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Just The Workouts ~DECEMBER 2020~ *Everyone Welcome!*
December 2020 Yay, the last month of 2020!!!!
Trying to keep consistent with meditation, use my purchased D/L's, Yvette Fit, Les Mills, IDT subscriptions this month and any DVD's as well. So in other words, WHATEVER WORKS to keep me motivated! 1 - Meditation; YT Bob & Brad Hand & Finger exercises; Cathe Live Fantastic Elastic #322 (46 min.); 5 hours cleaning DS' condo I LOVED this Live!! It uses Cathe's red light tension tubing, a FW band (I used my heavy one), and a mat. Not much of a calorie burner, but holy moly, what a CORE BURNER it is!! Loved all the creative ways Cathe uses the bands - esp. simultaneously with the two bands. Lots of good core work, for sure, as well as inner thigh & total body work and a great alternative for an arthritis flare-up instead of using weights. Great for travel too.//Being over at DS's place last weekend, I noticed some cleaning was needed. It really wasn't all that dirty (esp. for a guy), but it is now deep cleaned! 2 - Meditation; Firm Light Aerobic Mix This was a totally weird day all day today(!) and after Joni O'ing 3 workouts(!), I settled on something quite different (for me)! This was actually fun and I enjoyed it. Something was playing on my mind and I needed a workout to not have to think much or put in a lot of effort, as the first 3 I had to think too much, LOL. 3 - Meditation; Les Mill (LM) HyBrid Workout Glutes #02 (Body Pump (BP) 106/CXWorx 31=31 min.); Body Step (BS) #114=23 min. sans w/u I guess I made this my own hybrid w/o by adding on BS! This was SUPER fun ...I love the CXWorx workouts which work core. Body Step was a blast but I am finding out I really should use my Reebok step since the length is very comparable to the LM step. My longer step makes it a lot harder with all those flying over the step moves!! 4 - Meditation; Cathe Live Metabolic Circuit #321 (47 min.); stretch This was a BLAST!!! Loved this total body circuit type workout doing 2 groupings of exercises each repeated once using 5's-30's. Absolutely no cardio in this but with the fast pace, it's somewhat metabolic and gets BRUTAL by the end but thankfully, she includes drop sets which make it seem a little easier to bust out those last ones!! Even Cathe has to "check on us", LOL, by taking a break!! So glad I purchased this one!! 5 - Meditation; Yoga30For30 Mobility; Yvette Fit #79 35 min. Fun Low Impact Cardio Kickboxing I only have done the Mobility ONE time before and that was in 2017(!), so I didn't remember much about it. Lauren leads and it focuses on wrists and shoulders only and some of the moves really hurt my arthritic hands/fingers and can't put them flat on the floor with fingertips facing my legs in tabletop. Some of the moves for the shoulders really didn't feel so great either but I s'ppose I just need to do this one more often. That said, I was glad I did it before Yvette's class, as weighted gloves were the only equipment needed (besides a mat for core) and this class hit my shoulders good as well as wrists with all the speed bags!! A very FUN sweaty, SHORT workout - sometimes knowing they are shorter, I feel impelled to ramp it up!! Nice kicks throughout too. Love the variety Yvette provides!! 6 - Meditation; Deepen Your Practice (Vytas - Back Bends) I really enjoyed this class...last time I did this was in 2018!! I used Cathe's new red band to do some Dancer Pose stretches shown with a yoga strap - putting my foot in the handle...worked great!! Super back bend class and oh how I love Sugar Cane pose in half moon! I actually could hold the pose on each side for awhile today which is always nice to experience. Vytas is just so calming and informative with his great cueing--missed him! Side note: my booty is still sore from LM Glute workout 3 days ago--yi yi yi!!!! 7 - Meditation; Cathe Live Cardio Boxing Bootcamp #315 (54 min.); Perfect 30 Extended Stretch Another great FUN class - I liked it more than I thought I would being used to Yvette's classes. Format is 4 rounds of cardio boxing/k/b with light to moderate DB's for total body (I used 5's & 10's)...evidently it was a new format for Cathe with the bodyweight exercises mixed in with the cardio and I really liked it. It seemed the exercises she picked must have been fat burning ones, cause I burned more calories than I thought I would with all the break/water times. I used weighted gloves instead of boxing gloves so I think that helped as well. She also uses the medium green band but I used her red one, as my non-Cathe medium tension band won't allow to do overhead triceps/shoulder exercises. I love how often I am using this red band that I bought! <3 At end, Cathe does p/u's and sit ups; I wasn't feeling the p/u's today, so I did 3 sets of flyes with 10's and 3 sets of sit ups. Worked great for the alloted durations! 