If you are in the market for a new exercise workout, or you are just getting into working out, you may have heard about the Insanity Workout, and decided that you might like to try it. Before you being, you need to know what the Insanity Workout is.
What Exactly is the Insanity Workout?
The Insanity Workout is a collection of 10 DVDs and a meal plan that is guaranteed to show results within sixty days of use. The workout uses an interval training style, using bursts of energy and exertion, instead of continual movement.
Each DVD begins with a warm up that lasts three to five minutes. You will then have thirty seconds of high intensity exercise, followed by one minute of low intensity exercise. This is followed by forty five seconds of high intensity exercises, and another minute of low intensity exercise, followed by sixty seconds of high intensity exercise, and another minute of low intensity exercise, and finally ninety seconds of high intensity followed by another minute of low intensity. This is called going up the pyramid. Following this, you come back down the pyramid, doing the entire routine – or intensities – in reverse.
Is This the Right Program for You?
The Insanity Workout is touted to be one of the hardest, most intense workouts to ever be put on DVD. What this means is that it is not designed for beginners, although a beginner could benefit from it. Do not expect, however, to go from being a couch potato to working through an entire workout with any degree of ease.
With that said, if you are not in good physical condition to begin with, you should probably look at a program that is more suited to people who have not been working out, or for beginners, and work your way up to the Insanity Workout program.
Don’t Be Confused
Many people confuse the Insanity Workout with the book that was written by Susan Powter – Stop the Insanity. While both deal with weight loss, the Insanity Workout is a collection of ten DVDs with workouts, and not a book. Susan Powter wrote Stop the Insanity, and the Insanity Workout was produced by Shaun T, and is sold through Beach Body.