Insanity Workout

[Paris2]

It's a 60 day intense work out program.

I am keen to know whether anyone here has actually tried it? I have read up lots about it online, but would like some real person real world experience, as most of the things you read online seem to be trying to sell it.

It carries a very hefty price tag so want to know whether it is worth giving it a try? My plan would be to buy second hand and sell on after I have finished, not losing too much money.

I am under no illusions that I will come out the other end "ripped". I just want to know if it is worth giving a go.
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I'm just reaching the end of the Recovery week (week 5) and my fitness levels have improved a fair bit.

I've not run on my treadmill for a good 4 months or so and done no running outside at all. I ran 5k today in 34 minutes which for an obese 40 year old aint bad.

It's a good program and I'll continue it to the end. I've only lost 7lbs so far but that should change over the next few weeks as the intensity increases.

The warm up at the start was a killer but now its not so much of a problem. Use the Elite Nutrition book as a guide for food. You'll notice its high in protein.

It's a very good program and there is no need for any equipment. I did P90X last year and lost a stone. This is very different though.

If you want any more info, just ask. Good luck

PS its my third Fit Test on Monday. That should be a good sign to how much fitter I have got. Here are my results from Fit Test 1 and 2

https://osbikers.net/ukbiker/wp-content/gallery/gallery/fittest2.jpg
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[Drew]

Have done two rounds of P90x and find it far better than Insanity. P90x works different muscles each day (while letting the others recover), whereas Insanity is legs legs legs every day with a bit of arms/chest/abs thrown in.

I only managed 4 weeks of Insanity as my legs were just totally worn out with no time to recover.

ps, no need to buy either it, it is available on all torrent sites. (so acquire P90x and use the money to buy a pullup bar and some weights )

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[Catalyst]

The amount of people I see buying these programs really is astounding, it's just a glorified circuit training regime. The problem with these is they don't teach you how to make your own workouts and that's why they are fads that dissapear, no one sticks to them.

With the wealth of knowledge on the internet you'd be better off finding a workout that works for you, everyones body reacts differently to different styles of training so you may pay all that money and it doesn't suit you.

Then again, as above you could just download a torrent so you're not out of pocket.
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I did it, got really good results even though I only did it for a few month.
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[Tungtvann]

It's quite big in the military especially for the guys on tour. Looks too much like hard work to me. Seems to get results though!

[ukbiker.info]

When it comes to exercise, I quite like being told what to do without having to pay £30-60 a month for the gym membership and then the £20-50 per session with a personal trainer on top.

If i'm on a running machine at the gym, i can't help but try and keep up with the guy next to me, end up hurting myself and not do it again for months

£105 new and cheaper second hand is good value if you decide to buy it.
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[lllN30lll]

The torrent is here if you want it. Everythings included.

https://tpb.piraten.lu/torrent/6494528/FULL_Insanity_Workout__Workout_sheet__amp__Nutrition_diet
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missed your little link.
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[Paris2]

Thanks guys, I think ill go with the free option at the moment and see how I get on with it.
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[Speedysidders]

I find it really good mate, especially if you are confined to your room or overseas for a while with no gym etc. All in all it is just a circuit but its much easier just to follow that than make your own.
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[GhostRider]

Looks interesting will download the pack and give it a look.

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[Poseidon]

Holy thread revival!

That aside... I'm tempted by this. I haven't seen any of the adverts/videos/infomercials on this, word of mouth has brought it to my attention. A few friends of friends are doing it, but no-one I no personally, so I'm struggling to get reliable testimonials.

I respond very well to encouragement when it comes to fitness. When I play/train for ice-hockey I do better with someone breathing down my neck. Left on my own devices in the gym or at home with weights and I get very bored. 60minutes of pushing myself as hard as I can in a game leaves me feeling great, so 30-45 minutes of this a day appeals to me.

