

Split squat jump rope is followed by an exercise called the adductor jump rope which is followed by the hop scotch jump rope. The Asylum package does come with its own speed rope and using the rope will help with coordination but it isn’t necessary. If you have low ceilings like I do and cannot use the speed rope then you will have to simulate a jump rope, which is what a few of the fitness models in the DVD do.

Jump rope variations start out the DVD’s warm-up section. With that in mind, let’s get into the review for Vertical Plyo. While all of the workouts in the Asylum are tough, I feel that this one takes the cake, and it is definitely the one that had me the most winded of the lot. I’ve heard that in other Beachbody products that the plyometric workouts done in those programs are usually the hardest as well and for good reason because it involves lots of jumping and explosive movements. Shaun T utilizes this type of training to create one hellish workout, one that possible aside from the Gameday workout, is the most difficult one of the series. Plyometrics is a type of athletic training that can boost gains on vertical jump, quickness, and other forms of movement that require explosive power. “You have to go down to go up” is what Shaun T shouts during the fourth day workout of Insanity: The Asylum called Vertical Plyo.
