Where to start with HDM, Hamelin answers on FB

[mandie123]

I think secret workout 2 will be my next purchase.Not much hip pain now,I definitely stop if I think a move is going to bother me.Hamelin does go slower than tracy and I think his moves are more controlled. Oh, and I can do most of the cardiotone cardios

[LaCatrina]

Originally Posted by gianni

I bought Thighmatics 1 & 2 Glutematics and Bodymatics. I'd rather not purchase anything else right now so my husband will still like me, lol...any ideas of how I can rotate these with the frees? Maybe a matic with cardio tone? I still want to keep a little abs and upper body work in it and not spend two hours working out. I'm ok over an hour but too much over

Any suggestions?

Oh I hear ya... my hubby goes into convulsions every time I utter Hamelin's name

Matics are long, so if you decide to go for the full workout and add a little something you'd still be looking at a 90-ish min. workout. One option is to split the matics and do the "express" rotation I posted upthread, so your workout time would be around 70 min.

Otherwise, you could do something like full body toning/cardio/matic, repeat and rest one day. Like I said, I'm not super creative with rotations - maybe someone else can pitch in. I'm curious too as to how other VFers are incorporating HDM into their routines

[LaCatrina]

Originally Posted by mandie123

I think secret workout 2 will be my next purchase.Not much hip pain now,I definitely stop if I think a move is going to bother me.Hamelin does go slower than tracy and I think his moves are more controlled. Oh, and I can do most of the cardiotone cardios

If you can do and enjoy the cardiotones you're going to love the cardio in secret 2 - the music is amazing and the choreography rocks

It's great to hear you're not in pain anymore. Not to enable even further, but if you like barre then the deep muscle work series is worth having. I'm doing DMW as a second workout on some days - I can't get enough of those workouts

[fidget012]

This might seem like a dumb question and someone might have already asked, but does Hamelin cue on his Matics workouts?

I like the fact he doesn't count reps on his free workouts.

With high reps, I don't like to know how many I have to do. When Sylwia tells me I have 50 more reps to go, I just want to quit. :-)

[violetblonde]

Originally Posted by LaCatrina

Wow, that's a whole lotta stuff!! How does you typical week looks like? I'm not particularly creative when it comes to putting together rotations - I usually follow Hamelin's general advice and I end up doing something close to a webisode rotation

Yeah, I suck at following strict rotations. I basically pick and choose as I go along. But my typical week has been daily AM Kundalini (45-90 min), Hamelin toning 3-4x (either a Webisode, a DMW class, or splicing together the ab portion of Bodymatics with 30 minutes of Glutematics- not usually more than an hour total), and 45 minutes of CS 2-3x (on different days than Hamelin days).

I'm really enjoying this rotation-- feels like I'm doing effective and enjoyable workouts without any dread or killing myself.

[LaCatrina]

Originally Posted by fidget012

This might seem like a dumb question and someone might have already asked, but does Hamelin cue on his Matics workouts?

I like the fact he doesn't count reps on his free workouts.

With high reps, I don't like to know how many I have to do. When Sylwia tells me I have 50 more reps to go, I just want to quit. :-)

He does cue through. Except for some segments in some workouts: the second segment in armatics is the taster he posted for free, so it's only music. Some parts of absmatics are also music only, but you're seated so it's easy to follow.

Oh and Sylwia lies She says 50 more and those 50 turn to 80 easily... at least that's what I remember from her original mat workout

Originally Posted by violetblonde

Yeah, I suck at following strict rotations. I basically pick and choose as I go along. But my typical week has been daily AM Kundalini (45-90 min), Hamelin toning 3-4x (either a Webisode, a DMW class, or splicing together the ab portion of Bodymatics with 30 minutes of Glutematics- not usually more than an hour total), and 45 minutes of CS 2-3x (on different days than Hamelin days).

I'm really enjoying this rotation-- feels like I'm doing effective and enjoyable workouts without any dread or killing myself.

It sounds like you have a fun plan going on I need to get back into a daily kundalini routine, I feel so much better when I stay consistent with HDM along with kundalini yoga

[momofcha]

OK, I hit two weeks of consecutive glutematics and dare I say I am seeing some results? I am no bikini model, but I definitely feel firmer and rounder so I'm definitely going to keep going with it. I've been doing it as is mostly. Some times I have been doing the full first half and then 30 reps of the 2nd half. I'm loving it and definitely keeping it in my rotation.

I hope to add in thighmatics on occasion as well too.

thanks for all of the enabling!

[LaCatrina]

Originally Posted by momofcha

OK, I hit two weeks of consecutive glutematics and dare I say I am seeing some results? I am no bikini model, but I definitely feel firmer and rounder so I'm definitely going to keep going with it. I've been doing it as is mostly. Some times I have been doing the full first half and then 30 reps of the 2nd half. I'm loving it and definitely keeping it in my rotation.

I hope to add in thighmatics on occasion as well too.

thanks for all of the enabling!

Awesome Sue, WTG!!! Make sure you take tracking pictures - you'll be surprised at the changes you'll see over time

I've had several pieces of humble pie with the matics - building up to do all the reps is the way to go, IMO. I remember previewing thighmatics 1 and thinking I could do the whole thing without stopping, no problem, and then those first two moves straight slapped me

[mandie123]

Are there any online free kindalini yoga videos(beginner) to try? I'am wondering if I'd like it.

[Suzan66]

Originally Posted by mandie123

Are there any online free kindalini yoga videos(beginner) to try? I'am wondering if I'd like it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdZg...FRNCsw&index=9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4Et...RNCsw&index=11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDJ9...RNCsw&index=12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiWD...RNCsw&index=17