However, what are the real world results like? I'm definitely a bit squishy around the hips and I have chunky thighs. I'm not after a super ripped ZOMG six-pack beach body... But I would like my flabby bits to shrink a little. Weight wise I'm not bothered about losing much. I have gained a little over a stone of the 2.5stone I lost 2 years ago, which would be nice if I got back to where I was, although I'm still 36inch waist and 42inch chest, so like I said, I'm not that bothered. I guess ultimately I want to be able to push myself harder in those 2minute shifts on the ice, where I have to plough everything I have into my legs to get up and down the ice. Will insanity improve my fitness as well as tone me up? Or is this purely aimed at aesthetic differences?

Is it all clever marketing, or are there actual fitness benefits? How important is the diet element.

Cheers all
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[lihp]

Real world results won't happen with the workout alone.

To get those results, you need the diet to go with it.

[sabian92]

Diet is 80% of any fitness program. No point in doing all the hard work if you eat maccies 3 times a day.

I'd get your diet sorted, then start working out.

[drbaig]

The real world results are good. But the workout is based around a track runner. Lot of plyometrics, I noticed this because I used to run track for school and we did this type of shit continuously. It will improve your footwork and give you some explosiveness in your legs. But that is about it.

Very good for your core, will develop lower body strength. Insanity is a lot popular with women because they are top weak. So it works for their bums. For men to stimulate the upper body you need heavy work, dips, pullups etc.

Insanity wont offer much stimulation. All depends on what your goals are. But like the two above me have said. Diet is an integral part of any training regime. If you want to improve your endurance aerobic fitness then long runs at zone 2 HR would do that. If you want quick bursts of sprint anaerobic capacity then try HIIT pyramid training. If your main focus is improving your fitness on the ice then follow a training program aimed towards that. Insanity is not aimed for that.

Eat less, workout more. Simple formula, jobs a goodun.
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[Poseidon]

Hmmm... Perhaps I wasn't clear enough.

My diet is balanced. Maybe a little carb heavy as I like my rice and pasta, but it's not take-out after take-out and I rarely drink (average so far this year is about 4 units a month). I want to be able to carry on eating chillis, fajitas, bolognese, carbonara, stews, casseroles, steak pies, toasted sandwiches etc etc (all homemade from scratch). What concerns me and what I don't want to end up doing is eating nothing but boiled spuds and plain chicken supplemented with umpteen protein shakes a day like a few of the gym addicts I know who only ever care about how much you lift (hint, when someone asks if you lift, don't assume like I did that they meant it in a shirt lifting sort of way and that they're coming onto you. Apparently in the last few years or so they changed the meaning of "lifter", "to lift" and "lifting" from gay practices to weights. No-one ever tells me these things).

My goal is to undo the lost decade I had that ended around 7 years ago, but which I am still carrying the burden of. It consisted of around 10 years of junk food, drinking and smoking. I gave up smoking completely over 2 years ago, I only drink on special occasions and junk food is for when it is totally impractical to actually cook something (every other month when travelling back from the in-laws as an example). My goal is to tone my body up and get rid of the squishy bits that have plagued me for what seems like forever and which I seem incapable of motivating myself to shift. I've tried going to the gym, riding my bike everywhere, combining cardio with weights, but it was fucking boring. I gave up very quickly. I don't think I made it past a week as I got so bored and every single session felt like an absolute chore from start to finish. However, at hockey camp, I spent 5 days being shown how to exercise, do circuits and had someone telling me to push harder, so I did. Five solid days and when others were staying in their pits on a morning complaining their bodies couldn't take any more, I was getting down there and pushing through the pain. I played a game and had a training session the following week and was more keen than ever to push as hard as I could. Hence why the intensity of insanity appeals to me, and the fact there's someone on a screen pushing you on. It may seem feeble that I need someone there, even if it's just on the telly, but fuck it, that's the way I seem to work. For example, when I lost the weight 2 years ago, it was during the hairy bikers diet thing. Having them on the telly guiding me through it and supporting me kept me going for three months. I didn't cheat once. Before that, I'd tried calorie counting many times and gave up in less than a week.

