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I have just finished the Insanity program. While I know that this program has worked for many, this post is for anyone who seem to have minimal results, to which I will just say that this program is not for everyone.

I think the Insanity program is extremely excessive and if you only do these workouts 3 times a week, you will see the same results. Insanity is very cardio focused and VERY high impact on your knees, shins, ankles, and arches. To me, sweating out your water weight does not equal results. This program will help increase your endurance (if and only if you push yourself past your known limits), but at the same time, it can really wear you out and discourage you from ever wanting to work out again.

To help explain my experience a little more, I am a 32 year old male, 5'10", and slim (31" waist and 35" chest). I had already been working out twice a week. Not much cardio, but mainly weights, weight machines, and shooting basketball. I noticed as I get older, my metabolism is shrinking and I started to develop a little belly. I was looking for a program that relied solely on my body (no weights or equipment) and could give me some abs. The infomercials for Insanity intrigued me since it used no equipment. So, I thought, this is it.

I started out at 158 lbs and ended at 151 lbs (Although, I was 145-147 lbs a year ago). Overall I did improve, especially in my stamina and flexibility; however, I am disappointed in the results. I saw very slight change in my body definition and my measurements have not changed at all. See my Fit Test scores at the bottom (attached).

I followed this program, giving all I could each time. While I was not able to always keep up with the "actors", I still held my own and improved as I went on. I had already adjusted my eating about 4 years ago when I began following the "Abs Diet" nutrition guide. So, I only made slight adjustments, which included more protein intake.

I may pop in the dvd every now and then to give me some good cardio, but relying on this program is not ideal for someone like me. Working out at this intensity for 6 days a week is, just as the program is called,...Insanity and I do not believe is good for anyone, unless they are training for a marathon or something.

These "actors", by the way, all seem to be fitness junkies--Come on...Tonya was loving every minute of it and she was also in Hip Hop Abs. I would have preferred there to be more average-type people (not people pretending that they have a hard time with this). Also, these people would always be sacrificing form to get higher numbers, even after Shawn T. says never sacrifice form, but he would use these same people as an example. On one of the dvds during month 2, when they were doing "Power Jumps", some were just jumping up and down, rather than going back into the squat and powering up from the bottom, but Shawn T. was encouraging them, but then at other times would contradict himself by saying to slow things down if you have to, to not sacrifice form.

I'm glad I completed this program, just so I can say that I did it, but would never follow a program of this intensity again unless I start training for something like the military, marathon, climbing mountains, running with the bulls, etc...

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Glad to hear that is working well for you and of course I realize that it has worked great for others as well. I know that I am only one (out of however many) that hasn't had such great results. I honestly wasn't expecting to lose weight either, but was more hoping to develop a more defined/tone body. Any exercise is good exercise, I say, but I just felt I put so much in and got too little back.

I think with you preparing for a marathon (and apparently the title of Wonder Woman with all the other volunteer and Mom things that you do), this program sounds perfect for you and I'm sure you'll continue to succeed.

Are you sure you don't want to run with the bulls? I think you could take em

I'm glad you posted this. I am four days away from finishing. I've gained 4 lbs since starting and lost 0 inches.

I agree insanity is not for everyone. I gave it my all followed everything and I didn't lose a lb hence why i refer to the program as inscamaty. Before and after pics are marginal at best, no inches lost and not a lb dropped. I wi9ll not trust or waste my money on another beach body product again. especially one that promises the world and fails to deliver on everything.

I'm a little confused on why you say the program didn't work for you? Your Fit Test results show great improvements! And if your diet is like you described in the update (ex. cheat meals every weekend) I wouldn't expect crazy results anyway. Sounds to me like it worked for you and if you did a little better diet-wise, you'd see even greater results!

I hope I have somewhat good results. Already see a increase in endurance. NOT trying to loose weight. Would like to put on muscle, but I am more focused on just getting fitter. I am training for Firefighting so I need this intensity of cardio everyday.

Glad you put this out though that it's not for everyone!!! I hope I make it through with results that help improve my CPAT time on top of my other training. Trying to bite the bullet and start P90X soon.