I think it would be a good fit, assuming you like an MMA theme to your workouts. I have never been a big fan of the P90X cardio options as they are pretty weak. T25, Max 30 and yes, Tapout XT cardio options are excellent drop-in replacements. Parrot, What do you think of a hybrid that would consist of doing the body beast bulk routine after the scheduled Tapout XT workout for that day?
Following this throughout the entire 90 days of tapout. Lastly, provided you approve do you think this might cause any over training issues.
Both would certainly fill the shortcomings of the other. You should be ok when it comes to overtraining. Have fun! Tapout XT vs. UFC Fit which is the one people will most likely stick to and do it for several rounds? Also, on Tapout XT no recovery weeks. May take longer to finish, but it gives time to recoup.
For several rounds? It has a lot to do with how each is presented. I think mixing X3 would be no problem at all. What did you do? I am puzzled as to why they advertise 90 days, but the schedule has only 12 weeks on the calendar.
For some reason I feel slighted by this. I am starting on Monday, March 31, and based on you review I think I should have some fun with it! Thinking back I probably only did about 40 days due to having to move on to reviewing another workout series. Parrot, I am on Day 31 today and I am starting to get bored.
Seems like Force, but with a different tempo and order. I think the boredom reflects the quality of TapouT as a program, and also you seem to agree with me based on the 3. Today I have Muay Thai. What do you do to cure boredom? Turn off the sound and crank up the tunes? Switch programs mid-flight?? I solve the boredom problem by mostly incorporating a ton of variety.
Sometimes I just use a treadmill or go outside. Other times I practice some karate katas. My karate background is probably why I dislike MMA workouts so much as they are rather silly compared to the real thing! Why over insanity? Insanity was tough, challenging, but not that fun. Why over P90x? I think I like Mike over Tony. Plus, I agree — the cardio in P90X is a joke.
Last comment: Tapout has the day test group with real people. Great reviews. I just finished Rushfit. I must admit I tired of the same warm up and cool down six days a week. I will have to check back and compare my experience to yours. It is nice to read reviews without a click here to purchase tab! I like Beachbody products but the coach thing really irritates me. Any interest in reviewing body combat or pump?
I just wanted to add that I believe he wants to add the workout gloves not because you need them for the ground or holding on to anything but because they are weighted and adds intensity to the strikes and combos. I have started using Tapout XT because I am really into martial arts and, so far, it is kicking my butt. All of these workouts, though, are rip offs of Crossfit, which is the toughest workouts I have ever done in my life. DP — love your review…used them to pick and choose which one on ones to purchase…great site…any interest in trying the supreme 90 day workout?
Considering the price, I may give it a look sometime soon Body Beast on deck. Looks like about the only things we may part ways on are 1 the pace, which I think is rushed and takes away from the resistance routines. Pause, and good luck restarting after getting set up! I swap it out for Yoga X or something similar, as I have a few in my collection.
Keep up the good work! The format is very similar to P90x, but the workouts are actually more along the lines of P90x2. A lot of combination moves, mostly involving a stability ball. You will do abs to start every resistance workout as their own set, and there is ab and core work in almost every workout. The Cardio, in my opinion, is actually better than anything in P90x. The one negative I found was that the pace of the workouts makes it difficult to keep up.
My solution to this was to write out the resistance workouts, then just do them as fast as I could. Mike Cather. He also suggested marking off the days you work out on a calendar, so you can see your progress with the workout plan. Karpenko said nutrition is one of the biggest challenges for a lot of people. Karpenko said he keeps things simple by eating the same thing for breakfast every day. When you commit to extreme training, like the Tapout XT plan, your body needs time to rest and recover.
The best way to accomplish that is to eat a high protein snack about two hours before you go to bed at night. Karpenko told Dr. Oz he likes to eat hard boiled eggs, but if you need something crunchier, he said pumpkin seeds are also a good choice. Karpenko said, like any other fitness program, you will get out what you put in. Oz further demonstrated this motto by bringing out two women who had been using the Tapout XT program for some time, both with incredible results.
