Erm. I dont know whether this makes sense or not. My honest advice? When you take a break from Madcow, you can rest your main muscles and do bodyweight conditioning.

You can start by doing a simple pushup 3x4-6 (if possible, 6.. else try at least 4). Strict form, military style.



If your body is not conditioned enough you'll be having a tough time with it due to weak core (cant keep abs up), hip flexors (cant keep ur hip up) & hamstrings (cant keep ur knee super straight). Sometimes it's not even about your arm or chest strength. You can bench press 100kg but if your pushups suck, you're not strong. If you can do this, do other type of body conditioning. Such as training your core and balance.

Oh ya. Training your rectus abdominis is not equivalent to training your core. Ur abs is just a part of ur core. You dont need the damn belt if ur core is strong.

Tell me how it goes. I sure know conditioning did wonders to my body