Week 1 Summary
I’m done with the first week… 13 more to go! The first week was not bad at all. I don’t feel at all that this program is too hard based on the first week, but maybe it’s because I’m already in pretty good shape. I’ve heard that this program is hard, especially if you’re not fit and don’t regularly exercise. I’ve got to say that this is probably true. I’m fit, and although I don’t think it’s too hard, it is still challenging for me and I welcome that challenge.
Day 7: Kenpo X
So far this is my most favorite workout. It’s a mixture of cardio and martial arts moves. It’s an hour long and full of exercises consisting of punches, kicks, and blocks and is a really entertaining yet intense calorie-burning hour. I actually wish this workout was longer because at the end of it I was not very tired and even considered repeating the workout once more. I decided not to since I was starving. I did realize though, while doing the kicks, that I was not very flexible so I hope this will improve over time.
Day 6: Legs and Back + Ab Ripper X
This workout like most of the others is 1.5 hours long and this one involves exercises like squats and deadlifts for legs and pullups for the back. It was a great workout for the legs and I know they will be sore tomorrow since I don’t normally work the legs at the gym. As for the back exercises, I was able to match the amount of reps and then some using the purple Spri resistance bands (purple is the highest tension band). I have a pullup bar and in the coming weeks I am definitely going to switch to using that instead since the bands are a bit too easy for the back exercises.
The Legs and Back workout was followed by ARX and it def is an intense ab workout. I can perform each exercise for at least a few reps, but I look fwd to the day where I can perform each exercise to match the 25 reps Tony does on video. At this point, I can only do this for about half the exercises.
Day 5: Yoga X
This workout is about 1.5 hours long. So far, this is my LEAST favorite workout. Probably because it time-consuming and requires lots of flexibility which I do not yet have. I also did not feel like this workout was helping me accomplish anything. I did work up a mediocre sweat though. There is no water break 30 minutes into the video (there are multiple water breaks in the other videos about every 10 minutes) so I put it on pause 30 minutes in to take one. I then decided I didn’t want to do anymore of this workout. I think in the future I might replace this workout for another one – like the sweat-inducing Plyo workout… I don’t know, we’ll see. I think I’ll really try to be motivated and get thru the whole thing for Week 2. No promises though.
Day 4: Yoga X
This day was meant for Yoga X, but I was busy the entire day so I took this day as a “Rest” day instead of Day 7 which was meant as a “Stretch X” or “Rest” day.
Day 3: Shoulders and Arms + Ab Ripper X
This one wasn’t bad at all for me to keep up with. It consists of a bunch of shoulder exercises like delt flies and arm exercises like dips and curls. It def made me sweat but not as bad as Plyometrics. I had to take it easy on the triceps exercises since my elbow hurts on extreme exertion, but otherwise I had no trouble doing the amount of reps they did on the video.
ARX followed and I have trouble doing the full amount of reps for half of the exercises since I only recently started working out my abs at the gym. Plus it’s hard after an intense full hour of exercise.
Day 2: Plyometrics
This one really kicked my butt in that it made me SWEAT. I had to take off my shirt half-way because it was soaked. I hadn’t had such an intense workout like that in a LONG time. It consists of a bunch of jumping and cardio exercises, the sole intent of which is to make you sweat. The exercises def accomplish this. The next few days, my calves were KILLING me. For my brother, it were his thighs that were really sore. I don’t normally workout my legs at the gym, so I wasn’t surprised with this extreme calf soreness. It was really hard to walk the next day and I had planned to go snowboarding the day after that so… yeah. Don’t do Plyometrics two days before you go snowboarding or other leg-heavy sport. It will suck.
Day 1: Chest and Back + Ab Ripper X
This workout consisted of a LOT of pushups and pull-ups. All sorts of pushups: decline, military, diamond, wide-grip, etc… I was able to keep up for the most part and do all the pushups and pull-ups. The exercises where I had trouble were the diamond pushups and military pushups. I have a triceps tendonitis or something (sharp pains under extreme tension) so I had to take it easy with these and couldn’t do them with full exertion. Otherwise, not a bad workout. Definitely got my heart rate up and I only felt a small amount of soreness the next day.
The ARX that followed really works your abs, but it was hard to do after already doing an intense full hour. I was unable to do 2 of the exercises… can’t remember which ones at the moment. My abs weren’t sore the next day so that was an unexpected benefit. I have no doubt that I’ll have at least a 4 or 6-pack by the end of the program with the ARX workout.
