Insanity

[Scott]

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I completed 4 weeks of this earlier this year, but I'm gonna start again starting Tuesday I believe.

[Jonesy]

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Looking forward to tackling the rest of this program with ya Jonesy!

I completed 4 weeks of this earlier this year, but I'm gonna start again starting Tuesday I believe.

Cool lets do this gentleman.

[Kearnzo]

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I also gotta say that chocolate milk has worked well as a recovery drink so far. I have 12oz after the workouts, and i'm not too sore the next day. I'm obviously still worn out, but that's just the nature of the workout.

[McLite]

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My recovery drink is 2 cups 1% milk, 1 bananna, 1 tbsp peanut butter, 2 scoops whey protein, and some ice...then blend. About 650 calories and it hits the spot.

[Scott]

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My recovery drink is 2 cups 1% milk, 1 bananna, 1 tbsp peanut butter, 2 scoops whey protein, and some ice...then blend. About 650 calories and it hits the spot.

Doesn't sound too bad, I'll need to try that...

[Whitesox]

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I think I might have to take an unscheduled day off today. Still debating with myself.

Yesterday during the workout I felt some unusual pain in my feet/ankles, specifically my right ankle. I couldn't really do the floor sprints as part of the level one drills. I figure it's the recovery week, so now is probably a good time to recover by any means necessary, and I would hate to come down with a serious injury like a torn Achilles.

[Kearnzo]

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Cardio power and resistance complete. Man, those one legged tricep dips had my arms shaking like crazy. I had forgotten to, that at the end of the video when you think it's over, he throws 3 sets of 8 hop squats/8 pushups at you. I was toast after that .

[colkilla]

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just finished the 60 days. GAINED 2lbs. went from 203 to 205. however i now have a much more defined 6 pack so i am happy. wasn't in it to lose weight anyway, just try something new and stay fit. really increased all my totals in the fit test along the way too. now on to the "asylum"...

[Jonesy]

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Damn dude you must have been hitting those cals to actually gain weight through this thing! Good to hear you got more definition out of it though.

Nice work Kearnzo. I actually missed my first workout yesterday (we are a day ahead of you here in Australia). It was a public holiday here and I had all my family over. I went down to shoot some baskets with two of my cousins and we ended up playing 3 on 3 games for over 3 hours so I was well and truly spent after that.

I'll be hitting up Power and resistance this afternoon after work. I prefer to do these monday-saturday so I might double up on the cardio recovery day to get back on schedule or just not take the day off at the end of the week or something.

[KG]

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Have you guys heard of the newer version, or maybe an offshoot version called Insanity: The Asylum?

Its a 30 day version that is supposed to get you in sports shape.
For people who are doing Insanity, can you take a look at the website and see if its similar at all?

beachbody.com/Asylum

I have it and it's pretty tough. There are 6 workouts and 2 bonus workouts (~15-20mins long). You need an agility/speed ladder, pull-up bar, and some light free weights. It's more of a P90 & Insanity blend in that it has a little bit of cardio and weight lifting. I like it because it focuses more on footwork. I'm trying to get back into soccer and one thing I noticed is that my feet aren't quite "soccer quick". I play bball 2-3x a week but soccer is a different animal and this has helped me out a lot.

I've done all of the Beach Body workouts (P90X, p90X+, Insanity, Asylum, Rev Abs) and Asylum is probably the hardest. There aren't as many breaks but like Tony Horton and Shaun T say, "take your breaks when you need them".

These workouts make it hard to keep a gym membership and there is no better feeling than after you've done one and you're dripping with sweat Patrick Chewing'esque.

[Jonesy]

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Power and resistance is done. I already have noticed being able to push myself more than in week one. This is my favourite workout of all the ones I've done so far i think.

I still had family visiting so I had to sneak off and do this workout in a bedroom watching the disc on a laptop. I gotta say it's definitely easier doing all the jumping etc on carpet than on the tiles, I might have to do them in there from now on. The only problem is if I get too far off the towel I drip sweat on the carpet but it definitely seems much easier on the joints that's for sure.

[Kearnzo]

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Power and resistance is done. I already have noticed being able to push myself more than in week one. This is my favourite workout of all the ones I've done so far i think.

I still had family visiting so I had to sneak off and do this workout in a bedroom watching the disc on a laptop. I gotta say it's definitely easier doing all the jumping etc on carpet than on the tiles, I might have to do them in there from now on. The only problem is if I get too far off the towel I drip sweat on the carpet but it definitely seems much easier on the joints that's for sure.

I know the feeling. The carpet is drenched by the end of the workout. Kinda nasty, but it's the safest place to do it for me.

T-minus 30 minutes until I hit up pure cardio....this one kicked my rear end last time, so i'm sure it will this time as well.

[Kearnzo]

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Pure cardio complete. Man, that has got to be the hardest workout ever put to DVD. It's just so physically demanding to try and keep up the whole time. I had to take a couple breaks here and there, and the level 2 drills and burpees flattened me at the end. But, I did better this time on the workout than last, so there is definitely improvement.

And holy crap, I see Saturday is a combo of pure cardio AND cardio abs. Jeez, I don't know how i'm supposed to complete another workout AFTER pure cardio. Are you supposed to do the whole pure cardio DVD, cooldown included, and THEN cardio abs? Or do I just skip from the end of the actual workout on pure cardio right to cardio abs?

[TimmeH]

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I believe I'll be joining you guys on Thursday. I'm not looking to lose any weight, rather get back into shape and get toned. Just gotta find a way to stay motivated.

[kingsofthevalley]

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just started this about 2 weeks ago. Think my body has gotten used to my regular work out routine.

Friend of mine has insanity on a flashdrive and he let me borrow it. I NEVER use other folks computer related items, but I said what the hell and did it anyway. You guessed, first time ever and it destroyed my freakin laptop lol (some type of weird virus)

So I got to do the insanity for like two days before my laptop died (well, I actually punched the crap out of it lol). What I did experience was great though. I'm about to order the set of insanity dvds today actually.

Meantime, its back to my standard 4 to 5 mile runs with the jump rope thrown in for good measure. I love it.