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10-28-20, 06:26 PM | |
Join Date: Oct 2004
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I'm thankful for all the sets I've been blessed with, so to show it, I'm actually going to use them!
Week 1: Leslie Miracle Miles + JNL 1. 3 miles from Disc 5 - didn't use the band, but followed along anyway 2. JNL 10 Minute Total Body done my way. I do a chapter 3x before moving on. For the last circuit, instead of "Fusion 4" I did calf raises, and rather than burpees, I did plank jacks, mountain climbers, and a rocking plank. I warmed up and cooled down with Leslie (10 minutes each) 3. TKO Fat Blast w/Leslie Warm up & cd ,then away to South Lake Tahoe. plenty of walking 4. walking a ton in South Lake Tahoe 5. walked a bit before heading back home 6. Leslie 2 miles + JNL Speed & Agility 7. JNL Lean Legs - Cathe w/u and c/d since JNL doesn't have any. grrr I find that I have to look away from the screen to keep my annoyance level in check. The weights are light, the speed is fast, the form is bad, and the mugging is out of control, but other than that, these are perfect. Week 2: JNL + KettleWorx 8. JNL Bicep Builder - which is really a bicep and chest workout. There were the dreaded burpees w/pushup. I did set one as-is, set two I stepped back and in, set three as-is. For the last move "gliders", I did the first not touching the ground, so just moving my legs side to side, set two I touched the ground but stepped out and in, set three was as-is. That's a tough move to end with! 9. "rest" - I slept in but then went grocery shopping at two different stores, which can be tiring. I'm sore from yesterday's workout, in my upper back and abs! I don't know how that happened. 10. KettleWorx Resistance Surge (20+minutes) + Core Cut (10 minutes). For some reason, even after looking at the exercises, I thought each move was one minute. No, I found out 30 seconds into the first exercise of squats with overhead press that I was NOT halfway done, but rather, I had a minute and a half left. Thankfully, when we work one arm or leg, we get to switch after a minute. But my arms were shaking in round two of static lunge w/arm overhead. I then put in the SuperCharged Core because I knew for sure that those 5 moves were only 1 minute and you do the circuit twice. No, you don't! Those were also two minutes. I don't know where I came up with the 5x2 but I need to take better notes next time. 11. Thank you to all our Veterans. JNL TKO + KW Cardio Ignite - THIS is the one with one minute of work, I thought I made that up! You do four exercises for a minute each, then repeat. I did them once, then FFed to the next 4. I wasn't sore from yesterday's workouts but right now my glutes are feeling it from today's! 12. JNL Shoulder Shredder - my god this woman loves high impact, but I'm not doing three rounds of that stuff! For the first round, I usually half-arsed it, or even 1/4 arsed, but for the other rounds when I did them, I made sure to do them right. I like these for the weight work, so I think the next time I visit JNL, I'm going to focus on the weights and do bicycles or planks instead of the cardio moves. 13. KettleWorx Resistance Slam - I chose this because I could easily do two minutes of each of the exercises. LOL I was wrong. Those shoulder presses at the end were killer, I had to miss a few reps. And the side to side lunges with a front raise really got my heart rate up! (lunge, raise, lunge) Then I did about 15 minutes of JNL's "Fusion Stretch". 14. KettleWorx Core Rock + 1/2 of Power (?). I was supposed to have done a JNL upper but my triceps were too sore, so I thought about bringing Sexy Saturday back and even had the Burlesque disc in the player, but I felt weird about breaking my own rules, so I chose Core instead. 4 base exercises, repeat, do 4 similar w/some advanced modifications. Week 3: Kettleworx + PowerFit Harmony 15. KW Cardio Fire - that got my heart rate up! The non-kb moves were skaters (thankfully they weren't fast or low), mountain climbers, squat jumps, high knees. The weighted moves felt like a rest after doing these. 16. PFH Sculpt Push + Core Balance -- I'm just not in the mood to complain about how many times Stephanie says "Four", I'm just not. But if you play Push, you'd be inclined to believe that FOUR is the only number she knows. Or perhaps she was paid extra for every FOUR she says? Or maybe she got stuck on FOUR. The robots in the back had their smiles stuck, so maybe she did, too. So then I popped in Core, and was surprised that TWO was the new FOUR. I tried to count, but when I heard TWO over and over, I knew it was the clear winner. It's like she doesn't know any odd numbers. But wait... was that a three? Pulse for 3! 3, 3! Wow! If I weren't already on the ground, I would have fallen over. Now pulse for 7! OMG! I can't tell you how thrilled I was to hear such different numbers. I can't wait to play the other dvds to see what awaits. 17. rest 18. Today I did... are you ready? PFH Lower Body Blast. On the plus side, I don't remember hearing any specific number over and over. However, Listen up!! She said, "Are you ready?" A LOT. Listen Up was a close second. Upper Body Blast was the same. What about the workouts? Heck if I know, I kept feeling doubt and uncertainty about my readiness to do the workout the more she asked. 