To get well defined abs takes work. For the best results, you need a combination of good nutrition, cardiovascular conditioning, and an awesome abdominal workout! You can accomplish tight, toned abs with Insanity, the newest 60-day fitness program with Shaun T.

Many of the exercises in Insanity work your abdominal muscles, but there  two DVDs devoted to working your abs! These are Cardio Abs and Insane Abs. Cardio Abs is included with Shaun T’s Insanity 10 DVD base kit and 13 DVD kit. Insane Abs is only included with Insanity 13 DVD Deluxe package (or Deluxe Recovery).

So which Insanity Abs program should you do to get great looking abs? Both Cardio Abs and Insane Abs are intense workouts!

Let’s take a look at the difference between Insanity Cardio Abs and Insane Abs.

Insanity Cardio Abs – 10 DVD Kit and 13 DVD Kit

Insanity Cardio Abs is 16 1/2 minutes of intense abdominal exercises where you NEVER do one sit-up or crunch! Usually, you do Cardio Abs after Pure Cardio, an exercise DVD that is part of the Insanity fitness program. Shaun T. gets you started with a 2 minute warm up that includes exercises like jogging, high knees, and tuck jumps with an elbow to the knee. Shaun reminds you to “keep that core tight!”

After the warm up, Shaun takes you through a series of ab exercises that are all launched from the C-Sit position, from the hips to shoulders.

You do exercises like twists to the knee, a-frame ab twists, a-frame with knee lift, and single leg raises. Performing these ab exercises from the C-Sit position is nothing short of a miracle! Yes, you will feel your abs working and may even want to stop – but if you want those nice, toned abs, you will keep going. And NO compromising your form!

You also do a last series of exercises from plank position like high plank with alternate knees to the sides and then you do it again, just faster!

The 16 minutes goes fast. Shaun T. explains each Insane exercise and is easy to follow.

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Insanity Insane Abs – 13 DVD Kit

INSANITY Insane Abs is only sold with Insanity Deluxe and is 33 minutes of the most intense ab workout you will ever do! Insane Abs is NOT on the workout calendar that comes with Insanity. Insane Abs is NOT for beginners!

You can substitute Insane Abs for Cardio Abs if you want to. Shaun T. starts Insane Abs with a standing warm up that will let you see what you are made of! This 5-minute cardio warm up will having you doing plyometric moves, running in place with high knees with upper body twists and much more. Even though you will be tired out, Shaun also gets you performing exercises like Tuck Jumps and T-Kicks.

Next, there is no laying down for the floor exercises. These are all performed from the C-Sit position, which is balancing on your buttocks with legs raised out in front and upper body at an angle (chest and head up). Insane Ab exercises are not traditional at all. In Power Abs, you get to balance on your buttocks with legs bent and wide, upper body off the floor at a high angle. Now, bring your knees towards your chest and use perfect form!

Insane Abs core exercises will do you in. And it does not end there. Shaun completes the routine with Oblique Rotations and Low Plank Hops from plank position.

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Insane Abs is much harder to do than Cardio Abs. If you are not ready for a super intense ab workout, then do Cardio Abs and work your way up to Insane Abs. It is fun and the results are amazing! Great abs.

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Insanity, with fitness trainer Shaun T, is a 60-day body conditioning program that will challenge you both mentally and physically. With Insanity, you do not use weights or resistance bands! You do explosive combination of cardio and plyometric drills, strength, power, and resistance using only your body for resistance. The base Insanity kit includes 10 DVDs.

The Insanity Upper Body Weight Training DVD is part of the Insanity Deluxe 13 DVD or Insanity Deluxe Recovery 13 DVD 60-day Fitness program. Upper Body Weight Training is a 45 minute workout.

The Insanity Upper Body Weight Training DVD is for you if you like to lift weights sometimes in addition to the cardio intervals that comprise the main Insanity workouts.  Shaun T. recommends that you do the upper body weight training 2 to 3 times per week. In this special workout, you will lift weights one-on-one with Shaun T., from his New York City gym.

There is nothing typical about this workout! You will work your entire upper body – chest, back, biceps, and triceps. Shaun also gets you doing crazy cardio intervals.

You will need some fitness equipment for the Insanity upper body weight training program: dumbbells in varying sizes and a weight training bench. You can also use anything similar to a weight training bench. I use my ottoman table and it works just fine. You do not use resistance bands for these exercises!

Insanity Upper Body Weight Training starts you out with a six minute warmup that includes moves like: speed jogging, jump rope moves, jumping jacks, side-to-side heisman and power hooks. Then you do it all again,  just faster! That’s when the real fun starts!

Next, Shaun T. takes you through upper body weight exercises such as 360 shoulder presses, pulse bicep curls, and in and out abs with triceps pushups.  Shaun T.  groups certain exercises together into a circuit. You start each exercise circuit doing 12 reps, the next circuit is 10 reps with a heavier weight, and the final circuit is 8 reps with an even heavier weight. Make sure you have dumbbells to accommodate the varying weights you will need to perform the strength exercises.

These are not your typical, traditional weight bearing exercises. You will be doing Shaun T. style exercises like 180 Lateral Raises, power jumps, elevated triceps dips and more! With Shaun T, you don’t just do chest presses! You do chest presses with leg raises at the same time, and your head and shoulders never touch the bench – these stay elevated during the exercise to give your abs an awesome workout too! Shaun mixes in cardio like Ski Abs to get your heart rate going and work those abs at the same time.

It’s an exhausting and challenging workout without much rest time. You will be pushed to the maximum. Be sure to have a towel or two on hand – you will need them. I like that Shaun puts his own spin on the exercises to make them challenging and fun. He is motivating and will keep you focused on pushing through each Insanity exercise.

Insanity Upper Body Weight Training is ONLY sold with Insanity Deluxe or Insanity Deluxe Recovery!

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Just when you thought you found the best 60-day workout program, it just got better! Take a look at Shaun T. Insanity Deluxe 13 DVD fitness package. You get everything that is included in Shaun T. 10-DVD base fitness kit.

With INSANITY Deluxe Package, you will push your intensity to a whole new level. With the Deluxe package you get 2 more INSANE workouts, plus a bonus workout—FREE!

What do you get with INSANITY Deluxe?

• 10 DVDs in the base package.
• 3 guides to help you get fit (see the base package).
• MAX Interval Training. Shaun T. is a former track star and knows how to give you the interval workouts designed for elite athletes.
• Insane Abs. 33 minutes of taking your abs to new levels that you never knew existed using insane moves!
• Upper-Body Weighted Workout. Shaun T lifts weights on occasion! Go one on one with Shaun to work your entire upper body—chest, back, arms, and shoulders. I bet you never did weighted workouts like this before!

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