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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Northern Virginia
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I'll share my impressions of the few workouts I've tried to date. I've only just dipped my toe into the set so far -- only sampling the workouts that are so clearly titled that I knew exactly what to expect and how they'd fit with my workout goals and time for the day. (I'm also trying to get through my new ICE workouts and my new Spinervals and my new Mobility RX -- it's a DVD-palooza.) I've done: 10 Minute Chisel Abs - Alternates 1 minute of plank-type moves with 1 minute of V-up type moves. Some of the V-up variations were pretty tough and I had to modify a few. Most of the crew is doing the V-sits perched on a weight bench, but the lone guy does them on the floor. (Like me.) Solid and time-efficient and Autumn gave timely reminders about not hunching, etc. Chisel Agility - I had loads of fun with this one. It's about 40 minutes and consists of a long sequence of all cardio drills of about a minute each with very short recovery. You get one longer break in the middle and then you repeat the whole sequence again. The drills were simple and fun -- grapevine/shuffles, high knees, jump squat variations, plyometric lunges, etc. The fun part is that Autumn calls out random directional changes or changes in pace throughout, so you have to pay attention. I screwed up a few times but the moves are so simple it really didn't matter. The warm-up for this was way too short and there was no stretch to speak of, but otherwise I liked it a lot. Beast Total Body - This was a bonus workout with the set. I couldn't resist a total body workout in just 40 minutes and had heard so much about the Beast workouts that I was eager to give it a whirl. This was a very solid and efficient workout with Sagi: a lightning fast warm-up (inadequate), then four rounds of four exercises repeated twice, then a cooldown. All rounds repeated twice, most sets were 15 reps Round 1: pull-ups, push-ups, squats, crunchesI liked the workout structure and the exercises although 2 sets of 15 reps is not my favorite -- time efficient but I'd rather go heavier and do 3 sets of 8-10 for example. (Except the pull-ups - yowza no idea how that dude managed to do all those full-extension pull-ups!) I'm not sure about Sagi yet -- I'd have liked him better with a few less comments about looking good in a dress or every girl wanting diamonds. That could get old. I hope he finds other things to focus on in the Hammer workouts.
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01-04-16, 05:27 PM | |
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Join Date: Oct 2008
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I did Total Body Chisel today and liked it very much. I was actually able to go heavier with this one than I did with the Hammer workouts. Ten reps per exercise, three exercises per round, each round done three times. The heavy Hammer workout has you doing each exercise three times in a row. Doing the round three times gives you the opportunity to go heavier because you get a break from the exercise.
I still can't decide what to do about the bonus disc, especially since I have yet to do any of the new Cathe workouts.
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