Just The Workouts ~MAY 2021~*Everyone Welcomed!*

[AnMrsDe]

May, 2021 Yay, ASAS is back in ‘da house!!!!


I'm still enjoying my high rep/low weights rotation, so I will be continuing on with that. I subscribed to Fitscope Studio (FS) for Elliptical/Treadmill etc. classes. https://fitscopestudio.com/catalog ETA: I decided to just check out their workouts on YT...a check-in buddy pointed out that there are quite a few workouts on YT before I subscribe. Saved me some $$. Thanks again!


1 - Meditation; 2.33 Miles on Elliptical; Winsor Buns & Thighs; Michelle's Yin Yoga; 2.50 Hours spreading mulch at DS' place. Note to self: don't get on the elliptical before B&T! My legs were like jello to do all those leg lifts, etc! The yard work went quick since DS was able to help me today. Thankfully, we had just the right amount of mulch so we didn't need to go and get more. Another gorgeous day!
2 - Meditation; Fitscope Studio (30 Min. Elliptical #68 - Pearl); Five Parks Yoga (Recovery & Strength For Swimmers) I'm doing the FS 7 day free trial to check out some elliptical workouts. They have TM, cycling, airbike, rowing, yoga/stretch, Pilates, strength, tai chi, core, & virtual runs workouts as well and is similar to LM's platform. This one was an intermediate paced with a few HiiT intervals, but I was huffing/puffing! Very sweaty & fun with an awesome 80's soundtrack! 329 cal burn


3 - Meditation; FS (20 Min. Classic Rock TM Power Walk #57 - Pearl); Jari Love Get Ripped Express (Workout 2 - 37 min.); FS 20 Min. Dynamic Stretch (Nicka) Awesome workout today! Loved Pearl's TM class - power walking intervals with inclines 1-15 (hers goes to 12, so my legs got extra!) and choreographed to some good ol' rock-n-roll tunes - some Rolling Stones & Heart!! Really enjoyed revisiting Jari and will have to revisit some of her other dvds as well. I used 5's & 8's and got quite the workout - very fun! LOVED Nicka's stretch - uses a stretchie and includes lots of mobility-type exercises but some were new to me, so it was wonderful. Loved everything about my workout today!!! 437 cal burn
4 - Meditation Rest day I had an early morning hair appt.
5 - Meditation; FS (20 Min. Elliptical workout - Pearl); Jari Love Get Ripped in 6 (20 min. Workout 2=25 min.); 2.75 hours Yard Work/Mow Max I have DD's 2 cats in my workout area for a couple days, so I was kind of concerned slinging around the weights, so I made it a short one...(they don't know to stay away and leave me alone like my cat does!). I used 5's, 8's, & 10's...10's were very doable for the tricep track since she held the weights up for a rest while doing glute raises. Really liked this workout, too, even being so short...it works legs, shoulders, triceps, biceps, but no core. Another gorgeous, gorgeous day for Mow Max...I kept finding things to do outside!
6 - Meditation; Winsor Buns & Thighs Knocked back by awful allergy issues today so I didn't feel like doing much.
7 - Meditation; FS (20 Min. Beginner Elliptical Workout (Meghan); IDT (Vinyasa-Less Vinyasa - Travis 31 min.) Feeling a little better today but going to stay indoors. Cleaned the basement - kitties are gone so now everything is clean again. This Elliptical workout was great but I made it my own by including the highest level of my elliptical (20) for her 9? level and used the 9 level as my recoveries. Good tunes and very sweaty! It's good to know I can make the beginner ones more advanced if I want. Travis' class was awesome with absolutely no vinyasas but were replaced with DDogs which were doable today for my hands so this was a good choice. This class has some balance, twists and holding postures....very nice. I really miss Travis and my regular yoga sessions! I hope this flare-up dissipates very soon. :/
8 - Meditation; Yvette Fit #110 Running/Walking Treadmill Workout (40 min.); Jari Love GR Express (Workout 1- 32 min.); FS (20 Min. Dynamic Stretch (Nika) Fabulous calorie burner today! LOVE that Yvette includes a TM workout on her site!!! It includes sprints/walking 2 min. intervals; 1 min. intervals doing the same speeds, than incline walking intervals to the end. LOVED IT! I am so rusty on my speed walks so my speeds were no where near Yvette's, but my knees are feeling ok now, so that makes it up for it! My speeds were 5.0/4.4 for the sprints/walks and 4.2/3.6 for the incline work, going up to 10 incline. Feel so accomplished after that! Added on Jari's workout and liked it a lot too. Instead of p/u's, I did thousands of reps of chest flyes, LOL, and used 5's (w/u), 8's and 10's for the rest. I was so wanting to drop down to the 8's for the reverse flyes at the end, but seeing I only had a few more minutes to go, I hung tough with the 10's. Added on Nika's stretch which felt great. 651 cal burn
9 - Meditation Rest day


