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Originally Posted by KateTT
Mind if I sneak in too?
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I'm going to pretend I don't see you because the last time I welcomed someone to JTW, she never returned.
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Firm Hi Def Sculpt - I like this workout, but wish I could go heavier but can't because of the alternating lower/upper moves. Oh well
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Jessica Smith Dance Walk - I found a JS 3 DVD set for $2.59 at Goodwill. yeah! So I did Dance Walk (30 minutes) and 10 minutes from Latin Dance. It was fun, well worth the price.
It looks like I'll be doing JS and KCM this week.
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KCM Build & Burn, Body Design - For Lower Body Tabata I used 12s and 15s, and a Bosu for forward lunges and side lunges, but it felt a little too wobbly for my liking, so I'll use the Firm Zip Trainer next time. Stronger Lower Body - I did only the chapter with weights. The first time I doubled up on everything, except for one of the exercises (forgot which), second time through I did as she asked and put one weight down. I've decided to eat more, move the same, since I think eating more and moving less might make me lazy.
5. nothing, right knee felt weird (not related to the BOSU; it started feeling weird Monday afternoon; comes and goes)
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Jessica Tone Your Trouble Zones - Buns and Thighs walk and 10 minutes Flat Abs Walk. 26 minutes into the B&T walk, I realized that I was supposed to have done Stride and Strength, followed by a Zip Trainer workout. gah. I'll do it tomorrow.
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Zip Trainer Sculpt 1 - did this twice, first time with 12s, second with 15s. I skipped upright rows and continued with the deadlifts. I also skipped round 2 of pushups and did chest press instead. Then we went to Monterey because we hadn't gone since last year, or maybe longer, where we walked a bit, had some food and drinks, walked more, ran into my husband's cousin he hadn't seen in YEARS, spent time with him and his lady, drank some more then went to her place to continue eating and drinking (water for me). It was fun.
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Jessica Latin Dance Walk there was not too much dancing, which is fine by me since I have no rhythm. I also did 10 minutes of Dance Walk.
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KCM Upper Body Supersets, XTF Toning - Core - from Build & Burn. I was going to do a few body parts twice, but after the very first superset, I realized that I was too weak to try that. haha XTF Core - about 12 minutes or so. I like that each exercise is chaptered, so I could skip what I didn't want to do.
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Jessica Smith Barefoot Fusion Walk - from Tone Your Trouble Zones; I had intended to sleep in, but then I heard someone shout, "Who are you to... WHO ARE YOU TO TALK?!!" OMG, scared the daylights out of me. It was my husband having a bad dream. I couldn't sleep after that, my heart was pounding, and he slept right through it. hahaa back on topic, I don't think I care for Jessica's fusion workouts. I was clock-watching, and I was shocked that when I looked at it the first time, we were only 7 minutes into it. I looked again at the 12 minute mark, it just felt like it dragged on and on. I forced myself to stop watching and eventually I started to like it, but I don't know if I'll reach for it again.
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Firm Total Body Time Crunch - recently purchased from Mary's sale. There are some exercises where you can go heavy, but I'm going to have to either get acquainted with my pause button, or skip a rep or two since Rebekah doesn't give you much time to change weights. A few of the cardio moves left me confused, sometimes I can't move my arms and legs at the same time. haha
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Firm 500 Calorie Workout. I rarely do hour long workouts, but I read good reviews about this one and couldn't wait to try it. Kelsie was a little loud in the warm-up, but then she calmed down (or they adjusted the volume). She's excellent at cuing and the moves are fun. I can easily break this up by doing just the chapters I want next time to make it a 45 minute workout. I like how the weights suddenly disappear when you don't need them. I wish it worked like that in my workout room.
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Jessica Smith Dance Walk - I liked it when I did it 11 days ago, but I didn't like it was much today. Maybe I'll wait a few weeks before doing it again so I won't tire of it.
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Firm Burn & Shape - I liked the few Pink Firms that I'd recently tried so much, that I went crazy and bought more. This just came in the mail yesterday, so I thought I'd get to it. The cardio moves are so confusing to me, and just when I figure it out, she says, "new move!" argh. Fortunately, they're chaptered, so I'm going to only do the cardio moves until I learn them.
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Jessica Walk off Belly Fat I did the two mile walk today. This dvd in general isn't one of my favorites for a few reasons. The workouts are fine, but in the warm-up, which is the same for whichever mile you choose, Jessica sounds like she says "ohways" instead of "always", and it drives me crazy. I can't look at her top, either. It doesn't look right, the top part looks like it's tucked into her workout bra, and the bottom part looks too loose. And finally, Raquel. Just her presence annoys me in mile 2, but in mile 3, she kicks it up a notch with odd hair, and she moves awkwardly. I'm horrible, I know.
