September, 2020
Just taking it day by day this month and doing what I feel. A little more focus on strength is what I'd like to achieve.
31- KCM 30 MTF Strength & Stamina (Step Bonus); Upper Body (Upper & Swings Premix); KCM 30 MTF Strong & Lean (Workout 1 (Weights); stretch
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Level Up (Strength) Got the whole 60+ min. in before the baby woke. It's like she knows! :0) These make me feel so accomplished and this one is so good for strengthening posture work. It seems I dread the 60 min. length but once I get into it, it just seems to fly by and I feel so good afterward!
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My Cathe-like w/u(=7 min.); Beast Tempo (Chest/Triceps); stretch I thought I'd try these again as the pace is so slow and I didn't like them much when I first got them. I really liked it more today - even using the same weights as before (10's/12's/15's) but matching Sagi's tempo. It's hard to go so heavy at his pace and I did have to drop to 12# for the k/b's for the last 8 reps. After all those dips, and at the k/b angle, it got tough!! Great workout, my arms are still trembling, and I was in the FB zone for 51 min. of the workout!!! Just can't beat Beast....so nice to w/o with Sagi again, too!
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My Cathe-like w/u(=12 min.); P90X3 (MMA); RIPT90FIT (Lung Burner-1 Round); Stretch Another goodie revealed from collecting dust! I think when I first got P90X3, I don't think I got thru the whole MMA workout....FF 2 years later, and I really liked it!! Go figure. I used my 8" step to put my hands on for all the sprawls (squat thrusts), and did the MMA moves followed by squat thrusts or butt kicks when the combo was too fast for me to keep good form. My HR was up throughout the whole workout. It was sooo nice to see some good MMA form and to really power up the moves. OTOH, I only managed 1 round of Lung Burner, haha. This is all drills and I just wasn't feeling it and thought I had enough cardio for today.
Oddly enough, I was in the FB zone for 33 min. Shocker, but I will take it!
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Yvette Bachman 30 Minutes of Fat Burning Cardio Kickboxing; Heather Robertson Pilates Fusion//Full Body HiiT Workout (35 min.) Yvette's class was really a FUN k/b workout with no equipment but weighted gloves. A goodie to get in some short, endurance type cardio without going all out and it seemed her music was better. Heather's class was great too with a :40/:10 HiiT format with 2 circuits, repeating each round once. Now this is how I LOVE to do pilates!!! That bear crawl kick, though, was brutal!! Great sweaty workout today!
ETA: 1.5 hours of yard work (after my 1.5 hours of shopping!). Everything fit!!! (cause you can’t use the fitting rooms). Felt so good to shop again!! Last time was July 4th weekend at outlet malls. I made up for it. :0)
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My Cathe-like w/u(=6 min.); Beast Tempo (Back & Bi's); stretch; 3.0 mile walk; stretch Another great strength workout that I liked better this time around. Those all-angle biceps were hard at the end! I used my plate-mates for the pull-overs which got really hard with the slow tempos!! Beautiful day for a walk! I got too close to the grass/ditch while walking on the access road and got bombarded with grasshoppers!! Jeesh, they were everywhere!
That helped me walk faster, LOL. 603 cal burn today!
6- Rest day
Winsor B&T
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RwH Plyo HiiT 2; RwH LIHI Legs (Premix 1 = All Strength); Bonus Abs 1; stretch=61 min. I used my topper for HiiT and it was juusssttt right! I pretty much matched Cathe's weights for Legs but I used my topper to place the DB on to pick up/put down during the sumos and LOL'd when Cathe mentions that she wishes she had her platform there to put the weights on!
*I do, Cath, and it works great!* Once again, I am baffled why these ab workouts are so easy in this series when everything else is a challenge (for me, anyway)?? But it felt GREAT to be able to get thru these workouts again esp. back to back!! 396 cal burn...31 min. in FB zone.
