Rave Weider X-Factor: ST / 8-wk Bodyweight Only Program

[jbee]

Reading what the upcoming weeks have in store may not be a good thing. Anything with jump and lunge is not going to happen. Speaking of lunges, just started week 2 today which I liked but angled lunges? Since I like this one, it must be week 3 that I didn't like previously. I did a long kundalini yoga and instead of kettlebells, I decided to do Ripped and Chiseled, which killed me in the upper body. I still had terrible DOMS from it but was able to do most of the week 2 workout. The time flew by with this one today!

[donnamp]

jbee - I can't remember which workout (maybe week 3) had the plyo split lunges - for 90 seconds! Those are really hard. The good news is - you can modify them by doing reverse lunges. What I did was as many as I could doing the split/plyo version, but when it go to be too much I did the reverse lunges.

CharM's breakdowns have really helped me a lot to psyche up for the workouts - so thanks for posting those!!

I have 2 weeks left - anyone know what they are doing afterwards? I have several ideas kicking around but can't really decided - my thoughs/ideas are:

Karen Voight rotation (figuring she is way different from X-Factor)
Chris Freytag's 10 lb slimdown extreme (although maybe I will be burned out on circuits!)
Gin Miller - I just enjoy her personality
All the Ultimate Yogi threads got me thinking of doing a yoga-based rotation....and, it is more body weight work!

Donna

[caligurl]

Originally Posted by donnamp

jbee - I can't remember which workout (maybe week 3) had the plyo split lunges - for 90 seconds!

yep.... that's week 3!!!

(and it's not plyo... but i recall in doing my breakdowns of the ones later on... that there is a 90 sec segment of bicycles! )

[donnamp]

Oh - I think it was Week # 5 that had the bicycles - that was really hard! I ended up modifying that and just doing the leg movements on the second set b/c it really strained my upper body to do bicylces for tha long. And, of course, how do we forget the killer 90 sec superman hold?? By far I think Weeks 3 & 5 had the most "dread" for me. Week # 6 isn't too bad - even if it does have those stupid surf pop-ups.....

Donna

[lisarah]

Anyone experienced any weight loss or more importantly, inches loss by using this set? (Those of you that were looking to lose or had some to lose, of course)
TIA

[buffmama]

Originally Posted by lisarah

Anyone experienced any weight loss or more importantly, inches loss by using this set? (Those of you that were looking to lose or had some to lose, of course)
TIA

DS says my middle has less jiggle when he pokes me. Does that count?

[summer breeze]

Originally Posted by buffmama

DS says my middle has less jiggle when he pokes me. Does that count?

LOL. That's awesome. That sure would count for me. Way to go

[lisarah]

Originally Posted by buffmama

DS says my middle has less jiggle when he pokes me. Does that count?

sounds like progress to me!

[donnamp]

Hi -

I haven't really seen many physical changes from doing these - but I can tell my performance has improved. I'm on Week # 7 and for the exercise where he does fast feet to push-ups I can actually keep up and do as many push-ups as they are doing (previously, although able to do toe push-ups, I was slow and rarely got all the reps in) I also did KCM's Athletic Step yesterday and the plyo moves gave me no problem - as as w/ Tracie Long's Power Up.

So, definately some progress in terms of performance.

I do dread the workouts a bit before I do them now - mostly b/c I think I'm getting tired of them here at Week # 7, but, once you get going w/ them the time FLIES.

Donna

[bubbles76]

Originally Posted by lisarah

Anyone experienced any weight loss or more importantly, inches loss by using this set? (Those of you that were looking to lose or had some to lose, of course)
TIA

Hmmm...I have not lost any weight from this set. I tried it for probably 8-9 weeks before shelving it. I was doubling up my weeks, so I THINK I only got to week 6. I also did not measure anything other than my waist. However, I did feel my butt and legs getting tighter, so I probably lost some inches there.