Modifying the CLX Schedule

bluelena

I just finished my first week of Burn the other day. Yesterday, I was supposed to start week 2 with Burn Circuit 1, but my day ended up being eaten up with buying a car and dinner with friends. Since today is a rest day, I can just make that up today, but then I'd be going straight into Burn Circuit 2 tomorrow. OR, I could just start the week today, have tomorrow off, and go from there. I think I can make it work this week if I don't take my last rest day and then I'll be back on track. Not sure about doing two Burn Circuits back to back. I've lifted in the past, and NEVER did two lifting days in a row unless the targets were upper one day, lower the next. But that's not how Burn is laid out, so I don't think it's a good idea to double up.

After I make it through this week and next weekend, I have something going on EVERY WEEKEND until pretty much mid-December. Some of these weekends I will be out of town, and wouldn't be able to do the workouts and other weekends I will have houseguests in my teeny condo. On those occasions, my workout space ends up filled up by an air mattress, and I'm not big on "forcing" people to work out anyway. In those situations, I just get up early and run on one of the days that I have guests, and it helps keep me on track.

I REALLY want to do the CLX calendar to the letter, but it's just not going to be possible. I know I'd be able to do the actual lifting circuits (Burn/Push/Lean) 3x/week but then I'd have to either skip the intervals from time to time or just run instead.

Any suggestions as to what are the MOST important/helpful workouts to keep and which ones to skip and go for a run instead? I LOVE Burn Intervals so surely I can make that one work, but then what about burn it off and recharge? Can I just skip that? Hopefully I can re-start the whole thing in January and actually work through the calendar.

Zylayna

I modified the schedule to working out only on weekdays since I'm always busy on weekends (and I try to always workout first thing in the morning so that life doesn't get in the way). I lifted m/w/f and then I did either intervals or some other cardio workout on tues/thurs.

Make it work for you!

justjen0117

I did something similar. Due to my schedule, I only use the lifting portions of the program (Su, Tu, Thu) and then I usually walk for my 2 days of cardio. My weight is moving slowly down (once I got my nutrition in order) but I'm losing inches and things are tightening up.

I'm on my first week of Pump and I already notice a difference in my arms and butt.

I'm sure I'm not getting the full benefit of the program but I'm happy with my progress.

gxm17

I've modified the CLX schedule. Right now I'm in Push so I do Push plus one of the CLX abs followed by Turbo Fire Stretch 10 on Tuesday, Thursday, and either Saturday or Sunday. On Monday and Friday, I do a Turbo Fire HIIT followed by a yoga routine. And on Wednesday, I've started doing steady state cardio (Turbo Jam Cardio Party). This Saturday we plan to go hiking so I'll probably do CLX on Sunday. I like the flexibility of doing one CLX on the weekend so I can shift it around to fit my schedule.

I spent years looking for the perfect short stretch routine and I think with Turbo Fire Stretch 10 I finally found it. It covers so much in just a little over 10 minutes. I love it!

Robin1117

I think modifying a little would be fine--I wouldn't do 2 Burn segments in a row.

But I have consolidated Burn it off and Burn 3 on the same morning, and that wasn't too bad. that allowed me to be be more open on the weekends.I know most people want to forget "recharge" because they don't think stretching is all that important--but it really, really is. Maybe you can consolidate like above, and where ever you are traveling, you can do a few warrors and stretches in the morning w/out the DVD and that should do the trick....watch it once and you'll have it memorized I'm sure.

I have 2 weeks to go on Lean and now am contemplating either Lean for Life or another full round after that......just love the program.

erindh87

You should modify it to be a best fit for your needs. I think of the preplanned CLX shedule as more of a guideline.

I've combined a modified CLX and a modified Couch 2 5K for my workout schedules. I'm currently in the Burn phase, so Burn 1, 2, and 3 are the only workouts I'm using from CLX right now. Here's an example of my schedule:

10/19 - C25K
10/20 - CLX Burn 1
10/21 - Rest
10/22 - C25k
10/23 - CLX Burn 2
10/24 - Rest
10/25 - C25K
10/26 - CLX Burn 3
10/27 - Rest
Repeat

This schedule will take me more than three months to complete CLX (and more than 9 weeks to complete C25K), but it works for me. I've learned that my body responds much better if I give it a day of rest after strength training than if I try to follow a day of strength with cardio.

astheygrowup

I modified it to fit into my week. I did

Monday: burn 1
Tuesday: burn 2
wednesday: the other workout along with the abs
thursday: burn 2
Friday: cardio part

The weekends are busy for me and some times Friday can be so I knew I wanted to get my lifting through the week and have more flexibility when it came to Friday and weekends.

bluelena

Thanks, everyone! These are some really good ideas! I'm just concentrating now on getting my three lifting workouts in during a week without doing any back to back. I do stretch quite a bit - I've got a few 10-15 minute routines that I like.

I think my concern is that I will get bored with Intervals and Burn It Off, since you do them every week throughout the program. I think I 'll do those every other week and swap out with extra running or TJ stuff.