A no-cardio, all stength/toning rotation?

[metalbarbie]

Hi, I haven't posted in a long time but had been recently lurking and wanted to know if anyone had good or bad results with a no-cardio, strength/toning only rotation maybe alternate with pilates/yoga?

I was planning on doing 5 days of toning (30 min sessions only) with no cardio and see what happens. Any opinions? Thanks! (ETA: Assume my diet is pretty clean)

[sunday]

I don't do cardio and lost 44 pounds. I started out having to avoid any cardio, even rebounding, because of a bad knee; even rebounding would make it hurt. No matter! My weight came off anyway and I got fit. I always did fusion-only workouts; barre, pilates, ballet, belly dance. I am currently on an all-yoga rotation and have dropped below my goal weight.

Good luck!

[metalbarbie]

Oh wow, that is amazing. Thanks for the feedback.

[jazzy75]

Originally Posted by sunday

I don't do cardio and lost 44 pounds. I started out having to avoid any cardio, even rebounding, because of a bad knee; even rebounding would make it hurt. No matter! My weight came off anyway and I got fit. I always did fusion-only workouts; barre, pilates, ballet, belly dance. I am currently on an all-yoga rotation and have dropped below my goal weight.

Good luck!

that is amazing. I suspect you are very disciplined with respect to both your diet & your workouts. I admire that.

[sunday]

I did have a really good diet, and still do, but it was a lifestyle change, so I don't see it as a diet anymore. I just realized that whatever I did would work, and as long as I did what I loved, I would do it! That was the most important part, working out everyday. I did go through periods of the mindset of "I have to rotate cardio, weights, yoga each week." Gack! I was miserable and in pain with a swollen knee. Do what you love, and do it often.

[flamingoo]

Originally Posted by sunday

I did have a really good diet, and still do, but it was a lifestyle change, so I don't see it as a diet anymore. I just realized that whatever I did would work, and as long as I did what I loved, I would do it! That was the most important part, working out everyday. I did go through periods of the mindset of "I have to rotate cardio, weights, yoga each week." Gack! I was miserable and in pain with a swollen knee. Do what you love, and do it often.

Just curious what your favorite yoga dvds / instructors currently are.

[sunday]

Right now I am "rotating" the following, with rotation to me meaning doing what I feel like:

Tara Stiles's Daily Yoga, Yoga Anywhere and Elle Yoga
Tari Rose's Hard Body Yoga
David Swenson's Short Forms and First Series
Namaste Yoga Season One
Raviana's Solar Power and Bootcamp Flow

I put together new combinations of these everyday. Love them! These are the only ones I've been using for several weeks now.

[goldillocks]

Originally Posted by sunday

I don't do cardio and lost 44 pounds. I started out having to avoid any cardio, even rebounding, because of a bad knee; even rebounding would make it hurt. No matter! My weight came off anyway and I got fit. I always did fusion-only workouts; barre, pilates, ballet, belly dance. I am currently on an all-yoga rotation and have dropped below my goal weight.

Good luck!

I consider Ballet and Belly Dance as low impact cardio (if you take all the jumping out of the ballet !).
Belly Dance is a great low impact cardio workout especially as I get better at it and can shimmy for longer periods

[sunday]

Yeah, for some reason belly dance does not bother my knee; although with shimmies and things you are mostly standing in one place. My knee injury is weird! Walking does not bother it either, but I hate doing walking workouts. The ballet was toning only, standing and floor work in the form of Ballet Boot Camp mostly. I could not do the choreo stuff. I've learned what my knee can and can't handle, and work within that range.

[edensmom]

Originally Posted by metalbarbie

Hi, I haven't posted in a long time but had been recently lurking and wanted to know if anyone had good or bad results with a no-cardio, strength/toning only rotation maybe alternate with pilates/yoga?

I was planning on doing 5 days of toning (30 min sessions only) with no cardio and see what happens. Any opinions? Thanks! (ETA: Assume my diet is pretty clean)

I tend not to do cardio. A few years ago I did a short "rotation" of alternating Jari's Slim & Lean with segments of 10 MS Pilates Perfect Body on alternating days. I did this for a few weeks (had borrowed these from the library) and I remember getting nicely toned.
I don't think you *need* cardio to lose weight. My toning workouts actually burn more calories generally.