P90 Week

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

Just wanted to pop in and report how my week went. I'm still working

on my fundraiser stuff and it's slow going. I'll be glad once I get

everything done and posted on ebay!

So, to catch up, I did Sculpt 3-4 on Wednesday. This is pretty much

a longer version on Sculpt 1-2, and felt like it. I did appreciate

the forearm and calf work, since you don't see that in every workout

video. This one has 4 circuits of weight training, and you do 8-12

reps per body part. But, you do the sets for each part one at a

time. I think that's part of why I don't like this set as much as I

thought I might. If I'm doing 8-12 reps, I need more than 1 set to

get muscle fatigue. You do work the muscles a few times by the end

of the workout, but I just didn't really like the order of the

exercises. This one was about 38 minutes, but there's a 5 min

stretch in the beginning as well as a cool down stretch so it felt

short. I also didn't feel much in my legs for either 1-2 or 3-4 –

but I should know better than to think I'm going to feel low rep un-

weighted squats and lunges the next day. I really should have used

dumbbells for those!

I wanted a little bit more on Wednesday, so I followed Sculpt 3-4

with Tae Bo II Get Ripped – 8 minute workout. This one was fun!

Super high energy, and just what I needed to lift me up after my so-

so Tony workout. There's a lot of stretching in this one, so you

probably stretch for as long as you do the cardio portion, but it fit

in just right for me. There was a section that had a bunch of deep

squats that went into kicks when you came up. Wow – those were

killer and my HR was waaaaay up on those! A nice way to finish the

workout hard! This was a nice little add on that made me feel good

when I was done.

Thursday was tmill day again, and I had another good 45 min session

on the with the cross trainer program. I followed that with Ab

Ripper 100. This was a nice little abs routine, simple and to the

point. It was pretty short at 5-6 minutes, but better than nothing,

lol. I was able to complete all of the reps, but didn't really feel

any burn from it later. I'll be interested to try Ab Ripper 200 next

week to see what I think of that one.

On Friday I originally planned to repeat Sculpt 3-4, but since I

didn't like it very much I went with Sculpt 5-6 from P90 Masters

instead. I liked this one better, though it isn't significantly

different from P90. But, the music is better and the exercises are

different. And you aren't really doing things in the same type of

circuits as P90. Tony is also very Tony-like in this one, but that

didn't bug me too much. I also felt some DOMs in my biceps from this

one, likely a nod to some of the twists he puts on basic exercises.

And probably the preacher curls, too! Here's a breakdown for this

workout:

http://www.videofitness.com/reviews/horton-p90m-sc56.php

I was planning to repeat Sculpt 5-6 on Monday, but I think I'll do

P90 Masters UML first. I may repeat 5-6 on Wednesday, or not. We'll

see. With the changes to my workouts this week, I should be able to

make up my missed Mix It Up workout with Debbie, too. That'll be a

nice way to round out my beachbody month.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Sara