Day 1 is with Lisa. She talks for over 3 minutes at the beginning about diet, giving it your all, etc.
It is 12 different exercises - lots of variations of push-ups and planks. Very typical Lisa.
Here she is jumping back from a burpee. Is it just me or does anyone else want to fix her form?!
It is a 50/10 routine. I can't imagine going through this more than twice because of all the pushing motions. I would definitely add booty and back work to this workout. She does a little bit of legs, but not a whole lot.
I prefer lower body exercises because if you do compound lower body movements with heavy weight it works your upper body to a large degree as well. For instance, deadlifts work your lats, traps and delts; front squats work your abs, biceps, shoulders and upper back; walking lunges work your shoulders and traps. Of course I would never exclude upper body exercises - push-ups and pull-ups are definite staples in my workouts! I also love shoulder exercises.
any of you Plus members out there have an opinion on this first workout?
Grrr I always want to fix Lisa's form. I like her but don't like her workouts, as you mentioned only push exercises. At the end of the day it is not only doing something that sweat you and is hard, the idea is to be healthy. And only push exercises develop muscle imbalance. I am like you - prefer lower body compound exercises. From time to time I challenge myself with many push ups, like yesterday, I did 110 (I modified from knees at some point), but from time to time. Back and booty exercises are even more important because sitting all day makes people forward bend and we need strong back to improve this.
ReplyDeleteVERY good points Rumi!!
DeleteThis is why I am more a Zuzka addict than a BR addict! Zuzka's workouts are well balanced :)
ReplyDeleteI think her workouts are more balanced, but Z still does NOT do enough pulling or back exercises, IMO.
DeleteYes, no pulling exercises almost at all. Also no lower back exercises, but many abs, which is no-no-no. And no dedicated butt exercises.
DeleteThis may sound horrible because I know the upper body is super important to work, but I feel Lisa does a lot of push ups (upper body work) because the upper body shows results quickly. Either that or that is an area that she ideally wants to work... I know it sounds horrible, but this isn't to say that the other stuff doesn't work, it's just that there's less focus on core or lower body; a lot of it is cardio and upper body (at least the free stuff on BR). I honestly haven't followed BR in a while, with the exception of TheDailyHIIT for the random bonus workout or workout I can modify. I just stopped seeing results. A lot of that had to do with my relying on working out as a top priority, I'll admit, but I had to do more research to see what I could do to get the most out of my workouts - and a lot of that was a less is more approach. Less time, heavier weights, less cardio, more sleep, more water, etc. I'm not bikini body ready at all but I feel a lot better and able than I did before, when doing all the jumping and pushups lol;)
ReplyDeleteI think Lisa has some lower body issues. Her range of motion in squats and lunges is very small. In squat thighs have to go at least to parallel and lower, better. She don't squat she does upper body bend forward. In lunges the knee of the back leg must go just above the floor and it is very high even not half way down. Also in lunges and squat knees must not shake side, and her knees shake. Usually this a beginner thing, when lack in strength. But Lisa is not a beginner and I think she has some issues that stop her from doing proper squats and lunges. That's why she does mainly push ups, which are with bad form too :)
DeleteLisa has mentioned before she has trouble squatting because of her long legs. I can squat no problem without a forward lean and my legs are VERY long - BUT if I try and back squat - my form is horrible. No matter what I try!
DeleteLiz - Lisa mentioned before that she wants to work on building up her shoulders, and she has super skinny legs so I think she prefers to work on her upper body.
DeleteIt many pics it looks like she doesn't have much of a butt. Rather flat.
ReplyDeleteI ALWAYS look like I have a flat butt in plank and it makes me crazy. I can hip thrust 200 lbs and my butt is still small! I would love a rounder butt. :)
DeleteLisa does too much cardio I think to build a booty.
To build booty she has to do booty exercises at least :) And then is genetics. But there are no butt exercises in her workouts only genetics lol
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