11-27-16, 12:16 PM | |
Join Date: May 2006
Location: New York City
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Mine arrived yesterday. I got both Body Design and Meltdown.
I did the weight workout (Workout 1) from Meltdown this morning. It has compound moves with moderate to heavy dumbbells. She does some barbell lifts, but I subbed dumbbells since I don't own a barbell. She uses a weight bench, which I also don't have, so I subbed a chair or my step depending on the move (in some cases, the step would have been too low to the ground to do the move, hence the chair). She repeats the series of dumbbell/barbell moves 3 times, so keep that in mind if you don't like to repeat moves during the course of the workout. I really enjoyed it, and think I could probably go heavier than I did this first time through. I previewed the tabata heavy bag boxing workout, but have not tried it yet. I don't own a heavy bag, but the workout looks fun and adding weighted gloves or light dumbbells should do the trick. The premixes look great -- I love combining weights with boxing, so these are right up my alley. Now I'm off to preview Body Design! Steph |
11-27-16, 02:17 PM | |
Join Date: Jan 2016
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I did Body design this morning. I really enjoyed it! Kelly is one of those instructors for me that I LOVE but not so much her wkouts. Don't get me wrong, I have a bunch that I enjoy but there's a bunch I've returned or sold. So this morning was a happy, fun time. It seemed like (for each segment) the work itself was timed, doing a move for 50-60 secs, with the exception of the upper body. The cardio bootcamp moves were nice w/o being frenzied, with some lunges or something else every once in a while so you can catch your breathe. Think skaters, jack variations etc. Light dumbbell cardio sculpting was challenging and I ended up going lighter in weights because of the speed of the moves. It was a brisk paced compound move love fest! Think squat into overhead press while lifting a leg laterally. The weighted kickbox segment had intervals of punches and kicks holding wts. Again nothing frantic with enough variety and swiftness to keep it interesting. Kickboxing is so easy to modify up or down too. Next was Stronger, leaner lower body with heavy weights. This had squats, lunges, plies, sumos and deadlifts. Kelly put her own twist on things and it was nice...I can feel it already but I will try to go heavier next time. After about 8 minutes, you put on ankle weights and get a chair for barre work. I'm not sure what weight Kelly was using. The Upper body was 5 moves. Each move has to be done on both left then right side. The moves are rows, lateral raise, boxer pledge?, tricep dips(1 arm at a time) and bench press (1 arm at a time). Do each move 10 times- do other arm 10 times X 3 sets! I agree with the others about the yoga. I looked at the time and I had only been doing it for 6 minutes!! It's not bad though because it's some of my fave moves and I'm trying to do more yoga. Since the sequence just keeps repeating, you can end it whenever you're ready. Overall I really liked this workout. No buyers regret! Thanks Kelly!!
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11-28-16, 06:34 AM | |
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Breakdown for four of the segments (not the boxing or yoga)
I think I"ll combine the warmup plus these four for a 60 min workout. KCM Body Design Total 60 min warmup 4 min cardio bootcamp 12 min jack/front kick/jump rope V-hop/walk back/kick quick squats/criss cross tap/crescent kick plank skate 2/fast jog cross jack/shuffle-knee reverse lunge/hop change heel click side lunge high knees squat-knee light dumbbell cardio sculpting 12 min lateral raise/knee circle tap back/2 hand push lunge side right/left/rock 3 scissor feet shuffle/hands up squatting right/left - dumbbell to floor, then up reverse lunge/alternate row six front leg right/left straight out tap side right/left/dumbbell curls center squats/folding squats/reach out heels front/single, double arms side bends/reach down leg/twist knee pull/crunch stronger/leaner lower 14:40 front/back/side lunges (no weights) squats back lunges deadlifts side squats front static lunges plie squats plie squats w/chair back leg lift w/chair leg front around to back w/chair upper body strength 16:47 need bench w/4 risers single rows side raise bicep across tricep dips on bench single bench press |
11-28-16, 11:02 PM | |
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Colorado
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Thanks for the breakdown! Mine arrived today in Colorado. I'm planning yoga tomorrow (not Kelly's yoga ) but I'll probably do one of these segments first.
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11-29-16, 03:07 AM | |
Join Date: Jun 2006
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What is the music like in these? Club? Canned? Is it appropriately loud? TIA.
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