kathryn
Cathlete
Since I ordered the new DVDS, I'll be waiting a while before I receive the new workouts, so I'm trying to find different ways of shaking up the workouts I already have. I mostly use PH and MIS, and--thanks to the flexibility of DVD--I'll often change the order of exercises, doing chest flyes first as a pre-exhaust exercise, for example.
Another recent change in PH is with the lunges. I finally got to a point where I could do all the lunges (from not doing ANY the first time I did the routine, and gradually working into them, first with no weight, then up to higher weights). I was even thinking that the section seemed shorter than it had in the beginning!
My modification is to do the lunges with my front foot on the 4"platform of my step. I didn't think it would change the exercise much, just let me dip a bit lower to hit the glutes more. Boy, was I wrong! Just that bit of a change made my legs (quads especially) sore for two days. And I had to drop back my barbell weight by 5# when I did it the second time. This is definitely a keeper modification!
Another recent change in PH is with the lunges. I finally got to a point where I could do all the lunges (from not doing ANY the first time I did the routine, and gradually working into them, first with no weight, then up to higher weights). I was even thinking that the section seemed shorter than it had in the beginning!
My modification is to do the lunges with my front foot on the 4"platform of my step. I didn't think it would change the exercise much, just let me dip a bit lower to hit the glutes more. Boy, was I wrong! Just that bit of a change made my legs (quads especially) sore for two days. And I had to drop back my barbell weight by 5# when I did it the second time. This is definitely a keeper modification!