To make this workout work for me, I had to either look at Debbie, whose hair and clothes look fine, or Jessica's legs. I wish I were kidding, and I wish I weren't so bothered by these things, but I can't help it.
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Firm Get Chisel'd (what's with the apostrophe?) - I just got this in the mail the other day, and had to try it out. I liked it! I've never done so many side lunges and diagonal lunges as I have with these Pink Firm workouts and they're making my bottom sore in places I didn't know even had muscle. I don't remember the last time I lifted "heavy", but I was able to use 15s for those concentration biceps curls. There weren't a ton of reps, but I'm glad that my random rotations didn't cause me to lose strength.
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KCM Amped Up Cardio 1 - I was so sleepy and didn't want to do anything where I'd have to put in much effort, but neither Jessica nor Leslie looked good, so I popped in this one. A couple of minutes into it, I'm all, "whoohoo! I love this workout!" I finished with a couple of songs from Party off the Pounds.
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KCM Body Shop - workout 1. I'll have to do workout 2 next week, because I never remember which one I like best. I used 15,12, and 10. Even though Kelly says to grab heavy weight for the floor stuff, I stuck with 10, because when I go heavier with pullovers, it feels like I'm gonna rip a muscle in the back.
I used 15s for biceps! Yeah! And ouch! I had to drop to 12s for the second set, but for the deadlift/biceps combo, I used 15 since there were no pulses. I also kept both feet on the floor for bridges, instead of single like she does, and oh my gluteness, that was painful. I also did 10:45 of a 15 minute Jessica walk.
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KCM Lean Body Cardio - a premix from Lean Body Circuits. I think it's my favorite cardio workout of hers. I don't know if it was the bright colors, music, or hops, but today Leslie's Party Songs was making me feel like a panic or anxiety attack was coming. I stuck through it for the mile that I chose and was fine after a few minutes. ugh.
21. out of town; family reunion
22. out of town ...
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Leslie 2 miles - I didn't have much energy to do anything else. I'm still tired from the weekend's activities. geez and I work out!
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KCM Lean Body Legs - a Lean Body Circuits premix - did it once as-is, minus the cooldown, did it a second time using the Firm Zip Trainer where possible AND I did one minute per side instead of alternating (reverse lunge lift, side lunges, side squats instead of pop squats, and squat w/heel down), did a third set of squats and deadlifts, one minute calf raises w/heels off the step, then did a
10 minute Leslie walk.
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KCM Strength & Stamina - upper body & kettlebells premix - I did the first (three? I don't remember now) kettlebell exercises then plank variations and pushups during the other kettlebell chapters, and in place of chest press/fly. All pushups were done on my toes, the first set had 34, quick rest, 10 more. Second set had 22, third set had 12 (slow count). I repeated only the upper body weight work, which was so hard after those pushups, and did my final set of pushups for 17 reps.
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Jessica Smith Cardio Party - ugh. I normally like this workout, but I wasn't feeling it. Call me a stubborn old coot, but I don't Joni O; once I choose it, I do it, or else I'll be there forever picking what I might like. So I was watching that countdown clock nearly the whole time. She says something like, "Aren't you glad you did this?" "No." Then I did 10 minutes of
Leslie WOFF, which I enjoyed. eta: my abs are extremely sore from all the plank exercises yesterday. It hurts so bad when I sneeze.
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Ellen Barrett Fat Burning Fusion - I've decided that Fridays will be
Fusion Fridays, at least while I remember to do it.
I almost did one of Jessica's, but didn't even want to look at her after yesterday's workout, so that left me with Ellen or Linda W., which I thought would kill me, so Ellen it was.
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Leslie mile, Firm Zip Trainer Sculpt 1 - I did a Leslie Miracle Mile as my warm up, then did the Firm. I used 15s for everything, and was supposed to have lowered to 12 for round 2 but forgot, but I got through the biceps without resting. yay for low reps. On round 2 I did fast, alternating chest press instead of pushups.
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KCM Strength & Stamina, Leslie - S&S workout 1, calf raises instead of "split switches", quick alternating chest press, then doubled them up, then as-is. My Leslie mile had Michael in it. I don't even want to look at his shenanigans, so I turned to the side so I wouldn't have to, and guess what? He's "mic'ed" up! Damn you, Leslie! Why?! Now I have to hear him. I don't Joni O, so I sucked it up. I also walked 2 miles outside