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Scott Sonnon
02-12-2006, 05:25 PM
The prescribed suggestion in the package is 2X per week. If you have sufficient time, keep practicing Intu-Flow daily, but you may omit the Intu-Flow session on your Xtension session days, if time becomes a premium.

Follow the Xtension exercise of your choice rep for rep until you can complete the entire set. Your goal is to add one rep per day until you can (while maintaining a technique level of 8 or higher and a discomfort level of 3 or lower). As soon as you can perform all repetitions with an effort level of 6 or lower, then you know that you can add another repetition.

When you get to 3 sets of the full volume of repetitions performed in the routine, you can stop and select a different exercise. Work up through the same process. You'll find that some exercises are more challenging to you than others (and this is unique to you; some people will find the exercises you find easier to be challenging, and those you find challenging to be easier.) Concentrate on the ones with challenge you.

When you've practiced all of the exercises in this fashion you can begin to perform the exercises in the prescribed Xtension sequence. There are two ways that you can do this:

1. Perform as many exercises as you can with full volume of repetitions following the program. Build your endurance one repetition at a time until you can complete the exercise totally, and then begin performing the next exercise as well until you can complete the full program.

2. Perform a 5 repetitions of each exercise following the program. Build your endurance by adding one repetition to each exercise until you can complete the full program.

If you're feeling fatigue, then omit a day of Xtension per week but keep practicing Intu-Flow until your energy level jumps up high again.

You can work up to 4-5X per week of Xtension, so long as you continue your practice of Intu-Flow at least 3X per week.

The most important guidance is to be incremental! Baby Steps! This ensures that you GAIN energy from your Intu-Flow, rather than lose it like in conventional fitness.

HereBeADragon
02-13-2006, 01:17 AM
great advice coach I'll be keeping this in my notes!

cammo
02-15-2006, 10:51 AM
Coach,

I am able to go through the extention circuit as demostrated 3 times relatively easily(difficulty of 2 or maybe 3) it takes about 15 minutes but I don't find any cardio or endurance type work though I do enjoy it.

Should I, at this point, add more repetitions or use my 10 lb clubs for the excercies?

Or are the excercises dmonstrated for extension not used with heavier clubs I noticed you teach different excercises in the clubbell DVD than on the xtension DVD.

HereBeADragon
02-15-2006, 10:55 AM
I think extension is meant to be an easy practice liken to Intu-Flow. If you want to get more mileage out of your Minis get Mobilized Strength by Coach Chomycia

Scott Sonnon
02-15-2006, 08:54 PM
Cameron,

If you want to create a more intense strength and conditioning session beyond the release of residual tension and removal of density, then when you can consistently maintain a technique level of 8 or higher on a scale of 1-10 (10 being the best form possible), a discomfort level of 3 or lower on a scale of 1-10 (10 being the worst pain imaginable) and your effort level consistently remains beneath a 6 on a scale of 1-10 (10 being the hardest you've ever worked), then you can go up a weight.

rolandbeauregard
02-16-2006, 10:27 AM
Forgive me but I am not a weight training guy. Reps and sets always get me confused. If I get it right in the Xtension tape you are doing 6 different exercises. Each exercise has 10 reps.
Are you saying we should work up to the ten reps if we find it uncomfortable to do the 10?
By sets do you mean that the 6 exercises are one set or is one of the exercises a set?
Should I do all the 6 exercises in sequence and if comfortable do the 6 exercises in sequence again?
Thanks for your help.

cammo
02-17-2006, 09:35 PM
Thanks Coach,

I just rediscovered The Jits and Clubbells article you wrote and Sean Omlor told me about and will probably start to incorporate the advice you give since I will most likely be returning to Jits in the next few weeks.

I think you say to basically focus on swipes in high sets 2 times a week.