Circuit Max tried to kill me
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I did this one yesterday and yes, it is a killer. It really does creep up on you. The intensity is definately there. I am sore from it today but just my upper body from all the arms in the hi/lo section.
I used the same weights that she used except I used eight pounds instead of five for the standing leg extensions with a hammer curl.
It is hard for me to do the planks with straight arms because it makes my wrists sore, so when she does the straight arm planks, I do them with either a bent arm or flip over and do my own abs.
I think Step Fit is pretty intense too, but I dont see many comments about it here.
Love,
Madonna
I used the same weights that she used except I used eight pounds instead of five for the standing leg extensions with a hammer curl.
It is hard for me to do the planks with straight arms because it makes my wrists sore, so when she does the straight arm planks, I do them with either a bent arm or flip over and do my own abs.
I think Step Fit is pretty intense too, but I dont see many comments about it here.
Love,
Madonna
It's all the darned lunging and squatting she sneaks in there while doing bicep curls, tricep extension, etc. And there she is just smiling away -- "oh...we've done a hundred lunges on this side, hmmmm...well, I guess we have to do it to the other side too"! DARN!
I don't think I've ever made it through this one without modifying. By the time the tricep extension part rolls around, I've had it with the lunges. I end up doing the arms and just step-touching instead of lunging. This is definitely one of the hard ones for me!
Shonie
I don't think I've ever made it through this one without modifying. By the time the tricep extension part rolls around, I've had it with the lunges. I end up doing the arms and just step-touching instead of lunging. This is definitely one of the hard ones for me!
Shonie
"oh...we've done a hundred lunges on this side, hmmmm...well, I guess we have to do it to the other side too"!
Oh!!! That was funny!!! I was reading a post on IMAX and someone said there were 64 plyos in it and one interval had about 40 jumps and it just kept listing all the horrid moves like tuck jumps and air jacks...scissors...and my jaw just dropped. I love her but she has a sadistic streak. Particularly in her older workouts. I love my IMAX2, thank you. Particularly since the DVD allows me to skip any interval I wish. An option CMAX doesn't give me.
Here's that IM breakdown from the post I mentioned:
The number of plyo-jacks in Interval 4: 48.
Plyo-jacks in Interval 5: 16.
Total number of plyo-jacks in IMAX: 64.
The number of jumps in Interval 2: 64.
The number of power-scissors in Interval 8: 48 single count; 4 four-count; 8 two-count.
The number of airborn jacks in Interval 10: 16
The number of tuck jumps in Interval 10: 16
Oh!!! That was funny!!! I was reading a post on IMAX and someone said there were 64 plyos in it and one interval had about 40 jumps and it just kept listing all the horrid moves like tuck jumps and air jacks...scissors...and my jaw just dropped. I love her but she has a sadistic streak. Particularly in her older workouts. I love my IMAX2, thank you. Particularly since the DVD allows me to skip any interval I wish. An option CMAX doesn't give me.
Here's that IM breakdown from the post I mentioned:
The number of plyo-jacks in Interval 4: 48.
Plyo-jacks in Interval 5: 16.
Total number of plyo-jacks in IMAX: 64.
The number of jumps in Interval 2: 64.
The number of power-scissors in Interval 8: 48 single count; 4 four-count; 8 two-count.
The number of airborn jacks in Interval 10: 16
The number of tuck jumps in Interval 10: 16
desertbriez
Banned
i just got this dvd right before thanksgiving along with 4 others.. so i've had lots of new workouts to do....
this morning i finally got around to circuit max.. i really liked it! not as intense as bootcamp or the terminators.. but still a lot of fun!
i had no problem at all keeping up with cathe! woo hoo! i guess i'm an animal! lol!
this morning i finally got around to circuit max.. i really liked it! not as intense as bootcamp or the terminators.. but still a lot of fun!
i had no problem at all keeping up with cathe! woo hoo! i guess i'm an animal! lol!
starlight6
Cathlete
HA! I argue with Cathe a lot, but somehow she always wins!
Ruth
Ruth
Ditto, Madonna!
I just did it for the second time yesterday, and it was definitely harder than the first time. I guess it's because you can put more into it when you know it better. I don't have BC or Terminator. . .yet. I'm sure Circuit Max isn't as hard, but it's certainly a respectable workout! I loved it--it's soooooo fun and times just flies.
I just did it for the second time yesterday, and it was definitely harder than the first time. I guess it's because you can put more into it when you know it better. I don't have BC or Terminator. . .yet
. I'm sure Circuit Max isn't as hard, but it's certainly a respectable workout! I loved it--it's soooooo fun and times just flies.
starlight6
Cathlete
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