I've gotten used to the 'recovery week' workouts and I've forgotten how intense the real workouts are. I'm beaten, but not finished.
Today was my first experience with the Chest, Shoulder and Triceps disc. It's one of the routines that doesn't repeat any of the exercises. I like that. There was also a metric ton of push-ups of varying styles. I believe I did pretty well for my first time. I just need to keep reminding myself that the people in the videos have completed the program at least once and I'm not even 30 days in yet. (That's tomorrow.)
One complaint I have about today's routine; the way Tony describes you should do the plyo push-ups is outright dangerous. He wants you to clap on each push-up. Big no-no. You can do the push-off at the top and get your hands off the floor, but you should KEEP THEM UNDER YOUR SHOULDERS! Moving your hands around is tempting fate. What if you come down faster than you thought? You crash on your hands. What if you have a little sweat on your palms (and you will by this point of the disc) and your hand slips as you put it on the ground? Face-plant! My suggestion: don't be a show-0ff. Yes, you should explode up and get your hands off the floor, but don't wave them around. You get the same effect if you keep them in a safe position under your shoulders.
The only real disappointment I experienced was during the ab ripper portion. I couldn't do any of the v-up/pulse-up exercises. My lower back wouldn't let me. I'm disappointed because the other day, I was just lying on the floor and tried to do one just to see if I could and I did! And then another! I was finally able to do them and I was looking forward to doing them in the actual workout. Stupid back.
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