Insanity Review After First Month

OK, Insanity is exactly what it’s name implies, Insane. This is honestly one of the toughest, best, most rewarding workouts I have ever done. After one month, I feel better and younger than I have in years. Shaun T. really pushes you to your limit and beyond. When I started, I honestly had to pause the workout a couple of times to make it through. Now, after only 1 month, I can go from start to finish with out pausing. Yeah, I still take the occasional extra 10 second break, but then I jump right back in. I have lost about 5 pounds, but the biggest gain by far is my stamina and cardio fitness level. If you are looking for a cardio routine that will push you to levels you never imagined, Insanity is the answer. You don’t need any extra equipment, just you and your desire to push yourself to new heights.
Once you complete the first month, you have one recovery week, during which you do the “Core and Balance” DVD every day. I just did this for the first time and while I was able to do the entire workout without any breaks or pauses, I still dripping on my keyboard as I type this. “Core and Balance” makes you focus on form and you are contracting your core the entire time. You are doing cardio and you still sweat and breathe hard. But you are not doing as much high impact and speed work so your muscles and joints get a little recovery time.
Next, I move into the “Max” phase, and I am a little nervous. The first phase of Insanity was tough enough, now I have to do something called “Max”? Well, keep checking in and I will post a review of how that goes. I do miss the resistance of P90X. But I know once I finish this, I will be able to go back to P90X and hit it even harder than the first time. I just wish there was more days in a week so I could do both workouts at the same time. I will probably come up with a hybrid workout and will try to post that once it happens.
Remember, if you have been waiting to buy Insanity now is the time since you can get the “Fast and Furious” bonus workout. And now, you also get 2 bonus workouts if you purchase P90X through this site. You get the “Fountain of Youth” and “Mammoth UML” (upper-middle-lower) DVDs from the One on One series free.