INSANITY: The ASYLUM Volume 1 - Sports Performance 30-day DVD Workout

This is not Insanity! You Already Graduated from Insanity!!
Insanity: The Asylum is the "sequel" to Insanity, and it pushes you hard, further, deeper in ways that the original Insanity workout wasn't meant to do. I'm going to discuss what to expect in this DVD series, then tell you a little about my results. To give you some perspective, I'm almost 40, and only 2.5 months ago, weighed more than I ever had before (222 pounds). I'm pretty short, so I looked like a man-dumpling. I did insanity (all 63 days, never missed a workout), lost 22 pounds, and then was looking for the next thing to help me keep losing. Fortune struck, and this set came out at just the right time. I segued directly into this series. Here's the story.

The DVD set iself comes with six DVD's, which includes I think 8 videos (the Fit Test, Speed and Agility, Strength, Vertical Plyo, Back to Core, Game Day, Overtime, and Relief). It also comes with a nifty wall calendar which I gleefully mark off each day (it tells you what to do each day). It also has...

"Insanity is your practice. Asylum is your game."
While deployed, I worked out using the original insanity and ended with a Rushfit/insanity extension. I wanted to build the cardio and conditioning to start Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu again when I returned. Around day 45, I got addicted to the punishment that is Insanity, so I randomly thought "I wonder if there's a sequel?" So I went on my search. I bought the program while still deployed the day it came out, and grabbed it from family when I returned.

I have no issue with P90X and Insanity. They are both great programs with a different routes and goals to fitness, but I always wondered if they could be more technically aligned for athletes. I was hoping asylum would be that for me, and it turns out that it is!

Insanity: The Asylum is a 30 day program that is meant to build athletic function. Various drills from sports are thrown in at a crushing pace reminiscent of Insanity. The approach however, is much more balanced with added equipment required...

Get the Best Body of Your Life!
A few months ago, I was getting bored with my usual routine. I was in great shape, but wanted to go to a new level of fitness and muscle tone. I tried Insanity and it worked. I made it to my ideal weight and finally achieved the muscle tone I wanted, even in my abs. However, because I started in such great shape, I was always modifying Insanity (doubling up, etc.) to get more of a workout. I needed something even crazier. I needed Asylum.

I never thought I'd say "Insanity is easy." However, it's true...if I add the words "compared to Asylum." Asylum is truly taking the Insanity program and philosophy to the next level. Designed as a sports training program, it focuses primarily on agility, speed, strength, and jumping. The interval training of Insanity is modified slightly. The exercises change frequently (and rapidly), but the breaks are nearly non-existent.

Simply put, Asylum is difficult. Physically, it's doable, but brutal. Even the warm-ups are on the same...

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10-Minute Trainer DVD Workout

Simple and EFFECTIVE
I received this last week and have completed all of the workouts. Some critism of two DVD's from another reviewing is noted and while it could have fit on one DVD, how can he charge so much for one, so he put it on two. Bad move, but he's making money. Speaking of which, the price is hefty, but WELL WORTH IT. Yes he stands around and talks, because HE IS YOUR PERSONAL TRAINER with this. Individual training sessions in a gym can cost up to $80/hour. He walks you through and explains the moves instead of doing them so you know you are doing them right. He's fit as can be and focuses his attention on you so you can get the same results.

The enclosed workout schedule offers a mix and match approach from one to three routines matched up daily over 4 weeks with one day off a week. 10 min a day for min results, 2 routines (20 min) for improved results, and 3 routines (30 min) for max results. Bands are optional but included. My doors are old and so I use weights and or...

Great product - Not for absolute beginners
Having been inactive for the best part of the last 4 years, I decided that it was time to get my behind moving again, and I bought this program.
I really wanted to buy P90X, but being a former athlete, I knew that it would have been impossible to finish the 60-minutes + P90X workouts.
It is not a matter of time, it is a matter of knowing your body and how much you can do.
The TMT got me back into the game and had me moving again...

For those of you who are thinking of buying TMT, here are a few tips.
1. Watch the videos first before you start the program. This will give you the opportunity to "learn" the exercises and try it at least once or twice.
2. I confess that I could not finish the program the first time I popped it into my DVD. I did take short brakes. Do the same, but finish it. You will feel proud of yourself.
3. You need to commit not only to the 10 minutes of physical exercise, but to 10 minutes of mental strength. Push...

Good for 10 minutes
I have been regularly exercising for over 30 years. I must say that Horton's workouts are not for beginners. You really have to know what you're doing, and how to modify the workouts for your particular body type, injuries, etc.

As a working mom, there are some days that I cannot get to the gym, or devote more than a half hour tops for working out. I bought this system to supplement my workout routine.

If I only have 10 minutes, I do the 10 minute cardio or the yoga flex or lower body. But 10 minutes is actually 12 or 13, as the clock stops between each move. It also takes a long time to switch back and forth between CDs, which is frustrating.

If I have 30 minutes or so, I do another Beach Body system, such as Yoga Booty Ballet or Kathy Smith. This is because I find their transitions and cueing to be much better, and not as rough on the body.

Finally: while I enjoy the Beach Body programs, I do find their infomercials, which come at the end...

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