Muscle Max is the workout that probably uses the heaviest weights. But it probably has the least legwork (4 exercises). The band is used for "bonus burns". Upper body is worked very thoroughly and each part is worked until exhaustion before moving on to the next. A thorough ab workout is at the end.
Muscle Endurance is higher rep, and lighter weight. Cathe uses 5 and 8lb dumb bells and a barbell. Upper body is worked one part at a time until exhaustion. Leg work is composed of 3 cycles (2 sets each) of leg presses, plus another exercise for each cycle and this is interspersed between the upper body work. Again, a thorough ab workout is at the end.
Supersets and Push/Pull both use the ball as much as possible. I've only done Push/Pull as presented once, but you do one set per bodypart, so it's best to go as heavy as you can. Some bodyparts are worked (to keep the "push/pull" format) that aren't normally worked, like the tibialis (front of shin) and lower back. Abs only have one exercise. It's a relatively short workout.
Supersets has 4 cycles. Each cycle consists of a leg, shoulder, and core exercise. Two cycles work the bi's and back, and two work the tri's and chest. So 2 cycles would be: legs, back, bi's, shoulders, core; and the other 2 cycles are: legs, chest, tri's, shoulders, core.
I think Supersets and Push/pull are considered "easier" workouts because the muscle groups are not worked all at once to exhaustion. Also, since the ball is utilized so much, you have to keep the weights used lighter because of the unstable environment.
Diane
