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Disc 8 Extreme Martial Conditioning 2 features Gregg Cook as the lead. Besides Gregg, there is one other cast member. Extreme Martial Conditioning 2 is set up exactly the same way as Extreme Martial Conditioning (EMC) 1. Therefore, I found this workout just as awkward to do as the first EMC workout. The warm up starts with plank work and then goes into a series of balance moves. Once you get into the Pods, you get a heavy dose of pull ups. In fact, each pods starts off with pulls ups, then goes into horse stance, then some type of total body move using dumbbells, then some other type of core and/or total body move using the sand weights. You repeat each pod twice before moving on. Also, there are a lot of moves where you are getting down on the floor - either via a burpee or a single leg roll back - lots of up and down. Gregg did a good job leading the workout. He did stop once to point out some form with Robert (the cast member). However, as I stated when reviewing EMC1, unless ...

Week 2 started off with Extreme Martial Conditioning 1 . This workout stars Gregg Cook as the lead and it is just under 60 minutes in length. Along, with Gregg, there is one other cast member and his name is Robert. This workout is Pull Up heavy. The Pull Up bar that they use in the workout is mounted in the center of the workspace from the ceiling. There is a cryptic message at the beginning of the workout saying you should not use the Portable Door Mounted Pull Up bars. My guess for that is that there are several exercises where you are hanging from the pull up bar and I can easily envision someone pulling out their trim from the door frame. This workout was cumbersome and awkward to do but only because of the Pull Ups. This workout was specifically design to the type of Pull Up Bars they have in the workout. I have the Cathe Turbo Tower. I also have bands/tubing which is an alternative method that the workout recommends. I used both methods for this workout. The problem ...