421 cal burn! 8 - Meditation; LM Body Combat United (55 min.); Yoga30For30 (Mobility) How F-U-N was this LM class?? I think I found my very FAVORITE Combat class EVER!! Showing LM instructors globally from their homes or outdoors with beautiful backgrounds and set up like a Zoom class, this was totally AWESOME!!! There was so much to look at, the class just sailed by like nothing!! The high impact/low impact moves and music make it just SO FUN!! There was quite a lot of high impact in this one and I think that's why I liked it so much, cause it was so easy to put your all into the moves with the great music. Dan & Rach are superb but I thought Rach was going to kick her furniture - there wasn't much room! (That would drive me nuts, btw!!) Usually the Muay Thai track is sort of lame and slow in the Combats--power focused, I guess, but this MT track was super fun with the high impact moves and it rocked!! The last track was all about endurance and I was so ready to keep going with the high impact to the very end (there was only ONE more minute(!), but I guess Dan needed to bring our HR's down before the core work. :/ Next time I'm going to keep going and forget the lame core work, LOL!! This class was worth my subscription alone!! LOVED!!! 426 total cal burn! 9 - Meditation; YT Hand/Finger Exercises; Yvette Fit #77 30 min. Step, Biceps, Shoulders & Tricep Circuits; Yoga 30For30 (Fluidity); 2.85 mile walk (55*!!!) (Love that she numbered the classes - they were all sounding alike!!) This Yvette class was the perfect intensity today! Some basic step moves interspersed with moderate weighted exercises (Yvette uses a 3 riser step; 20# BB; green tubing) and usually does 15 reps. I used a 2 riser step, 10# DB's, red tubing...next time I'll use 12's or 15's, when my hands will allow. My hands were pretty achey today, so this weight was good. Love Fluidity and is one of my favorites from the set due to the continuous flow...love that! Using my BOSU pods made my hands feel better with all the 1/2 moons! (This is when I should be using these during this flare up)!! Shout out to Linda, I believe it was you who enabled me on those pods!! Thanks again! 10- Meditation; Cathe P30 (Low Impact HiiT); Yvette Fit #80 60 min. Hi/Low HiiT Workout; my extra stretch while listening to Christmas music! Not sure how or WHY I had TONS of energy to expel this morning, but I ramped up Cathe's workout with more high impact and sometimes working thru the rest times. Still not much of a calorie burn, and with gas still in the tank, LOL, I decided to try the Yvette that Jane did yesterday. It was very sweaty and it almost could be deemed an endurance workout as well as a HiiT workout! I agree with you Jane, my HR was up for most of this workout and even during the so-called "recovery exercises"!! The first half was typical Yvette hi/low, but the second half was new for Yvette (at least I haven't done anything similar of hers). She uses a yoga mat and does agility-type moves on and around it...which really reminded me A LOT of Cathe's RWH Plyo HiiT 1 workout and that's probably why I liked the first half much better!! But, at least Yvette doesn't run around it in warp speed like Cathe does in PH 1!!! Also the dreaded kneel-to-stand exercises made an appearance which my knees really hate. Then we do random band exercises, leg conditioning and core exercises until the end. This would be very easy to make it a 40 min. Hi/Low HiiT class, and it probably will be how I will use it next time. I think some of her other classes are more fun, but this one was sweaty, for sure! Thanks, Jane, for the motivation today!! 705 cal burn!!! 11- Meditation; LM Body Pump #111 (45 min. sans c/d); LM Body Step Athletic (can't remember the # and did only 10 min.