Insanity Calendar – Insanity Workout Schedule
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Shaun T’s Insanity Calendar gives you a year’s worth of results in just 60 days! For that reason, this workout schedule should only be attempted by advanced exercisers.
(See Insanity Results or Insanity Max 30 Results)
What to Expect from The Insanity Calendar
If you’re wondering if you really can burn 500+ calories in a 40 minute workout, you haven’t hit play on this program yet!
You can see a breakdown of Pure Cardio here to get an idea of what to expect.
Each month of the Insanity Calendar will challenge you mentally and physically. You should expect to workout 6x a week. In between month 1 and 2, you’ll have a recovery week. This is a week for your body to recover and be ready to push harder in the 2nd month.
Don’t skip it!
You’ll still see results happening during that recovery week, and the recover workouts are still a challenge.
What’s Included with Insanity?
- 10 Workouts (listed above)
- Full Nutrition Guide
- Online Support
- Insanity Calendar
- BONUS Fast & Furious Workout
Get Started with Insanity, Streaming Your Workouts, or the Challenge Pack
Month 1’s Workouts
- Fit Test (30 Minutes)
- Plyometric Circuit (42 Minutes) – Killer leg workout
- Insanity Cardio Power and Resistance (40 Minutes)
- Pure Cardio Circuit & Cardio Abs (55 Minutes)
- Cardio Recovery
Month 2’s Workouts
- Insanity Max Interval Circuit (56 minutes) + Fit Test
- Max Interval Plyo (55 minutes)
- Insanity Max Cardio Conditioning / Max Insanity Conditioning + Abs (65 minutes)
- Max Recovery (47 minutes)
Insanity Results
If you go through the 60-day program and follow the meal plan, you’ll results though!
View More Insanity Before and After Photos
Insanity Workout Month 1: 30-45 minutes
Month 1 focuses on HIIT training, and the workouts are 35-40 minutes long.
Download Your Insanity Schedule Here
Recovery Week
While you may be tempted to skip Insanity’s recovery week – it can actually stunt your results to do so.
This is because your body starts to adapt to the workouts after a couple of weeks. This causes your results to plateau or even decline.
One way to stop this decline, is to mix in different moves.
The recovery week mixes in core and strength to challenge your body and also keeps it from an overtrained state.
Download Your Insanity Schedule Here
Insanity Workout Calendar Month 2: 60 minutes+
The second month just goes up a notch. The workouts are similar to month 1, but they are longer at approximately 60 minutes each day.
Insanity Fit Test
You’ll do the Insanity Fit Test 2-3 a month to first see if you can handle the Insanity workouts and then measure your progress.
You should treat your Fit Test just like you would tracking your weight on a scale or measuring your inches lost. It’s a true test to see how you’re physically improving through the program.
Download Your Insanity Schedule Here
Need a meal plan?
We highly recommend following the 2B Mindset or the Ultimate Portion Fix with Insanity to get max results!
Looking for more of a challenge?
Check out our Transform 20 review! It’s is Shaun T’s newest workout and has been described as Insanity on a step! Plus, the 6-week program is just 20 minutes a day!
You can also mix LIIFT4 and Transform 20 for more of a strength-based program!
Could you do an Insanity Hybrid?
Absolutely! Here are some of our favorite Insanity calendars that mix it and another program together:
- P90X Hybrid
- Brazil Butt Lift Hybrid
- TurboFire Hybrid
- Chalean Extreme & TurboFire Hybrid
- Asylum Hybrid
- Tai Cheng Hybrid
Do you need a shorter workout?
Beachbody, and Shaun T in particular, have shorter workouts that are still extreme.
Insanity Max 30
I completed and really loved Insanity Max 30. It’s very similar to Insanity, but it’s 30 minutes a day. There is also a modifier where there isn’t one in the original program. You workout 5 times a week, but one day is a double workout. I typically did 1 workout per day 6x a week instead.
Transform 20
Shaun T has called this program Insanity on a step! There is a modifier showing a low impact version of each move, and this program is still insane! The moves are very similar to what you see in Insanity, but they also add in that step to have you sweating head-to-toe in just 20 minutes. You may also want to prepare yourself – this could be Shaun’s latest and last program ever. So you better try it!
T25
The last option is T25 if you want to stick with Shaun T. I list it last because I know it works. Anna’s picture above is just 4 weeks in! – see all the results here! I just personally found the workouts kind of boring. Like Insanity Max 30, you’ll workout 5x a week, but one day is 2 workouts. So you could do doubles or workout 6x instead. Each workout is 25 minutes.
More ideas:
Beachbody on Demand allows you to stream from your phone, tablet or TV. You have access to over 700 different workouts, and you’ll be able to download any of the nutrition plans as well.
Getting a Free Beachbody Coach
While Beachbody got rid of Beachbody coaches, we still offer a private and free group for women on Facebook. If you’d like an invite email us at thegirls@soreyfitness.com.