Total Max Mixers - Week of March 7

[JBliff]

Good morning everyone. I've been up since 4:20 a.m. so I figured I might as well start a new thread for the week.

My workout yesterday was ICE RESE w/blizzard blast + a walk in town with DH.

Waves to everyone. Have a good day.

[karjoy]

Morning all. Sorry about your early awakening Jbliff.

Can anyone think of a Cathe add on segment super short premix format legs? Like 10-15 minutes? With this marathon training I have managed to keep up with some upper body with band work but I need to do some short leg workouts. Thanks!

[Cher]

Workout Saturday was Jessica’s new Lift & Shift Fine Toning. This you did barefoot, used light weights and only 30 minutes. It was sort of like a fusion type workout maybe???? Some balance, push-ups with core stuff, clam shells. Lots of muscles I normally don’t use and some exercises were really hard for me. She crammed a lot into the 30 minutes. Afterwards, I did the first mile of Leslie’s 5 Mega Miles. Nothing yesterday. Pretty much a slug all day except for making dinner.

Vannie - ((Hugs)) Sorry spring time is so hard for you. I’m sure the one you anniversary of of MIL and you mom’s passing does not help.

JBliff - I’ve been awake since 3:30 this morning. Ugh. I hope you were too tired all day yesterday.

Karen - Do you want standing leg work or floor? When I want a quick leg workout, I will do the leg work from Cathe’s Push Pull. There isn’t a premix for just one set the way the workout is anyway so I usually just put it in and do the warm-up right into the leg work (this standing leg work is pretty short), then if I want floor work, I either just skip to it or go back to the menu and pick it. The purple floor exercises play one after the other so it works well. If you want floor, PLB Stability Ball section is good and pretty quick....I think it’s around 15 minutes. I will pop in if I think of an actual premix that is short and let you know. I’m sure there are some out there.

[JBliff]

My workout yesterday was LITE Pyramid upper body, going heavier on all the exercises + 20 minutes on the elliptical.

Karjoy - Xtrain Legs standing or Lean Legs & Abs + Great Glutes have individual segments that are less than 20 minutes (barre, standing or ball & chair). I think the original PLB standing portion would come in at less than 20 minutes if you just do the first 3 sets. The entire STS Total Body leg portion is about 22 minutes but you could only do one set of each exercise instead of two and get it down to maybe 15 minutes.

Cher - I was pretty sleepy most of the day but managed to clean the house, do laundry and work out so it wasn't too bad.

We are about to have some spectacular weather starting tomorrow--70s and sunny. DH is going stir crazy so I think we will take a drive somewhere tomorrow.

Waves too all. Have a good day.

[karjoy]

Hi all. Thanks for the suggestions for short rounds of leg work. I really appreciate it. I had forgotten all about PushPull but I remember that the leg work was short but thorough. And the PLB ball work is fantastic.

Vannie thinking of you at this time.

Jbliff we have had beautiful days lately, just like you said, blue skies and in the 70s with low humidity. And blessedly coldish nights like last night with the temp at 32 but warming up quickly. Great for am runs.

Gibbee how are you and DD?

We ran 20 miles Saturday and got rained on at first but we dried out. Took yesterday and today off because of that extra long run.

Night all.

[Vantreesta]

Fighting a migraine all day. No workouts, just calm quiet stuff like laundry, dishes & baking cookies. Hope to be back at it tmrw.

Thanks for the kind thoughts. I don't know why spring is this way for me. I mean this year and last year obviously have reasons but before that I don't know. Around March and July are just harder. July is likely the heat. Anyway, one day at a time.

Saturday I did the next day of Qi Gong, Caroline's HHT exercises, wk4 day2 of the 10k trainer, a segment from Pick Your Spot Pilates and Yoga for Runners post-run practice. I think that's all. I had planned to do the next day of the Crossrope challenge but I just felt tired. Yesterday I was a slug like Cheryl except I didn't even fix supper, I ran to DQ for snickerdoodle blizzards! I am curious if the sugar and lactose overload may have contributed to the migraine but really don't know. It's not like I don't have sugar binges even though they're less often than before.

Karen, I am just in awe of your marathon training. I feel like training for a 10k takes a lot of time and energy, can't imagine a marathon!

Cheryl, glad the new Jessica set seems to be motivating you. I don't feel like I'm getting enough strength work with the short kettlebell workouts, especially since I can't go as heavy as possible due to my hamstrings. I do feel like the Caroline workouts are helping but tendons are slow to heal.

JBliff and Cheryl, sorry about the early wake times. I would probably sleep half the day away if I woke that early! Thanks for the short leg suggestions too. When I weigh I like seeing the weight go down but it also tells me my muscle and bone mass and I don't like seeing those go down!