I'm done phase one:laugh: I am now on my recovery week and looking forward to starting phase 2!

Today I did YOGA. Sadly I had to cut it short b/c I had to go to work early and then baby sit my goddaughter. So not much time, but I did do it!

QUESTION...les, Addict, sparta soldiers, ANYONE who has been here...did you follow the recover week to a "T"? Or did you add in cardio or the ab ripper? I have been doing doubles and I know it is good to rest, so I can hit it up hard next week, but I think I am going to be bored.

QUESTION 2...does anyone know much about woman and creatine? I know Tony has creatine in his drink and I have been making my own...but I just don't know if I need the creatine? Or how much? Tony has 500mg in his, but everywhere I read about it or from friends they say 5g (5,000mg). Or 1g for every 40lbs you are and to skip the loading phase. I have been taking it for the last few days. I won't be taking it during my recovery week since I won't be pushing it that hard. I will still have some protein shakes.

ANY help or advice is appreciate. THANKS!

During recovery week(s) I also did cardio when I had time. Sometimes CardioX, sometimes, I ran 3-5K. I think the real important aspect of recovery week is NOT to do any resistance training. Trust me, I came out stronger from each of the recovery weeks in that I added pull-ups, weights, and reps in almost every exercise! Not to mention Abs. I finished my final recovery week last week and I have been taking a few off to start again with a modified program on Saturday. For kicks, I did Ab Ripper last night. Tore it out!!!! Even 50+ mason twists, while burning, was very doable. In fact, I did a second set of 40 to be sure.

As far as Creatine, I am no Nutritionist, but I woudl think that it is cool for women dependent on her goals. Creatine will bloat you and cause you to bulk up. If you want that, then go for it. If you don't, I would stick to Whey Proteins and a low level of Creatine (like the recovery drink).. The creatine in the recovery drink is a relatively low level compared to what you would use in normal application.

Enjoy!!

Thanks Lskarp! Appreciate the feedback. I'm off to try core syn...

chub*rock wrote:


I agree with lskarp, I would stay away from the creatine too,it makes you retain too much water and is easy to overload on.
Let us know what you think of Sore Core, given your background, I think this will be your new favorite workout.

P90X ADDICT wrote:


THANKS ADDICT for the advice and you are right...Sore core...ha ha ...was AWESOME! I am so disappointed it's not in the regular mix of classic and doubles! I thought it was great. HARD...much harder than I thought it was going to be since this is my "recovery" week! IT ws great!

I think I am going to try just 1g of creatine and see how that goes...since I already bought it...I diff think 5g was too much for me. I am trying to follow the same shake Tony uses...well kind of...and since he has a lil bit of creatine in his...I really want to try to keep it in mine. But yeah I'm not sure if it's just making me bloated. I might have been using too much. Thanks for all the advice.

do as much cardio as you please just don't ommit the Syn core

and cut down on the creatine as pointed above