Insanity The Asylum - Review

My stay at the asylum is over... is it?

Honestly the first 2 weeks I enjoyed it, I was into the workouts and into the hype, despite a couple of annoying things:

•  you need a lot of space, way more than I thought and it's a bit disappointing for a home workout. Here we have a decent living room but many times I found myself forced to move the ladder around so that I can complete the moves without having to mind furnitures. Obviously you are loosing quite some time and concentration trying to find which way you need to place the ladder according to the range of movement you'll be doing and the size of your body.
•  you need to be prepared because Shaun T doesn't stop - the pace goes fast. Thankfully you have 'stop', 'rewind' and 'play' options on your TV or laptop. Seriously sometimes, especially at the beginning when not familiar with the moves, I had to use them because I needed to see what was the proper form - something that Shaun T insists much on. One option is to watch the workout before you do it and prepare the moves so you don't spend time looking up your screen to see if your form is correct - especially fast workouts like Vertical Plyo or Speed and Agility.  

Anyway, so I was entering my 3rd week and my second round of Game Day (Day 19)... and BAAM! Bored. I didn't even want to complete the session. I found some of the moves a bit silly and not really engaging my body that much. I still completed the 30 days, but I did more of my own stuff on the side, just so as I get to ache and all. So my results are not reading only Asylum workout but my own stuff as well.

Don't misread this review, the Asylum is a great workout with some challenging moves and progressions that I will keep on using in my workouts. And if I do another round I will not do 30 days, probably only half of it - so has not to get bored. 

Here are my fit test results:

	Day 1	Day30
Agility Heisman (Rotations)	6	7
In & Out Ab Progression	25	32
Lat Push-Ups	13	20
Mountain Climber Switch Kicks	54	57
Agility Shoulder Taps (Rotations)	4, 5	5,75
X Jumps	29	34
Moving Push-Ups (Rotations)	2	3
Agility Lateral Shuffle (Rotations)	11,5	14,5
Agility Bear Crawl (Rotations)	8	9

There is an improvement - of course. But what I am also happy with and that the table doesn't show is how the form is definitely much better on all the moves.

So if you want a challenge and you have space in your home - try the Asylum!