Lasting only five minutes, these are all high intensity – but at least there’s no excuse to wriggle out of them
In normal life I’m a spendthrift, but I have pockets of tightness, weird things I’m averse to splashing money on, including but not limited to the posh seats in cinemas, tights and online workouts. I don’t mean the explosion in paid-for fitness content online, which was just people trying to keep their businesses alive. I’m talking about the slightly cult-like programmes whose expense is part of the business model: it’s about creating expressive online communities who gee each other along because they want to get their money’s worth. Which, actually, is quite smart, but I still don’t want to pay out. That’s what I thought of the Insanity workout, anyway, part of the Beachbody franchise, a concept I already disapprove of, since anybody whose body is on a beach de facto, in my view, already has a beach body.
Yet, one way or another, these programmes have spawned free content in their image, which is how I came upon Shaun T, an Insanity trainer gone rogue with his own videos. He promises the Earth, this man – five-minute workouts that are as effective as half an hour’s exercise; free stuff that’s as good as paid-for stuff.
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