I was channel-surfing early one morning when images of sculpted bodies working out together caught my attention.
It wasn’t the first time I had seen this Insanity infomercial, but it was the first time I wondered if the person on the screen could be me.
Could this DVD transform my 50-year-old body? I wanted to test the testimonials, and convinced my (eager) 17-year-old daughter Samantha to try it with me.
With the order placed, my first order of business was scheduling a photo shoot to establish my “before” image. This was not pleasant. I look good in clothes. I do not look good in Spandex shorts and a sports bra.
So I don’t know what was more difficult, my “before” photo shoot or the first few days of Insanity workouts.
One advantage of doing Insanity workouts from home is that Samantha is the only person who can see me or hear me struggle. And her struggles look and sound a lot like mine. [Read more...]
Brett Hoebel is a 15-year veteran in the health & wellness industry, Brett has worked with different celebrities including Victoria’s Secret supermodels Doutzen Kroes and Karolina Kurkova, supermodel and television host Veronica Webb and actresses Emmy Rossum and America Ferrera. Brett was also the co-host of Fit Family, a reality-fitness show on Discovery Channel and has appeared on The View, Good Morning America and Fox News. He has been featured in various publications including Vogue, The New York Times, InStyle, Elle, Allure, Shape and Self magazine. For the second time, New York Magazine awarded Brett and some of his exercise programs ‘Best of New York’.
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P90X is a complete workout routine that includes resistance training, cardio and yoga. Most of the workouts are one hour in length with exception to two, Cardio X (45 minutes) and Yoga X (90 minutes). To be able to start your P90X routine you will need a few things. You will need a pull up bar (or a place to do them) and a set of dumbbells or resistance bands. P90X uses muscle confusion to get you absolutly ripped in just 90 days. P90X comes as three different versions and you can pick the one that best suites your needs. The three versions are Classic, Lean and Doubles. Classic is the most popular version and in it you will workout 6 days a week with an optional stretch day for the seventh. In one week you will have 3 resistance days 2 cardio days and one yoga day, each resistance day has a ab routine added to it. The Lean version would be for someone wanting to put more emphasis on losing opposed to gaining weight. It’s program consist of 2 days of resistance and abs, three days of cardio and one day of yoga. Last but not least is Doubles. Doubles is the classic version on steriods. You will add a 45 minutes cardio workout on every resistance day, three in all. 
Insanity was release July 9th 2009. And I had been waiting for it’s arrival since early June, but to my dismay the release was pushed back. Insanity is also a great workout routine and is completely different from P90X. Insanity is basically an all cardio workout. Meaning not extra equipment is nessecary. Shaun T, the creator of Hip Hop Abs is the mastermind behind Insanity. In the Insanity routine you will workout 6 days per week. Five of the days are killer cardio days and the other is a much needed recovery day. Don’t let the name fool you, even though you will not be jumping around your living room you are still going to sweat. I don’t think I have ever sweat as much as I do during my Insanity workouts. Shaun has tapped into the sweat fountain for sure. Shaun T introduces whats called Max Interval Training in Insanity where you will push yourself 100% for three minutes and rest for only 30 seconds before pushing again. The month one workouts range from 38 – 45 minutes in length and trust me, you will be glad that they are that short. Insanity also has a fit test workout, but unlike P90X’s fit test, Insanity’s fit test is part of the program and you will do this 25 minutes test approximatly every two weeks to track your progress.
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