Beachbody Insanity Max:30 PiYo Hybrid Workout Calendar

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Insanity Max:30 PiYo Hybrid Calendar

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I’m starting week two of Insanity Max:30 and I’m actually a little shocked. I honestly thought I wouldn’t survive the workout, even modified. (I’ve shared the story of my two bad knees many times, so suffice it to say my knees are a BIG ISSUE.)

Amazingly I can do this! I modify about 80% of the moves and I’ve had no knee pain.

Insanity Max:30 works like this - you do daily 30 minute workouts Monday through Friday and then you get the weekend off. The workouts are INTENSE. I am not kidding, these are the hardest I’ve ever done.

They remind me of racing a 5k. Not running a 5k, but RACING. When you go all out from the starting gun and you can’t catch your breath and you’re pushing hard and it HURTS and you’re fairly certain you’re going to die. Or throw up. Or both.

Insanity Max:30 kicks my ass, pardon my French. I love that feeling in some respects, but at the same time I have to acknowledge that my middle-aged mom body and crappy knees need a little extra attention.

So I decided to create a hybrid schedule combining Insanity Max:30 and my favorite cross-training workout of all, PiYo. PiYo gives me the flexibility and stretch and active recovery that my body craves. The calendar I created is for me, but I’m sharing as a template for you as well. You can read all the details of my theory behind combining the workouts this way on hybrid schedule: Insanity Max:30 PiYo Hybrid

Beachbody puts their workouts schedules together in a logical way for a reason, BUT don’t be a slave to the schedule. If you are comfortable and familiar with two or more workouts, why not combine them? So long as you have a nice balance of strength and cardio and stretching.

What do you think? Is PiYo a good partner for Insanity Max:30? Will you be creating your own hybrid calendar??

Beachbody Coach Jacqui Grimes at Weigh to Maintain

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  1. […] 30 minutes. Anyone can squeeze in a 30 minute workout. No excuses necessary. Shortest answer you will ever see from me Sorry, I couldn’t resist adding more…I come from a history of distance running. A 30 minute run when you’re marathon training is just a warm up. I have to confess I am skeptical of 30 minute workouts. Is it possible to really cram benefit into just 30 minutes? With Max:30 I think the answer is YES. Honestly, even modifying 85% of the moves, the workouts kick my ass. At the same time, knowing I only have to suffer for 30 minutes is somehow comforting. The Max:30 calendar has workouts Monday through Friday with the weekend off. That level of intensity, five days in a row, is just too much for me. I changed the schedule for myself to include PiYo as cross-training. Check out my Insanity Max:30 PiYo Hybrid Calendar. […]

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