INSANITY Question....

[Stacy]

I really have no intention right now of doing an Insanity rotation as is. I'd like to ease into the cardio to prevent any high impact knee flare ups.

Which 2 or 3 Insanity workouts are the easiest as far as high impact? Traditional jumping jacks seems to bother my knees the most, but slower plyo jacks not much at all.

Thanks!

 

[pjlippert]

I'd say the first Plyo workout - IMHO. It's only 40 minutes but it kicks butt, of course! However, you can swap out the regular jacks with plyo. That's what I do.

Have fun!
Pam

 

[regina]

All of the Insanity workouts are very high impact. I think that 'Core Cardio and Balance' is one of the easier workouts and one with the least number of high impact moves. Another lower impact workout is 'Cardio Power and Resistance.'

 

[wandakusa]

I would have to agree with Regina. The recovery workouts aren't as tough either. You might be able to use the fit test as well with modifications.

 

[kathryn]

Something you might want to try for jacks (a tip from Karen Voight): make sure your toes are pointed out a bit rather than facing straight forward.

Do you have a rebounder? You could take some of the moves that are too high impact for you to do as-is and move them to the rebounder.

 

[pjlippert]

Kathryn you are channeling my PTwho just this week mentioned the same thing to me about toe-out jacks with knees softened of course! I can't believe what a difference it makes to the good ol' knees!

I also agree with the others about Insanity... it is sooo hard-core. I've missed it while recovering, but I know it's best. I'm going to start it up again this week with modifications.

Pam

 

[kathryn]

Kathryn you are channeling my PTwho just this week mentioned the same thing to me about toe-out jacks with knees softened of course! I can't believe what a difference it makes to the good ol' knees!

All thanks go to Karen Voight. I'd never heard that tip before she mentioned it in a workout a couple of years ago, then I noticed that Chalene Johnson does her jacks that way in CLX. Funny how one little form pointer can help so much.

 

[regina]

All thanks go to Karen Voight. I'd never heard that tip before she mentioned it in a workout a couple of years ago, then I noticed that Chalene Johnson does her jacks that way in CLX. Funny how one little form pointer can help so much.

Kathryn,

Thanks for posting this tip. Several years ago, my son told me about this slight change and it has helped me so much!

 

[RapidBreath]

I don't know if this would help you at all, but when I started doing off road jogging (soft ground, trails.) it dramatically improved my knees and made doing plyos much easier. ( no more knee or ankle pain.)