Help me settle an argument

[Davie_GLA]

Afternoon all.

mate of mine is banging on about this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Insanity-Ultimate-Workout-...

I think it's just more american bullst, he swears by it and is apprently seeing great results.

What say PH?

D

[Thesaint01708]

£128.80 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK

Tell him to download it off a torent

[RemainAllHoof]

There's nothing wrong with it but I don't see why you need to follow it to get similar results. Just push harder than normal with any given CV exercise. Do every exercise until you cannot move the associated muscles. It is just about a healthy diet and a hell of a lot of moving.

[Halb]

I think 996 does this.

[RemainAllHoof]

996? You mean the powerfully-built one?

[Davie_GLA]

No, that's 911. And he would never need to bother, he just thinks about muscle and he grows.

[RemainAllHoof]

Oh.

[honest_delboy]

I think this is the same thing thats on an infomercial in the morning. All the "converts" who give interviews look unhealthy, ripped but unhealthy. Gaunt with sunken eyes and odd looking skin. What is it that body builders take before competitions to lower the water in their bodies?

[Ordinary_Chap]

honest_delboy said:

I think this is the same thing thats on an infomercial in the morning. All the "converts" who give interviews look unhealthy, ripped but unhealthy. Gaunt with sunken eyes and odd looking skin. What is it that body builders take before competitions to lower the water in their bodies?

Sodium.

[anonymous-user]

Davie_GLA said:

Afternoon all.

mate of mine is banging on about this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Insanity-Ultimate-Workout-...

I think it's just more american bullst, he swears by it and is apprently seeing great results.

What say PH?

D

I saw an advert for this on TV. It looked great in that you can do it in your sitting room/hotel/office? without any equipment.

[Ordinary_Chap]

Dirty Badger said:

Just had a look on eBay and you can get it for around £50 delivered....... VERY tempted! Anyone else tried this?

I don't want to be a debbie downer but......

This is a waste of money, the money would be better spent on a gym membership or just carrying on with a good training program.

There are no secrets, there are no short cuts (well except for drugs but thats another conversation) and there is no program that's so dramatically better than another.

You just need;
- Consistency in diet and training
- A training program
- A well thought out diet
- Gym membership or appropriate equipment at home

And that's it.

[Ordinary_Chap]

Dirty Badger said:

OC, I get what you're saying, but the cost of the DVDs would only pay for a month or so's gym membership..... I have limited equipment at home and find it hard to keep it interesting. Funnily enough for the last 60 days near as dammit I've been doing a routine alternating between press ups, sit ups, squats, free weights and rowing machine, and whilst I'm seeing marginal gains it just gets boring! For the relatively low price of this it's tempting......

I just want to hear from people who've tried it and how they feel about it.

Fair enough although 50 quid is 2 months membership at my gym and I live in a relatively expensive place.

Have a look at what I did in 60 days with a good diet and some training;
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=1&a...

[Halb]

Dirty Badger said:

I just want to hear from people who've tried it and how they feel about it.

Am pretty sure 996 has posted aboot this, search his posts.

[goldblum]

You're right,it's rubbish.

Go on a diet,do some bodyweight exercises,go running.

Tell your mate to save his money and join an energetic Zumba (TM) class...it'll do the same thing but there may be more pretty girls to perv over!

[RemainAllHoof]

If a bloke shouting at you to keep moving is enough motivation then it's as good as any. From what I've heard, as I posted above, it's just about moving more and training harder than normal, which you can do free of charge.

[Ordinary_Chap]

RemainAllHoof said:

If a bloke shouting at you to keep moving is enough motivation then it's as good as any. From what I've heard, as I posted above, it's just about moving more and training harder than normal, which you can do free of charge.

The problem I have with these things are nobody I've ever seen ever keeps to them.

I'm now of the opinion unless the person is exceptionally motivated, the OP should either join a activity group of some kind or go to the gym.

Inevitably the person always starts with the right intentions but not fails to keep it up once the novelty wears off.

I think there's value in training away from the home as you can logically separate home life from exercise time!

But that's just my 2p worth.

[russy01]

these things are daft, i wouldnt pay £5 for one let alone £130.

Go for a run. (If you cant run, get on a bike or rowing machine)
Get down the gym see one of your "lifestlye" advisors and get a program made up for you.

Plus if you have the time get along to one of these daft fitness classes (circuits, Zumba etc)

Then probably the most important thing you need to do is watch your diet.

Everything you need to know is on the internet for free. If you want to do things in your home just use your imagination a bit. People winge that they dont have weights, I for one have 90kg hanging around just above my feet. I use that.

[dirty boy]

To be honest, about 8 years ago, the wife and I did a Nell McAndrew DVD workout every night and it was superb, i'm sure if you found it, and worked at it hard on a regular basis, you'd see similar results.

I saw the Insanity workout DVD advertised and thought, hmmm, looks good, but the price is Insanity, not the workout.

[honest_delboy]

kind of reminds me of....

Hitchhiker: You heard of this thing, the 8-Minute Abs?

Ted: Yeah, sure, 8-Minute Abs. Yeah, the exercise video.

Hitchhiker: Yeah, this is going to blow that right out of the water. Listen to this: 7...
Minute... Abs.

Ted: Right. Yes. OK, all right. I see where you're going.

Hitchhiker: Think about it. You walk into a video store, you see 8-Minute Abs sittin' there, there's 7-Minute Abs right beside it. Which one are you gonna pick, man?

Ted: I would go for the 7.

Hitchhiker: Bingo, man, bingo. 7-Minute Abs. And we guarantee just as good a workout as the 8-minute folk.

Ted: You guarantee it? That's - how do you do that?

Hitchhiker: If you're not happy with the first 7 minutes, we're gonna send you the extra minute free. You see? That's it. That's our motto. That's where we're comin' from. That's from "A" to "B".

Ted: That's right. That's - that's good. That's good. Unless, of course, somebody comes up with 6-Minute Abs. Then you're in trouble, huh?
[Hitchhiker convulses]

Hitchhiker: No! No, no, not 6! I said 7. Nobody's comin' up with 6. Who works out in 6 minutes? You won't even get your heart goin, not even a mouse on a wheel.

[Vipers]

Thesaint01708 said:

£128.80 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK

Tell him to download it off a torent

Says from £48.00? where did the £128.60 come from, wrong link maybe? confused.com