Imax 3: Blast Only Premix

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Cathlete
Has anybody tried this? OMG! I did it last night and didn't know if I was going to be able to finish it. Somehow I managed, but just barely. It's a 24-min mix, and I tacked on the warmup and a few minutes of cool down, which came to about 35 min.

This is pure intensity. If you want to go anaerobic, give it a shot. But don't say I didn't warn you. }(
 
Yup. Have done it a couple of times. Silly me did that after IM2 blasts only. Heart failure in one short hour! It's a great workout to build up to. Way to go!!


"you miss 100% of the shots you never take"

Debbie
 
Debbie -
You did IM2 and 3 blasts??? Holy cow! Great job! I wish I had the Imax 2 on DVD so I could use that premix, but I have it on VHS instead.

I'm thinking... Imax 3 blasts, then the Kick Max blasts. Those two I do have on DVD! Okay, now I just have to work up the nerve, and the endurance!
 
you can still do blast only on vhs-I have Imax2 on vhs and do it all the time with one and 2.Instead of the recovery I start fast forwarding to the next blast.I am rested by the time it is ready to go again.
 
>I can't imagine doing it...nor do I see the purpose of it!

why no purpose? It's fabulous for increasing aerobic capacity & endurance. If it's not your cup of tea, that's entirely something else.


"you miss 100% of the shots you never take"

Debbie
 
I'm with Boybert. I love the I-Max 3 blast only premix. Not only does it increase aerobic capacity / endurance, but some of the intervals (including my newfound beloved torture interval the Plie Jack Interval) really have injected newfound power capacity in my thigh muscles. I did I-max 3 once when I first got it strictly as produced, on a Friday day-off after a pretty heavy workout week, and it felt a tad easy. But the Blast-Only premix . . . priceless.

A-Jock
 
>>I can't imagine doing it...nor do I see the purpose of it!
>
>why no purpose? It's fabulous for increasing aerobic capacity
>& endurance. If it's not your cup of tea, that's entirely
>something else.
>

Why no purpose?:

The "blasts" in the IMAX workouts (or any interval workout, for that matter) are intended to take you near your anaerobic threashhold, a level that you can't sustain for long periods of time, and they are alternated with lower intensity, steady-state cardio to recover (that's the entire purpose of an interval workout: to allow you to work out harder than you could for an entire workout, for shorter periods, increasing your metabolism and burning more calories.)

I agree that INTERVAL WORKOUTS themselves are fabulous for increasing aerobic capacity and endurance. I just don't see the purpose in doing just the blasts, which, it seems to me, you would have to decrease the intensity of in order to not go anaerobic, at which point, you couldn't continue for more than a minute or so.
 
IMHO, interval blasts (at least in Cathe's workouts) serve a twofold purpose: to increase aerobic capacity by taking you to its limits; AND to build power in the leg muscles. And as your cardiovascular capacity is continually challenged AND as your leg muscles develop more power, what previously brought you to your limit subsequently brings you to . . . well, not your limit, because your limit has improved. Your anaerobic threshold has been raised, so to speak, and your legs can just plain do more. It's called the training effect; your body adapts to the demands placed on it.

Cathe said it best in her intro to Interval Max: "As you continue to do this workout you will get stronger and stronger, and be able to go longer and longer, not only in this workout but also in your other workouts, therefore burning more total calories." (I'm a little weirded out that I can paraphrase that closely.)

When I do blast-only stuff (and one of my fave Sunday routines is Interval Max warm-up, I-Max 3 blast only premix, Kick Max Boot Camp Challenge, and Boot Camp cardio only premix) I never have to decrease intensity. And in fact most times I extend out the blasts until the chapter flips to the next blast. It takes doing, but it's doable. And my resting heartrate is now at 45 bpm. Not bad for an old broad, and I have Cathe blasts to thank for it.

A-Jock
 
did I just say a-quack-jock...hmmmm....}(

Total typo there, lady...you ROCK!!


"you miss 100% of the shots you never take"

Debbie
 
Debbie-Boybert . . . I laughed so hard at my new screen name I almost did an apple-spit right at my computer screen!

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Aquakjock
 
I really don't know if I am up to "blast only" workouts right yet. I have, however, observed that since beginning to incorporate interval work into my routine on a consistent basis, my heart rate, which use to go to 176-178 on blasts, which is considered my max. since I'm 44, is now only going to around 164 on blasts, so I have seen an improvement. Maybe when I recover from this anemia that is plaguing me right now, I'll try some blasts only.
 
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