Anyone do Insanity?

I found Bob Harper quite irritating but thought he was harder than Shaun T. Agree he's better value. Or you could get all of Insanity online free, eg. here.

I've done Insanity before - it is effectively split into 2 halves (with a sort of pilates week in the middle) The first half is no harder than Jillians DVD's, the 2nd half is harder mostly because the workouts are much longer - you really have to have quite a bit of time to devote to it.

I did NOT get the results I wanted from Insanity and trust me - there was no 6 pack at the end of it . Also myself and dh both buggered our backs doing it (there is A LOT of work where you go from touching the ground to jumping in the air!) I had to go back to a pilates class for 3 months after doing it to sort my back out.

I have gone back to doing Jillian since!

I have done Insanity as well as a large JM collection. Tis hard. Proper hard. And some of the workouts are fairly long (not all.) I got it for free and don't think I would have paid full price. If you are looking for a step up from JM then I would go for Bob Harper. There are 4 different DVDs in his Inside Out collection and he will seriously work you out - makes JM seem easy- but he is a lot less annoying than Shaun T and the DVDs combined will be a lot less than half the price.

I was just coming on to post the same question, I've been tempted for a while now as it does look good.

I've got two friends who have done it/are doing it but they've used a copy so its not the full supported programme. That said its definitely made a pretty impressive difference to them so far.

I'm thinking of using January to mentally prepare since its a hard month work wise and I won't get the time in the evenings and then hopefully getting the guts to give it a go starting in Feb so if you want company I'd like a boost!

I have it and use it occasionally.

I don't like it half as much as Jillian. The gurning of the room full of followers is off-putting. I don't think the moves are any harder than Jillians's (in fact, there's a lot of crossover between it and Body Revolution) and all the hype about Insanity annoys me not a little. I think because it's a bloke presenting it, it's perceived to be more difficult than JM- but that could be the chip on my feminist shoulder talking. :)

That said, the stretching on Insanity is lovely. Much better than Jillian's- she always does a rather perfunctory stretch, I thought.

I prefer BBL (Brazilian Bum Lift) for something to mix up the JM vids with, but it IS hard on the knees.

Good luck with whatever you decide! And - sounds like you've had a rough time recently.