As far as replacing it with something else, I really don’t know. I am committed to following the program exactly until it ends, but that’s just me. Try it the first day and let me know what you think then.

I will say, I think there is a method to his madness. My guess is here he is priming up certain muscle groups (hips and shoulders) for what is to come. At the same time you have to keep moving with some cardio so you don’t lose momentum or go backwards in conditioning.

Also, how important would you say it is to do this one as opposed to doing some other type of light cardio/bodyweight resistance training for a week, such as … oh, vigorous yoga? I had gone into this thinking I would definitely adjust the rotation but the longer I go, the more I think I’ll keep doing it exactly as it’s written. So far, there’s definite genius to it!