Tips For The Insanity Asylum Workout Program
Most of the stuff you will figure out by yourself through trial and error. But if you want to skip the usual exercise in frustration and fast forward things to the point where you know everything it will take as to complete the Insanity Asylum workout while not worrying over details, here are couple of tips.
Wear sneakers. This is really important. All the jumping and leg work-out as well all the plyo power moves will put a lot of stress on the joints and feet. If you chose not to wear any sneakers you might get injured fairly quickly. Also- wearing sneakers ensures that you have the proper joint stability which will in turn allow you to execute the movements.
Have a towel with you. The bigger, the better. The amount of sweat will surprise you.
Proper room temperature. Another must. Make sure that the room is ventilated and somewhere around 18-20 degrees Celsius. Make sure you have ventilated space and clear air to breathe.
Have a bottle of water with you. You must hydrate constantly due to the amount of sweating you will experience.
Set everything up couple of minutes prior to the start of the video. If the Insanity workout was bringing your pulse up in no time, here it is quicker still. Start with some stretching and jogging or marching in place as to prepare yourself. A minute or two followed by another minute of rest would suffice. This is never advised officially but, over time, I noticed that it will prepare you a lot better than jumping straight into the videos.
Pay attention to the ladder. Spend a minute or two as to study the movements and then go slowly through them while paying a close eye on form first and foremost.
The Insanity Asylum workout has some elements of cross training. Meaning that it includes weights and resistance other than what your body provides by itself. And this is great at a number of levels as I pointed out above. However, here are couple of tips concerning the resistance part. As all of the Beachbody programs love to modify things out as to better fit the customer, so does Insanity Asylum workout too. Every resistance exercise, every single one has one or several modifications.
The chin-up bar is great, but it can be replaced by bands as well as dumbbells – And vice versa. I only used the dumbbells.
Now about the weight; the thing is to get dumbbells that will make the workout hard to complete on the one hand, while still keeping it possible at the other. If you can do the strength video from the Insanity Asylum workout easily even the first time that means that the weight of the dumbbells is somewhat lower than optimal. If you have big troubles completing the warm-up part of the video though and are ready to throw in the towel even at the start, then it might mean that the load is too heavy.
Never hit the pause button. That way you are only cheating yourself. Do not worry if you have to stop and adjust the ladder, or the jump rope, or just slow down and take a breath or two… As long as the tape is rolling you are good. Just push yourself past YOUR limit, and things will be great.
Sleep at least 7.5 to 8 hours a night. The Insanity Asylum workout is an athletic type of training- an elite type of training, and you will need all the strength you can muster. Besides, muscles repair themselves and grow when you rest yourself. So never deprive yourself from sleep. It's one of the critical elements to your performance. If you dont sleep, you will really feel the effects and you will fatigue quickly