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P90X3 (Total Synergistics); Kathy Smith (The Rules of Fat Burning Compilation (Functional Fitness); Cardio Fat Burner (stretch)( Dust bunny extravaganza!! I was wanting some bodyweight/yoga focus and this was a perfect choice. That last exercise (Warrior 3 into 1/2 moon) repeated to the end was still tough but not as tough as last time I did this one (due to all my frequent yoga, I'm sure). Really enjoyed working out with Tony and the time flew by. I wanted some steady state cardio today too, and Kathy's was a good choice as well. I mute her and blast my music....but I can't do a Kathy workout and not include her 8 min. CFB stretch, though, as that was an absolute FAVORITE quick stretch for many years, as well as her CFB cardio which I need to do again too! Wow, nostalgia reigns! :0)
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Dressed Up Drills (Best Dressed Cardio/stretch); Reach (Standing work & Stretch) Beast Shoulders & Arms was on the rotation today but I've had neck/upper back DOMS for a few days now (certainly not from Beast Back & Bi's still??), so I did some dust bunnies again instead. Note to self: don't start at the finished combos for DUD when you haven't done it for eons. It seemed when I finally got the combos down, it was time to move on. Oh well, still fun! And I dusted off the cobwebs from Reach. It's been ages! The standing work is always such a great balance challenge and the balance challenge at the end of the stretch was always so hard for me, but today, it was a piece of cake!! Improvement from all the yoga over the course of the years, no doubt. Nostalgia reigns again!!//Today is my parents' 66th anniversary. The couple hours I was over there at their place, they received a beautiful bouquet of red roses w/ baby's breath, AND a beautiful Fall flower assortment of sunflowers, etc. Just gorgeous! (We already celebrated with my family on Monday).... I'm hoping my DH and I will celebrate our 66th one day and still be as happy as they are! <3
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Yvette Bachman 30 Min. Shoulder & Ab Workout; Beast Bulk Arms (no w/u=36 min.); UB stretch My upper back/shoulder DOMS subsided so thought I'd continue with Shoulder, Bi's & Tri's work (to make my shoulders sore once again, ha)! LOVED Yvette's class which is circuit-style doing shoulder work then to the floor for ab work. I really didn't mind the up/down factor as it seemed to give it a cardio effect and me a break from working shoulders! Bulk Arms is a favorite Beast workout of mine, so this was a great add-on. Love Progressive Sets and wish more weight workouts included that style. My arms are FRIED and this was a strength combo I need to remember as I was not feeling Beast Shoulders today, and Yvette's was a fun substitute which included abs as well!!
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2.20 mile walk pushing the baby until it started misting;
Yoga Short & Sweet #1
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KCM BoxFit (Combos with Back, Tris, Bis, Shoulders & Chest - but my own premix of all the k/b combos with 2 sets of just Back, Shoulders - rear delt flyes mostly), & Chest (2 sets each); UB stretch Also, in making it "my own premix", I added in filler moves in place of some of Kelly's cardio.. i.e. jumping toward the TV (afraid I was going to punch the TV!) and running back, I did the UB combo as shown with all scissor moves (in place) and on another combo, I did 4 sets of running step ups on my 8" step for the duration of her move. My HR stayed up for most of the workout and the k/b combos seemed so fun today! I didn't even mind the bell as it's not as prevalent in this premix! (Actually the music was pretty soft). I used 15's for back & chest & 8's for shoulders and had to take a break between the chest sets at the end! I knew to count the reps, as they were uneven for the 1 arm work
; & today I did both arms for chest work. (This premix also includes ab work, which isn't listed in the premix description), equaled 46 min. which was fine--her premix equals around 53 min., IIRC), and I got my missing muscle groups in this week while having fun with my modifications!! 351 cal burn
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Yvette Bachman HiiT/Step w/ KB & Heavy Weights (35 min. of 66 min.); stretch; 1.25 hours of Mow Max/Yard Work This one is so fun; I used a 6" step, 10-15# KB; 12-15# weights for the HiiT work. I stopped at 36 min. mark when she starts the weights...I just wanted some fun cardio and this :30/:10 format is super fun using the step! The A/C isn't running in my basement b/c it's been cool out, so I was one SWEATY woman!! 316 calorie burn.
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3.06 mile walk; 2.56 mile walk (both times pushing baby); Michelle's Yin Yoga stretches The second walk I was trying to get the baby to go to sleep since she woke early from her nap. No dice. :/ Thankfully, she was still a very good girl!
