07-25-11, 11:21 AM | |
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Livefit Revolution
OK, so I'm only two weeks into this program and I'm not following the nutrition plan, but so far I have to say that I love it!
For those of you who don't know, Livefit Revolution is a free website that includes a fitness program and a nutrition plan. The program has three phases--phases 1 and 2 are 6 weeks each. Phase 3 appears to be a maintenance plan and, apparently, goes on in perpetuity. Phase 1 consists of 4 kettlebell workouts. You can follow along with the posted workout (it's a live class doing the workout, so nothing fancy in terms of production values and everyone is moving at his/her own pace), or you can use the posted workout outline (my choice). How-tos of each exercise are demonstrated, though it does help that I've had some one-on-one coaching. Participants are also supposed to walk 30 minutes 6 days a week and do an additional cardio challenge on Saturdays--about an hour's worth of cardio. The recommended workout schedule (not including the 30 minute daily walks) is MT kettlebells, W rest, ThF kettlebells, and Saturday cardio challenge. If you follow the posted workouts, they last about 45 minutes to an hour--and you would probably want to add in additional exercises. I find that I get through the written workouts in 20-30 minutes. It's kind of hard to explain the format of the workouts, but they all start with a swing warm-up (before which I usually add my own joint mobility stuff). Then the workout is something of a full-body circuit, using a variety of reps/sets. For example, today was a laddered combination move: one-arm swing, bottoms-up clean, squat, press--5 reps, then 4, then 3, etc. Afterwards was a set of 15 lunges per side, a laddered set of swings into snatches (though sometimes she does "straight sets--2 sets of X per side), suitcase deadlifts (1 set of 10/side followed by 1 set of 15/side with little rest), 3 x 10 sets of chest press, 2 x 10 sets of turkish get-up sit-ups (not the full TGU), and 1 set of 10 alternating swings. I got my heart rate up doing all but the chest press. So far, Alysia introduces 2 new moves per workout--I guess not including the very first workout. I can't tell you about results b/c I've not been following the program long enough, haven't done the additional cardio, and am definitely not watching my eating , but I'm enjoying the program. I love that it's FREE and that there's a new workout every day. Of course, I tend to prefer paper workouts for my weight training and rarely use DVDs for anything other than cardio (and even then, I prefer outdoors cardio). If you can't afford RKS and are OK with paper workouts (or semi-paper workouts), give livefit a try. You've got nothing to lose. www.livefitrevolution.com. BTW, I'm not associated with the program in any way! FWIW, I really like the Iron Core KB dvds--the ones that I got at Target, so that might tell you something about my tastes in KB workouts. Also really love Lauren Brookes.
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