For the morning workout on day 2 of the doubles workouts, I did Pilates Fundamentals 2. It is much like the first workout in which you do a series of moves that will lead up to doing "regular" versions of the moves in a more flowing sequence down the line. In this workout, Lisa Hubbard again modifies all of the moves and shows unmodified versions for people who do not have tight backs, hamstrings, and/or hips (which is definitely not me). I would not say that I noticed any marked increase in my flexibility from day 1 to day 2, but I would not expect that to be the case anyway.
Then, for the PM workout, I did Lift 4's back and bicep workout. This workout is a circuit workout that consists of two blocks of four exercises that alternate between a back exercise and a bicep exercise. There are three rounds of each block, and you do not rest at all between exercises, but you do get 30 seconds to rest between the rounds.
The first block consists of wide back rows, open arm bicep curls (if you have done P90x you will recognize those), standard back rows, and hammer curls. The second block consists of dumbbell pullovers, top-only bicep curls (you start with the weights by your shoulders and lower them halfway), back flys, and bottom-only bicep curls (start with the weights low and raise them halfway).
After you do those rounds you alternate between a move that is a cross between the cobra from yoga and the supermans from P90x and then do as many bicep curls as you can for 30 seconds. You do three rounds of those and then finish the workout by alternating two core exercises for three rounds. The first core exercise is a sit-up in which you bring your elbow as close to the opposite knee as you can, and then you do planks for 30 seconds.
While this workout has no HITT cardio in it, the workout is very hard and you get tired very easily. I would suggest picking lighter weights to use than you think you need because, with no rest between the exercise sets, the weights get really heavy, really fast. And, your heart rate does get up there so you do not really miss the cardio. There is again a modifier in the workout that you can follow if you need to. One observation about this workout is that you really need a selection of free weights. A set of selectable dumbbells like the Bowflex SelectTechs would not really work for this workout because you really do not have time to re-rack the dumbbells and select the new weight before they move on to the next exercise. Just something to keep in mind if you want to do this program.
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