If you need a reminder of how incredibly popular the Insanity workout — a super-hard, DVD-based workout created by celebrity fitness trainer and choreographer Shaun T — was back in the late 2000s, how about this: my high school boyfriend once turned down an invite to hang out at my house after school — ahem, alone — in order to try out his new set of Insanity DVDs. Jeg er stadig ikke helt over det.
The Insanity workout is no longer in its heyday, when its ads featuring snippets of Shaun T leading super fit, super sweaty class members through brutal-looking exercises were in heavy rotation during late-night TV. In fact, this year marks the 15th anniversary of its initial release. But people still remember the program.
Eksempel: I april 2024 så jeg en Instagram Reel hvor Tania Baron , en tidligere sindssyge-deltager, prøvede træningen nu, et årti-plus efter hun første gang gennemgik programmet, for at se, om hun stadig kunne gøre det. (Hun kan!) På tidspunktet for udgivelsen havde videoen 11,2 millioner visninger, 259.000 likes og mere end 5.000 kommentarer. Og mange af disse kommentatorer mindede om, hvor hårdt træningen var.
'Jeg prøvede at hoppe tilbage i videoerne efter ikke at have lavet dem i årevis og brækkede mig straks efter blot testen. Det var ydmygende,« siger en. 'Pige, jeg bandede til dig så mange gange, og jeg er så ked af det. Det var ikke særlig piger af mig,' indrømmer en anden.
Despite the fact that I once competed with Insanity for my boyfriend's attention, the workout also holds a special place in my heart. So I decided to try a 42-minute Insanity workout from YouTube, to see how the 2009 program held up to 2024 fitness sensibilities. Below, my vulnerably honest review of the OG Insanity workouts. Men først en hurtig genopfriskning.
Hvad er sindssygetræning?
Hvordan er sindssygetræning?
Kort sagt, sindssyge træningen er opslidende.
Jeg kunne godt lide, at jeg ikke havde brug for noget udstyr til sindssyge, og at jeg kunne gøre det fra mit eget hjem. Candidly, I worry about the way I look when I'm doing HIIT — any HIIT, let alone the max-intensity version found in Insanity — so I appreciated being able to do this alone and at my own pace. Og jeg var især taknemmelig efter ti minutter, da jeg allerede lignede en svedig rod.
Konditionskredsløbet starter med jumping jacks, Heismans, røvspark, høje knæ og mumiespark. Shaun T demonstrerede hvert træk langsomt, før han øgede hastigheden. Jeg startede stærkt, men kunne mærke, at jeg var træt efter et par runder. På et tidspunkt var jeg så forvirret, at jeg forkludrede mumiesparkene.
The next portion of the video was a breathing exercise. If that sounds like more recovery time, guess again — in Insanity world, this portion of the workout was more like a sculpt yoga class than just breathing. In other words, it wasn't quite the reprieve I would have liked from the difficult movements of the first circuit.
The second circuit is comprised of flat backs, hip flexor stretches, suicide drills, power squats, mountain climbers, and ski jumps. På dette tidspunkt føltes ingen træning let. But for me, the hardest part of circuit two was the suicide drills. I found myself looking forward to the mountain climbers and ski jumps, which were fun for me — even as I felt them draining my energy.
30 sekunders hvile følger skihopsene, og gudskelov! På dette tidspunkt var jeg udslettet og usikker på, hvor meget mere jeg kunne tage. Unfortunately, Shaun T doesn't let us off easy. Circuit to gentages en anden gang, og der er ingen pause før det sidste kredsløb, som starter med en fodboldsprint.
at hård. When it was over, I lay on the floor for a few minutes, just catching my breath.
Er sindssyge en god træning?
forbløffende træning. It's also probably the hardest workout I've ever done. Considering I was fresh off marathon training, having completed
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