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Old 06-21-16, 04:17 PM  
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Trying Something New

So I'm in a rut and sliding to an uncomfortable place, aesthetically I was really enjoying my kettlebell kickboxing rotations, until it became painfully obvious that the rotation I was doing was too much for my shoulders. Then work started to become stressful, I lost my air conditioning, started eating poorly, etc. While I was still working out, I wasn't really enjoying it as much as I was when I was doing my kettlebell kickboxing.

In order to escape this rut, I've decided to venture into some place new. I've got two plans on the horizon -- either Fe Fit or Dream Body, which is coming to me shortly. My goals are to lose some vanity pounds, increase my cardio endurance, increase my definition, and get stronger functionally. By stronger functionally, I mean I want to be able to do variations of pushups, maybe get strong enough to do pullups, that kind of thing. While it would be nice to be able to deadlift 100 pounds or more, that's not going to happen with the weights I have available to me. I figure since these are both bodyweight type programs, maybe they will bring me closer to my goals.

Or am I far off? Does someone have any other suggestions? Can anyone tell me their results with either program?
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Old 06-22-16, 10:34 AM  
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Old 06-22-16, 12:02 PM  
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I'm crawling out of a rut myself.

Suddenly, and without warning, I got the urge to do Cathe's STS Meso 2. I hadn't done the rotation in I don't know how long. There is something very peaceful about these workouts.

I'm enjoying it because it is so different from what I have been doing. I am modifying the workouts to suit my current needs and a few injuries. I often skip the "To Failure" sets because I'm fried already, so that makes the workouts shorter.

Something new/different is often a good boost to motivation.
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Old 06-22-16, 12:37 PM  
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I seemed to be in a rut, too. For me, due to physical limitation...PAIN!
I had to say goodbye to my love...KB's. I told them it is only temporary...but we shall see.
I am doing a C/S, T-Tapp and pilates rotation for the summer with lots of walking. So far, so good. My body is liking it very much and my mind is catching up to this different way of working out!

Yes, sometimes changing it up is totally necessary...for whatever reason, getting out of a rut, injury, etc.
Happy you found your rut-busting workout so quickly.
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Old 06-22-16, 04:20 PM  
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I'm crawling out of a rut, too - but I prefer to think of it as putting the wheels back on my trolley. I wasn't just in a rut, I was scattered all over the road!

I have, in the last two days, gotten the crazy idea in my head that I should train to walk a half marathon. I even have three possibilities all picked out. Only one of them is likely to be a possibility in 2017, partially because the registrations start so early. If I've really improved by October, I might to register for a local one that will be next June, but it's got a pretty short cut off time for the half (amounts to needing to maintain a 14-minute mile or better)

In the meantime, I'm playing with designing a training plan, and setting my sights on 3+ 5K events this fall. One will the Halloween Hustle that I did last year and somewhat humbled me. I found out I have endurance, but not a hell of a lot of speed and wound up placing 90 out of 94. I plan to kick it's ass this year.
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Old 06-22-16, 04:23 PM  
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Has anyone walked a half marathon (or whole?)

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Old 06-22-16, 08:22 PM  
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Well..my take on your goals is if you want to get strong at pushups, you just need to do pushups. Same with pullups. I did many rounds of BBG and I did get very strong at pushups. She has you doing them a LOT. Doing Dream Body is most likely to increase your cardio endurance. I've used the first two series quite a bit and I like them a lot, and I did get stronger doing them..at doing fast-paced moves with light weights and jumps, etc. Fe Fit is much much easier than Dream Body and I don't really see it helping you gain tons of strength for those particular exercises. I know many have had good results with both programs but the best way to get strong at an exercise is just to start doing it.
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Old 06-22-16, 09:05 PM  
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Tugger, I was doing the hundred pushup challenge. I got to a certain point and my shoulder started hurting. I think the program progressed too fast for me.

Good luck with the neurosurgeon tomorrow Lora and thanks for your input

Edensmom, what is BBG? And you're probably right about the pushups and pullups. I was just using those as examples of getting stronger at bodyweight type exercises and functionally fit --more about being able to do certain things than being able to lift X amount of weight X amount of times. Previously, it has been about that, but I'm looking to switch focus to get out of my rut. Being able to do something I wasn't able to do before, like inverted pushups. Hope I'm explaining this right.
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Old 06-22-16, 09:17 PM  
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BBG is the Bikini Body Guide is a paper program by Kayla Itsines. There is BBG1 and BBG2 each is 12 weeks and consist of circuit workouts. They are both 12 weeks. I have both but prefer BBG2 much more. BBG1 to me seemed a bit too basic and BBG2 though is "tougher" and incorporates weights, it can also be done without weights, so I feel it is more more versatile. BBG2 is one of the best programs I've done.
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Old 06-22-16, 09:30 PM  
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I've got both programs. I have such dread now with Dreambody that I can't bring myself to recommend it. If I remember correctly those workouts clock in at around an hour and are VERY fast paced with a huge cardio emphasis. You will get a workout in for sure! But, they are very draining.... I can't remember if I got results with this or not.....if I can't remember, then probably not much.

I have no dread with FeFit but I never did a full rotation of it either, so no results to report. If I remember correctly on those, there is much more variety than with DB and they are also much easier and shorter....somewhere between 30-45 minutes I think. I do like these workouts but I don't reach for them often and I really don't know why. For me, these are much easier on the brain.

Now you got me thinking I should grab both of these sets and do a few workouts from each to refresh my memory.
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