Wow - just got done with the Fit Test that is Day 1 of the Insanity 60-day weight loss program, and it was seriously intense!
The purpose of the Fit Test is for you to determine your present level of fitness, and to give you a “benchmark” that you can use to gauge your progress as you go through the program. The Fit Test is done at the beginning of Insanity, and then again every 2 weeks.
This Fit Test isn’t a few stretches and a strength test as many similar tests are - quite to the contrary! Including the warm up and cool down, the Insanity Fit Test is a 25-minute workout that will leave you drenched in sweat, and wondering what you have gotten yourself into!
There are a total of 8 exercises that you do, each for 1 full minute. No equipment is required for the Fit Test, or for any Insanity workout - the entire program is all body weight exercises.
In the Fit Test, you are supposed to give a 100% effort each time you do it so that you can accurately gauge the progress that you have made by doing the Insanity workouts. The exercises are: 
- Switch Kicks - standing up straight and alternately kicking each leg out in front as high as you can.
- Squat Jacks - jumping jacks, only in Squat Jacks you go down into a full squat at the end of every repetition.
- Power Knees - standing up straight with your hands interlaced overhead, and then bringing 1 knee up at an angle across your body as many times as you can.
- Power Jumps - down into a full squat and then leaping up into the air as far as you can.
- Globe Jumps - one hop back, one hop to the right, one hop forward, and one hop to the left equals 1 repetition.
- Suicide Jumps - from a standing position down into a plank position, then back to standing and then leap straight into the air.
- Push Up Jacks - regular push ups, only you spread your feet wide apart and then bring them back together on every single repetition
- Low Plank Obliques - from a plank position, keep your upper body totally still while alternatively bringing each knee up as close to your shoulders as possible.
As you can tell from these descriptions, the Insanity Fit Test exercises are NOT a joke! By the end of the Fit Test you are gasping for air, your legs are on fire, and you are suddenly very scared of what the workout itself must be like if the Fit Test pretty much wiped you out! Here is a chart that I will use to share my progress:
| MOVE | DAY 1 | DAY 15 | DAY 30 | DAY 45 | Day 60 |
| Switch Kicks | 110 | | | | |
| Squat Jacks | 31 | | | | |
| Power Knees | 49 | | | | |
| Power Jumps | 25 | | | | |
| Globe Jumps | 6 | | | | |
| Suicide Jumps | 11 | | | | |
| Push Up Jacks | 22 | | | | |
| Low Plank Obliques | 28 | | | | |
I will be keeping a running review of Insanity, including the other 9 workouts that are part of the 60-day program, so stay tuned for that, or better yet, join in the fun yourself! Insanity looks to be the most challenging - but effective - weight loss program out there, and this coming from someone who graduated P90X!
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Wow - just got done with the Fit Test that is Day 1 of the Insanity 60-day weight loss program, and it was seriously intense!
The purpose of the Fit Test is for you to determine your present level of fitness, and to give you a “benchmark” that you can use to gauge your progress as you go through the program. The Fit Test is done at the beginning of Insanity, and then again every 2 weeks.
This Fit Test isn’t a few stretches and a strength test as many similar tests are - quite to the contrary! Including the warm up and cool down, the Insanity Fit Test is a 25-minute workout that will leave you drenched in sweat, and wondering what you have gotten yourself into!
There are a total of 8 exercises that you do, each for 1 full minute. No equipment is required for the Fit Test, or for any Insanity workout - the entire program is all body weight exercises.
In the Fit Test, you are supposed to give a 100% effort each time you do it so that you can accurately gauge the progress that you have made by doing the Insanity workouts. The exercises are:
As you can tell from these descriptions, the Insanity Fit Test exercises are NOT a joke! By the end of the Fit Test you are gasping for air, your legs are on fire, and you are suddenly very scared of what the workout itself must be like if the Fit Test pretty much wiped you out! Here is a chart that I will use to share my progress:
I will be keeping a running review of Insanity, including the other 9 workouts that are part of the 60-day program, so stay tuned for that, or better yet, join in the fun yourself! Insanity looks to be the most challenging - but effective - weight loss program out there, and this coming from someone who graduated P90X!
©
Aaron Potts - visit Fitness Destinations for more great information about weight loss, health, and overall fitness!
Fitness Destinations is proudly sponsored by the incredible products and services provided by Team Beachbody!