AUGUST, 2019
This month I will be continuing on with my Les Mills subscription, walking, & yoga - (a high rep rotation)
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Yvette Bachman Cardio Ankle Weights Full Body Blast (30 out of the 60 min.); LM Body Step #114 Athletic (45 min.) Well, I'm "old school" so I chose not to wear ankle weights with this class. My (older & wiser) favorite instructors taught me never to wear ankle weights during cardio, jumping and the like, as it could cause knee/ankle issues down the road. I'm surprised, I guess, Yvette includes them with all the jumping (as if that wasn't enough of a calorie burn already!). It was still fun without them but I had enough at the halfway mark and was craving a little different cardio with Body Step. This is a goodie! Lots of athletic moves but I think I jumped just as much in this as Yvette's! 507+ calorie burn....[However, maybe a little
too much jumping as I was feeling pretty beat up the rest of the day. I guess that rest day yesterday didn't cut it.]
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3.59 mile walk; MYW Flowing in Balance (Melanie Lora Meltzer) Great weather but I'm sure it will end soon! So fun to go on my walks now with my Air Pods and can't believe the difference in sound! Loved this yoga flow which concentrates on balance poses...nice challenge. Love Melanie's voice - so soothing and clear.
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LMOD Body Pump #108 (45 min.); MYW Short On Time Flow (Ashley Lorenzo) Liked this BP for total body but not so much the tricep/bicep track. They instruct overhead triceps then you're down to the floor in lightning speed with tricep push-ups and I hardly get into position and you're back up with ovhd tri's again! So during the 2nd rep session and thereon, I just kept doing the ovhd triceps. I used 10's, 12's & 15 for all - but mostly 10's as my arms were getting fried by the end. There are 7 variations of this workout! This one is the total body workout without core. Liked the music in the tri/bi track as it helped to pull me through to the end with those overhead triceps--yowsa! Ashley's class was a fast-paced flow with a fast-talking instructor! I found it energizing but still had great balance work esp. at the end: in standing pigeon, twist opposite elbow to opposite foot, then straighten leg out in front...great twist challenge!
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LMOD Body Flow #83 (39 min.); LMOD Body Flow Hip Openers #01 (25 min.) 83 was a great class with awesome strength moves & balance work. Very nice and Dr. Jackie gives great form pointers. The hip opener class was meh...I skipped track 1 (sun sals) and the rest was pretty much pigeon variations. I added on my IT band stretches and hip twists so it ended up being 25 min. I have a lot of other hip opening classes I enjoy more. Just love these, though, for great music during yoga. Feeling very stretched now...esp. the hips!
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LMOD Combat & Core Combo #04 (BC 73/CX Worx 23; 60 min.) This was such a fun BC! Wore my gloves and got a great UB workout. But you work the lower body pretty well too throughout and in the Core workout. Some of their core moves can be kind of lame, IMO, so I add in my own to make it more challenging for me. I was futzing around trying to make my handled band work...next time I'll just use a stretchy band. I did use my FW band for the leg conditioning exercises which worked great. Great booty work on the floor at the end, albeit a bit short. My core got worked majorly today!! But really, my total body, wahoo!
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LITE Pyramid Pump (w/u); Beast Bulk Arms; LITE Pyramid Pump (TS Pyramid UB--3 sets, sans w/u) I was craving some Beast & Cathe strength today and thought I'd add a little extra tricep and bicep work into my rotation and also to see if I'm losing any strength this past month with my lighter strength workouts. I pretty much matched my poundages in the past, so I'm happy about that at least. PP is a great workout, but just like with the original, my beef is that Cathe doesn't give you enough time b/t sets. I have to pause it every single time and as a result, I don't pull this or the original out very often and I was even using my bench instead of the ball so I didn't have to fiddle with that yet! I guess it wouldn't be an issue if I was using the same 3 poundages for all sets. But as it is, I am scrambling for the right poundages a lot and my w/o area looked like a cyclone had hit as there were DB's anywhere from 5's to 30#'s! None-the-less, a great UB workout used alone or as an add-on doing less sets. I hit failure with a few of Cathe's exercises during the 8 reps and love how easily you can use this workout no matter what strength level you are.
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3.56 mile walk; Eoin's PY4H2 (Shoulder High) I was craving some Eoin yoga, and this one fit the bill since my upper body is so sore from yesterday's workout. It really stretches out the shoulders but also the hips (which Eoin does so superbly).