I guess I'm after an increase in strength & fitness, with a bit less wobble on my hips and belly. Of the 14lbs I regained after loosing 2.5 stone, 11lbs of it has been in the last 3 months, which happens to coincide with final year project and final year exams for my degree (I'm a mature student), added with having to work the hours I'm not studying to make ends meet (bus driving, very sedentary). I have been sat around a lot of the time doing nothing physical and my weight and shape have suffered. I'm now free of both (having built enough dosh up to survive the summer until I do something postgrad) and want to do something that's more rewarding for my body than starving it for a month or two.

If I could afford a personal trainer to poke me with a stick 5 days a week and I could take 2 hours out of my day to get to the gym and back, I would do that. However having three kids and a house to run means I just haven't the time, much less the money over and above gym membership for said poker of sticks. Taking 45 minutes out of my day before jumping in the shower at home appeals. Hockey starts back up in september, so from august I'll be back on the ice working on my skating, which will take over from where insanity leaves off. I just need to do something this summer and I wondered if insanity will a) tone me up, b) maybe drop a few pounds and c) make me stronger. Or will insanity offer none of this? Improved footwork, a stronger core and more explosiveness are all marks of better hockey players. It sounds like it would give me a great starting point for a more hockey related regime afterwards.

I'm not after a quick fix. I'm not expecting at the end of 60days to look in the mirror and think "That's it boy, you've done it, now go get a kebab and stay in all day watching DVDs". I'm thinking it'll be more a "2 months of hard work has made some improvements, now lets get those hockey muscles pumping".

tl:dr

I need audio/visual stimulation to motivate me to workout (DVD tuition etc). I can't afford a personal trainer and I have no friends to push me along fitness wise. I am unable to workout without someone/something pushing me. Is insanity going to make me fitter by the end, or would I be better off buying Geri Halliwells yoga video for all the good it will do.

Thanks
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[Ayrton]

I knew someone who done it and i think its a load of shite. Its just a way of getting you to loose weight doing exercises in your living room while making you pay stupid amounts for the privilege.

Just go for a run for an hour or more each day and eat 500 cal under your surplus amount and you will see better results that this nonsense. Diet is the key to loosing weight, you should count every calorie you take in and stick to a strict plan. you wont see much progress if you continue eating the way you are.
Also i dont want to be mean, but if you need a DvD to make you workout then you probably wont last long and will regain whatever you lost unless you keep your diet under control. You have to give yourself a reason to keep doing it and for much longer than 2 months.

[neatbik]

It worked for me. I lost just over a stone, and my fitness level went up quite a bit.
I did exercise regulary before i started it, so wasnt in too bad a shape but it did help me get rid of some extra weight.

The diet is very important, you need to watch those calories but also make sure you fuel your body properly otherwise you will really struggle to complete the workout.

Only thing i struggled with i've got a dodgy knee, and Insanity is quite hard on the joints so be carefull if you have any injuries.

Overall i would reccomend it, but then again i didnt pay for it..

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[GhostRider]

Have you considered finding a boxing gym and joining up?

Where I train, there are classes ran throughout the day all week , each focussing on different aspects of the required fitness and techniques for boxing - so there will be strength and conditioning, insanity style circuits, bag work, pad work, skipping etc etc all mixed up and you have someone boasting you the whole time.

I'm kinda the same as you - weight wise I'm fine on my own I can bang out a quality session solo (in fact prefer it) but when it comes to cardio activity I need stimulus and encouragement otherwise I'll be lazy with it (I naturally hate cardio).

You could then move into actual sparring - this is where fitness really comes into its own, there is no subsititue for someone else trying to hit you, you trying to hit them, all whilst maneuvering around the ring. And its not about hitting seven bells of shit out of each other, you have head gear and 16oz gloves on anyway to soften the blows - at my place everyone has the same respect and attitude towards each other so that if you want to go hard, you'll get it back in return, and likewise if you tone it down it will be met in kind.

This covers all your needs - strength and conditioning, cardio fitness, a trainer beasting you, and if you want you could fight on a show at some point, which is a nice achievement to tick off the bucket list.

So yeah, see if you can't find a decent white collar boxing gym in your area and go see how they run things.

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