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Originally Posted by Guru
Thats my problem with workouts. I feel this need to match what they are doing. I really HATE me when I do that. 
You are exactly right about the time issue too. P90x drives me nuts with the hour or longer workouts. I burn out from boredom after I hit 35-40 minutes. I just don't enjoy workouts. Never have. I do them out of necessity only. |
I have that problem, too, but I can tell you one thing that's really helped is the XBox Kinect and the YourShape 2012 game. I burn just as many calories with it as I do an Insanity workout, but it turns the workout into a game of sorts.
It also helps you finish your workout. I often find myself quitting 5 min or 10 min early with standard workouts because I feel like, oh, I got enough in for today and I'm tired.
With the game, though, if you've got 5 min or 10 min left in a given workout you won't want to quit because then you won't get the credit for completing that "level" and you won't be able to move on to the next one. It changes the mind-set to think, hey, I might as well finish this last 5 or 10 min and complete this thing. Just like when your thumb hurts after hours of video gaming but you just don't wanna stop...sort of does the same thing, but with your whole body.
It's really worked well for me. I find myself doing the Insanity warmup just because it does a really good job of that, and then I turn it off and switch to Xbox for the rest of my workout.
I typically burn between 750 - 1000 calories per workout following this method.