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Five Parks Yoga (Active Hip Opening Hold & Flow Yoga Class (55 min.) Great hip opener, but I did have to modify a couple poses for my hips that didn't feel right. Loved the standing hip openers while balancing into the next pose! This is filmed ocean side and had a beautiful feel. (I did have to do this in two parts for the baby's nap times. Still a goodie!).
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Cathe Fit Tower Boot Camp; Inner Dimension TV (IDT) Chill Out -Travis (20 min.); IDT Embracing Imperfection: 7 Day Meditation Series/Day 1 (14 min.) I bought this Cathe dvd from Mary's sale. I used my JS barre and it worked just fine. I'm glad to have an easier workout in my collection, but I didn't think it was all that fun (and Cathe annoyed me with her incessant talking!). (Probably due mostly to my mood & the barre work...)
I took advantage of the HUGE sale at IDT - Yay! I thought I read somewhere that the 50% off is only for new customers, but being a previous subscriber, it worked, so I got a whole year for $60! Now I can try out some of the programs I didn't buy, but LOL, I have most of them! By skimming the site, it doesn't seem like they got a whole lot of new material since I put it on hold in '18. I liked Travis' class but when I think of a "chill class", I prefer all done on the mat...this was 10 min. standing/10 min. mat work; the standing poses made it a great back bend class, though. I am also going to try to do the 7 day meditation challenge... yep,
we'll see. ;0)
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IDT Day 2 of meditation challenge; X-10 (w/u); Heather Robertson (Full Body KB workout//At Home HiiT (34 min.); HR KB Tabata (12 min.); IDT (Power Yoga Blaze #3 - 34 min.) Got the meditation thing out of the way while drinking my coffee first thing (no closing eyes though)! I had such a FUN workout today...Loved BOTH of Heather's workouts; the Full Body had a :40/:20 format and I liked all the exercises done for 3 sets thru. That Ninja exercise was modified by putting my hands on the step; jumping back into squat thrust then picking up KB to do the UB move while in a deep squat. (Holding onto the KB while jumping back to squat thrust hurt my hands too much!)
I used a 10# KB for the snatches (since the 10#'er didn't bonk my watch!), then 15# KB for the rest. I really liked the Tabata class with a :20/:10 format which breezed right thru and was a great finisher! I used a 15# KB for all...(I like Heather's form for swings better than Yvette's!), and both of these classes work the core oh, so well! 401 cal burn. Since I had extra time this morning, I added on an IDT class...OK, this was THE BEST class ever!! PERFECTION...just the right amount of challenge, balance, posture work, flexibility...it was PERFECT!! Favorited! I did skip 5 min. of the w/u and started in chair pose (at 5 min. mark). Lots of twisting 1/2 moons, so I was in heaven! Music playing in background was so nice, as well as Travis moving right along....and no stories!! Fantastic workout all around and ended with a 569 cal burn!
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IDT Day 3 Meditation; KCM 30MTF Sculpting Rx (Workout 1 & 2 Combined=60 min.); Mow Max/Yard Work (2 hours) This Kelly was another dvd I bought during Mary's sale. And, I think I truly found my favorite Kelly DVD!!! I really liked Workout 1 which uses heavy weights w/ supersets and 10 reps for all but as usual, Legs are worked very little. My UB was fried, however, and as one complaint I had is that Kelly never stretches the muscles after they're worked, so I had to pause after the skull crushers/flyes, as my arms were almost cramping! I used 5's, 12's, 15's, and 20's, LOL....I had a whole variety since I didn't know what to expect. There was only one back exercise that was a little iffy for me: sitting on the step with your DB's sitting by your feet on their ends, then picking them up bringing elbows up & back. At that angle, I found that move a little iffy. But other than that, I really liked the creativity; I knew to play my own music, and best of all, Kelly's cueing was great!!!//On to Workout 2: I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this one!! Loved the combination moves of working upper and lower at the same time with cardio or sculpting moves mixed in. It reminded me SO MUCH of a Slim Series workout!! Some of the moves are very similar and with the standing core work as well. I even loved the floor core work at the end and in one exercise, how you're working your obliques while one leg bent in front in a psoas stretch. Loved that! I used 5's & 8's for the standing work and really thought Kelly was super creative in both these workouts. I'm so glad I have an updated Slim Series-like workout again, but getting it all done in 30 minutes! Kelly's cueing was good in this one too!!! A+ Kelly!!! <3