Single arm reverse fly same as 22 but alternate arms. Single arm squat press same as 23 but alternate arms. Wa ter break Cross curls stand on medium band and do upper cuts. Diamond tricep push up same as 25 but cross one leg over other knee.
Ultimate Abs XT is 16 minutes long. This was a decent abdominal workout. Killer Move : GFOs lay on back with knees bent, reach over shoulder and pretend to grab opponent, come up on your elbow and one knee, and do a knee strike with the other knee; alternate sides.
When the workout is over it goes straight into Ultimate Abs XT However, they will increase the intensity of the workout. The setting for Cardio XT is different than all of the other workouts except 5 Minute Knockout bonus 14 below plus there are no MMA fighters; only 3 other crew members.
This is actually an intense cardio workout that I liked. Mike was mildly less irritating still irritating, but lower key than usual and did more of the exercises with the crew. He did frequently stick his face in the camera, filling the entire screen and blocking out your ability to see the other exercisers.
Boxing front jab jab 3 times to the front fast while shuffling forward touch the floor, then shuffle back. Rope and sprawl pretend like you have heavy ropes and you pound them on the floor 5 times, then do a burpee or squat thrust. Burpee burpee, 2 mountain climbers while feet are back, two knee strikes at top when standing again. Fast feet punches fast feet while fast front punching; then it changes to fast upper cuts and ends with speed bags. Killer Move: K the 90 stands for total time doing the exercise: 90 seconds; 15 seconds of high knee sprints, 15 seconds of one arm mountain climbers and 15 seconds of bringing knees to same side elbow while standing —Mike does these running and super fast but none of his crew members or me could do it at his speed so they either did it slower or their own variation of it.
Then repeat all of the moves. This was a tough workout that really wore me out. Cathe uses them much better. Let me clarify quickly—this is a tough workout, it worked my legs hard, gave me a good cardio workout and it even worked my back decently. For this workout you need the leg band also called firewalkers which is a round elastic band and you need a resistance band. I used 3 different levels of resistance bands. A light one for one exercise, a medium band for the lower body work and a heavy one for the back work.
For the warm up you are doing a lot of moves to warm up your lower body: high knees, lunges, bridges. The workout starts with the leg band. Exercises: 1. Dynamic Marches—same as 1, but jump and hold with knee up.
Step in slow mountain climbers—bands still around arches. Move band to ankle and do plank tuck ins. Plank jacks band still around ankles. Put band around hands: Renegade row upper cut push ups with alternating upper cut.
Water Break 7. Bring leg band to just above knees: Squat side step Lower band to ankles and do jumping jacks. Grab resistance band with handles for Power Lift hold handles at shoulders while standing on band and do squats , you will do it at different tempos, ending with jumps.
No bands. Power jumps jumps squats. Snatch Front fold resistance band in half and hold with arms wide; do squats while bringing band from in front of you, overhead to low back; I used a light band for this one. Grab leg band and put around hands; renegade row with push ups. You need your heaviest band for double arm bent over rows; band under both feet, bend over and row.
Shrugs; same position as 20, but bend over and stand quickly, shrugging shoulders back. XT Tire Flips I went to medium band for this one; stand on band, squat with arms holding handles in front of you near floor, then power up to standing, bringing straight arms overhead—like flipping a big tire.
Rotate and release sit down and wrap resistance band around feet heaviest band again and do double arm back rows. Grab leg band and put around hands: plyo push ups. Explosions same as 20, but fast. Stay in same position and do deadlifts. Put leg band around hands and do side to side push ups. No bands Reverse lunge, squat, front push kick. Wide upright row stand with band under feet and crossed; do wide upright rows. I used medium band for this. Power Strike is 26 minutes long with a warm up and minute cool down.
There is no Killer Move at the end of this workout. I was also finally able to use my weighted gloves in this workout. Unfortunately, this workout was a huge disappointment. It was what I had been expecting more of in Tapout XT early on—kickboxing—but it was low intensity and no fun. You do each combo approx one minute, 30 seconds each side of the body. There is a woman in this workout that Mike keeps focusing his attention on and her form is horrible. And his attention is never once on correcting her form.
