April Rotation/Muscle Endurance

[shakeubooty]

Is this rotation supposed to be followed as: Do week 1, then week 2, then week 3, and finally week 4? If so, don't you need a day of rest for your upper body after doing CTX Upper Body on Sunday of week 1 instead of starting week 2 with Power Hour on Monday? I was thinking of either moving the rest day in week 1 to Sunday or switching around Saturday and Sunday.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

Sue

[NittyGritty]

I always rest on Saturdays, so I automatically rearrange Cathe's rotations with the "Off" days at the end of the week. Then I do the rotations in the order posted. (Okay, okay, I TRY to do them in the order posted!)

For me, the rotation would look like this (note that everything is in the order she suggested, but with the rest day always on Saturday):

Week 1:
Sun: Leaner Legs
Mon: Cardio of choice
Tues: CTX Upper Body/ 30 minutes of cardio
Wed: Leaner Legs
Thurs: CTX Upper Body
Fri: Cardio of choice
Sat: off

Week 2:
Sun: Power Hour
Mon: Cardio of choice
Tues: Power Hour
Wed: Cardio of choice
Thurs: Body Max
Fri: Stability ball section only of Pyramid Legs/15 minutes of Ab Hits
Sat: off

Week 3:
Sun: MIS
Mon: Cardio of choice
Tues: Cardio Kicks
Wed: Boot Camp
Thurs: Cardio of choice
Fri: Boot Camp
Sat: off

Week 4:
Sun: Muscle Endurance
Mon: Cardio of choice
Tues: Muscle Endurance
Wed: Cardio of choice
Thurs: Muscle Endurance
Fri: Choice of cardio for 30 min plus Floorwork and Ab segment only (of Pure Strength Legs and Abs)
Sat: off

[Cathe Friedrich]

Hi Sue! Your plan sounds perfect. I love this educated crowd:D

[Cathe Friedrich]

Hi Likes2befit! Any cardio of your choice is fine here. Keep in mind that Boot Camp has a lot of kick box in it too, so I suggest you preview it (if you haven't already) to figure out what exercises you would like to substitute in those slots. Take Care!

[likes2bfit]

Yes, I like BC and have been able to modigy while keeping my heart rate up. For example:

For the side kicks/ front kicks I grab the stability ball and do the outer thigh raises from PLB. They are a challenge to keep going! I do one side during the front lifts nad the other side during the side lifts. It works well.

During the sequential power kicks I substitute speed skaters.
Thanks for the reply. I feel challenged to get a high intensity workout without hurting my knees further, but I like a challenge!

[Just Want2BFit]

Where can I find the previous months featured rotations ?

[Seabush]

>Where can I find the previous months featured rotations ?

I believe this is the first time Cathe's done this. Thanks Cathe. This really a manageable rotation. It allows for three days of cardio, three days of strength training and alleviates boredom because you are varying tapes. This is really a sensible rotation that I'm sure gets results without overdoing it.

Crystal

[Bebop]

Cathe - or educated crowd -

I would like to try this rotation but I don't have CTX or bodymax.

I have adequate subs for bodymax. Can I substiute MIS upper for the CTX week or pyramid upper?

I'd appreciate any suggestion.

Thanks.

[Jen_B]

Hi Cathe!

Thanks for the great rotation! I started it last night w/ LL. However, I have a problem - sort of --

I have CTX but in VHS - the rest of the workouts, I have in DVD. I don't have CTX Upper Body. I would like to not have to fast forward to all of the parts in the CTX series for the workout tonight. Any suggestions for substitutes? I was thinking about the upper body from PH or ME. I also wondered about PUB, but isn't it a different focus than muscle endurance?

Thanks for any help!

Jennifer

[susanz]

Not Cathe, but do you have MIS at all? You could use that upper body segment. Or BodyMax's upper body segment? Otherwise I would think either PH or ME upper would be just fine. Susan
P.S. I just purchased CTX Upper for this rotation! I started with week 4 since I had already done ME, now am on week 2 next 3, then week 1.