I did Day 1 today and I really liked it. Megan has an excellent camera presence and is encouraging without being cheesy or overbearing. Although I love them, I can’t use heavy weights anymore because they wear me out too much, so I used pretty light weights and still got a great workout.
The format is two exercises repeated for three rounds. The first exercise is 6 reps, the second exercise is for 30 seconds. I averaged around 12 reps for the 30 second blocks. Megan does use sliders for a few moves. I’m traveling and somehow forgot to bring my sliders, but I used thin children’s books and that worked fine.
There isn’t a ton of literature with this program, just nutrition advice, a calendar, and a fit check that you can do when you start, 1/2 way through, and at the end of the program. I think PeakFit or Insanity had something similar. The moves include push ups, wall sits, bicep curls, plank holds, front rack squat, and squat thrusts, which they call up downs. I think you’re just supposed to go as long as possible for each move and record your time. This is to test your endurance.
I don’t think this is a workout for beginners simply because some of the moves require some experience with exercise.
Round 1
Single leg slide back lunge right side x 6 (body weight)
30 seconds dumbbell squats
Single leg slide back lunge left side x 6
30 second dumbbell squats
Single leg slide back lunge left, then right 6 times each
30 second dumbbell squat
Round 2
Knee plank, hands on sliders, make a big, straight armed circle with one hand, go into push up x 6
Chest press x 30 seconds
Repeat for 3 rounds
Round 3
In plank, feet on discs, alternating leads bring one leg, then the other into bear crawl position, then push both back at the same time to plank x 6
Get into a boat position but with heels on the floor and do overhead presses x 30 seconds
Repeat for 3 rounds
Then do a run the rack for triceps for 90 seconds
Round 4
In bridge position, disc under one foot, push disc leg out and drag in for 6 reps while holding bridge
Weighted bridge x 30 seconds
Repeat on opposite leg
Weighted bridge
Repeat left, then right x 6 each
Weighted bridge x 30 seconds
Round 5
Prone position with sliders under hands, pull hands down like doing a pull-up x 6
Bent over flyes x 30 seconds
Repeat 3 times
Round 6
Sit throughs on right x 6
Russian twists x 30 seconds
Sit through on left x 6
Russian twists
Sit through left and right x 6 each side
Russian twists
Run the rack for biceps, 90 seconds
Great workout and I really enjoyed Megan’s interaction with the cast - just the right amount of banter - her focus is mainly on the home exerciser, which I appreciate.
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Linda
Disclosure: I was a Beachbody success story and part of a P90X infomercial.
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