Chest & Back is rough indeed. On my last round, I did 270 of the different style pushups. What a great workout

Insanity is basically ALL CARDIO. From what I can tell it seems to be on par with the difficulty that Plyometrics offers. There's a lot of crazy shit in that routine. If you really want to trim down, I'd do Insanity. But if you want a total body makeover, do P90X.

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Jesus. I did Yoga X and Plyometrics today. Chest, legs & back tomorrow to catch up.

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Originally posted by Fledz One of the worst things you can do when you have a cold is exercise. Especially cardio.

Yea, I thought I was almost entirely over it though, enough to get in some lite jogging...

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Originally posted by ziptnf Chest & Back is rough indeed. On my last round, I did 270 of the different style pushups. What a great workout Insanity is basically ALL CARDIO. From what I can tell it seems to be on par with the difficulty that Plyometrics offers. There's a lot of crazy shit in that routine. If you really want to trim down, I'd do Insanity. But if you want a total body makeover, do P90X.

I may need to look into this. I have seen great results on ALL areas of my body, except the tummy. I think I need to increase the cardio, so maybe this will work?


yes, the pushups are really tough. Maybe its the girl thing, I dont knw, but I do really well on the biceps/back/triceps/etc, so i am not thats it. All I know is that I feel really sore after the pushup one

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Originally posted by Fledz One of the worst things you can do when you have a cold is exercise. Especially cardio.

I did Plyo once, this winter at the tail-end of a flu....I felt much better, so I worked out, and felt great working out....too bad a couple hours later I felt 10x's worse than the originla flu not the best idea, let your body recover!

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Originally posted by JEO Jesus. I did Yoga X and Plyometrics today. Chest, legs & back tomorrow to catch up.

um wow, thats serious bizniz. 2.5 hours! Good for you, dude!

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Originally posted by yankeeBaby I may need to look into this. I have seen great results on ALL areas of my body, except the tummy. I think I need to increase the cardio, so maybe this will work?

I noticed this a little bit, but my results showed a pretty decent tummy improvement. I credit the addition of cardio X in phase 3. Insanity will give you better tummy results because there's more cardio.

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yes, the pushups are really tough. Maybe its the girl thing, I dont knw, but I do really well on the biceps/back/triceps/etc, so i am not thats it. All I know is that I feel really sore after the pushup one

You must not have a very strong chest. Don't worry about it, keep working at it and you'll get there. You can do them on your knees too, no honor lost.

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Originally posted by JEO Jesus. I did Yoga X and Plyometrics today. Chest, legs & back tomorrow to catch up.

Damn, that's a bit much. I would recommend just starting over instead of pounding yourself like that, your body needs rest.

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Originally posted by yankeeBaby yes, the pushups are really tough. Maybe its the girl thing, I dont knw, but I do really well on the biceps/back/triceps/etc, so i am not thats it. All I know is that I feel really sore after the pushup one

Pushups aint shit. The best way to get strong/make progress is to do as many FULL/proper pushups to failure (even if at the start you can only do one or two), and then finish out on your knees to failure. Do 3 sets, each time adding one extra full pushup before you go to your knees. Keep doing this each time you work out, adding more and more full pushups each time, and before you know it you'll be rocking the shit out of them.

After 2 or 3 weeks when I first started doing them I was doing 3 full sets of 15-20 proper pushups.

And don't forget there are different techniques that target different muscles. Youtube tricep pushups! I do those a lot and it's really made a difference in the tone of my arms.


And a super easy and effective workout for triceps is overhead tricep extensions. If you don't want beefy arms use less weight and do more reps. I use a 10lb dumbell and do 3 sets of 20.

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Originally posted by Miss Pie Pushups aint shit. The best way to get strong/make progress is to do as many FULL/proper pushups to failure (even if at the start you can only do one or two), and then finish out on your knees to failure. Do 3 sets, each time adding one extra full pushup before you go to your knees. Keep doing this each time you work out, adding more and more full pushups each time, and before you know it you'll be rocking the shit out of them. After 2 or 3 weeks when I first started doing them I was doing 3 full sets of 15-20 proper pushups. And don't forget there are different techniques that target different muscles. Youtube tricep pushups! I do those a lot and it's really made a difference in the tone of my arms. And a super easy and effective workout for triceps is overhead tricep extensions. If you don't want beefy arms use less weight and do more reps. I use a 10lb dumbell and do 3 sets of 20.

Thanks I didnt say I couldnt do them, I just said they were tough! Its the only workout where I have felt legit sore the next day, and I am a bit shakey towards the end of the workout in getting all the reps in.....I do need to improve, though (Im not kissing the ground or nothin!) so I will take your advice and hopefully I can get to the point where I dont feel so shakey at the end of the workout! No knees-pushups for me




Tricep pushup, this lady looks gangsta:

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Yeah! They rock. Try 'em out!

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Originally posted by ziptnf Damn, that's a bit much. I would recommend just starting over instead of pounding yourself like that, your body needs rest.

I think I'll start over on monday, from day one my feet are killing me.