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Yvette Bachman Legs w/ Step Cardio Blast; Michelle's Yin Yoga This class may be my favorite leg workout of hers. It is SOOOOO fun! I hope I won't regret using my step since my knees have been so much better lately but I just had to try it. Cardio moves are done on the step and the floor, but no k/b moves or tricky choreography, just good ol' athletic moves on step, so I loved it. I used my rebounder for a few cardio moves (mostly jacks) but mostly done as is. After the break she does Firewalker band conditioning exercises (which I loved) and also uses the discs for strength moves (no cardio). AND she includes that awesome burpee move with weights toward the end that I love!!! <3 She does use weights for a few leg exercises and a few shoulder and bicep exercises, but I kept it all focused on lower body and back since my UB is STILL sore from Tuesday! Also I took a longer break where Yvette does at around the 40 min. mark to check on laundry. Not much of a stretch at end and added more. GREAT SWEATY LEG CLASS!!!
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3.70 mile walk; stretch
10- Rest (anything BUT rest, as we were moving DS into a condo he purchased). Officially an empty nester!
11- Rest (ditto above)
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LMOD Body Combat #77 (45 min.) A sweaty one with lots of POWER moves! I was glad this one didn't have much jumping, as my stats showed I am still very low on energy today....and need to go over to DS' condo to organize more. It is so cool there...we (I) have it decorated so cute but he did make it his 'man cave' with Green Bay pics and logo everywhere, LOL! But now I have LOADS more room in my workout area since all said 'man cave' items are out of my basement - woo hoo!!
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LMOD Body Pump 106 (45 min.); YT Heart Alchemy Yoga (10 min. Yoga Quickie-Michelle) This BP was a tough total body workout. I had to keep dropping my weight load on shoulders-esp. after that bicep track--yowsa! Little light on legs so I think this one's focus is more on UB...BUT days later as I type this, I had major quad DOMS....so maybe it wasn't so light on legs after all, LOL! This is one of my favorite Pumps! Felt great to stretch out with this awesome 10 min. add-on...great flow that was packed full of great stuff in 10 min.
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YT Heart Alchemy Yoga (Total Body Flow-Cardio Flow 44 min.) Totally loved this class as well! I am on a Michelle kick!!
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X-10 (w/u); Yvette Bachman 20 Min. Cardio & Leg Ankle Weight Workout; Winsor B&T (w/ ankle weights); X-Train (Hip Thrust Challenge - 50 Reps @ 30#BB); EBE 1 (Booty Express); Michelle's Yin Yoga; Mow Max later (2+ miles of steps, plus 1 mile add'l walk to store & back) Loved Yvette's newest short class, but again, I omitted the ankle weights for the cardio but used them for the floor work. I cringe seeing her using them while jumping and especially on that concrete since it is filmed at her pool.
Not really enough reps in the floor work to create much of a burn, but in the future, I will do all the floor work at once and all the cardio at once so I don't have to pause it to keep putting on/taking off the ankle weights. I kept the ankle weights on for Winsor B&T and does that make a difference! Inspired by
Clerkin and her Booty challenge, I added on a few hip thrusts...boy, am I going to have to work up to those!! I could only muster 50 reps with what was already on my BB. Added on Ingrid's workout which is a great leg finisher after those thrusts! I held the stretches extra long with Michelle. Great leg work today!!
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YT Heart Alchemy Yoga (Total Body Yoga Reset 38 min.) Love Michelle--so great to revisit her classes! I cleaned DS's condo (again! but this time it wasn't so dirty) and finished up some odds and ends so he can have his first party Sat. night. Well, that didn't take long, LOL! His friends better not trash the place, spill, or break anything is all I gotta say! :/
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LMOD Body Step #114 (30 min.); YT Heart Alchemy Yoga (Total Body Yoga Balance Flow 36 min.) Very fun Body Step class with awesome music!
"Girls Like You....ya ya ya" Loved that one during the stretch. Michelle's class was added to my favorites list...SUPERB balance work in a flow. She comes to an abrupt halt at the end on the floor, though, doing forward bend stretches and right into shavasana, so I added on spinal twists and happy baby pose as my lower back was needing more. Great, great balance challenge! Each class is better than the last.
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YT Heart Alchemy Yoga (Power Yoga Workout for your Best Summer Body - 40 min.) This class is much better than its' title.
Lots of vinyasas so it was very cardio oriented with strength, stamina, and range of motion poses. Michelle includes a little more self-improvement talk than in previous classes I've tried. Feeling great!
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LMOD Body Pump #98 (55 min.) A good one! Chest & shoulder tracks are KILLER!
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Yvette Bachman Kickboxing/High Calorie Cardio Blast (70 min.) I still rate this one with 3 hearts...love it so much! Non-stop fun kickboxing cardio (lots of kicks, too!) until 45 min. mark when she takes a water break. Toward the end, Yvette uses a FW band for standing leg work and floor work with hydrants (but not many so I did them, LOL). Total leg fryer that is a fabulous endurance workout!! 514 cal burn.
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MYW Regular Daily Practice (Melanie Lora Meltzer-33 min.) Great class touching on all the major asanas....has a fantastic IT band stretch and spinal twists which made it that much better for me.