10-Meditation; Elliptical (10 min. w/u); LM Body Pump #89 (55 min.); 20 min. stretch on my own One of my favorite BP's! Great total body burner...I used 10's, 12's, & 15's. , “Radioactive, Radioactive”... Love that song and been singing it all day!! 421 cal burn Feeling the muscles later... Thanks, ASAS, hope you get to feeling better, too, from the allergy misery!
11- Meditation; Yvette Fit #6 45 Min. BOSU Work; Heather Robertson 11 min. Abs Workout//No Equipment//No Repeats; Mow Max/Yard Work (1.5 hours) Yvette's was a very fun class but my allergies were evident so I didn't have much energy. It was fun to workout with the BOSU again - I don't know how I missed this one. I really liked Heather's core work...all done on the floor which was nice after Yvette's class. 382 cal burn
12- Meditation; LM Body Pump #115 (45 min.); 2 hrs. Yard Work at parents’ Loved this BP! It was like a Zoom-like class with the instructor on stage. Loved the shoulder/lunge track. This class hits it all - chest, back, legs, bis/tris, shoulders, and core in 45 min. Just enough to not seem overkill and it was easy to go heavier—I used 12’s and 15’s for all. 211 cal burn// Nice day but a little chilly...when will it warm up? And since I was outside a lot, allergies will be even worse tonite. :/
13- Meditation; YT Olivia Lawson (5000 Steps in 30 min. Walking Workout @ Home/Calorie Burning Super Sweaty Fast Walking), [wow, what a mouthful!]; Cathe Perfect 30 (Mobility); Winsor Buns & Thighs; 3 hours planting flowers/plants I didn't feel like doing much jumping today, and I really enjoyed this low impact walking workout...good music and she does move quickly! There's only 1 rest break at the 15 min. mark (you could make this 1 or 2 workouts) and she does quick arm movements as well. I used my egg-like weights and my arms really got worked; I had to drop the weights a couple times. No cute kitties in this, but I did really like her pace for a walking workout. (I don't have a watch that I'm willing to wear to count if there are actually 5000 steps, but I did get sweaty!) 291 cal burn//Beautiful day for yard work--glad I got the planting done!
14- Meditation; Elliptical (23 min. - followed along with an audio workout with my music - 1.60 miles); LM Body Pump (Remix 45 min.); Five Parks Yoga (Study Break Yoga for Remote Students & Workers=20 min.) Great elliptical workout w/ 6 intervals and for the c/d, I went backwards. BP was just ok for me...the music wasn't great and there were too many flashing lights in the background. So shocked it didn't bring on an allergy headache! I kept it lighter today...10's & 12's and the occasional 15's. Erin's class wasn't a favorite either....I would have liked more floor stretches. But it was filmed outside with beautiful palm trees in the background. What a contrast from the LM background, LOL. 437 cal burn
15- Meditation Rest day My great nephew was in town and I wanted to see him (it's been over a year!) and right during my workout time, but it was SO worth it! He is the cutest (and smartest!)
16- Meditation; Yvette Fit #99 60 Min. Boxing Bootcamp; YT 15 Min. Full Body Stretch (Mady Morrison) Great workout today! This class is favorited so I knew I loved it! Boxing cardio with bodyweight moves till about 1/2 way, then light weight/high rep shoulder work (5's, 8's, 10's) then at the 55 min. mark, ankle weights are used for more standing work and floor work. But instead of the ankle weight segment, I hopped on my Elliptical for .50/mile for a "finisher" which worked great to get in some elliptical time plus adding a little variety into my workout as well!//Great stretch mentioned on GD with lots of mobility & flexibility exercises. 470 cal burn


