Insanity

Looking to get into Shaun T's Insanity? Even after seeing what it does to these people?

Okey-dokey. I get it. I had a blast with Insanity's crazy-intense HIIT-based workouts. No extra equipment's necessary (except a big-ass water bottle and plenty of towels to mop up your sweat puddles). Plus, the main workouts are relatively brief -- if you don't count the lengthy warmup, stretching and cool-down sessions.

I actually combined my Insanity sessions with some P90X workouts, creating a hybrid routine that helped me maintain strength while significantly boosting my metabolic conditioning. My P90X/Insanity hybrid schedule can be found here.

And for a detailed description/review of each of the individual Insanity workouts, check out the following links:

• Plyometric Cardio Circuit
• Cardio Power & Resistance
• Cardio Recovery
• Pure Cardio
• Cardio Abs
• Core Cardio & Balance
• Max Interval Circuit
• Max Interval Plyo
• Max Recovery
• Max Cardio Conditioning

Here's how I fared on my hybrid schedule on a daily basis:

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Sadly, I didn't find much dirt on the Insanity crew -- nothin' like what I dug up on the P90X gang, certainly. But Adriana Falcon remains one of my favorites, if only because I've never before seen someone on a workout DVD hock a loogie onto the floor.