5pts Hey CW! So after MANY knee issues, I've decided to join my local planet fitness ($10/mo) so I can use the machines on legs day. I'm doing bodybeast and wanted tips on modifying build/bulk legs routines to be done on machines. I can usually do about 6 lunges before I start to feel pain under my kneecap so I had to do something different. So far the machines take away whatever it is that makes my knees hurt but even thou I'm going heavy (for me) and using dropsets, I don't get anywhere near as sore as I did before when I did build legs. I'm assuming I'm not working as hard as I was with the normal bb legs routines even thou I can barely get thru... Either way, I need to make sure I'm doing what I can to get similar results. Ideas? moderator 5pts First off, I would stop lunges LOL That can be a bad move for a lot of people. If you know it hurts you, it's not worth it. As far as machines, you should be able to do Body Beasts advanced sets (like giant sets, pyramids, etc) on the leg extension and curl machine. Leg press would be great too (if it feels ok). I would just play it by ear at the start and try to get in 20 or so sets after warm up. And keep your time to 40 minutes or so. Then you will know you are keeping intensity up. 5pts Wayne - Any idea what type of workout ISO Speed Hammer will be? The name seems to be some time of eccentric or tempo style workout; but, I didn't know if you had any further details. moderator 5pts No news yet. Isometric and speed makes my mind spin LOL I can't wait for the preview on BOD! 5pts Hey Coach. I am thinking about going to P90 to start instead of continuing with P90X then move up to P90X after that. what do you think? moderator 5pts Definitely a great starting place and it's actually what P90 was designed for. To be an on-ramp to other programs. If you are feeling unsure of P90X, I would do P90. You won't be disappointed! People are getting great results with P90. 5pts Hey Coach, I remember previously seeing a post from you discussing Yoga X - I've searched and searched but can not seem to find it (I was hoping it was this one). Anyway the upshot of it was that you'd decided to drop it and substitute it for something else if I recall correctly?However I also recollect that you'd also resolved to do it in a future round at some point so I was just wondering if that was the case and, if so, do you have any updated thoughts or views on it? Indispensable or not? For context I've just started my second time through on P90X, during the first time I basically always substituted it for Cardio X / Plyo / X-Stretch. 5pts I am currently on week 2 for P90X and Ab Ripper X is hard to include in my workout. It is either going to take too long after the workout or I am so so tired after doing shoulders and arms. Can I achieve results by doing it seperately later on in the day? 5pts Thanks coach, I think I'll just do as many reps as I need to. 5pts Coach I've got a question about ab ripper x, do you use ankle weights, because I can do all the exercises with good form and I don't feel enough of a burn in my abs. 5pts Hi Coach, Just a couple of questions... Firstly, I'm now in the 'Recovery' phase of my 2nd block on P90X and am considering dropping Kenpo X and replacing it with Cardio and/or Plyo. I've long since done the same with Yoga (in the 2nd week, haha!) so am basically already doing an 'extra' Cardio or Plyo day per week. So essentially my schedule now would be: Cardio or Plyo; Core Syn; Cardio or Plyo; X Stretch; Core Syn; Cardio or Plyo I'm not sure what the deal with Kenpo is. It's weird because At the start I LOVED it, possibly being my favourite, however I strangely seem to be actually getting worse at it! So I guess my question is, by dropping it )and taking into account my already modified schedule) would I be doing more harm than good? Secondly I was wondering if it's 'ok' in your opinion to do AB Ripper during 'Recovery' phases (but still only 3x per week though)? I used to do it at the end of my workout but, it being so short, I've found I have the time (and a lot moreenergy!) to do it first thing when I get home. Again I really just want to know if it's a 'more harm than good' scenario by continuing to do it during recovery periods. Cheers! 5pts I'm in my 4th week of P90x at the moment. I've been using bands for all the pull up exercises so far but decided this week to move onto a pull up bar and chair. This is partly because my reps have gone up a good amount, but what finally motivated me was having a bit of a mishap... Turns out the hook I'd been attaching my band to wasn't quite sturdy enough. During my workout the other day it snapped, bounced off my head and the band twanged back and hit me. I ended up with a huge welt over my shoulder and down the whole length of my back! OUCH! After that I was a bit paranoid when I was using the bands, so thought it was as good a time as any to make the switch to a bar :) And I made absolutely sure it's securely fixed to the door frame! 5pts Yoga X seems to be my biggest challenge atm(in addition to trying to do pullups with 300lbs on meh). My gut keeps me from bending all the way over and twisting for alot of the exercises. And my legs smash my nuts when i try to put them together and do other exercises. What do you recommend 5pts I had to modify everything when I first started. On Plyometrics, I originally could not even get through the warm-up. Now I do additional reps after the "bonus". 5pts thanks coach I'll try that on my next yoga day. 5pts hey coach, how do I modify yoga? Yikes I'm not flexible at all. 5pts Coach Wayne - I am on Day 11. 