You move so fast during the workouts, there’s not a lot of time to overwork, because you fall into a sweaty heap on the floor before you ever have a chance to use one muscle too much.Īnother theme is that, so far, all of the workouts are comprised of, it feels like, 14 different moves. First off, post-workout soreness is at a refreshing low, and I think this has to do with the general speed of things. Though I’m only on day 4, I think I’m picking up on a few of INSANITY!’s themes (aside from mental instability). Over the next 60 days, I’ll tell you how it goes.
#Insanity workout plyometric cardio circuit series#
It’s advertised as possibly the hardest workout series ever put out onto DVD. Beachbody (the guys who brought you P90X and Tony Horton) have put out a new 60-day work out series called Insanity, starring Shaun T (which is ironic, because he doesn’t pronounce his T’s). This entry was posted in Insanity, Insanity Month 1, Insanity Week 1, My Fitness Journey and tagged BeachBody, Exercise, Fitness, Interval Training, Plyometric Cardio Circuit, Shaun T.
“I’m Checking the Clock for You!” (Day 20: Plyometric Cardio Circuit).Let’s Push” (Day 27: Plyometric Cardio Circuit) “One More Set of This Craziness, Ya’ll.It lets me know that my muscles are getting their strength back, and this time, I plan to keep them that way. Just like the first time, I’m noticing it mostly after I sit for a long time and then walk around. The soreness has started to kick in a bit though. Overall, I’m already feeling a lot better than I have been in a while and feel like I have more energy. On the upside, an increased appetite means increased opportunities to try new food. I’m going to have to work on eating more often than I have been so I don’t lose too much weight and am not hungry all the time. I ended up being hungry within the next couple hours. I had finished half a 1.5L bottle of water during the workout and drank some more while eating. This time I had a fried egg and cheese sandwich, a banana, and another cup of yogurt. The first time through Insanity I could never make myself eat right afterward (although usually I was having to do it late at night when I got off work). The circuit was repeated thI had only eaten a cup of yogurt and banana a couple of hours before the workout, so I was starving afterward. I had to take a break a couple of times during them, but I didn’t feel too bad because there were people in the class who had to as well. The ski abs and in and out abs are one of my favorite parts and it doesn’t take long to feel them working, but they’re also very draining. I started doing them on my knees to be able to keep up and occasionally stayed down instead of jumping up so I could finish the floor sprints. Shaun T was usually on the sprints before I was done with the pushups. The level 1 drills require four pushups, floor sprints, and jumping up.
This was the circuit that was a struggle for me the first time, and was again. The next circuit was basketball drills, level 1 drills, ski abs, and in and out abs. They were much easier on the parquet floors we have now. My first time through Insanity, I was on a carpeted floor, and the switchfoots were hard to do.
Then we did one circuit of switchfoots and football sprints. The circuit was repeated three times with breaks between. The first circuit was suicide drills, power squats, mountain climbers, and ski jumps. The warm up was repeated three times with increasing speed.Īfter a brief break, we did some stretching and then we were into the workout. Shaun T stressed the importance of never skipping this part of the workout and said to remember, “stretching and warming up muscles prevents injury.” The warm up alone felt like a workout and consists of jogging, jumping jacks, Heisman’s, 1-2-3 Heisman’s, high knees, and butt kicks. The workout began with a warm up and stretch. Personally I prefer the “Dig Deeper” motto and that Shaun T frequently reminds participants to “Keep Pushing,” but whatever works for people. It was also the first time I ever noticed the “Get Fit or Get Out” banner hanging in the back of the gym. Close-up of poster from picture inside the case.ĭay two was the first day of the regular workouts, the Plyometric Cardio Circuit, although Shaun T introduced it simply as “Cardio Circuit”.