12-29-15, 12:00 PM | |
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I'm very happy with this purchase. As of now I like all the workouts I have done. Probably all the hammers and a few chisels. Today I did Balance and I actually liked it a lot. She is chatty but she had excellent form pointers/reminders. I don't use their rotation, I have way too many new exciting DVDs to use now.
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12-29-15, 04:14 PM | |
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Alison - Yes at least a mention of how long each workout lasts would have been nice and even nicer would be a short description of what kind of lifting or cardio it includes. Instead I got a big photo of a bunch of plastic containers. Your Hammer write-ups make it sound pretty good. No pressure but I'll be looking for your Chisel impressions soon too! I know what you mean about responding well to metabolic/circuits even though it's not necessarily your preferred style. I'm not sure yet whether I'll prefer hammering or chiseling, but I'm eager to give them both a whirl. I generally prefer fewer reps with heavier weights to doing lots of reps with lighter weights, but neither Hammer nor Chisel seem to fall cleanly into either of those categories. Guess I get to find out for myself.
Macska - I don't mind chatty as long as it feels genuine and not dumb. Of course dumb is in the eye/ear of the beholder I guess. I have way too many new exciting DVDs too! #dvdiotproblems! ETA -- Woo just saw your marathon PR of 3:40! You are a speedster! Plus you have beautiful arms! If all goes well I'll start trying out the H &C workouts on New Years Day. Yee haw.
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12-30-15, 11:12 AM | ||
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12-30-15, 11:12 AM | ||
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https://faq.beachbody.com/app/answer...se-%26-deluxe) Momofcha posted upthread about 15 Min Leg Hammer with the exercise breakdown, and here are my impressions. It's short (under 20 minutes including warmup and cooldown/stretch) and is good for an add-on workout. Sagi and crew do the whole thing with an 8# medicine ball, and one backgrounder subs one 8# dumbbell. It's compound moves and the format for each exercise is 20 seconds slow reps, 20 seconds of medium-speed reps and 20 seconds doing reps as fast as you can. Sagi is a horrible counter with no sense of tempo at all, so I did the 20 seconds slow at a 4-4 count and the remaining 40 seconds at 2-2. You'll get a nice light sweat going; like most of the other Hammers, there is little rest between exercises so there's a cardio effect. Because it's short and not overly hard, this would be good to pair with floorwork, or to work out the lactic acid after a heavy legs day. You could make it harder with a heavier med ball/dumbbell, but there is a decent amount of shoulder work in the moves (lifting the ball/bell overhead, pressing in front in a chest press, holding at one shoulder) so you probably don't want to go superheavy.
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