= too basic!); Body Step #118 (30 min. sans w/u); stretch This was a fun BP and I used 8-12# DB's--mostly only the 12#'s for back with all the hundreds of reps! The tricep track was a killer! I wished they kept the original BB and plates (I have the original set)...it's hard to tell what poundages they are using now. The first BS was just too, too basic even for me (shocker!), the #118 was much better! Step is vertical for a track or two, then horizontal for a track or two. I forgot to get out my Reebok step but thankfully, there weren't many over-the-step moves in this one. A good steady state workout today. 384 cal burn Side note: it is really hard to type when a kitty is sitting on your lap with my knees turned out to the side, LOL!! I guess I'm working my obliques, though. 12- Meditation; Yvette Fit #78 70 Min. HiiT/Boxing/Bodyweight Combos; Extra stretch Holy cow! This one was TOUGH with the longer length and tabata segments!! It uses a 2 riser step (I used 1), gliders, & stability ball for core work. Lots of burpees and bodyweight moves as well as k/b moves - lots of variety in this one. It definitely makes a difference how much energy you have for these workouts...VERY, VERY SWEATY WORKOUT!! I was actually looking like a LM instructor when done....like I just took a shower with my clothes on, LOL!!! Why do they always look sooo sweaty??? 485 cal burn (w/ yet another HR malfunction! I'm finding out it's certain bras that mess with the strap)!! Ugh. 13- Meditation. Rest day (this was a tough workout week for me and my body was letting me know!) 14- Meditation; Cathe Perfect Pump Mish Mosh Upper Body/Lower Body Combo = 54 min.; UB Bonus, LB Bonus, Core, Extended Stretch LOL, I just kept adding on everything on this dvd while the baby kept sleeping! I LOVE this premix!! It is similar to her PHA Supersets Live class where she does 2 or 3 upper body exercises to burn out the muscle, then 2 or 3 lower body exercises to burn out the muscle, etc. It really was a goodie. Of course, what an equipment mess when done, but nothing worse than when I do UB or LB only. Great total body workout! I thought this premix would be lame and be all upper body in its' entirety than all lower body in its' entirety. Pleasantly surprised they were intertwined...yay Cathe! Didn't wear my vest today since I didn't want to keep taking it off for upper. Total workout time: 90 min. 440 cal burn. Feeling it already (6 hours later!). 15- Meditation; LM (Hip Mobility - Mark)-21 min.; IDT Flexibility & Beyond (Fountain Of Youth, Travis)-60 min. I was surprised to find this on the LM site...it was new & wasn't finalized yet w/ music. It was nice for the hips and I could do everything with ease. I decided to add on a F&B class since I was doing it later in the day (early hair appt). I could actually stay in the poses longer, so maybe it's the time of day I do these yin classes when I'm a bit warmed up more? But I was still happy to hear Travis mention that we should stay in the pose as long as what feels right and to not force. Also another great admission on his part: he FINALLY makes mention of his dirty feet in this practice!!! Why does he ALWAYS have dirty feet in every single program he does??? (And the floor even looks cleaner in this program)! Anyway, happy he finally mentions that as it was driving me crazy noticing that in soooo many classes, LOL! Also for me, a good realization as to what time of day I should maybe practice yin...but it could have also been my mentality and that knowing I got my errands ran and didn't need to be anywhere, too... 16- Meditation; Yvette Fit #64 60 min. Cardio Mash Up; stretch This one was very fun! It uses (gloves), a 10# KB, Ankle Weights (mine are 2.5# each), Jump Rope, (and Gliders are mentioned but not used). I had a blast with this one, although the music was kind of sucky (esp. in the w/u). I recognized a lot of generic music which is used in other workouts. (I REALLY, REALLY miss Yvette's great music!!!!). The first half is high impact moves with k/b recovery but again, my HR was up during most of the cardio. The 2nd half she does some KB shoulder and core work & jumprope. I used my JNL cordless jumprope thingies which worked great w/ my low ceilings. I will use my heavier ankle weights next time since I didn't jump with them on and she does very little impact - mostly conditioning and low impact (thankfully). She ends on the mat with ankle weight conditioning for the legs which I found pretty easy but would be easy to 'up the ante' with heavier ankle weights. VERY FUN CLASS!! 