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LITE Metabolic Blast (Main w/o + 6 pack abs #2) I was missing my Cathe girl + metabolic workouts!! The voice/music ratio was much better today now that I'm using a different TV...yay! I used mostly 10's, some 8's, and 5's/3's for the shoulder raises. Used 12's for presses/pullovers. I was huffin' and a'puffin'! Love this one, just wish there was a little more tricep work included....
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LMOD Body Combat 78 (30 min.); LMOD Body Pump #108 Arms (18 min.); LMOD Body Flow #83 Flexibility Short (14 min.) Great little combo of mine (no pre-programed combo). Since there wasn't much tricep or bicep work (just major shoulder work) in Cathe's w/o yesterday, I added on the BP Arms which is just a short workout working triceps, biceps and shoulders. But instead of working shoulders after triceps and biceps, I went back and did a 2nd round of triceps. Awesome! Great stretch with the BF.
Side note: it was soooo nice to work out for the first time in my *new* (it feels like it, anyway!) workout area!!! And everything got spring cleaned down there, too, which feels so nice. <3
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2.39 mile walk; Mow Max/yard work (2+ miles worth of steps)
25- No formal workout but
helped DS pull weeds in his flower beds - 3.5 hours It was time to focus on the outside at his condo...wow, that was rough with so much overgrown stuff! But it looks so much better....he really has a lot of beautiful flowers growing there.
26- I cancelled LMOD & MYW (favorite sites!) and thought I'd subscribe to Cathe On Demand (which is actually cheaper than the other two together). I did a blender workout (by another Cathlete) of
Circuit: High Reps + HiiT 40/20 = 60 min. It was awesome! Sticking to my high rep rotation, it consisted of HiiT intervals alternated with High Rep weight segments....so fun! There was a lot of up/down prevalent and probably missed at least one rep of each segment to get into position, but overall, I loved it! I needed a workout with good music and to the beat, so I didn't miss LMOD too awful much.
Added on an add'l stretch for my lower body which is so sore from stooping in his flower beds yesterday!!
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Deepen Your Practice (Twists) Organizing my workouts, I came across DYP....I kind of forgot about it!
This class is a good one....I skipped headstand, so it was more like 66 min. I'm going to try and do more of my yoga dvd's. Now all my workouts and bookcase/cabinets are all cleaned out and organized. Feels good! ETA: I decided to
put some mulch down at DS' condo: 1.5 hours (He didn't ask me to and since my parents didn't need me and I was caught up at home and since it was such a nice day, I didn't mind). :-)
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Cathe Live PHAT (#94) I'm baaaackk! Missed Live so much and feels great to be back in the groove!! I haven't been
this sweaty for quite awhile!! Even upped my weights on a few exercises since I've done this one. So beautiful these last couple days...perfect 77* weather....I think up reasons to go places with my sunroof open, LOL.
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Yoga30For30 (Edge) Sweaty with lots of plank variations...I love how challenging it is, but it seemed a little easier today. Missed Travis!! Did some planting at my house and DS’ place (1 hour). Got some good deals on perennials!
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XTrain Cardio Leg Blast/LITE Rev'd Up Rumble Calorie Crush (my workout blender workout=45 min.); ETA: Mow Max/Yard Work 2 hours Loved this combo! I alternated both workouts but sometimes doing 3 cardios in a row from LITE and it seemed more metabolic. I omitted Rounds 8, 9, & 10 from CLB but used all the others. Ha, omitted the jump up on step & step off/straddle up & step down exercise! ;-) I grabbed 20's on the forward lunges (noticed Cathe grabs 15's, but matched her on the rest of the poundages). I forgot how Cathe uses the step for the forward lunges - (that's how I always do forward lunges for my knees. Not sure why she doesn't use the step more often?) You can really notice the difference in sound with these two workouts...wishing CLB's music was louder, then the Calorie Crush comes on and it is blaring! Love seeing what's coming up next in the right corner. Enjoyed revisiting CLB immensely! It boasts good music (albeit soft) and has one of the BEST w/u's & stretches of her workout library. And I had so much fun scouting around the workout blender site to revisit all my other concoctions from years ago! Talk about falling into a rabbit hole....LOL
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Yvette Bachman Fat Blasting Cardio & Kettlebell Class (45 min.); Michelle's Deep Stretch Yoga - Hips & Hammies (20 min.) LOVED this Yvette class! The music is almost inaudible but I was having so much fun I didn't even notice. And how it sailed right by....I couldn't believe a 1/2 hour went by already! I used a 10, 15, & 25# KB and it had a lot of fun moves. I must admit, though, I was holding my breath when Yvette and the class participants were swinging those bells around and her kitties were within a few feet. Yikes! Great class - it may not be one of her hardest, but it was the perfect intensity for me today. But I did have to add on another stretch....what's with these 2 min. stretches??? Michelle's was an all floor stretch targeting hips...so glad I found another add-on stretch that's just as good as her Yin Yoga! <3