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Old 12-01-19, 05:48 PM  
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I usually start the winter/new year with Cathe, but now I'm not sure. I need to work through some virgin workouts and do a mini purge. I also need to commit to kettlebells. Right now I'm enjoying some Exhale Core Fusion dvds, which are also virgins for me.
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Old 12-01-19, 05:52 PM  
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Last week I finished Mesocycle 1 of Cathe's STS. This week is active recovery, and next week I'll be starting Mesocycle 2 (Hypertrophy). So my New Year plans are to complete STS. After that I don't know yet. I do want to do Body Beast sometime in the new year, but I don't want to do another 3 month commitment right after STS.
This is my long term goal! Congratulations on completing mesocycle 1!
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Old 12-02-19, 09:28 AM  
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Increasing strength!

Great question!

I will be alternating strength and cardio days with pilates or stretch mid week. The plan is to have each week with workouts using a different focus. For example, one week will be heavy weights using body splits. The next will be workouts that use full body and the high rep approach. What I haven't decided is whether I should do each focus for longer than a week at a time.

I do like using different instructors. I think either way will be fine to get stronger so there's no downside as far as I can tell.
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Old 12-02-19, 09:39 AM  
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I like what I'm doing so I'm going to keep it up. My workouts are short, so the plan is to start adding on short upper/lower body strength to my current rotation (RehabZone).
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Old 12-02-19, 09:43 AM  
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For me, flexibility is my #1 priority so it's a consistent yoga practice I want to establish and maintain. I've decided that's my only fitness goal for the coming year on the basis of "change one thing".
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Old 12-02-19, 01:51 PM  
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This week, I'm starting a new focus on cardio because I want to improve my cardio capability. I do most of my workouts at the YMCA and I'll go there to do the cardio workouts I'm trying. I may do more strength workouts at home around them. This will carry me into the new year.
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Old 12-02-19, 01:56 PM  
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2019 has been a rough year - so I have just been doing gentle stuff that is low dread. I hope 2020 will be an improvement, but I don't see the improvement happening overnight so I will probably just stick with whatever I am able to handle mentally each day - which has been mostly Pilates, Ellen Barrett, walking.....with any luck at some point the tide will turn in 2020 and I can regain some enthusiasm and energy!!!!

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Old 12-02-19, 08:47 PM  
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Don’t set yourself up for a fail unless you like that feeling. Just be consistent in shooting the ball in the hoop. That way you can’t help but get the ball in.

I think these New Year resolutions are a waste. The new year will not make you do anything you aren’t already doing.
Besides, why wait for a New Year to start in the negative. Do what you need to do this year 2019,,,!!!!!!!
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Old 12-02-19, 09:01 PM  
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Resolutions are not a waste. If you don't set goals to challenge yourself you're less likely to change. Maybe they aren't for everyone but they are not a waste.
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Old 12-02-19, 09:06 PM  
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If they weren’t a waste of time, there wouldn’t be an excess of fitness returns or broken resolutions before end of February.

We want people to succeed in order to do that you make a plan. The plan starts, when you right down your goals and tell someone . Not a New Year.
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