28 - 29. rest days
30. Yv2: WISI. T.V. Alert: Finished Mare of Easttown. Love!
july 2021…
1. (S)
RKS#1 aka Spank That Booty. This looked really good on my upgraded 32 inch tv.
It’s still been hard to exercise first thing in the morning and I keep telling myself NO CHOICE but it’s still not working.
AsSweet - glad you like WW Ultimate Dance Party too! It’s a great set. I have tried to use those 1# sticks with it but I hate when my hands are sweaty so I don’t last long using the sticks! P.M.
Yv2: SS
2. Started working out and realized that I just didn’t feel like doing anything. I’m going to take a few days off. I feel like I need a recovery week. I’m very sore too.
rest day…
3.
LH QI GONG 30DC - Day 1, Day 2 & Day 3 + TRACEY MALLET: F.I.T. Total Body Burn, 33minutes. I felt really good after doing Qi Gong, decided do do TM because the description on the DVD said that Total Burn was 25 minutes but it is actually 33 minutes. i really enjoyed it. I remember doing this workout once when I first bought it but not sure why I haven’t done it since. Good music, too. Speaking of music,
I can actually hear the waves during Qi Gong now. Blu-ray Bluetooth connection is awesome!
4.
LH QI GONG - Day 4 + ZUMBA: Dance, Dance, Dance
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LH QI GONG - Day 5 + ZUMBA: Let’s Dance. Lazy day today, read a book for a few hours. Back to being extremely hot. No rain in the forecast.
6.
rest day…
7. A.M.
LH QI GONG: Day 6 & Day 7. P.M.
4DS: Legs. Did my own warm-up ‘cause a 14 minute warm-up was out of the question. I’m pausing my rotation for a bit. I’m going to play it by ear for awhile because I’m still not very motivated. I’ll say it again, this time of year zaps all of my energy. I pulled out my Scorcher Series today, popped one in to see if I could handle Dasha and I definitely will have to play my own music because Dasha talks way too much. Not sure what I’ll be doing other than hanging with Lee Holden.
8.
ZUMBA: 20 Minute Express Workout
9.
LH QI GONG: Day 8 & Day 9 + WW ULTIMATE DANCE PARTY: Easy Grooves.. I used the toning sticks today and AsSweet, the grip part is kind of sticky, and definitely breathable. My hands were not sweaty.
. Getting lots of “server is too busy at the moment” messages today. I wish Wendy would address the issue.
10.
21 DAY FIX: Plyo Fix.
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LH QI GONG: Day 10, Day 11, & Day 12
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Yv2: WISI
13.
rest day….
14.
HIP HOP ABS: Fat Burning Cardio. Shaun T made me smile when he got so excited when ‘his song” started playing. Tonya has been hanging with Shaun T for a very long time. Seems like she’s been there from the beginning of his BB journey.
15.
Si6: Start It Up. Loved this even though it’s only 25 minutes. Same set as Slim Series. I may use 3# to 8# weights going forward but today it was perfect as is. Loved the 2 minute abs too (short, my favorite type). I felt a little spark in my heart for a 2nd day.
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LH QI GONG: Day 13, Day 14, Day 15, Day 16 P.M.
HHA: Ab Sculpt. Shaun T’s enthusiasm makes these workouts fun. I looked at Shaun’s Secrets to Great Abs and I’m embarrassed to think about how often I don’t engage my abs, lol. TG I have naturally flat abs. Another little spark in my cold, cold, heart.
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Si6: Ramp It Up. This was interesting. The first 20 minutes are the same as Start It Up. Looks like Burn It Up contains the exercises from SIU, RIP + a few more to make it a 60 minute workout. Ok. So my choice as far as which workout to do will be based on my energy level & time commitment. The format is kind of weird if I do say so. Lol. I guess this was before premixes and timesavers. I’m also taking back my comment yesterday about engaging my abs. I paid attention today and I do engage my abs more than I thought, it is automatic, not something I focus on. Great that HHA made me think about this. Nice to have reminders.
18.
LITE: PHA 2 + LH QI GONG: Day 17 & Day 18 + Yv2: MYB. Used light weights (6, 8’s) during PHA. I’m burnt out on heavy weights. Still was a sweatfest. P.M.
