Please join us this month!!
February, 2020
Just randomly doing whatever workouts according to my tentative rotation planned out and still focusing on strength this month.
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My w/u; Beast Body Bulk Arms; Stretch I went heavy today and it felt great!! I didn't have time to add on today...my great nephew and parents are in town - so excited to meet him!! <3
2 -
Michelle's Total Body Yoga in 25 Minutes This was such a nice little flow for a Sunday morning practice. Really enjoyed it.
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Yvette Bachman Heavy Weight Chest & Shoulder Circuits (60 min.); stretch Today was chest & shoulders scheduled and I was going to do Beast but I wanted some good metabolic work to counteract all those b-day & Super Bowl celebration calories over the weekend!! It delivered! She uses heavier weights for chest presses, flyes and shoulder presses with usually 5-8 reps, sometimes 10-15. I used 15's mostly but did use 20's for one set of 5. If I wasn't going as heavy as Yvette, I'd complete more reps. Shoulder raises using 5's & 8's are included also. She uses a 6# med ball for a few exercises and I either had to grab my 4# ball or my 8# ball...I used my 8#! She uses a high step but I had mine at 6" and got a great workout. Loved the choreo using it and she adds some HiiT work at the end (natch!). My shoulders & chest were toast at the end of this workout and I loved the fact that there are no push-ups in this class!!!! Really enjoyed this one to work me and work me good!! <3
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Michelle's Power Yoga Workout - 30 min. This class has it all - forward, back, side stretches, breath, cardio, balance, strength, etc.----favorited! Feel great to start my day!
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S&S TBGS (w/u); Beast Build Back/Bi's; Heather Robertson's 10 min. Standing Abs; Stretch; Later: 45 min. of Yard Work (before the snow!) Great workout! Tried my heavies (for me) since I was feeling strong today. Pull-overs with 25, 27.5 and 30#; 25's for D/L's topped out my heavies. 20, 25, & 30 for one-arm rows and 45# for pull-downs. Bi's are always lighter (12's, 15's, and a couple 20's). Those 1, 1, 2 hammer curls always get me! LOVE this workout so much! 427 cal after the core/stretch!! My arms were complaining during Heather's workout since she does so many over-the-head moves and my arms being so fatigued from Beast!! That's another great w/o for abs when you want to do some different standing core work. AWESOME STUFF!!
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Shovel Max (20 min. while DH snowblowed); Cathe Live Cardio, Glutes & Core Express #217 (38 min); Cathe Live Lower Body-Upper Body DB Challenge #220 (sans w/u, UB, stretch--just Lower Body); Michelle's Yin Yoga GREAT lower body workout today! CG&CE is a fun cardio workout that uses the stability ball and FW band for cardio mostly with the focus on glutes. There are a few toning exercises for glutes using the band, and stab. ball for hamstring roll-ins, etc. That was tough keeping my booty off the floor for the duration of the hamstring work! LB/UB DB Challenge was a fantastic lower body weighted add-on!! I had extra time today since I don't have to watch my little cutie, so adding on just the LB segment was AWESOME (only 20 min.). I could go 3-6# heavier than Cathe on all the exercises (sometimes slowing down the pace) and these exercises were perfect since she doesn't include D/L's (which I did yesterday). I needed a good, long LB stretch after all that!! 509 calorie burn - woo hoo!!
7 - Rest day
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Yvette Bachman Step Cardio Blast! (44 min. until core work); ICE MM Triceps; Stretches I wanted some good cardio after some indulging last night. My SIL's were in town so we went out to celebrate things. Fun! And I added some more fun with Yvette's workout (this is the one with Christmas music). I didn't mind...but what I did mind was all the ads in this! I don't remember there being 3 or 4 ads in this!!!!! But I kept doing the last cardio exercise she was doing until the w/o came back. Adding on Tricep MM's was very tough at that point. No going heavier than Cathe today, LOL!
I wasn't feeling very strong for those (too much happiness last night, LOL). Only 10's, 12's, & 15's were used but kudos to me, I did all 3 rounds! haha Feeling great, though, after doing something to get me off the couch!! 472 calories bit the dust. (It was a good calorie crusher week for me)!
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Level Up (LU) Balance Like I surmised, I liked this class the least of the series. I wrote my thoughts in the Level Up Thread...
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XT Burn Sets (Chest/Back/Sh); YT Popsugar "Get A Better Butt" TM interval workout (30 min. = 2 miles); stretches Great workout today! I LOVE the TM workout - it has been awhile since I did it...I can really feel my butt during those inclines! Lately, incline work has been ok for my knees...hope that continues. That workout bites in the last half but what a gem it is. 541 cal burn today!
