I finished the third week of Chalean extreme. I have one more week in the Burn phase, which is the first of the three phases. Today was officially my second rest day, although I have been doing the stretching routine from P90x, just to work on flexibility. My Schedule has been (and will be going forward) like this:
Tuesday: Burn/Push/Lean Circuit 1
Wednesday: Rest Day 1 (Alternating Yoga or Pilates in the morning and taekwondo class in the evening)
Thursday: Burn/Push/Lean Circuit 2
Friday: Burn Intervals and Burn Abs
Saturday: Burn/Push/Lean Circuit 3
Sunday: Burn it off and Recharge
Monday: Rest Day 2 (Usually doing X-Stretch from P90x)
Aside from the differences from P90x I mentioned in the earlier post, as you can see Chalean Extreme has two built in rest days. It sounds like those who have done P90x previously are working in extra cardio on one of the days, then taking the second one as an actual rest day. I am using taekwondo as my extra cardio for the week on Wednesday evenings.
Another difference I see from P90x is that I think Chalean Extreme is a little easier for beginners to start off on. There are more modified moves in the cardio programs to take the impact out, and the cardio programs are shorter than both plyometrics and kenpo-x. While some of the moves in Plyometrics are modified, it is still very hard to get through the entire hour, and is nearly impossible for a beginner. P90x does allow for swapping out Plyo with the Cardio-x DVD which is pretty low impact and less intense however. Either way you go, you are going to be getting a hell of a workout.
Here you will find things about fitness and nutrition, mainly (but not exclusively) in relation to the Beachbody programs like P90x and Insanity. And, I will start adding reviews for Books, DVDs and Blu-Rays, and other products. All views and opinions on this blog are my own.
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Welcome to my ever-evolving blog. It started out as a blog on Beachbody workouts and products, mainly when I was a Beachbody coach. I no longer coach, not because I don't believe in Beachbody's programs (I subscribe to Beachbody on Demand and use their workouts every day), I am just not a salesperson and hated that aspect of it. I am more than willing to answer questions about my experiences with their products and the various workouts, and I feel freer to do so without the appearance of giving a biased review of something.
I have also started adding reviews for various things I have purchased like movies, books, CDs, and other products. This was brought about by a fight with Amazon in which all of my reviews were removed over a completely bullshit allegation that I posted a review that violated their terms of service. After going back and forth with the morons in the community-reviews department (even after they admitted that my posts did not violate their guidelines) they restored my account (which took them six months to do), but I have been posting my reviews on my blog to have them preserved in case something like that happens again. And here, I will post uncensored reviews so I will swear from time to time and post reviews that may be longer than Amazon's character limit. Everything I post here on any topic or product is my personal opinion, and I take no compensation for any product reviews I post. I am a member of Amazon's vine program and because I get those products for free, I keep those reviews on Amazon only, but everything I have purchased with my own money, whether from Amazon or some other store/website/outlet, I will post here.
I also plan to do some longer blog posts on various topics, such as how to learn physics, how to get through calculus, and longer reviews of workout programs as I do them. Basically, whatever strikes me as interesting at the time. As you can see if you navigate around the blog, I had many years in between postings. During that time I was going back to school to get an engineering degree, and learning material that I avoided my first time through college was a different experience and one that gave me a lot of insight into how to do well in those classes, which I will try to impart here for those who are looking to get a science or engineering degree.
Monday, February 2, 2009
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