Brutal Workout, yet fun

[Catrin]

Shoulder/biceps are my weak point. I've been working out pretty heavily for 3 full years now and that part of my body hasn't come along near as far as my core and lower body. There has been progress, but not what I would like to see. However I will take what I can get, and the new approach at my current gym appears to be getting my body's attention.

I still can't do more than 5 full pushups though, and those are pretty bad. This is becoming embarrassing since I can do 100 modified pushups in sets of 20-30 (just last night as part of a challenge that included 50 pull-ups, 100 pushups and 150 squats - started and ended with a .5 mile run). I did TRX rows in place of the pull-ups since I can't do unassisted pull-ups just yet.

[Irulan]

These functional fitness classes to me seem to be the best all over workout I've ever had. And since its changing all the time muscle boredom doesn't set in.

Here's a good one - anyone ever done these?
Stability Ball Pushup to Pike?

OMG, these are one of the hardest things I have ever done. I did knock off ten of them. I thought I was going to die, and there's no way I could get to my toes like the guy on the video does.