I have officially completed day 37 of Insanity. So far I’ve only missed 3 days total, and 2 of those days were a light recovery day, so I didn’t miss that much. Sometimes life just gets in the way and we will have to miss a day here and there. Missing a workout should make you feel guilty but it is not the end of the world. Depending on what day you missed, you can either try to make up the missed workout on your day off, or just keep going with your regular schedule. I missed 2 days because of a weekend trip I took to Chicago and I missed another day the week prior because I was not feeling well.

Anyhow, I’m back on track now and am currently on week 6 of Insanity. This is where the workouts get tough. Just when I thought I was starting to be able to keep up, Shaun T goes and switches up the workouts, making them all about 20 minutes longer. The first day of week 6 (day 36) was brutal. The schedule calls for the fit test, and also the Max Interval Circuit workout. During the fit test, you push yourself to the limit trying to get as many reps as possible, and at the end of it, about 25 minutes total, you’re exhausted. To then throw another 55 minute workout in after is crazy. Needlesss to say I didn’t do so well with the Max Interval Circuit workout. I did my best and was completely exhausted after the 1 hour and 25 minutes of intense cardio moves.

I was happy that my fit test numbers improved once again. The numbers didn’t jump as much, the moves are only possible to do so fast, I don’t see my numbers going very much higher from here. But here are my results of the first 3 Insanity Fit Tests:

Here are how my results from the second fit test:

• Switch Kicks – Week 1 – 73, Week 2 – 94, Week 3 – 104
• Power Jacks – Week 1 41, Week 2 – 53, Week 3 – 56
• Power Knees – Week 1 – 75, Week 2 – 95, Week 3 – 99
• Power Jumps – Week 1 – 30, Week 2- 40, Week 3 – 42
• Globe Jumps – Week 1 – 5, Week 2 – 9, Week 3 – 9
• Suicide Jumps – Week 1 – 13, Week 2 – 19, Week 3 – 20
• Push-Up Jacks – Week 1 – 19, Week 2 – 25, Week 3 – 30
• Low Plank Oblique – Week 1 – 45, Week 2 – 50, Week 3 – 55

As you can see my numbers increased in every move except for Globe Jumps, which stayed the same. If you’re not familiar with Globe Jumps, it is a big movement that takes a few seconds to complete. You can only go so fast, which is why the number stayed the same. I was happy to see the numbers go up in all of the other moves though, plus, I didn’t feel as tired as I did when finishing the very first Fit Test.

Even though the second month’s Insanity workouts are longer and harder, I’m glad they are different. I was getting a little bored of the same routines in the first month, they all seemed the same. I haven’t really been keeping track of my weight, but I notice my core and abs area feeling a little bit more tighter. I’ll be happy when the next for weeks are over and I can go back to P90x  :)

Insanity Workout Reviews

I’m officially on day 18 of Insanity, so far it has been pretty tough. On day 14, I finally had to do the Cardio Abs workout, immediately after the Pure Cardio workout, it was exhausting. I can already see an increase in my cardio endurance. On day 15 if took the second fit test and I improved in every exercise.

Here are how my results from the second fit test:

• Switch Kicks – Week 1 – 73, Week 2 – 94
• Power Jacks – Week 1 41, Week 2 – 53
• Power Knees – Week 1 – 75, Week 2 – 95
• Power Jumps – Week 1 – 30, Week 2- 40
• Globe Jumps – Week 1 – 5, Week 2 – 9
• Suicide Jumps – Week 1 – 13, Week 2 – 19
• Push-Up Jacks – Week 1 – 19, Week 2 – 25
• Low Plank Oblique – Week 1 – 45, Week 2 – 50

As you can see from my numbers above, I improved quite a bit in each exercise move. So far I’m happy with the results I’m seeing from the insanity workout. Some days I really didn’t feel like working out, but I do it anyway because I know it is good for me. I have about 43 more days to go!

Day 7 Of Insanity Is A Rest Day

I made it through the first seven days of the Insanity workout. The workouts have been tough, and I’ve had to take breaks periodically throughout eachworkout, but I know I’ll only get better. I feel as though my cardio endurance levels have already increased and it has only been a week.

The Insanity workout for day 6 was Plyometric Cardio Circuit, which I had already done on day 2 of Insanity. I feel like I improved a little bit from the first time I did it which is to be expected. The first time you do any workout, there will be some sort of learning curve. It will take time to get the proper form of the moves down, and to also get in sync with the pace of workout. Upon completing this workout, I was pouring in sweat.

Day 7 of the Insanity workout was a rest day. It was nice to have a rest although I really didn’t feel like I needed it. Insanity is mostly cardio training, and my muscles really don’t get sore like they do from P90x workouts. Either way, after 6 days of working out, a rest day sounds like a great idea, I’ll take it .

So far I think I like Insanity, it is a nice change of pace from my normal P90x workouts. Insanity is challenging and it is always good to mix up your workouts in order to keep seeing results. To prevent being repetitive in my blog posts, I’m probably going to stop the daily posts about my Insanity workouts, and do a weekly update post from now on.

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Today was day five of the Insanity workout. The workout for today was Pure Cardio. Which is a great title for the workout because that is exactly what it is, pure cardio. I can’t get over how hard the warms ups are for these Insanity workouts. After the warm up part of the workout, I was dripping in sweat again. I think I need to pace myself a little better. During the warmup, Shaun T starts out my doing the move at a little bit of a slower pace, then speeds up as he goes along. I think my problem might be that I am starting the warm up moves too fast and getting tired out. I need to remember to start out slow, then speed up as I go.