476 cal burn! Side note: I used my kick-a$$ blower to blow off the dusting of snow on the driveway...worked great! Even took it over to my parents to do their driveway! Yay - Additional ways to use the blower!! I wouldn’t think of using my electric blower for that!! 17- Meditation; Yvette Fit #14 70 Min. Big Step Heavy Weights; stretch Oh my! This one seemed SUPER tough, even with 2 risers instead of 3!! At the 60 min. mark, I was just DONE with the cardio!! Luckily, she was too (at 62 min., LOL), and did a few more tricep & shoulder weighted exercises. I thought the shoulders got worked enough throughout, so I subbed with skull crushers instead. I hit failure on several sets of chest work, using 20's/15's. She does so many sets!!! So happy for the drop sets, though! I used 12's for triceps and 15's for shoulder presses. I had the wrong bra on, haha, so my HRM was wonky and at one point, I ripped it off and threw it across the room!! :/ I'm sure I burned around 500 calories...the bodyweight and step cardio was really a lot put together. I'm glad this one made it to her new site, though. It was a great endurance challenge for me. Note to self, though: may not be such a great idea to do back-to-back Yvette workouts!!! 18- Meditation; LM Body Combat Kick Power #2 (45 min.); LM Stretch #2 Hip Mobility; HiiT Stretch #01; 40 Min. Yard Clean up (stinkin' leaves blowing around in front & back yards-ugh) Kick Power was excerpts taken from other workouts with fun music and lots of kicks! At one point, Rach says her one track has 158 kicks alone...(I bet it was more!). Loved some of the combos - upper body combos with kicks, thrusters, mt. climbers, push-ups (didn't love the push-ups so much but I do the other three). Another fun Muay Thai track with high impact--I don't remember these Muay Thai tracks being so fun in the past. Very fun and sweaty class! This Mobility class nor the instructor thrilled me. The stretches are mostly done on the "steep" (that's 'step' with the LM accent, LOL). It might have made a difference that my "steep" had 2 risers instead of one like hers, but I didn't feel very stretched out. :/ The HiiT stretch was a very short 6 min. psoas/side stretches...which seemed like next to nothing, and again, I didn't feel very stretched out...but thankfully, I didn't join LM for the stretching classes. ;0) 19-Meditation; Yoga30For30 (Even Flow - Travis); 75 min. Yard Work (Guess I should be thrilled this wasn't Shovel Max!!!) 20- Meditation; Michelle's Yin Yoga 21- Meditation; Yvette Fit #67 60 Min. Step Metabolic Workout; Heather Robertson Brutal Booty & Leg Slimming Workout (w/ 2.5# ankle weights each, 32 min., sans w/u); stretch After a couple days of yoga, thought I'd be so ready to kick it up, but this Yvette didn't do much for me. It seemed a bit *boring*, dare I say? Too much basic step moves (& j. jacks throughout!) in the first half with weighted shoulder & leg exercises in a circuit, then more metabolic shoulder and leg exercises with different cardio and core at the end. I think my problem was that my acid reflux was taking away from the fun factor today, cause I loved this format, just not the cardio so much. Wanted a bit more for legs, so I added Heather's class which is one of my favorites of hers! She got it right, sticking the bridge segment right in the middle of the leg work, so you get a nice little break. Sometimes my leg wasn't as high as Heather's, but I sure felt the BURN and with some of the moves with ankle weights made me think for sure I'd have to stop!! That's what I love about her workouts with the count down clock...I always think I can make it just ___more seconds!! 