I have a whole new respect for athletes on professional sports teams. Just when I thought it was OK to complain that they are overpaid, I get a dose of their training regimen. Enter, the asylum. Insanity Asylum.
Many of us have been anticipating the release of Asylum for quite some time now. It’s a follow-up program of the original Insanity, which is the hardest workout program I have ever done.
Two weeks ago Asylum arrived at my door. Shaun T signed my copy as I won it because of my success as a Team Beachbody Coach. Three of us have decided to do the workouts so we needed to get a few extra pieces of equipment (2 more agility ladders and an extra speed jump rope) and make use of our clubhouse for space.
I’ve posted videos of my first week below. Here’s my Insanity Asylum review so far!
Asylum is a sports performance based workout and helps you improve your over all athletic performance as opposed to the endurance performance in Insanity.
I started with Speed and Agility and instantly discovered that there’s a lot of work to be done! Very creative moves intermixed with the speed rope and agility ladder had me questioning my coordination constantly. Still, the challenge is there and it really is fun working to improve. You use the agility ladder like crazy and the in and out ab progressions along with moving pushups has one begging for mercy! The bear crawl is a beast! The warmup is a workout in itself! As a matter of fact, all of the warmups in Insanity Asylum are killer.
We love the Strength workout where you hold dumbbells and do plyometric moves. That workout really torches my legs and glutes. The Back to Core workout puts a spin on your typical core workout. All of the moves are focused on the back even though your whole body is engaged. I know my shoulders and arms felt it as well as my legs.
Vertical Plyo has been the toughest so far for me. The agility ladder is used here again and you add in stretchy bands on your arms and legs doing plyo pushups, x jumps, moving pushups, long jumps, one legged jump knee tucks and more. Just when you’re hoping to get a drink of water or grab a breath of air, Shaun has you doing the speed rope as a recovery.
All of these workouts are kicking our butts and we have to break often. Some workouts have even gotten tougher the second time around.
On the nutrition front, we are eating many of the recipes in the eating plan (we love avocados!), which is easy to follow! The other items working for us is Recovery Formula and Shakeology.
I love the fact that this is a 30 day program as our bodies are screaming right now. Inside the box is also a plan where you can do a hybrid of P90X and Asylum or Insanity and Asylum. How slick is that?
Here’s to going thru the training of being an athlete!
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