

You are going to be doing a lot of jumping and moving! And not a whole lot of resting. Basically if you are always exercising at the same level of exertion (like running on a treadmill), your body gets used to the effort and stops improving. Interval workouts allow you to beat what's known as the "stress adaptation response". You are working harder and longer and resting less. Also your short periods of intensity get replaced with short periods of rest. This program uses "Max interval training" which is when your moderate-intensity exercise gets replaced with maximum-intensity exercise. Insanity is cardio based and full body conditioning workout. I think that you could definitely do them starting out and follow the modifier until you work your way up to doing it full out. and that is thanks to all the push ups and PLYO push ups! There is a modifier! So even though these workouts are intense. That is an added Bonus! :) I was definitely most sore in my shoulders when I first started this program. BUT … its only 30 minutes! Wouldn't you rather do a intense workout for only 30 minutes rather than doing mediocre workouts for 1-2 hours? I would! Sign me up! And to be able to do it right in my home with my daughter. I only have 2 weeks left! What I absolutely love about this program is that it is HARD. The program is 60 days long or 8 weeks long. Right now I am on week 6 of Insanity Max 30. So I ordered T25 because 25 MINUTES A DAY! Who doesn't have 25 minutes? Let's be honest! I did like T25! The workouts are fun and they go by quickly! There were a few moves in the workout that I did not like. Or I could get up in the morning and work out while Chloe is still sleeping! No.more.excuses. This way I could do these workouts when I have a free chunk of time.

So I knew that the best option for me was to workout in my home. And consistency is where you will get and see results. I would go for a few weeks and then stop. but I dreaded the fact that they were 1 hour long! I did make it work by doing them in the morning. I just didn't have a full 60 minute block of my day to squeeze in each day. They were awesome at first until they bumped up the workouts to 60 minutes a day. BUT I will say that those workouts started to get long for me. (After Chloe was born I looked and felt like jello- no muscle what so ever). This program really helped me build back strength and muscle that I had lost during my pregnancy. After I had my daughter I started off with Shaun T's workout, Insanity.
