09-10-19, 02:51 PM | |
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Memphis, TN
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I'm fairly particular about workouts. I don't love exercising like some do, so they have to be easy, fun and motivating or else out they go. I knew I had a pretty good collection, If I would only use it. The ones I got rid of, I had not liked before and once I tried them again I was happy to donate them to get them out of my house.
Last year I did a whole house purge and I've gotten pretty good at it. Streamlining has made my life easier, I don't need my possessions to be a challenge, trip hazard or something I have to move to get to what I want. I used to keep a lot of DVDs I didn't like because "what if they stop making them", well, they pretty much have and I still have so many workouts I'm not worried about getting bored. I'm not streaming any workouts but figure at some point it will come to that. I like variety in workouts and instructors too much to settle for just one or two {even though right now I'm doing mostly Cathe, Leslie and The Firm} but who knows what the future brings. I mentioned those Ab workouts earlier, I found most of them on Youtube.
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09-10-19, 06:33 PM | |
Join Date: May 2011
Location: South Jersey
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I just started a kettlebell Kickboxing bikini strong rotation this week. This is the first rotation I’ve attempted in a long time since I usually just do my own thing. I thought I would try some workouts I’ve had in my library a long time but never really given a shot.
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09-10-19, 07:36 PM | |
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: San Francisco, CA
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Until now, I haven’t followed an official rotation since CLX, and I don’t even remember what year that was. However, I just began a new one on Sunday. Most of these workouts range from 30 – 60 minutes and I have time for 90 minutes, so I will mix and match. For example Dream Body InTENse (about 60 minutes) with one of the shorter Barlates Endurance 70 (about 35 minutes). I bought four Toniques from Mary’s sale, so am anxious to try them all. So far I’ve tried Royale and Addicted to Movement and loved them both. I didn’t include a rest day because it seems something unexpected always comes up, turning at least one planned workout day into a rest day.
Sunday: Dream Body Cardio + Barlates Endurance Monday: Tonique + short Essentrics Tuesday: Dream Body Cardio + Barlates Endurance Wednesday: Michelle Dozois Cardio Strength Thursday: Tonique + short Essentrics Friday: Dream Body Cardio + Barlates Endurance Saturday: Tonique + short Essentrics |
09-10-19, 10:24 PM | |
Join Date: Nov 2001
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I usually plan a rotation a couple of days before starting it. Most of my rotations use the following pattern (with tweaks):
total body weight workout or a split weight workout cardio belly dancing, barre, TA, pilates or fusion type workout cardio light weight/high rep, functional fitness, or metabolic weight workout yoga If the weight or cardio workout is 45 minutes or less, I usually add on a stretching segment. If I have a lot of add-ons I may skip the yoga day. I try to limit step aerobics to once during the rotation. I also try vary the intensity level. It keeps me from staying hungry all the time. |
09-11-19, 10:27 AM | |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: USA
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I'm trying to fit the following in each week:
Upper Body weight workout Lower Body weight workout Total Body weight workout "Fun" Cardio workout (1 or 2) Run/walks (1) Long run/walk on the weekend
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09-11-19, 11:25 AM | |
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: IL
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Lots of great rotation ideas in this thread!
This month, I'm loosely following Cathe's September Rotation: https://cathe.com/forum/threads/sept...tation.312981/ but inserting Cathe Live workouts and my Workout Blender workouts, along with Yoga and possibly a few walks. I'm having a blast concocting my own blender workouts (it's been way too long since I've subscribed to On Demand!) if I'm not crazy about the workout she has scheduled. For example, I have XTrain Bi & Tri's on tap for tomorrow alternated with Metabolic Blast Calorie Crush exercises and Saturday's workout is XTrain Chest/Back/Shoulders alternated with Tabatacise exercises...just to give these older workouts a new feel! I've been enjoying it so far! |
09-11-19, 12:00 PM | |
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Raleigh, NC
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I go to our local YMCA because I just can't get into videos at this point. Each week, I loosely follow this pattern:
Monday - Upper body strength Wednesday - Lower body strength Friday - Long cardio on elliptical Those are loose patterns because on strength days, I add in cardio moves and I try to add in walks on other days or trips up and down our staircase or stretching. Each week, I take a theme from Look Great in 8: circuit, heavy strength, light strength, and supersets. Rotating the way I do the workouts has been good. I feel stronger, more so than with just straight strength workouts.
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