Insanity Workout Review – Plyometric Cardio Circuit
An intense interval-training program that burns a ton of calories and defines muscles is called the Insanity Workout. Review the Plyometric Cardio Circuit workout here. This workout is included in the set of ten DVDs. This workout is not for those with joint issues or beginners. The entire workout program designed by Shaun T. is extremely intense and moves at a fast pace designed to increase heart rates and build endurance.
The p90x review of the Plyometric Cardio Circuit pegs this workout as high in difficulty. It focuses on intense cardio and lower body plyo. The workout is set in three stages and runs for 45 minutes. The heart of the workout lasts for about 20 minutes. Other stages include a warm-up, stretching, and cool down.
Seven different exercises make up the stretching segment of the workout. These include jogging in place, jumping jacks, Heismans, 1-2-3’s, butt kicks, knee highs, and mummy kicks. All exercises are done in three separate sets. Each set picks up in intensity and really gets the heart pumping. Next is stretching but this is not the time to rest. Muscles really need to be stretched in preparation for the rest of the workout.
The heart of the workout includes sports inspired drills including suicide drills, football drills, basketball drills, and attacks. Each set of drills are broken down into smaller parts containing different exercises. Suicide drills include the actual suicide drill, power squats, mountain climbers, and ski down’s. This drill targets the lower body.
During the football drills portion the instructor and creator, Shaun T. calls out different sequences of drills. These get easier to follow after using the Plyometric Cardio Circuit DVD a few times. The pace is fast. The basketball drills include level one drill, ski jumps, and ins and outs. This drill introduces arm work and is preparation for the next set of drills.
Lastly are the attacks. The attacks focus on working and strengthening the arms. Jabs just like those used in boxing, cross jacks – which require kicking and using the arms, uppercuts – throw the hips into the workout, and attacks – similar to jabs only with palms open and facing forward are thrown into the mix.
The Plyometric Cardio Circuit is an intense and somewhat brutal workout. There isn’t a lot of time for resting. This is a workout that can really benefit from using a heart rate monitor because it gets the heart racing. The warm-up alone is pretty intense and it only gets more extreme into the heart of the session.
Each drill is repeated 3 times at a pretty quick pace that picks up in speed before moving on to the next set. The short breaks and cool down session are needed during this workout.