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IDT Day 4 Meditation; Yvette Bachman Cardio Kickboxing BOSU Workout (64 min.); Michelle's Yin Yoga One of my favorite Yvette workouts, this one doesn't include a whole lot of high impact moves, yet the "recovery" & lower impact moves sure sneak up on you! And when you're using a BOSU, you automatically get a great leg workout! In addition, the FW band and the ankle weights (mine were 2.6# each) working the legs at the end is just icing on the legs front. I need to watch my kicking form in this, though, as the classes' form (as well as Yvette's) isn't the best. During the "sit-n-stands" i.e. laying over the BOSU then standing up (and sometimes jumping), I finally found a good way to modify those: laying over BOSU, then putting palms on floor with straight legs. Still works legs/core but without the impact and was more joint friendly. I LOVE this one so much--it is SO MUCH FUN and feel so accomplished afterward. 426 cal burn. Nothing better than a Yvette class to start the week and end the week with! :0)
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IDT Day 5 Meditation; IDT Flexibility & Beyond (Yin Yoga-Hips); 60 min. just seems SO long during a yin practice....I have to get used to Travis' stories again--aack! His long yin classes are just not my cuppa, although I can tolerate the Y30For30 Yin. I did the Meditation today during Shavasana which was nice.
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IDT Day 6 Meditation; Cathe Live PHA 2020 (#278); IDT Calm (Lauren - 30 min.) LOVE this Live so much and always get a great strength workout that flies by. I used 10's-40# (2 20's for D/L's). It felt great to revisit this one! Lauren's class I already had 'favorited' when I subscribed before...and it's still a goodie!! It includes legs up the wall at the end--I was so relaxed I didn't think I could clean the house after that!
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IDT Day 7 Meditation (made it!); 22 Min. Angie FitTv muted walk that turned into an AMD walk listening & moving to my music!; IDT Combination Class (Uplifted - Brittany-32 min.) I made it thru a WHOLE week of meditation - woo hoo! Signing up for IDT may be worth the $60 alone knowing I CAN do it, haha!! Having an early hair appt, I didn't workout until around 11:00. I started Angie's workout but it turned lame and I didn't want to listen any longer (ya, one of my moods! I blame the later workout time), so I listened to my music and just moved doing some of her moves ramped up or my own thing. Turned out good and I thought I would venture out and try a different IDT instructor besides Travis & Lauren. Brittany is very animated (she wasn't THAT animated during her meditation, LOL) and I wasn't sure if I would finish it, but kept going and once I got used to her and figured that the class was indeed, superb, I continued on and really enjoyed it--it includes power yoga, balance, & flow. Loved the energy this one radiates!
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IDT Meditation (Lauren-10 min.); KCM Sculpting Rx (Workout 2 2x (minus abs) =42 min.); IDT Combination (The ABC's - Mychal= 32 min.) Can't believe I did a meditation after completing the challenge!! Progress! I LOVED Kelly's workout done twice! I used 5's & 8's again, and my HR was up for most of the workout. On the 2nd time around, I used all 8's until the last shoulder/tricep combo then picked up 8's again for the curtsy lunge/shoulder press/standing tricep combo. It's funny, my wonky shoulders don't mind these moves (except for the last shoulder sequence and I had to go lighter). My arms were toast! And Mychal's class didn't help as it had an arm balance and core focus. This was a really nice flow with strength focus and ends with pigeon to stretch out the LB as well. I liked Mychal; he has a great voice but I did have to look at the screen a few times...he's no Travis
yet, but he's still young. ;0) 438 cal burn today.
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IDT Meditation (Lauren); 5K walk (43 min. 485 cal.); 2.75 hours working in DS' flower beds; IDT Deep Sleep (Sweet Stroll-Travis=48 min.) Beautiful day! While this Gentle IDT class made me feel SO good and stretched, it's kind of a long one to do before bed, IMHO, but I see there's another 45 min. and even a 60 min. one included in this series. This class also has a "Part 2" which is a 20 min. meditation (which I will save for tomorrow). I did this class in the afternoon after being on my feet (or knees!) all morning during my walk & working in flower beds and it felt HEAVENLY! Now I'm afraid I need a nap, LOL!
