What It Is
Insanity is a 60 day INTENSE cardio
regimen designed to melt the fat right off of your body. It is based on a principle called max
interval training which essentially flips traditional interval training upside
down- instead of long periods of rest followed by short periods of intense
cardio, there are long periods of intense cardio followed by a short period of
rest. Insanity was created by Shaun T, a dance and fitness professional.
Shaun T
Shaun T grew up in Camden NJ, and received a Bachelors degree
in sports science from Rowan Univeristy.
After gaining 50 pounds in his freshmen year of college Shaun T decided
to focus his energy on personal fitness and wellbeing. His health career started when he got a job
at Wyeth, a pharmaceutical company. He
eventually moved to Las Angeles to work as a dancer/ choreographer- he was a
dancer for Mariah Carey at one point! While in LA he was approached by a Beach
Body representative and asked to record a workout video. He created Beach Body’s Hip Hop Abs, and the
Insanity series.
What It Is
Not
Insanity is not a “get fit quick with little effort”. Buying the program does not guarantee
results- you need to put the ground work in.
That being said, it is not a scam either, if you follow the workout and
diet plan you WILL see results, no doubt about it. It is also not really a way to gain muscle,
it is more geared towards losing fat, which will make you look slimmer and tone
the muscles you already have, but will not really add muscle. If you want to gain muscle before starting
this program, a traditional weight lifting routine is the best place to
start. Bodybuilding.com is a great place
to look for advice and routines if you do not know where to start.
The Benefits
-Massive weight loss
-Toned
Muscles
- More
energy
-More
confidence
-no
equipment required, easy to start up
-The ground
work for a healthy lifestyle
Drawbacks
-Money (only
$120 one time fee)
-Time it
takes to do the workouts (half an hour to an hour per day)
- Soreness,
especially during the first few weeks
-Meals take
a decent amount of time to make
How It Is
Set Up
Insanity is split into two months- the first month consists
of 4 workouts that are about half an hour long each. They are HARD. Really hard. No matter what your base level of fitness
going into this program is, you will be sweating, and most likely ask yourself
what the hell you got into a few times.
But after a couple weeks the workouts get easier- and then it is time
for the recovery week! The workouts during this week are easy compared to month
one. By the end of the week, you will be
feeling pretty confident- until you start the month two workouts. These workouts are an hour long each, and are
much harder than month one, which does not seem possible but believe me they
are. In my experience, even after doing
these workouts for a month, they do not get all too much easier. But month two is where you will really start
to see results all over your body.
Diet Plan
The philosophy of the diet is to eat a lot of small meals
throughout the day. You eat 5 meals a
day, spaced about two to three hours apart.
You calculate your daily caloric needs before starting the program, and
figure out about how many calories each meal needs to be. The diet plan that comes with Insanity list
meal ideas for every meal of the day.
Most of the meals are extremely high in protein, a natural appetite
suppressant, so even though you will be eating less calories than you are used
to, you will not be hungry. The meals in
the Insanity diet plan are also very tasty, I would not mind eating them even
if I wasn’t doing the program.
Conclusion
Insanity is a great program that is guaranteed to melt fat
off you. Try it out!
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