I always wait for the 30 second recovery period to get a drink and towel off. “Breaks” for me, is pausing the move for 5-10 seconds before pushing forward again. These workouts are hard–if they can’t get through them w/out stopping then I shouldn’t be ashamed when I have to stop! And trust me, I did/do take “breaks”! I never turn off or even pause the DVD player. Not a single one of them can make it through an entire workout without taking their own personal breaks. there are no fatties or out of shape people in these workouts. Two things that are quickly observed in these workouts: 1. Each circuit is repeated 3 times before moving on to the next circuit. The HIITs are generally done in circuit format. And that continues throughout the training period–3 minute HIITs followed by 30 seconds of recovery. 3 minute interval then gives you 30 seconds of recovery before the next 3 minute interval. Not even the tabata format–20 second HIIT and 10 second recovery. But not your typical intervals where you do a period of recovery that is equal to your HIIT–for instance, 30 second HIIT, followed by 30 second recovery. The basic structure of Insanity workouts is an approx. 10 minute, very intense cardio warm up, followed by stretches, then into the workout–which is kind of a joke because the long, difficult warm up felt like a hard workout had already begun! In fact, if you aren’t in good cardiovascular shape, you might not be able to make it through the warm up without stopping! The training period consists of intervals. I use thick mats (mentioned above) when I do plyo workouts and those mats are covered with sweat when I finish an Insanity workout. The background art for Insanity is a pool of sweat on the ground. This program is called Insanity for a reason–it is INSANE. Extremely advanced cardio/plyo/HIIT training. The catch phrase for this workout is Dig Deeper and that is exactly what Shaun T pushes you (and the exercisers in the DVD) to do but never in a mean way–but boy does he push! He is motivating, likeable and his cuing is spot on. Insanity is led by Shaun T and he does an amazing job. My husband surprised me with 12 thick interlocking mats to cover a large portion of the floor of our workout room: It is perfect for Insanity and any other plyo heavy workout. It’s nice, but for a program like Insanity it is too small/narrow. Beachbody offers a jump mat, which is really a very thick yoga mat. I would recommend mats however, because of all of the jumping. This is a cardio based program with no equipment required except the workout DVDs and you. I, of course, got the deluxe set which includes 3 more workouts and a body fat tester. If ordered through you also get a bonus workout Fast and Furious (this workout is also available individually). Insanity is a 60 day program that consists of 11 workouts, a nutrition plan, fitness guide and workout calendar.
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