Hi

I started this date as well. I am from the uk. Although always been fit ( I am a Firefighter in the uk and last year I ran the marathon des sable in morroco) I have always been porky. My mum is currently on a waiting list to have a stomach bypass op so its in my genes!

Finding the program tough!Can only do one pull up probably due to my weight. I am 210 pound.So I am jumping up, holding and then slowly coming down or doing assisted pull ups. Is this a good idea? I have zero flexibility so am finding the yoga hard but we will get there.

Has anyone else substituted the kenpo for a run? I thought about doing this due to time constraints.

JOHN

Good job on making the pull ups work for you.
negative pull ups is what you're describing and yes it is effective, you could also use the chair on your way up and come down slowly.

if you're not feeling the Kenpo workout, you can indeed substitute it for a cardio, you just have to be intense.

Just completed the Plyometrics and even after a week I can feel the difference. I don't ache like i did last Tuesday (after the chest and back workout) which is another good thing.I have no doubt in my mind that I am gonna complete this thing.

Me too! My wife and I were actually surprised this morning at how much of difference we felt after only a week.

Week 2, Day 4 - Yoga

I've been real faithful in getting up nice and early to pound out my workouts starting at 4:30am, but today was rough and yoga didn't help. Other workouts get me awake and all pumped and into it about 5 minutes into the routine, but today was tough. I had no interest in yoga. I pushed through it and did as much as I could for about an hour, then just let it go.

Any thoughts on substituting yoga for something else? Maybe doing the cardio x in its place? I feel like I need more action and variety - this just had me very bored today. Wasn't so bad last week, but maybe because I was tired today or because the moves aren't so new to me anymore?

Thoughts on this?

jon--what time do you do your workouts on Saturdays? If yoga in the early morning doesn't work for you, maybe you could swap it with Kenpo X, and do the yoga a little later in the day on Saturday. But if yoga is a no-go regardless of time of day, Cardio X is probably the next best thing. It still has a good amount of yoga in it, but mixes it up with other stuff that should help keep your attention during those early mornings.

And actually, yoga has proven a bit problematic for me and my fiance as well. We've been doing 9pm workouts, but with our schedule it's a bit rough to do an hour and a half workout on weeknights and get to sleep at a reasonable time. Add in the fact that she was out of town for most of our first week, and this week (week 2) she hasn't quite gotten back into it.

So we're actually going to be starting over with Day 1 Week 1, starting today. Part of the reason is so that now Yoga will be on Sunday, which will be a lot easier to schedule in. It will also reduce the number of Ab Rippers we do on weeknights, which also make the workouts longer. Right after the workout is really the only time we would ever be able to do abs.

I must add though that a big part of the reason for the change is that now, with our Rest Day on Wednesday, my fiance will be able to watch the couples episode of "So You Think You Can Dance" lol