General Description
Every day is a brand-new challenge in
INSANITY MAX:30. With killer cardio,
challenging Tabata-style strength workouts,
plus 150 new moves designed to shatter
your limits. Shaun pushes you to work
harder, go longer, and MAX OUT later. It’s not
about making it through all 30 minutes without a break. It’s
about pushing yourself more each day to get
the body you’ve always wanted in 60 days.
And even though INSANITY MAX:30 is a challenging program, the great thing is you can follow the modifier—whatever your fitness level—to MAX OUT and still get MAX results!
And even though INSANITY MAX:30 is a challenging program, the great thing is you can follow the modifier—whatever your fitness level—to MAX OUT and still get MAX results!
The Workouts
Month 1:
Cardio Challenge- Shaun gives you a series of exercises that you repeat before moving on to the next series. It is intense cardio with moves like squat kicks, medicine ball twists, plank jacks, and suicide burpees. This IS 30 minutes of cardio.
Tabata Power- After the warm up, throughout this strength workout you get 2 minutes of work and 10 seconds of rest. This sounds easy....but it isn't. Mentally, it helps to know that you have that rest period coming up, but it is still a fight during some of these moves. This is where we see burpee lunges and an entire round of various push-ups. You start out with moving piyo push-ups (pushing yourself up off the floor) and move to push-up pop ups and push-up rows! This section got me every time! You then move to more cardio work, then core work, then are working your triceps. This workout BURNS! And....you get to do it twice a week for a couple weeks!
Sweat Intervals- After the warm-up, you work through 5 minute intervals with a short water break between. You'll be on your feet, on the floor, and back up again throughout the entire workout...and sweat? Ummm...yes.
Tabata Strength - This workout takes the place of Tabata Power in weeks 3 & 4.
Friday Fight: Round 1 - This is a fight between your mind and your body! You need to convince your mind that you can get through this workout as well as push your body to keep going. Breaks? There are none. This IS the most challenging workout of the week. You'll recognize a lot of the moves from earlier in the week, but there is no rest. You'll switch kick punch, medicine ball twist, hit the floor, jump 10 & 2s, and so much more!
Tabata Power- After the warm up, throughout this strength workout you get 2 minutes of work and 10 seconds of rest. This sounds easy....but it isn't. Mentally, it helps to know that you have that rest period coming up, but it is still a fight during some of these moves. This is where we see burpee lunges and an entire round of various push-ups. You start out with moving piyo push-ups (pushing yourself up off the floor) and move to push-up pop ups and push-up rows! This section got me every time! You then move to more cardio work, then core work, then are working your triceps. This workout BURNS! And....you get to do it twice a week for a couple weeks!
Sweat Intervals- After the warm-up, you work through 5 minute intervals with a short water break between. You'll be on your feet, on the floor, and back up again throughout the entire workout...and sweat? Ummm...yes.
Tabata Strength - This workout takes the place of Tabata Power in weeks 3 & 4.
Friday Fight: Round 1 - This is a fight between your mind and your body! You need to convince your mind that you can get through this workout as well as push your body to keep going. Breaks? There are none. This IS the most challenging workout of the week. You'll recognize a lot of the moves from earlier in the week, but there is no rest. You'll switch kick punch, medicine ball twist, hit the floor, jump 10 & 2s, and so much more!
Month 2:
Max Out Cardio - After the warm up, you do have an active stretch. You're going to run through squat kicks, pike up spider lunges, and more before you get a water break at the ten minute mark. Then you push through plank jacks, jabs with high knees, and THANK GOD, another water break at the fifteen minute mark. The insanity continues on the floor, on your feet....It IS a great cardio workout!
Max Out Power- These moves involve 45 seconds of work with a 15 second break...and boy does that 15 seconds go QUICKLY! Many of the moves here are plyo moves, so be very careful of your knees and follow the modifier if you need to! The first round burns your legs, while second has you on the floor doing plyo push-up jacks, push-up pops, and other variations of those dreaded push ups! Round three still has you on the floor, but you are working your core, while round four gets you back up and jumping around again....yes....with burpees. This is a challenging workout that will push you to your limits.
Max Out Sweat - We are working through intervals again, but instead of five minute intervals with a water break between, they are now SIX minute intervals. One minute may not seem like much longer, but it IS! This is a great cardio workout that amps up what you started in month one.
Max Out Strength - Again we are working for 45 seconds with a 15 second break. I found myself praying for that "beep" to tell me that I could stop! There are split plyo lunges (I needed the modifier so that I wasn't killing my knees), squat thrusts, push up jacks, plank walks, and a whole round that will BURN your triceps! This workout is HARD! If push-ups are a challenge for you, you may be going to your knees with the modifier through a lot of this workout.
Friday Fight: Round 2 - This workout follows suit with round one. After the warm-up, you jump right into your first round of three and push the entire time. Moves are a combination of things that are seen throughout the week and you will be exhausted by the end.
Results:
Month 1:
The first month was huge in increasing upper body strength and building endurance. I'm currently at a point in my fitness journey where I am just maintaining my weight, but I definitely had to increase my calories in order to do so.
Month 2:
Month one gets you prepared to really burn calories and build strength in the second month.
Overall:
This program is, by far, one of my favorites! I love the fact that you can compete with yourself throughout the program in order to beat your previous Max Out times. It gives you great cardio workouts, while still incorporating strength training...without weights. The split screen modifier option allows you to always see what the modifier is doing, so if you can't do all of the jumps or need to tone it down, you don't have to wait for the camera to move to the modifier.
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