19. PFH Cardio Burn and Core Express. Look at how much fun we're having! She didn't say it, I thought it as I joined the robots in smiling. It really was. I didn't even notice if she said four or listen up. And I couldn't tell you if she asked if I was ready. My head hurts terribly during a certain time of the month, and while it hurt a little during this workout, it was just what I needed to feel somewhat better. I think these workouts, and Stephanie, are growing on me. just two days left to do KW, but I don't think that's going to happen with this headache. grrr 20. Pull & Core, gosh I don't even know what the names were. The reverse and curtsy lunges were not enough to make me sweat, but I got warm. I exercise in the morning before the heater kicks in, and I hadn't been getting too warm with these workouts. (except yesterday's) I liked these both. 21. Cardio Move it and Power Up - These both had some movements that could be done on a step. I didn't because I thought I'd be too clumsy and noisy, but I think I had done it before with no mishaps. These aren't exactly fun, but they weren't boring, and she's great at cuing so even if she didn't say that there were four left, she gave me some time to let me know when a new move was coming. And The Charleston makes an appearance. I love that move, I get to be silly while exercising. PFH is done! Moving on... Week 4: The following is X-Rated 22. X-Factor ST - Week 1 because after doing PFH last week, I wasn't sure if I could handle the others that I know are more challenging. The instructor bugged me for some reason, while the crazy punching girl didn't. There's a really long thread with breakdowns, but some exercises are: squat w/knee up, lunges with arms out to side (I did reverse lunges on round 2), frog jumps, plank, pushups, superman, swimmers. And after 40 minutes of exercise, my Fitbit didn't acknowledge any of it! I may as well have been sitting on my behind for all it cared. Um, I have a confession. It must have been so long since I'd done these that all but one disc were stuck in their sleeves. Is this funny or shameful? So if you have this set and you've left it in the original sleeves, check up on them. There's some gunk from where they stuck and I just played one but it was fine, so I think the others will be. 23. XF week 2: I just looked through my 2012 comments where I mentioned that this workout makes me hungry; it still does! I was so hungry this morning after doing it. I gave myself a big breakfast to stop the growling. Unlike in workout 1, I paused for maybe 20 seconds to drink water before moving on. I don't really care for a few of the abs moves, but overall I liked the exercises. 45 degree lunges, deep squat kick, lateral hops, skaters, and side planks, to name a few. I previewed week 3 to make sure it plays and I'm still scared! I'm sure that stupid surfer move will give me trouble. 24. All aboard the XTrain! Cathe sure has a lot of cargo on some of these, but I did one with minimal: Burn Sets Bis and Tris. I didn't realize that I'd need a band for the last set of triceps and wasn't ready, so I improvised. The back of my left leg hurts a little, so I'll be doing another upper body workout tomorrow. 25. XTrain Burn Sets Chest & Back premix - why don't I do this more often?! I guess I forgot that I liked these workouts. And you only need a step w/risers and weights for this; the last back exercise uses a loop around the ankles and a resistance band for upper, but I'm sure you can do without and still feel it. For shoulders, I did a workout that my husband got from AthleanX. Workout A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0od2ELqG9c one round with 8s nearly killed me! lol I'd done one round with 5s a while back and it wasn't too challenging, so that's why I went heavier. 26. XTrain Legs - Standing & Floor - my leg pain is gone but I didn't want to do fast or high impact moves that you'd find in XFactor, so I did this. I nearly cried during some of the moves, but I got through it. For this premix we used: a stability ball, gliding discs, resistance loops, one weight at a time, and Dixie cups if you have them. That's it! lol but it wasn't so bad because she gave you time to grab things and/or put them away before moving on, so by the time we were done, my room didn't look like a gym exploded or threw up. 27. XFactor week 3: Why did I think I could handle this a day after Legs? Hubris. I didn't get far (exercise 3) before realizing that it may have been a mistake. 90 seconds of jump lunges? OH lord! I had to break after one minute the first round and only made it to maybe 30 seconds on round 2. My quads were on fire!!! And my surf pop up was laughable! Good thing there are no cameras in the room. Heck, even those pushups were painful because I'm still sore from Chest & Back, but I did them. 28. XFactor week 4: my roll up jumps were worse than the surfers, believe it or not. haha I tried a few times in round 1, then gave up because time was a wastin'. In round 2, I tried again and managed to get on my feet without using my hands, but then staggered back. At that point I decided to stop before I killed myself. The rest of the workout was actually enjoyable. 29. Sunday Funday: I miss Jazzercise Burlesque and Leslie, so I will do one or both. eta: I did both. 2 Leslie "Fast and Fun Miles" - miles 1 and 2 plus 15 minutes of Burlesque. 30. |
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