Yesterday was day three of Power-90, the sculpt 1-2 workout. For at least the 1-2 portion of the program, I will do lower-weights, higher reps, and increasing weight only when I can do 15 reps without difficulty. This is because I want to get my muscular endurance up, and I want to avoid a recurrence of tendonitis in my elbow which happened the last time I was lifting heavy. The one thing I am not doing is modified versions of the push-ups. I am doing regular push-ups (using the power stands that came in the p90x 2 bundle back when that program was released) and going as deep as I can. In the sculpt 1-2 workouts, in the first circuit you do standard width push-ups, in the second circuit you do wide fly push-ups, and in the third circuit you do 7 wide, 7 narrow/triceps, and 7 standard width push-ups. I cannot go very deep with them yet, and max out at about 13 reps in the first two circuits. For the resistance exercises, I am using weight between 10 lbs (for shoulder flys) and 20 lbs (for things like Lawnmowers and heavy pants).
I like the workouts, but it is definitely easy for these to get repetitive. I found the original p90x program repetitive and that one had a lot more variety than this program does. And, I am sure Tony's jokes will get very old by the time the 90 days is over. But, I think this is a lot better option for me right now than trying to jump right into p90x again.
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