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Michelle's Deep Stretch Yoga - Hips & Hammies This is very similar to her (my fav version) of Yin Yoga....I'll have to remember to do this one more often too.
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Yvette Bachman Cardio Step With Back & Bicep Circuits; My Beast Build Back & Bi's (Shortened version) Add-on; Stretch This one is almost a year old and I LOVED it! Tough Stuff!! I used a 10" step like Yvette (or whatever hers is with 3 risers), some moves done on the step (but not much jumping on/off) and some on the Bosu (love that I can use that too!!). Then towards the end, she takes out a riser and I made my step 6"...in which the exercises seemed like recovery moves after that! This class is cardio exercises followed by 2 sets of 8 reps (not done at once) of back work & bicep work (which some included shoulders). I used 30# for pull overs, 25# for 1 arm rows, 12's# for reverse flyes, 15's# for biceps, 20's# for hammers (which incl. shoulder presses I didn't do). I can belt them out when there's only 8 reps as opposed to 15 (Beast)!!! Very, very fun moves!!! Loved it! My 25 min. condensed Beast add-on consisted of:
2 sets 10 Reps of D/L's 20's/25's#
3 sets 10 R of pull downs-wide grip/med grip; overhand/underhand 45#
2 sets 10 R of pull overs using 30/32.5# (first time for 32.5#!)
1 set 8 R of One Arm Rows 32.5#
1 set 10 R of Reverse Flyes 12's#
2 sets 8 R of Hammer/Bicep Curls (Sagi Style) 15's/20's#
2 sets 8 R of 1,1,2 Hammers (Sagi Style) 15's#
2 sets 8 R of Bicep Curls 12's#
Cobra on the Bosu
(Just had to get positioned just right, then it seemed I could lift legs, upper body higher)!
Fantastic workout today!!!!!! A whopping 628 calorie burn!! Yvette's was a FUN endurance workout, for sure!!!
Side note: I just realized I worked back twice this week, oops!! Oh well....:0)
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Yoga30For30 (Backbends); Popsugar The Ultimate Inner Thigh Workout I had to do the yoga in two segments as the baby woke up. ;0) Later after the baby left, I did the Popsugar workout, as I needed some form of movement from sitting (and holding) the baby most of the day, as she was fussy. (I couldn't be too upset with her, as she was dressed in the
cutest Valentine's outfit)!!
This is a good workout for that - some cardio and then some inner thigh stuff on the floor.
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ICE R'm S'm (TS 6 Premix - Punching Combos only); Muscle Meltdown (Triceps--3 rounds); stretch After a morning of watching babies, I was going to call it a rest day, but got motivated to take it downstairs and do some triceps. As I was doing the w/u (which is LONG, as you might know), it got me 'into it' and motivated me to do more, so I skipped around and only did the punching combos. Fun for some light cardio and got my Tricep workout in to boot! I used 12's/15's/20#....it added up after holding some heavy babies this morning! :0)
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YT BOSU Ball Workout (Eye See Digital-37 min.); Heather Robertson Week 6 Day 4//Intense TABATA + Booty Workout - 30 min.; Stretch This BOSU workout wasn't too shabby for an unpolished & lighter day workout...her form is off a bit at times. Some moves I hadn't seen before and liked, ie... laying your side over the Bosu and holding up your legs, but I made it more of a inner thigh focus by lowering and lifting my bottom leg to meet my upper leg. The format was :70/:30 and I kept going thru some of her water breaks. I had to count my reps as well. Heather's was great (a little repetitive from doing a lot of the same moves), but it was a sweaty one! The format was 4 rounds of tabatas with :20/:10 format and the 2nd half mostly booty exercises on the floor with :30/:10 for 3 rounds. My booty is feeling it already! GREAT lower body/leg day with a 373 cal burn!
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My goodness: my lower body (quads/hamstrings) are SOOOOO sore today!!! That was a great lower body combo yesterday, evidently!!! Michelle's Morning Yoga Flow (29 min.); Later: Cathe Live Metabolic Madness #267; stretch I did Michelle's practice before my volunteer day of watching babies this morning at church. Then later after (another) cup of coffee and reading 2lazy4gym's recap of Cathe's Live workout, I decided to try it since I wasn't sure if I'd get in a workout tomorrow with the baby. Holy Hannah!!! This one is FANTABULOUS!!!!! What a FUN, FUN workout! I hadn't tried it before...I just purchased it on a whim after watching the clip. It is lower/upper body combination weighted exercises that MOVE! I was able to go 3-10# heavier than Cathe but by the end, I was starting to crash (with those last k/b punches with 3's!). Good thing she did fewer reps the last round!!! There were a few exercises where I was still picking up my weights so I missed a couple reps on a few. But it probably was a shoulder exercise, LOL, so it was ok since they are worked waay more than other body parts!!