Yv2: WISI.
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Si6: Burn It Up. I should have done RIU but I wanted to see how BIU differs from RIU. Same exercises, a set of jumping jacks, some punches/upper cuts and Debbie does 2 sets of exercises instead of 1. Not sure I like doing 2 sets of floor work & core so may just stick with RIU for now. Music is terrible but I didn’t want to stop and choose the music off option. These workouts are fine but I would rather do Slim Series. I may move on to Slim Series.
20. Yeah me, another morning workout.
PERFECT 30: Low Impact Hiit
21.
LITE: Metabolic Blast + LH QI GONG: Day 19 & Day 20. P.M.
Yv2: SS
22.
SLIM SERIES: Tone It Up. Skipped the abs and did my own stretch. Ran out of time. Arms were on fire.
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ZUMBA: Zumba Max 1 + BLISSFUL BARRE: Barre Basics. Blissful Barre showed up on my Amazon feed and I kept debating if I wanted to purchase it for a month or more. I couldn’t find anything about it on VF. I’m glad I bought it. I’ll post breakdowns after I do all the workouts. 8 workouts, 2 discs, approx 3 hours of content. Good music so far. My knees have been talking to me since doing SS/Si6. Mostly my fault, plié squats with knees out (3 & 9 position) are problematic for me. I don’t turn my knees out (knees stay at 2 & 10) when doing plié squats but I lost my mind for a bit and was following Debbie, ha. My knees felt better immediately after doing Barre Basics. Cathe barre routines have always made my knees feel stronger so I think it’s barre type moves that help. These are going to be great add on-workouts. I like the instructor too. These move quickly. During a morning break, I did
LH QI GONG: Day 21 & Day 22. P.M.
Yv2: RIO. I get to sleep in tomorrow. Part of getting back on track was going back to early a.m. workouts.
24. So much for sleeping in - those dang birds were having a big party this morning. Sounded like they were fighting and flying into my windows. I don’t know which is worse, chirping/singing at the crack of dawn or fighting.
RWH: HiiT Circuit Upper Body + BLISSFUL BARRE: Treasure Chest + LH QI GONG: Day 23 + Day 24. Treasure Chest is another winner. Used 2 pounds and my arms were smoking.
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RWH: HiiT Circuit Lower Body + LH QI GONG: Day 25 + BLISSFUL BARRE: Long Lean Legs. I don’t recall doing Hiit Lower Body Circuit before. If I did, it wasn’t often enough to remember anything about it. I don’t recall using a step with this workout. It was good to see Deazie though! Long Lean Legs felt like an extended lower body warm-up.
P.M.
AsSweet inspired me to take the wrap off
Totally Cool Step 2. I did about 15 minutes. Required more thinking than I wanted to do today. Next I moved on to Rob Glick’s
Amazing Step Styles - did about 20 minutes of this, stopped when I had to put my thinking cap on. Next was a Tracy Anderson
TAVA workout. Tracy doesn’t even lead the workout. It’s choreographed and lead by Tony Alvarez (?), Tracy is a dancer like the other 10 dancers in this workout except she says a few words here and there. Weird. First Tony goes through the dance routine 1x without music, then he does a round with music and then another round with pizazz. Then you move onto the next dance. I think there’s a total of 6 Cardio Dance routines. i think I’ll like this but the format is weird. I’m not impressed with Tracy’s dancing skills either. Good music though.
26.
CL: Warrior Kickboxing, 29mins + LH QI GONG - Day 26
27.
rest day…
28.
JM Body Rev: Cardio 1 + Yv2: SS. P.M.
Totally Hot Step 2. Did the whole thing this time, no step, and followed the modifiers. The only thing that threw me off was the lunge tap with my back facing the tv. I managed to stay on the right foot but next time I’ll pause when this section starts and work on it. I looked at the Move Master but it didn’t work for me with Christi doing the moves with with her back turned towards the tv. Also Christi has different names for some moves when I’m used to Cathe’s names for these same moves.
29.
CL: Metabolic Meltdown. Love this workout, always a sweaty mess afterwards. P.M.
KS: March to Fitness
30.
SS: MIx It Up P.M.
ZUMBA: Rush
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Cathe: Cardio Kicks