New to the group/ Second week of CLX
SusanJenai
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Hello All,
I'm Susan...and i'm in my second week of CLX and loving it! I use to do Jillian Micheals workouts, and one thing for certain is once you workout with Chalene ( who so nice and sweet and motivating) and can't go back to getting yelled at by Jillian lol.
I'm Susan...and i'm in my second week of CLX and loving it! I use to do Jillian Micheals workouts, and one thing for certain is once you workout with Chalene ( who so nice and sweet and motivating) and can't go back to getting yelled at by Jillian lol.
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Welcome to the group!
I've never done any of the JM workouts. Is she really aggressive?
Chalene is great, that's for sure.
Now you can poke around all the topics in here and stir us up
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Thank you. 0
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it's been almost a week.. how are you holding up?0
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Yeah, today starts my third week of Burn Curcuit. I'm holding up pretty well, I really love the program! Right now im lifting at maxium 15lbs, i'm trying to get the courage to go up to 20lbs...But those suckers are HEAVY!!
I'm excited to see what the next phase of the program is like!0 -
Yeah, today starts my third week of Burn Curcuit. I'm holding up pretty well, I really love the program! Right now im lifting at maxium 15lbs, i'm trying to get the courage to go up to 20lbs...But those suckers are HEAVY!!
I'm excited to see what the next phase of the program is like!
In the Push Phase your max reps are 6-8. So you will be doing heavier then for sure!0 -
Oh..ok, great! I'll probably wait until push phase to increase my weight then. Thanks 0
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I try to push myself every time, but especially in the actual "Push" phase.
It's harder to lift that heavy in Burn and Lean because the moves are combo.
But in Push you are isolating the upper and lower body so you don't have to worry about falling over too much!0 -
Welcome! I am in my last week of Push and a former JM victim. I actually still like her and will probably do another Body Revolution round at some point. Definitely different styles of coaching but I find Jillian kind of funny :O)
I was worried about going too heavy in Burn before starting Push but I realized in Push I was able to concentrate more on creating my own resistance like she talks about since I was not as focused on the combo move. I actually had to go down in weight a little for bicep curl in Push. I may be weird though :O)0 -
Welcome! I am in my last week of Push and a former JM victim. I actually still like her and will probably do another Body Revolution round at some point. Definitely different styles of coaching but I find Jillian kind of funny :O)
I was worried about going too heavy in Burn before starting Push but I realized in Push I was able to concentrate more on creating my own resistance like she talks about since I was not as focused on the combo move. I actually had to go down in weight a little for bicep curl in Push. I may be weird though :O)
I think it's because you burn out the biceps in the early part of the routine and by the end they are like "forget you!!"0 -
I'm almost finished my second week of Burn, just BIO and Recharge tomorrow. How do you decide when to up the weights? Some are obvious, I know. But the lower body exercises, with those calf raises... I started out at 20 lbs for squats and lunges, and 15 lbs for sumos. Last week for the first 2 I only got to 10 and 11 reps, this week 12 reps for all, so improvement there. But I don't think I could complete that many more reps. Should I try adding more weight next time and hope I make it to 10? Or wait until the weight feels less challenging?
Loving this program so far. In combination with tightening up my diet (I had stopped tracking, and went from 126 to 133), in 2 weeks I'm already back to 128. I feel like my stomach is getting smaller.... there's less loose ugly mom paunch hanging down when I'm in push-up/plank position.0 -
I'm almost finished my second week of Burn, just BIO and Recharge tomorrow. How do you decide when to up the weights? Some are obvious, I know. But the lower body exercises, with those calf raises... I started out at 20 lbs for squats and lunges, and 15 lbs for sumos. Last week for the first 2 I only got to 10 and 11 reps, this week 12 reps for all, so improvement there. But I don't think I could complete that many more reps. Should I try adding more weight next time and hope I make it to 10? Or wait until the weight feels less challenging?
Loving this program so far. In combination with tightening up my diet (I had stopped tracking, and went from 126 to 133), in 2 weeks I'm already back to 128. I feel like my stomach is getting smaller.... there's less loose ugly mom paunch hanging down when I'm in push-up/plank position.
Are you tracking your weights? Here's my process:
1. Write down the weight and reps (so for example W-10, R 8/8)
2. Then I make a note about how it felt. I put a plus sign for MORE!, nothing or a smiley face for GOOD!, and I can usually tell if I need less within the first 2 reps, so I might write the first weight over the 2nd weight like a fraction and write my reps the same way.
3. EVERY TIME I see a PLUS SIGN I go up during the next round of that circuit.0 -
Are you tracking your weights? Here's my process:
1. Write down the weight and reps (so for example W-10, R 8/8)
2. Then I make a note about how it felt. I put a plus sign for MORE!, nothing or a smiley face for GOOD!, and I can usually tell if I need less within the first 2 reps, so I might write the first weight over the 2nd weight like a fraction and write my reps the same way.
3. EVERY TIME I see a PLUS SIGN I go up during the next round of that circuit.
I'm definitely tracking my weight used and reps completed. I use arrows next to the weights that I definitely need to increase, those are the obvious ones. If I could have kept going the first week, it's definitely going to be too light the second.
Some of the exercises I'm pushing myself - if I made 12 reps last time and I didn't write to bump up the weight.... doing it anyways and trying a heavier weight.
I'm wondering about the ones where you're almost at failure.... I don't know if it's okay to keep going at 20 lbs if 20 lbs feels heavy and I feel like I'm maxed out by the 12th rep.... or if I should add a bit of weight and attempt 10 reps, KWIM?0 -
Sometimes the exercise itself is so complex it's hard to go up in weights. In Push you will be able to grow much faster.
I would say focus on form and go slow if the weight feels "just right."
Since I do the workouts at the office gym the jumps for me are in the 5lb range, so that makes a big difference. If you can do it in 2lb increments I would go up every time.0 -
5 lb increments for me too (dumbbell bars and plates). I guess I'll just stick with the "just right"s for now and see how I feel in week 3. 0
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I had to go grab my log.
It looks like for me there was not much progression on weight in BURN. I wonder if it's because of the number of reps she asks you to do. (10-12 reps) - not to mention they are combo moves.
In PUSH there is definitely an upward trend in most exercises that aren't shoulder presses. (6-8 reps, isolated exercises)
Now I'm in LEAN, and it looks like Lean 1 and 2 are closer to where I was in BURN - but again, there are again those combo moves with 10-12 reps.0 -
This is all such great info. I got through 2weeks of Push the first time I did CLX, but then started another program. Going to be starting over with Burn on Monday. I love the results you see with this program!0
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This is all such great info. I got through 2weeks of Push the first time I did CLX, but then started another program. Going to be starting over with Burn on Monday. I love the results you see with this program!
Glad we could help!0
