In Asylum, he has a specific strength training video, which is where the weights are used most. I thought my endurance and cardio was in high gear until I did the Fit Test in Insanity. I started Insanity last year while I was training for a marathon, which every time I hit the half marathon mark, I remember I’m not a long distance runner and will learn to accept that. Some workouts are tougher than others and some focus more on quick cardio, some on core, some on upper body. Insanity is basically 6 days of high intensity training. There is also more variety to Asylum than Insanity. My thighs are burning, my glutes want to quit and I’m breathing so loud I’m surprised the neighbors haven’t complained. He has some sequences using a jump rope and although I have one, I don’t use it because it’s pretty dang tough just using a pretend rope. And trust me, the moves are super tough with no equipment. And if you don’t have any equipment at all? He also shows you how you can do them without anything. For the pull up bar sequences, he gives you push up options. resistance band options based on what equipment you have. does best though is to give you alternatives if you don’t have equipment. The beauty of Insanity was that you just used your own body for everything. Another difference is that he uses some equipment in Asylum. You don’t get an actual rest day but he has a program called Relief where it’s 23 minuets of amazing stretching that will loosen you up to perform the workouts better. The biggest similarities is that it’s tough, it gets quick results and you’ll constantly be challenged.Īsylum is a one month program as opposed to Insanity’s two month program. There are some similarities but there are a lot of differences. It’s not easy even for those that workout and are “athletes.” I loved the results, physically and mentally that I got from Insanity so much, I was ecstatic to find out he made a follow up video. That is until I “graduated” to the next level Asylum. Shawn T’s Insanity workout video is amazing and one of the toughest workouts I’ve ever done.