New to CTX; question about sequence
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Thank you very much for your quick reply, Erica! Do you have any more specific suggestions for ordering these workouts? I expect that once I have tried them a couple of times I'll know what sequence will suit me best, but until then I was hoping for some suggestions from experienced CTXers.
BTW, do you know which one is "volume 1, 2....6"?
I appreciate all the advice anyone can give me.
Cheers!
Sandra
BTW, do you know which one is "volume 1, 2....6"?
I appreciate all the advice anyone can give me.
Cheers!
Sandra
kathryn
Cathlete
I usually use the following order, which goes from larger muscle groups to smaller:
circuit (with back and legs)
chest
leaner legs (to give the shoulders, which are worked during back and chest days, a break. If you put your rest day somewhere betwee back and chest or chest and shoulders, then you could do shoulders here and leaner legs later).
shoulders
triceps
biceps
(though the back is technically larger than the chest, and the triceps larger than biceps, the difference isn't that great, and you could switch these up, just remembering--as someone already mentioned--that you need at least a day off between the circuit and the leaner legs workout)
I actually like to double up on some of the weight workouts, doing shoulders on their own:
back/chest
day off
shoulder
leaner legs
triceps/biceps
You could also do a back/biceps, chest/triceps, leaner legs, shoulders rotation with CTX
circuit (with back and legs)
chest
leaner legs (to give the shoulders, which are worked during back and chest days, a break. If you put your rest day somewhere betwee back and chest or chest and shoulders, then you could do shoulders here and leaner legs later).
shoulders
triceps
biceps
(though the back is technically larger than the chest, and the triceps larger than biceps, the difference isn't that great, and you could switch these up, just remembering--as someone already mentioned--that you need at least a day off between the circuit and the leaner legs workout)
I actually like to double up on some of the weight workouts, doing shoulders on their own:
back/chest
day off
shoulder
leaner legs
triceps/biceps
You could also do a back/biceps, chest/triceps, leaner legs, shoulders rotation with CTX
Jilliana22
Cathlete
Hi Sandra,
I usually just do the CTX series in the following order
1. Step & Intervals #1
2. All Step #2
3. Power Circuits #5
4. Kickbox #3
5. 10-10-10 #4
6. Leaner Legs #6
This works your larger push/pull muscles of chest/back, shoulders, biceps/triceps and ending with legs. This way Power Circuits & Leaner Legs aren't back to back. Plus, if you're careful not to use too much momentum when doing your chest/back days doing shoulders the next day should be fine. Unfortunately, you really shouldn't seperate your push/pull partners up it throughs your body out of whack and since shoulders don't have a partner I put them in the middle. Or what you can always do is skip the cardio portion of Power Circuit and just do the shoulder rountine the day before you do Leaner Legs.
I usually just do the CTX series in the following order
1. Step & Intervals #1
2. All Step #2
3. Power Circuits #5
4. Kickbox #3
5. 10-10-10 #4
6. Leaner Legs #6
This works your larger push/pull muscles of chest/back, shoulders, biceps/triceps and ending with legs. This way Power Circuits & Leaner Legs aren't back to back. Plus, if you're careful not to use too much momentum when doing your chest/back days doing shoulders the next day should be fine. Unfortunately, you really shouldn't seperate your push/pull partners up it throughs your body out of whack and since shoulders don't have a partner I put them in the middle. Or what you can always do is skip the cardio portion of Power Circuit and just do the shoulder rountine the day before you do Leaner Legs.