It looks like she is not even doing the same combo everyone else is doing. Her arms are just flying around. Why does he not correct her form? He just teases her—not about form either. It makes zero sense. Another waste of time workout. Active recovery for 30 seconds which is just alternating knee raises Total workout time is actually around minutes, but since it is so short, I will list the exact seconds usually I round up or down to the 30 second mark. The idea is that a round during an MMA fight is 5 minutes.
So this will give you 5 solid minutes of intense Tapout XT moves. None of them are new—they all appear somewhere in the Tapout XT program. And he has only 3 crew members with him and no MMA fighters.
You get second warm up, a 5 minute round of non-stop exercises and a 37 second cool down. You need a lighter band for this workout. High punches with bands 2. Plyo explosive push ups 3. Burpee to alternating knee strike 4. Grap band and do overhead tricep press 5.
Explosive bicycles 6. Knee strikes mountain climbers 7. Upper cut with squats band under feet 8. Killer move : Roll up with push up do plow, then jump body into plank, do a push up, jump body back to back and keep repeating.
View all posts by 2lazy4gym. I personally feel that Tapout XT is too advanced for the ordinary person at home.
Mike offers no real warm up or cool down. Beginners should not even attempt it. That is my opinion and I have always exercised.
Some of the moves I just cannot do so I modify it. I am not jumping around for anyone. I do one leg star jump and modify routines to suit my ability. What mike is doing is down right dangerous. Like Liked by 1 person. I will keep an eye on Hardcore to see if it is offered as a daily deal.
She is hard but fun! Always impressed how she instructs the whole way and works out the whole time! Will check out your rotation page. Like Like. Funny… I bought STS after completing lean legs but still have yet to complete it. I completed BodyBeast. Some of the things that makes me think I will end up doing STS 1.
It was expensive so I need to do it, 2. I can fit in other workouts during the rotation. Just NOT ready to commit to a long program yet. I actually think I an going to complete Edge Booty 2 next. My legs can take a lot and her first disc of legs the weighted super sets I have completed 3 times and it works my legs good — my forearms are always sore and burnt out near the end as I like to go heavier…so holding the weight that long….
Any break I stretch my forearms out. Edge Booty 2 was tough! Excellent workouts tho. And the entire Hardcore series which Gym Styles is a part of is excellent. I used to do it but now I just put my own rotations together. If I like it, I will post it on my rotations page. Read the Cathe one as well on STS cardio. I still have Cathe STS to start. Just having fun with Chisel workouts, 21dayfix extreme and JM body shred and some of Cathe X10, afterburner etc.
I had Tapout workouts on my wishlist forever! I always feel like I should and sometimes I plan to, but the idea of listening to Mike always makes me change my mind! You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Skip to content I have been wanting the Tapout XT workouts for a very long time but they were expensive according to their website the program is cheaper now than it used to be, but still more than I want to pay.
Workouts: 1. Squat and kick. Plank step ins in plank, alternate bringing foot to outside of hand. Squat touch ground and also alternate kicks. Water break 9. Stretch calf raises. Running lunges in lunge switch legs fast, staying low the whole time. Running lunges same as Lateral lunge with curtsey kick lateral lunge into curtsey lunge into front push kick.
Speed skaters. Lateral hops same as 19 but on the other leg. Standing speed skater Stretch inner thigh stretch. Broad jump lunge with alternating kick same as 33 with kick. Shoot the legs with sprawl same as 34 but instead of punches, jump back into burpee. Killer Move: 60 seconds of tuck jumps. For this workout all you need is a band. I used a lighter band. For this workout you will need weighted gloves and no other equipment.
Exercise: 1. Water break 2. Side squat hook squat to the side and hook punch at the top of the move. XT Sprints high knees with arms in the Y position and the T position. Low jack hands a jump lunge with jumping jack hands. Duck and punch squat and come up on your toes when standing and punch upward. Knee strikes Water break Rope-a-dope shuffle feet 8 time fast scissor feet then 8 fast front punches. Bonus Workouts Like this: Like Loading Published by 2lazy4gym.
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