100 perfect on food and workouts. I can't seem to make it past 50% of the plyometrix workout - my legs are litterally shot. Do you recommend I do half in the morning and half in the evening? Do I switch to cardio x? Did you have this issue? Kobe 5pts Coach Wayne Would you recomend or happen to know if jumpsoles are a good idea for plyo x? I've read that the jumpsoles help increase vertical displacement, power, and speed. Its just that they're a little over a hundre dollars and I'm not sure wether to invest in them. 5pts Coach Wayne great advice. I never thought about doing pushups from my knees once I got past my max rep. I will be doing more of that as I finish up p90x and gear up for p90x2. 5pts hey coach ive got a question.. ussualy i have a oatmeal protein pancake for breakfast. a little mix io come up with... is ok to put creatine mono on the mix and cook it? does its change the creatine to something else? in other words is ok to do it or is a waste?? 5pts thanks for the advice on this coach!!! i let my ego get the best of me sometimes and wont Pause even though i def need too sometimes just to make sure i have proper form. bad habit to have but im working on it! 5pts Awesome article sir. I want to modify for harder moves, that's how bad I am. Nah! Just kidding. I have 2 news. First one, a couple of days ago I burned 2800 calories :D ( I got my hrm polar watch ). Secondly, whenever I use shakeology I get sick and feel like throwing up. So I canceled my home direct shipment. I am probably alergic to an ingredient. I don't know which one though. I could try another flavor but I don't know if it has the same ingredient that gets me sick. Do you have free tropical samples you can send or anything ? Or should I just stop using it ? I never got my P90X2 shirts, were they even sent to Egypt ? If not, can they be sent to my address in the US ? If not then it's cool :). Thanks. 5pts Great article Coach!! I recently purchased the Chin Up Max assist to help me get some additional reps while doing weighted pull ups. I really like the pump I get with weighted pull ups, but now with the Chin Up Max I can take it to a new level. I am finally feeling good about my progress with my pull ups but that did not happen until I started modifying with weighted pull ups. You got it right Coach modifying is key. I had pulled a muscle in my lower back and I modified the heck out of everything just so I could continue to push play. Had I sat around I do not think I would have recovered so quickly. 5pts Great post! Thanks coach, just what I need to hear when I need to hear it!!! I also try throughout the day to do pull ups every time I walk by my pull up bar! I figure the more I do the better I will get! Again, thanks for the post and encouragement!!! 5pts Hey coach, I wanna try out for a basketball team after i finish p90x2 but i was wondering how i could incorporate that into my working out schedule because i definitely don't want to give that up. Thanks in advance! 5pts Coach, I'm not doing weighted pull-ups because my back is weaker than my chest. I wasn't sure what the best approach was to build strength in my back: max reps without assistance and stop or max reps without assistance and continue to max out with assistance? Hope that makes sense. Thanks, Zhen 5pts Coach, Is there something safe, healthy and effective you can have before a workout for a SOLID Burst of Energy? Something that I go WOW....Where are those dumbbells! Want awesome results. Nutrition is dialed in. Workouts have been so so. Not intense yet. I thought it was because I wasn't "awake yet". Getting enough sleep though. Even tried evening workout when I'm totally awake. Same result. I'm moving... but just in 2nd gear and don't know why. This morning it hit me it's energy I need. Not more sleep. But what really works. Any of these legit? 1) Fruit before workout 2) coffee 3) five hour energy type options 4) N.O. LOAD from GNC...they say this works but I don't trust 5) Approved energy booster supplement from BB 6) gatorade or sports drink 7) none of above...push through it Thank you coach. Jumping over hurdles. This is current one I want to clear. Scott 5pts Coach, thank you so much for this post today. I have had a slump the last 6 weeks on my workouts as I forgot to modify. I have been burning myself out trying to keep up with Tony and haven't been able to finish an entire workout. After I read this post, I went straight in and modified. I did my max rep, followed by my max modified rep for each exercise. I had to take several breaks but I did it. I completely demolished my muscles and I believe my momentum will pick back up now. Thanks again for everything you do for us. 5pts Hey Coach, Regarding pull-ups, I can do between 8-10 unassisted reps in the first round of exercises in the chest and back DVD. In round two I would be able to do about half and I use the chin-up max to get at least 10 reps total. Would you say this is a good approach? Or should I do as many unassisted as possible, then use the chin-up max to pump out as many as I can instead of stopping at 10? I am trying to build some mass rather than go for endurance. Thanks, Zhen 5pts Great article Coach! I also modify pushups, because of a bad wrist, by using stands or dumbbells. 5pts Excellent post. I have near bone on bone in my knees and get serious contusions on the bone that can take weeks to heal. It seriously affects my plyo and leg workouts, so I MUST modify when I'm in pain. Instead of going so deep, I do what I can and just do more reps, or skip moves I can't do and double up on the moves I can do. All I know is that I just go for the full hour and try to not to make my injury worse. I have had to skip over plyo and legs a couple of times because the bruising was so bad, but I just swapped in Core and moved up other workouts! 5pts coach, great post! Modify to stay in the game! I modify ALL THE TIME... just make sure that the next time you do a certain exercise you IMPROVE with either more weights or more reps Use that pause button too, but don't ABUSE it LOL... I'm sure this post isn't meant to give anyone a break... you still have to GO HARD! make the last 3 reps TOUGH!
