All Things X + Insanity Hybrid
Posting an update to my hybrid schedule post earlier this year combining All Things X with OG Insanity, since I've now expanded it to include workouts from Insanity: The Asylum and reached the steady state version of what I've been building toward all year: a complete, 13-week rotation that features every workout from P90X, P90X+, P90X2, P90X3, Insanity, Insanity: The Asylum Vol. 1, and Vol. 2 at least once.
I consider this the "final form" of my All Things X + Insanity hybrid – something I can repeat in perpetuity without over-emphasizing any one program, while still maintaining variety, balance, and a consistent weekly rhythm.
A few notes and principles behind the design:
- All Things X was my starting point, and I've kept its general architecture intact. The rule of thumb remains: every workout from all programs appears at least once, but with minimal repetition.
- Average daily workout time is ~59 minutes. There's natural day-to-day variation, but when grouped by week, the daily average stays within ±5 minutes of the overall. The goal is to:
- Constantly work different muscle groups.
- Avoid clustering similar movement patterns (e.g. pull-ups).
- Let intensity ebb and flow intelligently. For example, Back to Core follows Vertical Plyo to give your joints a break after a high-impact day.
- I kept the general weekly cadence of All Things X because it works. In particular, this spacing provides enough distance between Sun lower body strength and Thu plyo/HIIT, which is especially important once Asylum Vol. 1 & 2 enter the mix.
- Sun: Lower body strength
- Mon: Moderate, low-impact cardio / agility
- Tue: Yoga + abs/core
- Wed: Upper body strength
- Thu: Plyo / HIIT
- Fri: Total body + abs/core
- Sat: Recovery / stretch
- Even though the weekly time commitment is stable, intensity naturally increases because the Insanity workouts appear in roughly their chronological progression (i.e. Month 1 Insanity workouts show up earlier; Month 2 workouts appear later). If you track "zone" minutes or cardio load, you'll likely see them rise over the 13 weeks.
- The abs/core companion routines show up twice weekly, alternating between Tony's on Tue and Shaun T's on Fri and rotating within each. I originally had Fast and Furious Abs in the latter rotation, but I find Pilates X far more effective at engaging the deep core (TVA), so Pilates X now fills that slot. Fast and Furious Abs is still in the schedule, but treated as supplemental cardio.
- I like cycling through all the recovery options, but X2 Recovery + Mobility shows up more frequently simply because I enjoy the foam rolling and find it highly beneficial.
- I'm a big fan of the Asylum footwork and jump rope sessions, so you'll see those workouts feature slightly more often. That said, I'm careful not to bunch too many ladder/jump rope workouts into the same week.
- All Things X originally placed upper body on Tue and yoga on Wed. I swapped them because it aligns better with my schedule – this means upper body and total body are only 2 days apart, but such was the case with OG P90X anyway. Feel free to move them back if you prefer the original layout.
- X3 Yoga is repeated a lot in All Things X, but personally I find it rushed and inferior to a yoga class. In a couple places, I swapped it with Isometrix, which Tony considers the "hardest part of yoga" anyway.
- Workouts like Eccentric Upper and The Challenge are technically upper body, but because they're exclusively bodyweight (unlike, say, Chest & Back) and heavily involve the back (which is part of the core), I classify them as total body and place them on Fri. Similarly, Legs & Back lands on Sun (lower body day) despite the pull-ups – partly because the legwork is sound, but also because there aren't enough lower body workouts to fill all 13 Sundays without repeats. All Things X also struggled with where to place this one.
Once again, feedback welcome!
u/sirslope — 2 days ago