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08-04-2022

2022

Exercise

Women's Fitness; issue 0213; p066 - 067; Images Available

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captionWords Katrina Luise photography steven chee/ acp syndication 66 hardcore Feeling tough? Challenge yourself with these on-trend, How high-intensity exercises are you? P90X ✻ What is it?First released in 2004, the P90X (from $120, beachbody.com) was devised by trainer Tony Horton as a DVD workout program for people who are already fit. It’s made up of 12 workouts (60mins each), and uses various exercise disciplines, including strength training, yoga, plyometrics and cardio. But unlike Insanity, the 90-day program requires equipment, such as a set of dumbbells or resistance bands and a pull-up bar. Grab your towel, because you’re gonna need it! If you really want to see what you’re made of, these popular full-on workouts promise to push you till you break. Ready to test your limits? INSANITY ✻ What is it?Looking for a challenging workout that you can do at home, and that fits into your schedule? Welcome to the madhouse. Comprising of 10 DVD s, the Insanity workout ($120, beachbody.com) involves a combination of plyometric drills (explosive exercises used to develop speed and power) and interval training (a mix of low- and high- intensity moves) in workouts that last about 40mins. With claims that it’ll give you ‘the hardest body you’ve ever had’ in just 60 days, it isn’t hard to see why it’s so popular. ✻ Body benefits More than just giving you buns of steel and rock-hard abs, Insanity promises to tone your whole body. By combining what Insanity creator and workout instructor Shaun T calls “max interval training” (long bursts of intense exercise followed by short periods of rest) – as opposed to regular interval training (where the bursts of intense activity are short and the recovery periods are longer) – with cardio, plyometrics, speed and agility drills, and intense resistance and core exercises, the workout ensures not a single muscle is left unused (good luck walking, sitting and laughing afterwards). ✻ Why you might like it Firstly, you

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captionWords Katrina Luise photography steven chee/ acp syndication 67 Be fi t CROSSFIT ✻ What is it?no dvds here. crossFit involves an actual gym (known in the crossFit world as a ‘box’) as well as real-life trainers to supervise you. however, there is a version you can do at home; the Wod (a.k.a. Workout of the day) is published on the crossFit website (crossfi t.com) every day, so you can do it wherever you are. it’s an intense strength and conditioning program that incorporates elements of gymnastics, weightlifting, running and combat disciplines to improve every aspect of your fi tness. Generally taking less than 30 minutes, each Wod involves a combination of high-intensity or diffi cult exercises with a specifi c number of reps that must be completed in an allocated time frame. exercises can include anything from rope climbs, box jumps, rowing, sprinting and even fl ipping tyres. ✻ Body benefi ts no matter how fi t you are, you’ll pinpoint any areas of weakness with crossFit and be forced to address them. Because of this, and of the overall level of fi tness the workouts demand, many elite athletes (as well as military, rescue and law enforcement bodies) use crossFit to complement their normal training. you’ll strengthen your core, increase your endurance levels, boost your overall muscle power, as well as your fl exibility, power, agility, coordination and balance. ✻ Why you might like it the workouts are short. and as they involve working with a trainer and other participants, you’ll be more motivated to push yourself. then there’s the camaraderie you’ll get from training alongside others. if that’s not enough, the constantly changing Wod means you’ll never get bored, and you’ll constantly feel challenged and driven.✻ Why you might hate it it’ll make you realise you’re not nearly as fi t as you think you are! and unlike a dvd program that inevitably comes to a conclusion after a month or two, with crossFit there’s no end in sight. ✻ Hardcore verdict