09-04-14, 01:11 PM | |
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Raleigh, NC
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This is why I the Look Great in 8 rotation. It gives you a pattern of the types of workouts to do (shorter/longer duration, different types of cardio and strength, etc.), but you can then find the video workouts to fit those criteria. It's the only rotation I've ever completed.
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09-04-14, 01:16 PM | |
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Woodstock NY
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I love rotations. Keeps me motivated. I hate messing up my calendar. Most recently I completed 21 Day, followed by FeFit's summer challenge, Physique57's summer rotation and am now doing Barre3 28 to Great. No hesitating trying to decide and I like to do the workouts the way they were designed to be done. I find I stay consistent and get results.
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09-04-14, 02:38 PM | |
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Colorado Springs
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I rebel against too much regimentation. When I'm doing rotations, I will sometimes throw in an odd workout or two. That gets the rebellion out of my system and I'm usually able to go back to the rotation.
I have had to quit a few rotations because of injuries and that is really frustrating, especially if you're just starting to get results.
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09-04-14, 09:43 PM | |
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Wisconsin
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I think you should do what works best for you. Listening to your body is very important. As for myself, I do best with a rotation of the type of workouts that I like. It keeps me motivated and consistent. I can occasionally sub in a different workout, skip a rest day, take an extra rest day, whatever... but I need a plan.
I've had an injury and it's thrown me way off, made me very inconsistent. I started Body Beast for upper body only (physical therapy for torn Achilles tendon) and just having that schedule has helped me a lot. Now I need to fill in those other days with other workouts since I'm progressing nicely with my rehab and I'm not quite where I want to be with my consistency yet. I think it's great that you can be consistent without a specific plan. If I don't have a plan I get lazy. |
09-05-14, 02:03 AM | |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Sonoma County, CA
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This reminds me of other discussions in the long ago, hazy, early times of VF.
I recall one in particular--long lost to many software iterations--about step workouts. It was something like "are you up and down or round and round?" and was a long talk about why some people liked basic step and others wanted choreography, choreography, and more choreography! No TIFFTing, please. Now this makes me wonder--no, never mind. OK, just wonder. Whether people who like less choreographed, "non-dancy" in the terminology of the time, workouts also prefer rotations and find them useful as a structure for their exercise plan. It's nice to know what you're supposed to do on a particular day and check it off, put a sticker on the calendar, or enter it on your spreadsheet. Cardio, strength, stretch, check. Other folks prefer less of a drill or repetitive type of workout, enjoying a different type of challenge putting moves together in a sequence just for the joy of movement, the workout benefits almost being secondary. I'm curious what the relationship is between the people who enjoy those workouts and their feelings toward rotations. I've never successfully completed a single rotation, no matter how much I might like a particular instructor or system. I get bored bored bored and can't stand it any more. I love choreography and variety, and get in a workout 28 days out of 30, keeping a balance in mind but doing what feels right on a given day. Whatever keeps us all going. The differences are intriguing.
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09-05-14, 08:21 AM | |
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: South Jersey
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My opinion when it comes to rotations/plans is that if you want a specific result, you need a specific plan, and you need to track what you do to make sure you are progressing in the direction you want. No tracking, no measuring, and you are just exercising. Which is fine, but again, if you want A Result, just doing a "plan" and hoping for the best isn't going to cut it.
That said, if you are going for overall fitness/health, I think what you do is far less important than doing something consistently. If rotations help you there, go for it. If not, don't worry about it.
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