Last night I did my first Turbulence Training workout. Overall, it was a good workout. The program is centered around supersets - two exercises back to back with no rest. The idea behind this is it keeps the intensity high, and the time to a minimum since you don't rest between the exercises.
I like supersets and use them in my own workouts. The supersets he picks seem somewhat arbitrary though. My first workout consisted of squats, incline chest press, stability ball leg curl, push-ups, an ab exercise, and a rear-delt exercise. I didn't understand the point of the rear delt exercise at all. That is a true isolation exercise, hitting only one head of the shoulder complex. Looking over both workouts in the intermediate program, there are not any compound exercises for the shoulders. So I substituted overhead presses for the rear delt exercise. (What can I say...I'm a trainer myself...y'all knew that would happen!)
I then did my cardio interval. Craig recommends you do your intervals on a stationary bike, partially for safety reasons. So I went to the gym to do this, but I got bored and did my interval on the treadmill instead.
If you move through the program as it is laid out, you can complete both strength and cardio in about 45 minutes. My kind of program!
I would like y'alls opinion. As I mentioned in my last post, all the 'extras' included with the basic program are a little much for me. He dedicates numerous pages to nutrition tips, such as eating several times per day, stay away from trans fats, etc. Although this is good information, it isn't why I bought his program. The program is marketed as a basic fat burning training program. I usually create my own routines, but was looking for some inspiration and so went with an already laid out, structured program. But I don't have time to sift through pages and pages of informatino. He also discusses travel tips, goal setting, and other related topics. Again, this is all good stuff, but if I was looking for a complete program that included nutrition and other aspects, I would have researched and purchased such a system.
I haven't even had time to look at all the 'bonus' files that came with the basic program. There are around 13 extra .pdf files...including women's workouts, ab workouts, etc.
So, here's my question to you...do you agree that one product can't be something to everyone and putting too much information in there can be overkill, or do you just be glad that you got all that for only $39.95 whether you ever have time to use it or not?
What do you think?
I like supersets and use them in my own workouts. The supersets he picks seem somewhat arbitrary though. My first workout consisted of squats, incline chest press, stability ball leg curl, push-ups, an ab exercise, and a rear-delt exercise. I didn't understand the point of the rear delt exercise at all. That is a true isolation exercise, hitting only one head of the shoulder complex. Looking over both workouts in the intermediate program, there are not any compound exercises for the shoulders. So I substituted overhead presses for the rear delt exercise. (What can I say...I'm a trainer myself...y'all knew that would happen!)
I then did my cardio interval. Craig recommends you do your intervals on a stationary bike, partially for safety reasons. So I went to the gym to do this, but I got bored and did my interval on the treadmill instead.
If you move through the program as it is laid out, you can complete both strength and cardio in about 45 minutes. My kind of program!
I would like y'alls opinion. As I mentioned in my last post, all the 'extras' included with the basic program are a little much for me. He dedicates numerous pages to nutrition tips, such as eating several times per day, stay away from trans fats, etc. Although this is good information, it isn't why I bought his program. The program is marketed as a basic fat burning training program. I usually create my own routines, but was looking for some inspiration and so went with an already laid out, structured program. But I don't have time to sift through pages and pages of informatino. He also discusses travel tips, goal setting, and other related topics. Again, this is all good stuff, but if I was looking for a complete program that included nutrition and other aspects, I would have researched and purchased such a system.
I haven't even had time to look at all the 'bonus' files that came with the basic program. There are around 13 extra .pdf files...including women's workouts, ab workouts, etc.
So, here's my question to you...do you agree that one product can't be something to everyone and putting too much information in there can be overkill, or do you just be glad that you got all that for only $39.95 whether you ever have time to use it or not?
What do you think?
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My thoughts:
*Seems like a tough 45 minutes, which is good.
*I don't like the exercise bike, spinning bike ok intervals on that are doable but the regular old bike is uncomfortable and boring
*I like all the extra's even if I already know the stuff, I think a lot of information is good, that's just me.Repetition=Remembering
I have a fat burning furnace blog
http://lookinfinein09.blogspot.com/
*wish they would put the stuff in MP3 format and we could listen to it while we worked out.
Lori
I agree, there is such a thing as information overload. Personally, I need quick, straight-forward workouts that tell me EXACTLY what to do and when.
I've been doing the Couch to 5K program to try to improve my running ability and I love it for the simplicity.
http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml
Less is more, in my opinion.
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