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Old 03-09-22, 08:35 PM  
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I'm dealing with a knee injury right now. My workouts are Margaret Richard and Misty Tripoli for cardio. Just started this week . I'm doing all of Margaret's workouts because she has the best lower body work without subjecting myself to squats and lunges (which hurt now).
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Old 03-09-22, 08:54 PM  
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Jane you've gotten some great advice! I just wanted to cheer you on for starting again. The beauty of it is that it's not really a true start from point 0 because your body will remember and ALL the previous minutes mattered!!

Congrats to you and anyone else that is moving forward adding more minutes!!
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Old 03-09-22, 10:57 PM  
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Powerfit Harmony is a good beginner set if you want to follow a rotation. Cathe's Total Muscle Sculpting and Basic Step + Body Fusion are pretty good too, solid workouts without killing yourself in the process.
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Old 03-10-22, 01:19 PM  
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I seem to constantly be restarting each week after all of my nagging injuries in the past few years thanks to perimenopause.

My go-to order:
(1) Rest and walking around the house (once able)
(2) More walking around the house
(3) Once my nagging injuries are okay, I start back with Pahla or Leslie a couple times a week.
(4) If injury is okay, then I add in some CS/Essentrics mixed with those.
(5) If that doesn't bother it, then a week would look like: Pahla/Leslie, then Ellen, then CS/Ess, then Jessica, then CS/Ess, then a lightweight workout, then just walking. Repeat.
(6) I keep it to 30 mins max the first few weeks and then max out at 45. Any more than that and I'll just burn out and reinjure myself faster.

And I totally modify everything down to cater to where I'm at in the moment. I've learned the hard way to not be a hero!
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Old 03-10-22, 02:35 PM  
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Good for you for restarting!

Another vote for Team Body Project. Daniel is very motivating and I like that the background people look like "regular people."

I've been doing somewhat of a "restart" and I'm plunging in doing my favorite instructors but modifying the heck out of them when needed. I'm not jumping or twisting and certain things like floor pushups are verboten for now, so I just substitute moves I can do without issue.

I tend to get bored with workouts labeled "beginner" and prefer to modify "down" rather than "up" but YMMV.
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Old 03-10-22, 07:05 PM  
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With all of my restarts, I've had the best luck with just choosing a program for the strength training and then doing whatever cardio I want. I tend to get workout-ADHD and sometimes frustrated when I can't do all the cardio. With the strength training I will even consider doing "harder" workouts such as the weights from Ripped With HiiT b/c the heavier weight training workouts are usually slower paced. I just use weights that are good for me, if it's just 3 lbs.

Recently, I have been doing the weights from Cathe's LITE series. I did that for a month, then did the weights from CTX for a month. For cardio I did mostly walking, some kickboxing and some stationary bike. Cardio depends on my time and energy level. I've now moved onto STS and I'm modifying that to fit my needs.
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Old 03-10-22, 07:19 PM  
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Tugger31- Thanks this is an interesting suggestion.

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Old 03-11-22, 08:28 AM  
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Do the workouts you love, no matter what they are. Start with something that is 10 or 15 minutes long then add on if you feel like you want to do more. Sometimes, you just need to start something short and you'll be more motivated to do more.
I think this is great advice.

For me, my brain training years ago was to always come back from an injury or workload layoff by pulling out Slim in 6 Start It Up, and doing mailbox to mailbox walk/runs.
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Old 03-11-22, 12:55 PM  
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doing mailbox to mailbox walk/runs.
thanks for the reminder - i used to do street light to street light intervals.
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Old 03-11-22, 04:38 PM  
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When I'm restarting I usually reach for indoor walking workouts, whether Leslie Sansone, Jessica Smith or Jenny Ford. I don't want to think too much about a rotation, until I know I can be consistent again. Yeah, it can be a bit boring but I enjoy the positivity and encouragement from these above instructors.

And, if I want to throw in an Upper, Lower, or Total Body workout a couple times a week...I'll do that. And, usually it's a basic workout like Kelly Coffey Meyer's Start Up or Your Best Body, keeping it simple. Or, Jessica Smith, too!

If you want something a little different maybe a fusion workout would interest you? Jessica has some good ones, and Ellen is great, too...though I sometimes find hers a little longer than I would like.

And, sometimes trying a beginner rotation might jumpstart or motivate you, too! If you have a calendar from someone you can print out, you don't have to spend time wondering what to do. So many instructors have rotations you can follow.

Maybe you can spend a few moments to search some of the older threads here for inspiration, too!
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