Friday, February 10, 2012

X2 Total Body & Ab Ripper Week 4

Sometimes, I'm not sure how to distinguish the workouts from each other.  X2 Total Body involves weights and balance poses as does X2 Balance & Power.  I get that they are different kinds of workouts, but anyway.

X2 Total Body is not an easy workout.  Nevermind that this is the pull-up workout and I still am unable to do a pull-up.  I get so sweaty lifting weights in this workout -- something I never really got from lifting weights at the gym (without running first).  So that's a good thing.

Here's the rundown of my improvements from Week 1 to Week 4:
1-Arm Chest Press: 12/10-12 resistance band (RB) --> 15/25-30 RB
4-Position Pull-Up [modified]: 5/10-12 RB --> 10/35-42 RB
Push-Up Side Arm Balance [on floor]: 5 --> 20
Switch Lunge Press [modified]: 12/10-12 RB --> 15/10-12 RB
Warrior 3 Kickback: 15/3 lb --> 15/3 lb  (I wish I had tracked how many times I touched on this, but I didn't)
Warrior 3 Curl: 15/3 lb --> 15/10-20 RB
Boing Push-Up [floor]: 5 on bosu --> 10 plyo (This is a ridiculous exercise where you start standing with a stability ball in your hands, keep your legs straight as you fall toward the floor with the ball in front of you, do a push-up and bounce back up.  I couldn't keep my core engaged when I tried to this on the ball, so I kept collapsing into the ball and decided I would just work on plyo push-ups instead.  I can't clap when doing plyo push-ups yet, but I can get my hands into the center and  back out.)
Crunchy Lever Pull-Up [modified]: 10/10-12 RB --> 15/35-42 RB
Mule Kick Burpee: 5 --> 6 (These weren't always pretty, I need to still work on holding my body in the air longer)
Swimmer's Curl in 1/2 Chair: 10/10-12 RB --> 12/10-12 RB
Balance Kickback [on floor]: 10/3 lb --> 10/6 lb (I'm pretty sure my form isn't that great on this one!)
Rocket Launcher Preacher Curl: 12/10-12 RB --> 12/15-20 RB

I'm also getting better at Ab Ripper -- with the obvious exception of the Superman Banana X, which has been my nemesis from the beginning.

Calories Burned = 611 (compared to 768 in Week 1)
Average Heart Rate = 123 (compared to 125 in Week 1)
Peak Heart Rate = 168 (compared to 172 in Week 1)

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