17- Meditation; X-10 (w/u); YT Olivia Lawson 40 Min. Full Body, No Jumping, No Repeat HiiT//Fat Burning Workout; LM Body Combat #80 30 Min. ; Five Parks Yoga (Neck & Shoulder 10 Min. Yoga Class) Olivia's class was low impact, has great music, and the format of :50/:10. She reminds me a lot of Heather and has the same set-up with the next exercise shown in the corner and the music sounds like something Heather would play too! I do appreciate Heather's warm ups included, as this didn't really have a w/u, but she has other workouts specifically for w/u's and c/d's. This class looked pretty easy upon preview but it is deceivingly harder as you progress. Bodyweight cardio with intensity bursts but I wouldn't call it HiiT - more like intervals. Very sweaty! BC was great the 2nd time although I found it hard to follow in places due to the cueing which was an issue the first time I did it also. But the filming def makes up for it---Dan & Rach are on a platform with beautiful surroundings of water or mountains and sometimes with voice-over or live cueing. The camera pans all around the instructors sometimes changing backgrounds. Very different than the dark, stage-like classes, but probably just the Body Combat ones can be filmed outdoors since they don't include any equipment. This class was fun with powerful moves and fun music. Erin's stretch was divine! I bookmarked...it stretches the shoulders really well and includes neck stretches and fish pose. It'd be great after an UB strength session or cardio that focuses mostly on upper body. (My neck and upper back always feel tight after these BC workouts and this felt great afterward!) 447 cal burn and a really great FB workout today!
18- Meditation; Elliptical w/u (5 min.); LM Pump #113 Upper Body (35 min. minus stretch); Olivia Lawson (10 Min. UB Dumbbell Workout at Home/No Repeats); Elliptical 20 min. Audio w/o (as finisher#2); Five Parks Yoga (Neck & Shoulders 10 Min. Yoga Class) This seems like I did a lot today, but (1) they're really short workouts, and (2) it's raining (again!) and no where to go or yard work to do, LOL. Pump was great - works back, chest, tris, bis, and shoulders. I used 5's, 8's, and 10's and kept things lighter today but added on Olivia's 10 min. UB workout as a finisher. I used 8's & 10's and she works back, shoulders, bis, tris and chest usually doing 16-20 reps (she does less). There are 11 exercises with a :05 rest between exercises and done for :50. Arms are pumped! Finisher #2 was 20 min. on the elliptical - love this audio workout for a quick kick butt HiiT session! And once again, I added on Erin's great UB stretch - esp. after an UB weight sesh! 420 cal burn (71 min. in the FB zone--woo hoo!)
19- Meditation; Winsor Buns & Thighs; Cathe Perfect 30 (Mobility) I did tons of errands and an early morning appt. I had to take the parents to.
20- Meditation; Jari Love (Slim & Lean); 1.5 hours yard work/Mow Max Instead of the one legged squats, I did Cossack Squats (lots of Cossack Squats!). UB & LB burnout! 257 cal burn
21- Meditation; Yvette Fit #9 45 min. Step Aerobics; Elliptical (20 min HiiT Audio w/o); Perfect 30 (Ext. Stretch); Michelle's Yin Yoga Felt so good to sweat it out with Yvette! I used my step mat in place of a step today and it worked great. I tried to ramp up the moves a bit with more arm movements (this is when I need those wrist weights!), and got some great sweaty, steady state cardio today. Hopped on Elliptical for now a little HiiT work (and again, I need those wrist weights!) I really need to find another Elliptical w/o I love as much as this one!! ;0) I still needed a little more stretch after Ext. Stretch and nothing stretches out my lower body as well as Yin Yoga!...503 cal burn
22- Meditation; Heather Robertson (Total Body Stability Ball Workout- 33 min.); Heather Robertson (Yoga Inspired Full Body Workout//No Equipment//No Jumping - 32 min.) I was missing my Heather girl, but this Stability ball made me think twice if I really wanted to do one of her workouts! I found it super hard!! Two rounds of the same exercises with a :40/:20 format, so at least HR gives you time to get into position--and you'll need it! Lots of 1 legged balance work with the other leg on the ball, hamstring roll-ins, and lots of pikes on the ball - ugh! I guess I should be keeping at it to improve, but I didn't want to pull something in my back either! (Years ago while doing straight leg pikes on the ball, I hurt my back, so I am very leery about repeating them. I can do bent legged pikes - no problem, so that's what I did today). If that is not bad enough, she repeats them all again - ugh! And, how does she manage to make all these exercises look so easy?? (Reading the comments below the workout, made me feel a little bit better about myself, LOL!). Luckily, I enjoyed her yoga-fusion workout a lot more! I still had to modify some moves for my hands and all the exercises are repeated again with the :45/:15 format, but this one didn't have that dread factor for me. Loved the Low Lunge exercise - wow, what a booty burner! Will do this one again but the stability ball workout, um, most likely not. haha N/A cal burn - I did these upstairs and forgot to strap on my HRM.
23- Meditation Rest day 1.25 hrs. Yard Work (helped DH clean up the thousands of "helicopter" seeds and trim a bush). Back to church for the first time since March '20! Felt sooo good! <3