Overall the Insanity Pure Cardio workout was a good. It was tough, and I took several breaks when I needed them, which is perfectly fine. Even some the people in the Insanity video needed to stop and take breaks at times. I worked up a really good sweat. I also liked that this workout was just under 40 minutes. After getting used to the hour and fifteen minute P90x workouts, the Insanity workouts seem to fly by. However, it is still only the first week of Insanity, I looked ahead on the schedule and the Insanity workouts will soon get longer, and harder. Awesome!! ( not really )

After 5 days of Insanity I feel pretty good. I have been having a little trouble sleeping, and think it might be because I am pushing myself too hard during these workouts. Hopefully my body adapts soon and I start progressing. I know it has only been 5 days, and I have to patient before I start seeing any results. Can’t wait until tomorrow comes and I get to take on Day 6 of Insanity.

Days 3 and 4 of the Insanity workout are in the books! This is a tough workout, day 3 was much harder than day 4, which was more of a recovery day. I originally wanted to post a daily review of the workout, but I’ve already missed a day of writing a post, which is why I consolidated both days into this post. Also, I’m not sure If I am going to be able to keep coming up with things to write about related to my Insanity workouts, so far my daily review for every works has just been, “it’s hard”. So maybe I will just make a post about my Insanity workouts once a week, to give updates on how it is going, we’ll see.

Day 3 of the Insanity workout is the Cardio Power and Resistance workout. I don’t have much to say about this workout other than it is challenging. I was sweating like crazy after the first 6 minutes, which is basically just a warm before stretching. I took a few breaks when I needed them. I’m sure by the end of the 60 days I will get much better and be able to get through the entire workout without taking any breaks, but we’ll see. It is a tough workout, and you have to force yourself not to stop and take a break. I like that I work up a sweat, which was a rare occasion while doing the P90x workouts. I also like that the workout was only about 40 minutes long and goes by fast.

Day 4 of the Insanity workout was the Cardio Recovery workout. When I saw the cover of this workout, the picture of the guy hunched over with his hands on his knees, I thought I was in for a tough workout and that I was going to look like the guy in the picture, or even worse. I was wrong, this workout wasn’t bad at all. This was a short workout, about 35 minutes long, and didn’t involve any cardio. The cardio recovery workout was mostly stretching, some squatting movements, a little bit of core work, and some yoga poses. This is supposed to be a light workout, although I struggled with some of the movements and holding some of the poses, I’m sure I’ll get better with time. Can’t wait to see what day 5 of Insanity brings

Insanity Day 2

After getting winded during the 20 minute fit test on day 1 of Insanity, I know I was in for a challenge on Day 2, when the real workouts begin. Day 2 of the Insanity workout is the Plyometric Cardio Circuit workout. This workout is approximately 40 minutes long, which is nice. I’m used to doing P90x workouts that are about 1 hour and fifteen minutes long if you include the Ab Ripper X workout.

Although the Insanity Plyometric Cardio Circuit workout is only 40 minutes long, it is still tough. About 5 minutes into the warm up I was pouring with sweat. I’m not really sure why Shaun T even calls it a “warm up”, because even that is tough. This workout is made up some intense cardio moves that will get your heart pumping. There are very few breaks, and the breaks that you do get are only 30 seconds long.

Insanity is a workout anyone can do at their own pace, and you can take breaks whenever you need them. I kept up pretty well with the DVD for it only being my real first day. I did take some breaks a few time towards the end of the workout to catch my breath.

Overall the Insanity Plometric Cardio Circuit workout is a good workout. It had me huffing abd buffing and pour in sweat in the first 10 minutes. I know I will only progress and getting better as time goes on. I’m strangely excited for what day 3 brings…

Insanity Workout Day 1

I finally decided to give the Insanity 60 day workout a try. Being a Beachbody Coach I’m often asked questions on different products, I can read up on them to learn about them but I like to try them out for myself so I have the knowledge and know what I’m talking about. I’ve been a big P90x fan the past year and a half and decided it was time to try something new. As P90x doesn’t focus too much on cardio, I know that is a weak spot for me. I’ve also been slacking on my workouts a little bit and am not in the best of shape, so I know Insanity is going to be challenging for me.

Today I did day one of the Insanity workout. It was the fit test, which was relatively short. After watching the introduction from Shaun T, then doing the fit test, the entire workout latest about 30 minutes. Since it was only a “fit test”, I didn’t expect it to be too difficult.

My expectation of the difficulty level of the fitness test were wrong. It was hard. The Insanity workout fit test is made up of 8 exercises. The fit test is to be done every 2 weeks and the idea is to keep a record of the test and keep track of your progress and you go along through the 60 days of the program. Keeping track is a great idea, it is proof of the actual results you will get.

Each of the 8 exercises are performed for 60 seconds, followed by a rest period of 45 seconds. You are to push yourself and perform as many reps of the exercise as fast as you can for those 60 seconds, it gets tiring and I even had to stop a few times.

Here are my first day fit test results (some numbers are estimated as I lost count because of tiredness)

1. Switch Kick – 73
2. Power Jacks – 41
3. Power Knees – 75
4. Power Jumps – 30
5. Globe Jumps – 5
6. Suicide Jumps – 13
7. Push-Up Jacks 20
8. Low Plank Oblique 45

I’m not sure how great my numbers are, we’ll see how better they get as I go through the program. One thing I’m going to struggle with is the nutrition plan. Sticking to a proper diet is almost harder than the workouts for me. I tend to eat bad and often overeat. I’m going to try and work on this as much as I can for the next 60 days, and also try and change my eating habits in general. I have incorporated Shakeology in my daily eating routine, which will provide great nutrition for me. I’m anxious to see what the other Insanity workouts are like.