![]() I have to use the 2nd weakest band for this exercise and sometimes I feel like it’s going to snap my collarbone. If you don’t have a big trapezius muscle (I don’t), it can feel awkward and painful especially if you try to use a band that is too strong for you. ![]() This is the triceps pushdown position and while I enjoy working triceps, this particular exercise can be uncomfortable because the band needs to rest across your trapezius muscle and not your neck. It would be nice if there was a clip that could keep the band doubled and stacked correctly. This is one of my favorite X3 exercises because it’s easy to get into position, but sometimes the band separates around the back of your shoulders. In the image above, I’m doing a chest press with a band doubled around my shoulders. The exercises are done with the band hooked in the bar hooks or looped around the ground plate and the X3 bar. I had problems with a few of the exercises. That’s all there is to it but it’s not quite as easy as it sounds, especially if you’re not all that strong like me. That means you do reps until you can’t do another one. That hardly sounds like a workout that will build muscle right? Well, trust me when I say that you will work up a sweat because you have to do each exercise to fatigue. Each workout only has 4 exercises and you only need to do 1 set of each exercise. One workout is done on Monday and Thursday and the other workout is done on Tuesday and Friday. The X3 workout system has two different workouts for each week. You have to choose the band that is right for you for each exercise so that you can do the exercise with the proper form for as many reps as it takes to get to total fatigue. The heavy weight band – 60 to 150 lbs, then doubled over 300 lbs The middle weight band – 50 to 120 lbs, then doubled over 240 lbs The light weight band – 25 to 80 lbs, then doubled over 160 lbs The extra-lightweight band – 10 to 50 lbs, then doubled over 100 lbs The X3 bar ships with 4 latex bands that are different widths which translates into different strengths or weights. Actually, he talks a lot in his videos and I kept wishing for videos that were less talk and just demonstrations of the exercises that I could follow along with while doing my daily workouts. Jaquish also talks about nutrition info and medical research info that backs up the system that he’s created. The X3 website outlines a 12-week workout program with videos that explain how to do the exercises which consist mainly of I work out 3 times a week on a lower tier priced Total Gym system, but I am a sucker for workout gear and thought the X3 looked interesting with the claims of building 3x the muscle working out only 10 minutes a day 4 times a week. I’m a 5’6″ 129lb female that had a double mastectomy back in 2011 due to a fun-filled adventure with breast cancer which left me with some minor range of motion and upper body strength issues. Let me start out by saying that I’m not that strong.
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