I’m done with the first week… 13 more to go! The first week was not bad at all. I don’t feel at all that this program is too hard based on the first week, but maybe it’s because I’m already in pretty good shape. I’ve heard that this program is hard, especially if you’re not fit and don’t regularly exercise. I’ve got to say that this is probably true. I’m fit, and although I don’t think it’s too hard, it is still challenging for me and I welcome that challenge.
Day 7: Kenpo X
So far this is my most favorite workout. It’s a mixture of cardio and martial arts moves. It’s an hour long and full of exercises consisting of punches, kicks, and blocks and is a really entertaining yet intense calorie-burning hour. I actually wish this workout was longer because at the end of it I was not very tired and even considered repeating the workout once more. I decided not to since I was starving. I did realize though, while doing the kicks, that I was not very flexible so I hope this will improve over time.
Day 6: Legs and Back + Ab Ripper X
This workout like most of the others is 1.5 hours long and this one involves exercises like squats and deadlifts for legs and pullups for the back. It was a great workout for the legs and I know they will be sore tomorrow since I don’t normally work the legs at the gym. As for the back exercises, I was able to match the amount of reps and then some using the purple Spri resistance bands (purple is the highest tension band). I have a pullup bar and in the coming weeks I am definitely going to switch to using that instead since the bands are a bit too easy for the back exercises.
The Legs and Back workout was followed by ARX and it def is an intense ab workout. I can perform each exercise for at least a few reps, but I look fwd to the day where I can perform each exercise to match the 25 reps Tony does on video. At this point, I can only do this for about half the exercises.
Day 5: Yoga X
This workout is about 1.5 hours long. So far, this is my LEAST favorite workout. Probably because it time-consuming and requires lots of flexibility which I do not yet have. I also did not feel like this workout was helping me accomplish anything. I did work up a mediocre sweat though. There is no water break 30 minutes into the video (there are multiple water breaks in the other videos about every 10 minutes) so I put it on pause 30 minutes in to take one. I then decided I didn’t want to do anymore of this workout. I think in the future I might replace this workout for another one – like the sweat-inducing Plyo workout… I don’t know, we’ll see. I think I’ll really try to be motivated and get thru the whole thing for Week 2. No promises though.
Day 4: Yoga X
This day was meant for Yoga X, but I was busy the entire day so I took this day as a “Rest” day instead of Day 7 which was meant as a “Stretch X” or “Rest” day.
Day 3: Shoulders and Arms + Ab Ripper X
This one wasn’t bad at all for me to keep up with. It consists of a bunch of shoulder exercises like delt flies and arm exercises like dips and curls. It def made me sweat but not as bad as Plyometrics. I had to take it easy on the triceps exercises since my elbow hurts on extreme exertion, but otherwise I had no trouble doing the amount of reps they did on the video.
ARX followed and I have trouble doing the full amount of reps for half of the exercises since I only recently started working out my abs at the gym. Plus it’s hard after an intense full hour of exercise.
Day 2: Plyometrics
This one really kicked my butt in that it made me SWEAT. I had to take off my shirt half-way because it was soaked. I hadn’t had such an intense workout like that in a LONG time. It consists of a bunch of jumping and cardio exercises, the sole intent of which is to make you sweat. The exercises def accomplish this. The next few days, my calves were KILLING me. For my brother, it were his thighs that were really sore. I don’t normally workout my legs at the gym, so I wasn’t surprised with this extreme calf soreness. It was really hard to walk the next day and I had planned to go snowboarding the day after that so… yeah. Don’t do Plyometrics two days before you go snowboarding or other leg-heavy sport. It will suck.
Day 1: Chest and Back + Ab Ripper X
This workout consisted of a LOT of pushups and pull-ups. All sorts of pushups: decline, military, diamond, wide-grip, etc… I was able to keep up for the most part and do all the pushups and pull-ups. The exercises where I had trouble were the diamond pushups and military pushups. I have a triceps tendonitis or something (sharp pains under extreme tension) so I had to take it easy with these and couldn’t do them with full exertion. Otherwise, not a bad workout. Definitely got my heart rate up and I only felt a small amount of soreness the next day.
The ARX that followed really works your abs, but it was hard to do after already doing an intense full hour. I was unable to do 2 of the exercises… can’t remember which ones at the moment. My abs weren’t sore the next day so that was an unexpected benefit. I have no doubt that I’ll have at least a 4 or 6-pack by the end of the program with the ARX workout.
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