For the upright rows, I threw a few tricep k/b's in there for good measure. Loved the balance work while doing the upper body weight work! My HR was up for most of this workout due to working upper/lower body simultaneously. This workout got 4 hearts from me!!! If you CL fans out there haven't tried this one yet - you NEED TO! :0) One word to the wise, though, don't try it fasted!! I did it on only 2 cups of coffee (and wanting lunch!) and that's why I think I boinked at the very end with those k/b punches!! Good thing it wasn't any longer than 45 min., LOL! 337 calories! I think I was a'missin' my Cathe Live classes cause I had a BLAST!!!!! Love these metabolic workouts where you can still go heavy!!!
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Michelle's Total Body Yoga (prob about 15 min.); Yoga30For30 (Even Flow - prob about 20 min.) At least I got something in! I don't know how these moms get ANYTHING done during the day!! I seem to remember putting my babies in their carrier and letting them watch me workout....I think it depends on the child, LOL. Mine were always good to do what I wanted them to do, haha. OR, most likely, I'm just rusty on using my strategy!
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XT Chest/Back/Shoulders Premix 5
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Yvette Bachman Kickboxing/High Calorie Cardio Blast!; PHA3 (Extended Lying Stretch) I was craving some k/b and did this one for the high fun factor! It is long (70 min.), and I had enough cardio after 45 min. straight, LOL, so I skipped the last 10 min. of add'l cardio (I think it's a little overkill at that point, IMO). I started back up with her for the FW band and core work which then equaled 60 min. This one really hits the core and legs good!! A great endurance class with very little equipment - just the FW band and some light weights for the floor core work at the end (great oblique work in this too!). I ended up with a 497 cal burn and I wasn't even going "all out"! ;0)
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XT Bi's & Tri's; Beast Bulk Arms (30 min.); stretch I was originally going to do a short premix of B&T while the baby slept but I kept going thru her long nap! Did all that w/o then added on some Bulk Arms (all exercises, 1 set @15 R using lighter weights; 1 set @8 R using heaviest weights). A great finisher for the Bi's & Tri's workout! On to another program next week...I loved the variety of weight programs this month!
21- Rest day
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UY Balance This was still challenging, but after {attempting} LU Balance, this one seemed A LOT easier for me! I don't know if maybe my balance has improved or what, but I could hold the poses longer and my breath stayed synched with the pose. Yay!!! It took a 'level up' Balance class for this to happen. Never thought I'd see the day, LOL!
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RwH LIHI Back, Bi's & Shoulders; Plyo HiiT 2 (Premix 3 - Shoulders Last); Total Body Solution (Lower Back); Stretch This was a great workout (I hadn't done Plyo HiiT in
ages!) but right afterward, I felt some lower back discomfort. I think I tweaked my back trying to help up my dad after his fall a couple days ago. (He's fine), but the angle I used must've tweaked it. And doing weights today must have exacerbated it, as I didn't feel anything until I used the weights! Icing it today. So, I may be taking off some extra days this week to give it a rest...
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Total Body Solution (Lower Back) It was 2018 since I did this one..which means I haven't had any injuries in 2019 that I needed to break it out.
25- Rest day
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Gina B Cardio At Home HiiT Workout for Wt. Loss - Full Body Tone Up; Heather Robertson FB Full Body HiiT//No Repeats//No Equipment; YT Leslie Fast Walking in 30 min.; TBS (Lower Back) It felt so good to do something!! I modified a few exercises in HR's workout but not many for my back issue. Loved the Leslie workout...it's been
eons since I walked with her! I used 2# weights and could ramp it up which is so easy to do with her workouts. I did miss her original walkers, however. I ended up with a 412 cal burn after everything today....a different kind of workout day for me....but it was a nice change and I had fun while keeping things safe for my back. :0)
Side note: My Lenten challenge starts today.
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Michelle's Strong Yoga Flow with Hips & Arm Balance This was a good hip opener flow...not many floor hip openers that I would've liked better. I added pigeon and did some IT band stretches.
28- Rest day (2 hours this morning and 3 hours tonight watching babies seemed/will seem like enough of a workout today)!
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RwH LIHI Chest, Tris, Shoulders (Premix 1 - Shoulders Last); RIPT90FIT Chest & Arms; Stretch
I had a great workout using the Pyramid type lifting with RwH....always very easy to do with these. And had time to add on an easier Chest & arms workout with moderate weights for some nice finishers. Doing this workout inspired me to break out the set for March; so I will be altering my March rotation to include these. Jody is so NOT annoying, but inspiring! I love how I can use my own music, too.