Rushfit Week 3 complete: George St Pierre v Bob Harper, who wins?

Twice a week Rushfit calls for a 30-40 mins of cardio in which you "should not feel too out off breath afterwards". I presume this to keep you fresh for the next Rushfit session. Initially  I did some light cardio or some yoga, but this week I decided to kick things up a notch by doing a an hour of high intensity aerobics.

Since I had been using the Biggest Loser Yoga  I picked up the cardio DVD from the new Bob Harper (trainer on The Biggest loser) fitness program The inside out method. Let is be known, this DVD kicks your ass. Within 5 minutes I was sweating and after 15 I was burning up!

The program consist of isometric holds mixed dynamic movements with the aid of dumbbells. The dynamic movements are similar to those used in kettleball work outs and the iso holds are typically switched between plank and squat positions. The negative effect of this is that you get a very repetitive workout and someone without drive may find this an extra burden.

That being said at the end I was totally wiped out even the people in the video were giving up during some of the iso holds. I did the work out twice last week and going back to Rushfit almost seems like a treat. There is two more DVDs in the inside out method; Yoga and Strength. I hope to pick them up this week and tell you how much they hurt soon after

Till next week
TTF
230lb

Rushfit Week 2 complete: 2 weeks late (blame the chest infection)

Right after week one was complete my lungs were assaulted by some viral lout who wanted to take up residence in my alveoli. After two weeks of coughing, spluttering and intense negotiations with the Vascular Tenants Board, I was able to continue with the program, albeit in a weakened state.


One thing I will say about Rushfit is that sometimes it can feel repetitive. This is mostly because of the same warm up and cool down video being used for each work out. I really don't need to here how the warm up is " a multifaceted warm up blah blah blah" every single day, just do it. Another downside is the lack of intensity by GSP and the coach Erik Owings. I expected lots of encouragement and pushing through the tough stages, but Owings sounds calm and passive most of the time and GSP rarely gets things heated up. Sometimes GSP does get pumped about reaching the end off the round or workout and he is a really good motivator but it's not done enough.

That being said, the work outs are excellent. They are well paced and build up in difficulty through each round. As I said before some of the moves (especially in the ab work out) are damn hard, but I found this week I was getting better at them and may actually be able to complete them by the end of the program.


Till next week
TTF
235lb

Rushfit Week 1: Fattie does a Kimura

So how does it feel to get back into training again? On day 1 of Rushfit, I felt dizzy, nauseous and exhausted. Good times!

However, Rushfit is day-on-day-off so the next day I did some cardio (fattie Pilates if you must know). This gave me some much needed stretching and relief from the previous day. Back into the program and things went much better, no dizziness just lots of sweat.

So far there has been 3 rushfit work outs and 3 self assigned cardio sessions.Already I can feel the benefits; with increased around strength and recovery time.I like learning MMA moves which I have not done before, the Kimura really works the abs. That being said when asked to perform a full bridge being held up with my hands I felt that the workout was asking a bit much.

So with week one complete I have a few observations:

Pros:

• The 10 min warm up is excellent and properly prepares you for the main work out. Some other fitness programs skip this or don't spend enough time on it and this has caused injury in the past.
• The round system, 5 mins off, 1 min off x 5, is excellent and creates enough variety to prevent boredom

Cons:

• Some of the moves in the workout are hard to do and some of Ab work out moves are just plain dangerous
• Its the same warm up and cool down for every session and It's already getting annoying. 

3 pounds lost so far, hopefully week 2 will be just as productive

Next week I'll being including my eating schedule for your critique.

TTF
233lb

Fattie does Rushfit, the new workout

Its been 3 months since the fight and training has slowed to a stand still. Maybe once a week I would go for a run or a trip to the gym, but nothing steady and of course the inevitable happened. From a low of 225lb my weight has increased to 236lb. Even with a fairly good diet, without exercise I couldn't compensate for the less than irregular treats.

STOP! This isn't happening again, I made that promise last year. Its time to take action again and this time I'm not making my own program up, I'm letting George St-Pierre do it for me. I picked up Rushfit last week, GSP's 8 week program to "train like a champion". Rushfit appealed to me because it requires no special equipment, only dumbbells.


Day 1 was yesterday and it hurt like all hell, which only means I need to keep going.

More updates soon

TTF
236lb