Plyometric Cardio Circuit

So we begin the Plyometric Cardio Circuit workout (AKA-Cardio Circuit), we start with a slow pace jog followed by jumping jacks, heisman, 123 heisman, butt kicks, high knees and mummy kicks. We will do 3 rounds of these with each round increasing pace with the third round going all out. Now I’m already soaked with sweat and feel tired, in total it lasts about 10 minutes before Shaun T mentions that this is only the warm-up, WHAT! are you kidding me, I’m just about waisted already. This is why they use the phrase “Dig Deep” because Insanity is just as much a mental workout as it is physical. Next we have a 30 second break followed by a 7 minute stretch which is really thorough. Now we come to another 30 second break. Ok at this point we have done about 18 minutes of a 43 minute workout, so there’s only 23 minutes left…peice of cake right? [Read more...]

I will be reviewing each Insanity workout and I decided to start with the “Fit Test”, my intensions with each review will be to give you a broad spectrum of what each workout entales.

Fit Test

Insanity comes with a “Fit Test” and unlike P90X the Fit Test is actually part of your workout program. The reason for the fit test is to see where you are as far as your fitness level for Insanity. Now, anybody can do the Insanity workout with enough heart, determination and most of all commitment. You will need to be in decent shape to do the Insanity workout, so if the Fit Test overwhelms you, you may want to back off and do another program and come back to Insanity. Remember Insanity is am extreme workout and it takes time to get at that level. For me personally I have completed P90X and Insanity is still a hard workout for me and I have to pace myself. Starting Insanity my weight was 190-195 and I’m 5’11″. [Read more...]