Power 90 Master Series Core Cardio Revew
When I started Power 90 I set a goal of losing 20lbs of fat by the end of summer. I started doing the workouts and eating better and started losing about 2lbs per week. I checked with my doctor to make sure that I wasn’t losing too much, too fast, but he said I was doing great! At least this year he can’t scold me for being overweight and not exercising.
Well, I am happy to say I met my 20lb goal well before summer is over, even with a few weeks with skipped and/or half hearted workouts. I evaluated where I wanted to go with my future fitness goals and decided to do a round of Power 90 Master Series with a goal of losing another 10lbs or so before doing P90X where I would be working on changing my body composition by dropping my body fat percentage and building more muscle. I ran this by my Team Beachbody coach and he agreed this was a good plan. Your coach is a great resource, contact them and put their experience with Beachbody programs to good use.
Power 90 Master Series was developed after both Power 90 and P90X and is meant to make for a smooth transition between the 2 programs. It uses the ‘Muscle Confusion’ technique from P90X along with the 3 weeks of intense workouts followed by one recovery week schedule.
There are 2 suggested Master Series schedules, Standard and Lean much like P90X has 3 workout schedules you can follow, depending on your desired results. This week starts my Power 90 Master Series Lean program. With the lean program you actually use the disks from Power 90 (during the recovery weeks) along with the 6 new Master Series disks. There is more variety of workouts than you had with Power 90.
Monday’s workout was Core Cardio. Just like the title suggests it mixes cardio with core (abs) exercises and incorporates some of the P90X moves or a modified version of them. The workout starts with a warm up routine to follow along with in contrast to the Power 90 workouts that just had a text message before the workout that you should perform a warm up before exercising.
You start out with Prison Cell Push-ups, as many as you can do in 1 minute, then go on to Side Kicks, alternating 5 on each side. The next move, the Abranome, is the fist time since starting Power 90 that I could have used more room to work out in as, while on your back, you swing your legs from straight up in the air to all the way to the left side then the right side. I could not go all the way to the floor due to space limitations. You end the set with Crescent Quick Switch reverse lunges.
After a short water break you move right into Cockeyed Sphinx Push-ups (ouch, need to work on these). Run Jacks are up next, think of mixing running in place while your arms do jumping jacks then switching with your legs doing the jacks and your arms running. It’s the cardio version of rubbing your tummy and patting your head at the same time. Then it time for more ab work with Kayak Bike (double ouch), ’cause the normal bicycle wasn’t hard enough for me….. We end out this set with 30 reps of Lateral Lunge Touch, a side lunge where you reach overhead and touch your hand to the floor on the opposite side. I fell short of the 30 reps on this one too. Since these are so much fun you get to repeat them again!
The last set has you starting out with the Dreya Roll Push-up. You roll backwards on the floor and extend your legs straight up, then roll forward move into plank and do a push-up, stand up and do it again. Ok, I’m having a really hard time with the roll thing. I need to work on coordination and flexibility I guess to be able to do this smoothly and not land hard on my butt when I start the roll. At least the next move is easy, the Defensive Back Scoot, sort of a side shuffle moving forward and backward. After that is on your back again for Feet to Fingers Crouch and it’s just like it sounds, bring your legs and arms straight up and touch your toes. Time to get your heart rate back up with the Boxer Switch, quickly switching from a right to left to right fighting stance for 30 reps. But wait, there’s more! You get to repeat this set again as well.
After a nice cool down you go into a stretching session that adds different stretches than you were using in Power 90. I still need to work on my hamstrings the most, very tight…
The day after doing this workout my inner thighs are very sore. I guess the lateral moves are hitting muscles that weren’t getting a lot of work in the Power 90 series. It’s a good feeling, at least I know I’m moving forward and working more of my body and adapting the new workout. The muscle confusion at work!
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Core Cardio can be purchased as a single workout DVD here for $19.95
Power 90 Master Series - Core Cardio DVD
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Power 90 Master Series
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August 4th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Good job on the weight loss Walt.