Friday, July 06, 2007

Power 90 week 1 review

Day 1 Friday June 29th.
The first day of the workout. It was a good workout. I can't finish the pushups. That's a bit frustrating since I can actually do 50 pushups, but I don't regularly do the narrow or wide pushups in the video. The narrow ones are what is stopping me right now.

Day 2 Monday July 2nd.

Overall the video works the triceps a lot more than what I have typically worked my triceps. I have always wanted my arms to get bigger in the bicep without having to have huge triceps. This program works the triceps separately, plus they are used in all of the pushup and shoulder moves.

I have only done the Circuit training for it for two days, but it is already working. I don't mean that I look better or stronger, I mean that I am feeling a good burn in my muscles from a good workout. I'll keep track of how I feel and how I do with this program and post monthly updates.

Day 3 Wednesday July 4th
Another good workout. I still dropped to my knees for girl pushups on the final set of close pushups to be able to finish them. Other than that I was able to finish everything. It's amazing that I can run 10 miles straight, but my heart pounds more from this 30 minutes of working out more than it does after the run.

Day 4 Friday July 6th. I had to switch my runs around and have a very long run on Saturday, so instead of working out Friday I skipped it to rest my legs.

6 responses:

Anonymous said...

I see the power 90 consists of
Sculpt circuit 1-2, cardio 1-2, Sculpt circuit 3-4, cardio 3-4, and Ab ripper.
In what sequence do you do these routines, & when do you move up to the advance 3-4 routines?

Steven Rigney said...

The exercise is 6 days a week. Do Sculpt Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and then cardio on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. The Ab ripper has 2 there is an ab 100 and an ab 200. Immediately after the cardio you will do the ab workout.

Moving up from 1-2 to 3-4 is up to you. When you think you are able to handle the exercises in session 1-2 then you move up to 3-4. And it's ok to move up the cardio before you move up the Scultp circuit.

Anonymous said...

thank you

r2chi2 said...

The next stage after Power 90 is p90x and that sucker is intense! I just finished 3 days ago and I'm pretty happy with the results. Do you know what the differences in intensity are between the two programs.

I've posted my results in my P90X Review. I've never seen a program with so many highly positive responses.

Tony said...

Did you stick with Power 90? If so, how well did it work for you?

I'm starting my own Power 90 journey today. I'm excited to get started later tonight. Hopefully I can transition my workout times to in the morning, but we will see.

Steven Rigney said...

I have stopped and started my Power 90 journey several times. Each time I start I am very excited and attack the workouts with a ferver. After a few weeks I start to get burnt out. It's a reoccuring pattern in my exercise and not a reflection on the Power 90 program. The program is great and I am always disappointed that I fall off off it.

One of these days I'll find a time in my life where work or family commitments don't throw me off of my workout pattern and I'll be able to complete the full 90 days. For now, I'm working out at a gym and not following the 90 day program.