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Old 12-01-14, 07:59 AM  
andtckrtoo
 
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P57 Revisted

Hi All -

A few years ago I did P57 as a rotation for a few weeks and noticed my thighs getting bigger. But I was doing P57 daily - following their rotation. I've been doing TA for a while, but as I have had knee surgery and really need to build up the muscle in my quads and hamstrings, I pulled out P57 again. First this I noticed was that after years of TA, P57 wasn't the killer workout I thought it was. The second is that when I finished I felt wonderful. I haven't felt that good after a workout since I did a round of yoga. Weird.

So, my question is - has anyone done a rotation of P57 that is not daily? I'm thinking of rotating cardio (Zumba or other dance, kickboxing, spinning...) and P57. Does anyone do that?
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Old 12-01-14, 08:19 AM  
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I do a lot of barre, Ballet Body, P57, other things sometimes, but I have never used them as daily workouts except for a few weeks of a BB rotation where each day was a focus on one body area.

Usually it's 3 times a week with other stuff the other days. Four times max.
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Old 12-01-14, 08:21 AM  
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Thanks, that makes sense, Pink.
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Old 12-01-14, 09:30 AM  
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You may still be able to try one of their streaming workouts for free. The offer runs through December 1st. I tried Strong And Lean this morning and I hope I can still do Physique Mat early tomorrow morning. The rental says I can use it until December 3rd.

I did P57 (only the 30 minute workouts) combined with Firm Express and walking one summer. I didn't bulk and my upper body and abs looked really good. My thighs are always bulky, but they didn't look any worse. They got harder and looked better.
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Old 12-01-14, 10:08 AM  
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Christine - when I was doing a P57 rotation I alternated it with strength, and P57 was my "cardio"

I did a strength/cardio/strength/cardio rotation.

For example:
Sun - P57
Mon - strength - kettlebells, CLX, Beast
Tues - P57
Wed - kettlebells, CLX, etc...

I think you get the idea. I was in the best shape of my life doing this rotation....
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Old 12-01-14, 02:07 PM  
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P57 was the first barre workout I tried--I bought the volume 1 set without knowing that people approach barre differently than other strength training. I had some experience with live classes in Pilates, ballet and yoga as well as traditional gym workouts. I used as heavy of weights as I could (and didn't always do all the reps). At that time I had 5, 7 and 10 pound weights and would start with the 10 then drop when I couldn't do another rep with good form. Like I said, though I knew it was a mind/body type workout and applied what I learned from pilates, yoga and ballet, I didn't know about the small weights people typically use. Since I was treating ti as traditional strength training I only did P57 three days a week with cardio on alternate days. I had really good results with this and my legs looked really good. I got strong enough to do full on pushups for the first time in my life. I know my weights were low for traditional weights, but I was new to strength training again and never really stuck with strength training more than a few months.

I think barre can still work if it is only a few days a week. The only time I have done barre daily was a few weeks ago when there were free classes at the local barre3 studio (I went 6 days in a row). I don't see myself doing barre daily long-term because I am too much of a variety hound. The closest was when I alternated barre with TA, pilates and ballet workouts, I ended up doing some similar exercises daily but the overall emphasis was different with the different workouts. I could see P57 working really well alternated with cardio, lighter barre, or TA.

I never had any barre bulking or exercise bulking that I noticed. when I do challenging workouts I weigh a couple pounds more but I have never noticed it causing a tighter fit in my clothing. When I did the 6 Barre 3 workouts I gained a couple temporary pounds, but my jeans were fitting a little looser by the end of the week despite the gain. It was likely water swelling but just not in the waist (where my jeans felt looser). I think spinning and P57 would be too quad heavy--at least for me. It might be great for you. But I prefer dance and kickboxing (or drill) type cardio that involves a variety of movement paths and angles.

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Hi All -

A few years ago I did P57 as a rotation for a few weeks and noticed my thighs getting bigger. But I was doing P57 daily - following their rotation. I've been doing TA for a while, but as I have had knee surgery and really need to build up the muscle in my quads and hamstrings, I pulled out P57 again. First this I noticed was that after years of TA, P57 wasn't the killer workout I thought it was. The second is that when I finished I felt wonderful. I haven't felt that good after a workout since I did a round of yoga. Weird.

So, my question is - has anyone done a rotation of P57 that is not daily? I'm thinking of rotating cardio (Zumba or other dance, kickboxing, spinning...) and P57. Does anyone do that?
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Old 12-01-14, 05:13 PM  
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Thanks everyone! There are some great ideas here!

Sue - I need more cardio, so P57 would be my strength. I gain muscles fairly easily.

TFM - I have a couple of the P57 teed up. I'm looking forward to trying them!

Slysam - I did Zumba today. I only added spinning in there because I have a spin bike and I enjoy it. I think I could get away it once or twice a week.
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Old 12-02-14, 03:26 PM  
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Thanks everyone! There are some great ideas here!

Sue - I need more cardio, so P57 would be my strength. I gain muscles fairly easily.

TFM - I have a couple of the P57 teed up. I'm looking forward to trying them!

Slysam - I did Zumba today. I only added spinning in there because I have a spin bike and I enjoy it. I think I could get away it once or twice a week.
Sure, I think with cardio people should follow their bliss. Really with any workout, but I do strength training to enable me to better enjoy life not because I enjoy it. It may be different for someone who really enjoys strength training. I happen to enjoy a lot of cardio activities (especially dancing) so it is playtime for me and I think that helps with the exercise "high". So if you enjoy spinning--go for it! I usually don't prefer repetitive motion cardio because I get bored, it isn't for any aesthetic reason. I think if I had a machine at home I would use it while watching tv or films (or listening to great music) and would likely do more of that type of workout. I tend to think if you are doing an aerobic exercise a couple times a week it isn't likely to "bulk" (whatever that is--it means different things to different people I think). I think that is more of a "risk" with increased frequency. I sometimes wonder whether I don't feel like I ahve exercise "bulk" because I vary the activities so much that I am usually only doing one thing 1-3 times a week and the activities use a lot of muscle group so the water swelling is spread out enough I don't notice it. I see the temporary weight gain but have not yet noticed any size gain or tight clothing fit from exercise.
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