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Hi everybody,

I'm looking for some advice. While doing some of the moves in plyo and legs n back, I don't feel the burn in my upper legs and butt. Specifically, during squats and lunges I feel the burn from my knees down. I try to keep my head and chest up and stay low, but I just can't seem to get the right form. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks

Kind of hard without physically seeing you squat, but be sure to get your rear, rearword. Make sure your knees are not forward of your toes.

As for lunges, get your bent leg as far forward as you can, same with straightening your other leg...send it back. When you do this, you should definitely feel it in your glutes. If you aren't, you're not getting deep enough into it.

Adam,

Thanks for the suggestions. I will see what I can do.

You are all doing fantastic!

Reepo you rock for being so committed to doing the program on the road, I find it inspiring!

Deb - your pic looks awesome!

Everyone else you rock, I wish I could do personals for everyone, but I am one tired girl.

Today is rest day of week 5, I debated on getting a run in but decided to ignore what I wanted to do and instead listened to my tired body and have spent the evening relaxing.

Tomorrow I have an early morning road trip, and possibly a few hours of work if we're back early enough, but I will find time at some point to start off week 6

Shoulders & Arms this morning. Killed it! My favorite victories include noticing that I was lifting more than Dreya on the Congdon curls and doing 20 tri-side rises on each side for both sets!!! Also, made it through all the Fifer Scissors and got through the 40 mason twists. Had to put my feet down for a second and then finished the bonus twists too. Progress progress progress.

I leave for my friends' wedding this afternoon and then fly to England for two weeks vacation with my mom on Sunday. I'm not sure how much internet I am going to have, but I will be bringing it as best I can on the road in our tiny little hostels. Keep rocking, everyone.

Today is rest day of week 5, I debated on getting a run in but decided to ignore what I wanted to do and instead listened to my tired body and have spent the evening relaxing.

I hope you enjoyed the rest day! Most of the time, it is just what the doctor ordered to be able to BRING IT! for the next week!

I think I might go for Yoga tomorrow, instead of Kenpo... I hate to say it, because so many people love it, but I'm not crazy about Kenpo... I don't feel the intensity that I get from most the other workouts. Someone had mentioned weighted gloves for it, so maybe that would help me get more out of it.

I love Kenpo, but I agree that the cardio burn isn't as good as it could be. I get a higher heart rate on the "breaks", especially when I am doing it at 4:30am on the second floor of a hotel room (don't want to thump the ceiling of my neighbor below). I might start subbing Plyometrics for Kenpo days when I hit Phase 3. My heart rate hovers around 135-145 on Kenpo and I like to get it above 150, up to 160 (average for Core Syn and Cardio-X). It's still fun, though!!

Legs and back tonight. My knees are ripped today not good. But I modified and did my best and forgot the rest
Have a wonderful night all!

Happy Saturday everyone.

Yesterday I DID find time to kick off week 6. AND I got in a 4k. All after 7:30pm lol... Oh the things a girl will do sometimes eh? But I HAD to get plyo in today, because it's a friends birthday tonight and I knew there was no way I would be able to do Plyo after a night out. So i pressed play and I am glad I did.

Becca - well done on getting Kenpo in!

MAK - how did legs & back go? Gotta go easy on those knees if they're sore

Bob - I hope you enjoyed your night at home, but imagine it wasn't the evening at home you anticipated. Good luck on tacking that out of control lawn - mine is still buried in lots of snow

Howdy, all! Got Legs and Back and ARX in about 1/2 hour ago...I upped my weights to 15s and increased my reps on pullups and chinups...did a handful unassisted on chin ups and closed grip pull ups but relied on the chair for the majority. I am really bummed. This is one of my favorite workouts and it takes a powder in Phase 3. I won't see this workout again until I start doing Classic in June...what is up with that?!? No leg work in the last 5 weeks of P90X...where is the method to THAT madness?

I am now officially into recovery week for Phase 2. I enjoyed recovery week last phase because I fet SO strong at the end of the week. I believe I WILL stretch tomorrow. I really brought it today and after discounting the burn by 33% (I always do that for weight training routines)...I still show a burn of over 930 calories. I am beat.

For Seinfeld fans, I call this the "sack of oranges" workout, because I always feel like someone beat me with a sack of oranges when I am finished from shoulders to ankles. It's a good beating, though...LOL.

Enjoy your weekend, all! Back on the road tomorrow...

Can someon tell me a little bit about Core Syn (difficulty, type of moves etc).
I am working on my recovery week schedule, but I have to modify because 1 week from today is my next half marathon... trying to figure out what I should do this week. I dont wanna do nothing... but I dont wanna hurt too much for the race either?

Can someon tell me a little bit about Core Syn (difficulty, type of moves etc).
I am working on my recovery week schedule, but I have to modify because 1 week from today is my next half marathon... trying to figure out what I should do this week. I dont wanna do nothing... but I dont wanna hurt too much for the race either?

It's mostly core work, but it has an element of cardio in it as well. The exercises are designed to work mutliple muscle groups at the same time and about half of the exercises utilize relatively light weights. I typically feel this workout pretty much from shoulders to kneecaps. There is a bonus round at the end that you can elect to skip. There are some push up moves, Dreya Rolls, superman-banana, steam engine, run squats. This workout is probably the most encompassing in terms of hitting all major muscle groups and adding an element of cardio. It's one of my favorite workouts...FYI, you will be gassed towards the end.