Anyone doing plyo as cardio...?

[FourAM]

And if so how is it going and does it feel like effective cardio.?
I think it would be good if I got an extra leg workout in and since I do not do legs till Saturday I thought about doing plyo legs tommorow
But I wanted to get an opiion from those who have tried it.
I thought it might help my endurance and stamina too.
Thanks in advance...
Rachel

 

[michefit]

I did plyo legs with the intention of it being a cardio/legs workout. Most of the workouts are under an hour 45-50 minutes so I added my favourite 15-20 minutes of cardio at the beginning to make it a full hour. I also find that cardio (not too much) warms up the legs so they don't feel so heavy during the plyo moves. I added the cardio at the beginning for fear that I would be too tired at the end - or talk myself out of it after the leg workout. I was sweating throughout - and my legs were tired! It felt like a good workout. I think the extra cardio at the beginning helped get the cardio factor going (started the fat burning effect). Anyway - it went fast and was fun. The weight segments felt like a break next to the plyo - you do get pretty winded toward the end of the workout. I would definately do it again - but not more than twice a week if already doing another leg workout. Hope this helps.

 

[rcsaros]

I am doing the plyo legs each saturday. I am considering it my second leg day but cardio also. I want to wear my HRM this Saturday just to see what it says.

My schedule is this with STS
M - upper body
T - cardio
W - lower body
Th - cardio
F - upper body
sat - plyo
Sun - REST

I wanted to get the legs twice so I put the leg workout in between the two upper body and Cathe said this was fine if that is what I like.

Rhonda

 

[fit44]

I'm keeping the rotation as written, but I'm subbing one day of cardio for plyo.


Monday-Chest/biceps/shoulders
Tuesday-Plyo
Wednesday-back/triceps
Thursday-Cardio
Friday-legs
Saturday-Cardio
Sunday- stretch/walk(active rest)

 

[exer_cited]

I like that, Cynthia, putting the plyo in between the two UB workouts. I'm going to have to remember that next week!

 

[jillybean]

I've been doing a plyo workout each week as a cardio/lower body workout and I love it!! The first week I used pretty light weights because I was afraid my legs would get too tired but the next week I really upped them as you are mostly doing sets of 12 reps, which isn't much. I feel the exercises much more this way. I love, love, love the Plyo Legs workouts!

This is what I'm doing:

Sat. STS Meso 1, chest/shoulders/bis
Sun. Short cardio (like SJ&P step segment) followed by Plyo Legs
Mon. STS Meso 1, back/tris
Tue. Non-step cardio (Kick Max, KP&C, Cardio Kicks, 4DS Cardio Power premix, etc)
Wed. STS Meso 1, legs
Thu. Step cardio
Fri. Rest

I'm looking forward to Meso 2 as the leg disc falls between the two upper body discs. But I am loving Meso 1. Who knew muscle endurance workouts could be so tough?????

 

[LovingLife]

Great suggestions! This sounds fun to get more use out of Plyo Legs than just saving them for the last Mesocycle.

 

[FourAM]

Thanks everyone!
I did the plyo legs yesterday and I too am thinking about making it a weekly thing. This was a really great workout. My maximum hr topped out at 212. I was working my butt off. How about those 180 jumps...mine were more like
90's on the second set But they were lots of fun.
I am doing a 5 month rotation. Repeating meso 1 and 2 and then going through meso 3 only once since it is repetitive. So I think I will repeat the plyo legs 2 times each also.
I do not know about anyone else but I do not want this to end. It is so much fun when everyday is a surprise.
Rachel