If you're into fitness and exercise you have no doubt heard about Shaun T's INSANITY WORKOUT. This is the infamous 60 day home workout DVD program that will take you through an incredibly intense cardio program designed to help you shed the pounds and to get ripped in the process. Billed as the toughest workout on DVD, it has attracted scores of followers and become so successful that Shaun T has but recently released the follow up, INSANITY ASYLUM. Hundreds of thousands of people have sworn by the results, and legions have become dedicated fans of Shaun T. However, careful observation of the workout itself will lead one to realize that there is once crucial element missing from the workout, and if a novice trainee doesn't add it themselves, they will be at a serious disadvantage. What is it? In this article we'll explain not only what's missing, but how you can best include it yourself.
The workout takes place on a basketball court, and as such there are no walls or tools for the trainees in the video to use. Shaun T begins with a ten minute warm up of incredible intensity (enough to make most novice trainees want to give up right there), and then goes into a seven minute stretch. It's in this stretch that the key element is missing, and it may seem like a small thing, but you'll appreciate how important it is come the next morning: a calf stretch.
Shaun T will lead you through a series of yoga and athletic stretches, targeting your back, your thighs, your hamstrings, and groin, but never tackles the calves. Given just how much jumping you're going to be doing, your calves will be knots of aching pain the next day, and thus it's crucial that you pause the video and do a good calf stretch yourself. I suggest doing so right after Shaun T leads you through the quad stretch at the end of the workout, and be careful to not take advantage of the pause and spend five minutes catching your breath. You should take thirty seconds and no longer.
Simply lean against a wall, and extend your leg straight behind you, heel to the ground. Lean forward and feel your calf muscle lengthen. Hold that pose for a good fifteen seconds, and then switch to try the other leg. Make sure you repeat this at the end of the workout too.
The workout takes place on a basketball court, and as such there are no walls or tools for the trainees in the video to use. Shaun T begins with a ten minute warm up of incredible intensity (enough to make most novice trainees want to give up right there), and then goes into a seven minute stretch. It's in this stretch that the key element is missing, and it may seem like a small thing, but you'll appreciate how important it is come the next morning: a calf stretch.
Shaun T will lead you through a series of yoga and athletic stretches, targeting your back, your thighs, your hamstrings, and groin, but never tackles the calves. Given just how much jumping you're going to be doing, your calves will be knots of aching pain the next day, and thus it's crucial that you pause the video and do a good calf stretch yourself. I suggest doing so right after Shaun T leads you through the quad stretch at the end of the workout, and be careful to not take advantage of the pause and spend five minutes catching your breath. You should take thirty seconds and no longer.
Simply lean against a wall, and extend your leg straight behind you, heel to the ground. Lean forward and feel your calf muscle lengthen. Hold that pose for a good fifteen seconds, and then switch to try the other leg. Make sure you repeat this at the end of the workout too.
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