i30×5: Day 12 Shoulders, Legs, Abs/Core, Day 13 Interval X Plus
Posted on February 7th, 2010 in Workout Log | 4 Comments »
I have a couple of days of posting to catch up. On Friday, day 12, I did legs and back. Last week I did burpees during one of the circuits. That’s not a good exercise to do during a leg workout. My legs get so wasted during the i30×5 workout that it is hard to get up off the ground and jump. So at the suggestion of one of folks (Steve a.k.a boxcarvibe) who regularly stops by at Project Exercise, I sub ‘d out the burpees with plank pillars. It was a good choice. It was funny though. I have never done these and I looked like an uncoordinated buffoon trying to do the movement. By the third round I was getting the hang of the exercise, but I was so wasted that it still looked ugly. Anyway, the leg workout was pretty decent.
I also had a good shoulder workout. After round 3 I had to drop the resistance a bit. 2o sets and around 250 reps will give you a pretty good burn. The i30×5 workout will exhaust the muscles if done correctly. At the end of one of these strength workouts, you will leave everything behind.
I cleaned up with about 20 minutes of abs/core.
Today, just for the heck of it I did Interval X Plus. This workout is extreme. It comes close to the Insanity plyo sessions. It starts out easy enough, but by the time you hit the mid-way point, the going gets rough. For those of you who of done this P90X+ workout, you know how you feel when doing the Calito 3 ways.
Here is a video Steve recommended. They do the pillars at around 34 seconds.
4 Responses
So what you are saying is that the Insanity workouts trump Intervals X? Because Intervals X was freaking hard. That used to destroy me!
I really think I would struggle with the i30×5 right now … looks like the real deal. When do you start making the infomercial?
Yeah man, those plank/pillars are awkward. I was hoping my kids wouldn’t catch me doing these. However, once I got the hang of them and did them a few times, they are actually a great core exercise.
I’m with Jeff…when’s the infomercial for i30×5? You could drag your weights, camera and tripod out to Diamond Head and start recording. With that background, in no time you’d rival Scoobie and his cult following on Youtube!
Steve, heck of an idea – You should start putting them on YouTube! New thing ya know you’ll be shipping i30×5 to your youtube following — early retirement baby!!!
Jeff, Steve… you guys crack me up!!! Oh and btw, Insanity does trump IXP. IXP is still tough though.