22- Meditation; LM Body Pump United (55 min); My Beast add-on (30 min); stretch Loved this United class as well! Sailed by and a burner for sure with all the reps! I used my BB but also weights. For the lunge track, I thought I'd mix it up a bit and wore my 16# vest (added some extra weights to the vest this time), but held no weights to give my hands a break. My legs were burning soooo bad with all the reps...I'd probably go heavier using the BB or DB's, but it gave me a break from it all (sort of). ;0) I had extra time today and my Beast add-on popped into my mind that I haven't done in awhile, so thought I'd give that a shot for some extra pump. Listening to Christmas music, I followed along on my paper workout: I did 10 reps and 2 sets, sometimes 3 of: Chest presses/flyes 10's/12's/15's# (but 15/12/8 rep count) D/L's 20's/20's Pull Downs 45# (3 sets of under/overhand grips) 1 Arm Rows 30/32.5 Reverse Flyes 12's/15's Bicep Curls 15's/20's (eeked out 5 reps w/ the 20's before it got ugly) Clutch Press 20's/22.5's (8 reps w/ the 22.5's) Sweeper Curls 15's/15's Kickback's 12's/15's HRM showed I was in the FB zone for 1:14:00 today! Had a great Total Body workout, going at my own pace, listening to great music. It seemed my hands/fingers hurt worse at the beginning than at the end of my workout....maybe they just need to be warmed up really well?? No complaints! AND...since my hands were feeling so good.. ETA: 75 min. of yard work - picking up hundreds of pokey balls the awful wind blew down yesterday...picked up the ones blown down the street too (including the ones smashed from cars!) and in front of 5 neighbor's houses. Tis the season to be jolly! :0) Got an overflowing tall lawn bag full. I really didn't mind being out there - it was sunny, close to 50* and even had to take off my coat and put on a vest instead. Can't believe Christmas is in 3 days! 23- Meditation; IDT Flying Pigeon Flow (Jenny 29 min. of the 56 min.); IDT Power Yoga Blaze #3 (Travis 34 min.) Jenny, a new instructor to me, was just too chatty with the instructions...the title sounded great but she never mentioned pose titles, just where your leg should go, etc. Hate that! Surprised I made it half way! Then thought I'd select a tried-and-true class that I know I like....Love how Travis really challenges me in this one. Side note: 59* here today(!) but the winds are awful...so much for having a cleaned up yard. UGH! After grocery shopping, I worked on my baking instead of yard work! 24- Meditation; Cathe Live #316 Metabolic Upper Body (48 min); Heather Robertson Cardio Kickboxing Workout (29 min); stretch Cathe's was sweaty and had a nice, quick pace using 5's - 30#, but I would label a lot of her other classes more metabolic, IMO. There were compound moves as well as isolation moves with 3 exercises done 2x to really burn out each muscle group. The core gets worked throughout too and there's an additional core segment at the end. I liked the core segment a lot, as these were pretty different than what Cathe usually does and it seemed easy at first but it added up to a nice burn during the last round! For Heather's, I used weighted gloves and was a great finisher with more UB and Core work! It has the format of :30/:10 and the music was good as usual. Her form wasn't too great, but she mentions she is "out of her comfort zone doing this kind of workout", so I think it may have been her first k/b class. Also, I am used to LM Body Combat and their impeccable form, so I notice other's form more. There wasn't too many combos where one would need to verbally cue, I think, so it was easy to follow with no talking. I set it to play half of the workout again while stretching to her great music! UB/CORE FRYER TODAY!!! 484 cal burn 25- MERRY CHRISTMAS!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVtIE0MDH7Y Meditation; Yvette's YT 60 Min High/Low Holiday HiiT Workout; Yvette's YT BOSU Cardio W/ Legs & Back Circuits (sans w/u=50 min.); stretch I wanted a BIG calorie burn today, so I did Yvette's YOUTUBE 60 Min. High/Low Holiday HiiT Workout which is done to Christmas music and was a blast!! So fun! I looked at my HRM every so often and it showed 000 (!) ugh, so I wanted to actually "see" a DECENT calorie burn, (from this workout I think it was 332), so I added on her BOSU workout as well since it was Legs day. I just did weighted leg exercises in place of the back exercises since I worked that yesterday. Some of the exercises I made up using the BOSU and some I repeated of Yvette's curtsy lunges using the BOSU (love those!). I remembered this one was tough even when fresh(!), so for some of the moves, I was losing my "oomph!" and with the BOSU, I go at my own pace jumping on/off. This one is such a LEG FRYER with all