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IDT Meditation (Lauren); Yvette Bachman Moderate Impact Step/Multiple Muscle Group Training (60 min.); Michelle's Yin Yoga; Mow Max/Yard Work - 1.5 hours I did a different meditation than what I said yesterday...it was just too sleep inducing and since I just rolled out of bed (after feeding my kitty!), I've been wanting something to help start my day. Nor did I end up taking a nap...too much laundry to get done. :0) Anyway, Yvette's class was SUPER fun as always...may be one of my top 5's. I used a 6" step, 5's, 10's, & 12's, and 15-25# KB's. It did seem easier this time around and I found myself putting down my 5's and grabbing my 10's a few times. It was plenty, though, for me today and how in the heck I preceded this workout with a Cathe Live BC workout the first time I did it last year, is beyond me!
I love how Yvette finds so many fun athletic moves using the step! I searched thru the IDT site for just a 10-15 min. post-workout stretch and it didn't bring up anything. Sigh. If you guys come across one, please post! Great workout today! 485 cal burn
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IDT Meditation (Travis); IDT Power Yoga Blaze #2 -33 min. (Travis) This class was nice too and even seemed a little harder than #3! It could just be the sequence. Lots of chair twists, humble warrior, tree in side plank, awkward airplane, locust, & standing splits, just to name a few. Coming up into Warrior 3 from the mat....my knees do NOT like that transition, esp. my L knee! Ends with core work on the mat, hip twists, etc. It also wasn't helping that my acid reflux was acting up this morning! :/ I usually do a workout before the yoga class and things have time to settle....Still feel very good & stretched and I actually had a VERY productive morning!! :0)
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IDT Meditation (Dana); IDT Restorative Yoga For Hormonal Balance (Lauren - 30 min.) This was fantastic - uses a bolster and 2 blocks. Super relaxing...Mychal is in this class (so evidently, it is a practice intended for everyone!)
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IDT Meditation (Lauren); KCM 30 MTF Strong & Lean (Workout 1; Workout 2) I needed a short meditation this morning before the baby got here, so this one worked well (5 min.). Not sure how long baby would sleep, I was just planning on Kelly's Workout 1 (Strength). She kept sleeping, so I thought I'd start her Workout 2 (Lean). I got thru it all and even stretched before baby woke. Felt so good! Kelly doesn't have a premix to do the workouts like this...I liked it! But I do have to stretch before I start triceps...why doesn't she ever stretch the muscles? So I take breaks to do that. And today, I just used weights, no barbell. 362 cal burn. Nice.
ETA: 2.55 mile walk pushing baby in stroller and hallelujah, she stayed asleep when I stopped the stroller! :0)
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IDT Meditation (Travis - from his Level Up program...a goodie!); LITE Body Weights & Band (Calorie Crush); LITE Cardio Party (just the hi/lo segments-no w/u, k/b or blasts=20 min.); IDT Leg Strength & Stretch (Brent) I just wanted some short cardio that focused on legs...I forgot how many jump variations are in the BW&B CCrush!! (Too many!) But works legs (w/ FW band) really well. I hadn't done Cardio Party since is came out last year! It was fun to revisit just doing the choreographed part and not the whole thing. Brent's class was HARD! It seemed more like a calisthenics class than a yoga class. No yoga postures, only leg (knee/hip) strengthening variations in very compromising positions. EEK! And since there were no posture titles, I had to keep looking at the screen to see what he was doing which was frustrating. A good one for leg strength, no doubt, but I won't be repeating it. This was the first IDT class that didn't excite me too much.... 440 cal burn today.
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IDT Meditation (Travis); IDT Yang & Yin (Travis - 47 min.); 20 min. yard work LOVED this class! It is 1/2 power yoga and 1/2 yin - love that format! Nice posture work. Shoelace pose felt great...ends with spinal twists before shavasana. Favorited!
Very happy(and shocked!) that I completed 1/2 of the month with meditations every morning! Hope to keep that up in October. ��