Which total body weight wo with Pyramids and PS?

[MariaS]

Hi there, educated crowd!

I'm doing a rotation with Pyramids and Pure strength. I'm hoping to add a total body weight training workout for one day, and I'm wondering which one would fit best for developing strength. I'd love to hear your suggestions. I was wondering if either Supersets or Push & Pull would be good, and if there would be a good premix (with more reps) that you could recommend. I haven't done those two wo:s more than once or twice, so I don't remember where they fall on the strength / endurance axis. Or would MIS work better? Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Maria

 

[bethj]

I'm sure you'll get several opinions on this one. MIS is a really good strength workout, however it is basically a condensed version of Pure Strength with almost identical exercises, and one of her older tapes like PS. To add some muscle confusion and stay in the "strength" vs. "endurance" style of workout, I think you would like the Push Pull 2 set premix. It is 80 minutes long as opposed to MIS at 72 minutes, so pretty similar time wise. Supersets is a purely endurance workout more than strength and thus I don't think would fit your criteria. However, if you wanted to mix up an endurance day with your other strength workouts, then Supersets, Power Hour or Muscle Endurance are all great. Supersets is the easiest but can be made far more difficult with the premixes adding on sets/rounds of the exercises you need.
Beth

 

[MariaS]

Hi Beth,

thanks alot for your comments, you have very good points. I was thinking MIS just didn't feel quite right, but I couldn't pinpoint why. You are so right about it being a lot like PS, I think Push and Pull with 2 set premix is just what I'm looking for! I might switch over to more endurance type things in a while, but right now this strength focus feels good! Thanks again so much for your thoughts!

Maria

 

[bethj]

You are very welcome! Enjoy your workouts!
Beth