab routine. 33 minutes.
  • Upper body weight training- Entire upper body-chest, back, arms, and shoulders. 48 minutes.
For the deluxe you would replace cardio abs with insane abs, and core cardio balance with max interval sports training. The others you can replace with whatever you want. I did the upper body weight training one and I really enjoyed it. It was long, but my arms were killing me after. If I ever do it again maybe I'll add all the deluxe workouts edition too.
The upper body weight training workout was one of my favorite upper body workouts. He does a warm up, than 3 or 4 different circuits and you do each circuit 3 or 4 times. You do a couple with weights than at the end of each circuit he add a little cardio.

"Champions aren't made in gyms, champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill" 
                   -Muhammad Ali

I really enjoyed month one. Cardio abs, core cardio and balance, and pure cardio were my favorites from the whole program. Pure cardio doesn't have a break in it at all. There are a couple days where its double down day. Its mainly cardio abs and pure cardio. 
Cardio abs I could do every day if I could. I think this is one of my top favorite ab workouts. Core cardio and balance is really enjoyable. I love how it recovers your muscles after a hard week. After you finish month one there is an extra week where you do core cardio and balance a whole week to get ready for month two. 
 Month two was very, very hard. There's a reason all the workouts start with the word "MAX".  I would be almost done with max interval plyo and my arms would literally give out. Its mainly from doing so many burpees. After almost every workout I would be dripping in sweat and extremely tired. 
So on the recovery workouts I didn't like them. I felt like I was doing cardio more that recovery. Instead of doing recovery I would just do the core cardio and balance.

"It's not about how fast or how far you have to go. It's about digging deep and pushing yourself to keep moving forward"
                                           -Shaun T

During this program you start to hate Tonya. She is very intense and is non stop in the whole program. She motivates you not to stop or give up. Me and my workout partner would yell at her and try and beat her. You hardly see her take a break unless Shaun lets you. 

There is so much motivation that needs to be put in this program. Having a partner to do it with you will help not only you but your partner. Find a group of people on facebook; the more people the better.

"I'm not trying to hurt you, I'm trying to make you better"
                                    -Shaun T

The second month literally tore my whole body apart. This program has made me realize that cardio is a good thing. I use to hate it with a passion and Insanity has made me enjoy it more.
Now if I don't have a cardio workout at least 3 times a week I go nuts.

At the beginning of every workout there is a opening. He says this (picture to your left) for every opening and every time I would get so pumped. It kinda intimidates you to get prepared and get ready for what Shaun T is bringing and getting ready to "dig deeper" with every move you do.

"We don't just call it insanity because these workouts are intense. We call it insanity because in 60 days, you're going to get results that are simply crazy. But don't start this program thinking you can pretend your way through this. We need you to be prepared to dig deeper than ever before. Get ready for a transformation unlike anything you've ever experienced. THIS IS INSANITY."
                                                   -Shaun T


Here are my results;
lost 3 pounds and 1 pant size. I mainly toned and created lean muscle in this program.

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