the balance work!! I wish it was on her new site, as it is SUCH a GOODIE!!! My Stupid HRM said I burned 680 cal (for both w/o's), but I think it should have been at least around 800! However, now I can eat that Chocolate Eclair Dessert!!! Maybe even two pieces, LOL! Have a good day, all! 26- Meditation; LM Sampler #02 (56 min.); Heather Robertson Pilates Fusion Full Body HiiT (30 min sans w/u); stretch; 1.25 Yard Clean Up The LM class was very cool - 2 tracks each of Body Attack, Sh'Bam, Body Step, Body Pump, Barre & CX Worx. This is probably the only way they can get me to try a Barre class...A ballerina I am NOT!! It was fun to see what each class genre consists of although the only one I hadn't tried was the barre. I'll have to do another Body Attack class....at least there wasn't any running back and forth in this sampler - ugh, hate that! I added on Heather's class---it is a great way for me to include pilates in my life!! It has the :40/:10 format although I wouldn't exactly call it "HiiT". Great cross training session today--complete with practically every genre (except yoga which I plan to do tomorrow). 446 cal burn. DH was off today so he was available to help with the yard work....it goes so quick when there's two doing it! Very nice & sunny here...no wind which makes all the difference. Once snow starts falling, all these pokey balls will be "out of sight, out of mind!" ;0) 27- Meditation; YT Full Body/Mobility Routine for Flexibility & Relaxation ( 15 min. - growingannanas); Yoga30For30 Mobility (30 min. - Lauren); Yin Yoga (25 min. - Michelle Goldstein) Mobility felt so good for my hands today - even the wonky ways she works them...progress?! 28- Meditation; Cathe's Perfect 30 Perfect Pump (Mish Mosh #1 - UB & LB Combo Premix = took me 59 min. pausing to put on/take off 16# wtd. vest); P30 Pyramid Cardio HiiT Bonus; KCM Strength & Stamina (Bonus Step - 24 min.); P30 Extended Stretch Just LOVE this Pump total body premix and using the vest is just icing! I DO NOT love her Pyramid HiiT, though, as the first half are just moves that I don't enjoy or want to do for my knees! The second half is not bad, but during all the jumping on/off step in the first half, I subbed with Yvette BOSU squat thrust moves which I find more fun. Which led me to finding a FUN cardio workout and did KCM's step bonus...always a fun one no matter if the cueing isn't great. Doing this workout made me think of Dorothy and hope she's doing ok and will see her back again with us soon! :0) 592 cal burn today! 29- Meditation; Yvette Fit #2 30 Min. Equipment Free Cardio Kickboxing (w/ gloves only); YT Heart Alchemy Yoga 15 min. Yoga Quickie (Michelle Goldstein); 2 mile walk Yvette's class is really a fun, short k/b class with emphasis on upper body (esp. w/ gloves); lots of arm movements and not a whole lot of kicks. Perfect for getting in a little cardio before yoga. Later after errands, thought I'd go for a quick walk...just got back not more than 10 min. and the snow started falling!! At only 1:15 pm, I'm at 10,500+ steps..The first snowfall of the season....surely can't complain about that at the end of December!!!! Yesterday I took down the outside lights since I didn't want them to get wet; now to start on decorations inside while watching the snow. <3 30- Meditation Rest day 31- Meditation; Five Parks Yoga: Breath & Body Reconnect Yoga Class I'm still so sore...not sure what from? My walk maybe? My shins especially are sore. I didn't really have a certain # of workout minutes in mind this year, but thought I'd add them up for the heck of it. Yard work and meditation are also included in this total #: 29,454 workout minutes for 2020 and only 20 rest days -- I looked it up and that is almost 6,000 more minutes than 2019!!!! One goal for 2021 is going to be to take AT LEAST 1 complete rest day a week...I think with all the extra time during COVID, I worked out more. I really have a bad habit not to take them and I know it's beneficial for my body to rest--esp. with the intensity of some of my workouts!!! I'm very happy with my consistency with Meditation this year: 107 days so far...hope to keep going well into 2021 as I'm seeing lots of positives from this practice!! HAPPY NEW AND IMPROVED 2021 TO ALL!!! (fingers crossed) |
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