24- Meditation; Elliptical - 1 mile mostly steady state but a couple HiiT intervals as a w/u - wearing my 4.4# (total) wrist weights; Jari Love (GER 1000 - Complete workout - 60 min.); Five Parks Yoga (Neck & Shoulders 10 Min. Yoga Class) Wow, last time I did this Jari was in 2016!! Seemed waaaaayyy harder today. Could've been b/c I used my wrist weights ---they make everything so much tougher (there are so many unweighted arm raises in this and I was only using 5's & 8's)! I also used just my topper and got a great workout. I like how so many levels are shown in this - however, I was at my own level between Laurie & Kirsten. This workout has so much repetition....usually Jari's do but it was really noticeable to me in this one. A wonderful metabolic workout but one I won't do often b/c of that. Also, there are no breaks between the blocks of exercises....no stretches or rests. My neck/shoulders were really tense after this, so Erin's class to the rescue! I guess my wrist weights will be ok...I don't like how they keep sliding down my arm when I get sweaty (and they are on the tightest setting. Why don't they extend the velcro further?). 634 cal burn
25- Meditation; Yvette Fit #113 30 Min. All-Out BOSU Workout; 15 Min. Full Body Stretch/Daily Routine for Flexibility, Mobility, & Relaxation (Mady Morrison); Mow Max/Yard Work 1.5 hours Yvette's class was really a fun one and I 'favorited' it! Good one for when short on time; used as an add-on, or just a recovery day workout. Very basic moves on the BOSU but still fun! Side note: my shoulders/upper back are so sore today from yesterday--holy hannah! Great recovery day workout!//I am so relaxed by the time Mady's stretch is over....love the music too! 239 cal burn. I ended up returning my new wrist weights...today I wore my "old" wrist weights and they worked so much better! (They have the thumb hole and then wrap around my wrist, so no sliding up/down. I didn't try them for awhile since I thought they would make my thumb pain worse but my thumb isn't the problem (right now)... I guess I was excited by the purple color of the new weights...ha, gray is good enough if they still work fine! ETA: just thought of this: I won't be able to wear my lifting gloves with these weights....aye yi yi! Back to square one!//It's so great that I can return Amazon items at Kohl's now & don't even have to box it up!....so of course I had to browse while I was there. New shirt for my closet, LOL! :0)
26- Meditation; YT RC Fitness Official (Live Cardio Kick/Tribute to Pit Bull/1 Hour); Elliptical 15 min. HiiT; stretch ETA: 1 hour yard work at the parents Not a good workout day for me...I made it thru to 24 min. of the RC workout...I really liked the exercises but not sure about that one instructor...and the whooping, yikes! :0 Then I got interrupted and after that I didn't want to do much else! Hopped on the elliptical and stretched it out and called it a day. 287 cal burn
27- Meditation; Winsor Buns & Thighs; Cathe Perfect 30 (Mobility)
28- Meditation; Yvette Fit #114 70 Min Step/Bodyweight/Kettlebell Class; Michelle's Yin Yoga I had this scheduled for today and was happy to read Jane found it fun too! Loved it and may even be one of my favorite KB class of Y's. Starts off with a whammy---burpees done right out of the gate! :0) I used my topper and weighted wrist weights but missed my lifting gloves esp. when my hands started getting sweaty holding onto the KB! Sometimes I think it made it a lot harder with no risers for all those bodyweight moves!! But it has such a FUN-filled energy about it - the class participants were really enjoying themselves (more talkative/laughing than usual) and I liked that. (So happy for Claudia - finally got that boy!) I didn't do one single j.jack....I either did fast feet on the step, jump rope, or high knees. Those TGU's were so much harder on one side than the other! Awesome class! 578 cal burn
29- Meditation; Elliptical (20 min. HiiT Audio workout); TM (25 min. Interval/Incline workout); Michelle's Yin Yoga; 2 hours cleaning windows inside & outside This cardio session was great---knowing I only "have" to do 20 min. on each machine so no dread. Beautiful day but pretty cool...I usually do the windows earlier in the year but this time I waited till *most* of the rain was done....hope my logic works so they remain clean! 447 cal burn
30- Meditation; Rest day 2 mile walk outside; 45 min. yard work


31- HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!! And thanks to all who serve/served our country!
Meditation; Yvette Fit #91 30 Min. Chest/Shoulder/Triceps & Abs Circuits; Cathe's ICE MM (Bi's) & Stretch; played "Bags" in the back yard after our cookout with the family Second time for this workout with usually four sets of shoulder, chest, and tricep work with an ab exercise done after every weight exercise. Lots of up/down but I enjoyed it for something different from Yvette. I added on Cathe's Muscle Meltdown Biceps doing all sets. In Y's workout, I used mostly 10's, 12's, & 15's and usually 15-16 reps. 261 cal burn

It took a few tries, LOL, but I FINALLY found the 2# wrist weights I was wishing for!! I just wanted something simple with no extra pieces that slipped over my hand with no velcro and they're nice and colorful. These are perfect!! From Walmart.com and paid with a GC, well, all but $.86!
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Gymenist-...of-2/510373679