Buff Badgers Week of Feb. 20th

[heartymax]

DH and DS13 put together my elliptical this weekend. I got in a 30 minute ride on Sunday morning. It was a smooth ride but WOW---what a workout. I am moving slower than I normally would on my treadmill. I walk at 4.0mph on the treadmill and approx. 3.0 on the elliptical. I realized the treadmill is powered and I have to do this work so maybe that has something to do with it. I can tell you that my hamstrings were calling my name after that workout. I am trying to determine if I want to try to increase my speed of increase my time.....not sure yet. I am open to suggestions. DH says it is going to be an adjustment from regular walking but he plans to give it a try and try to start out with 20 minutes and hopefully increase his time.

This morning was Meso 2 Chest, Shoulders and Triceps. I think I have said this before but cross body kick backs are very uncomfortable so I either skip or sub another exercise for those. I forgot about the double wave load in Meso 2. I am not sure which has the most dread factor----double wave or drop sets.

I plan to enjoy the day off. I hope you all do the same.

[lvnascar]

Morning Ladies,

This morning was STS Disc 10 Chest, Shoulders & Biceps. Sunday was Weider X-Factor ST Wk 8, another great workout. Will be keeping these workouts in my rotation, but probably doing them once a week.

Susan, I think that the Weider workouts are more geared to increasing strength vs. endurance (like Insanity). They are both very similar, but Insanity does have workouts that are just cardio.

heartymax, I like the double wave load more. I just did the drop sets this morning. Of course this is the workout that she has drop sets and 21's in it. I'm fried.

Have a great day!

[MKEMom]

Good morning! I had a nice weekend. DH and I had a truly lovely dinner on Friday night, and I spent the rest of the weekend shopping, cleaning, and organizing. I have a goal to have nothing in my house "loose" or without a place to be by my birthday. My birthday's in October, so one would think that's enough time, but you should see our house

Friday I did the first five intervals of Afterburn.
Saturday was Step Jam.
Sunday I wasn't going to do anything, but ate too much at dinner and felt like doing something. I ended up doing just the step from Step, Jump, and Pump for a quick little workout.

I do not have the day off today, but DH took the day off to work on his business. I plan to do Bootcamp this afternoon.

Heartymax- Glad you got a good workout on your new toy I'd go for time instead of speed, but I have no real reason to say why that should be

Hello, Laurie!

Have a great day, everybody.

[susanz]

Hi ladies! Well, where did that weekend go?? Saturday I did S90 Total Body plus some lower body Pilates, Sunday was my rest day, today was S90 Core Dynamics and I did some Pilates Ab work of my own.

Heartymax, I too would try to increase speed and stay with 20 - 30mn workouts. Is this programmeable? Or os the tension able to be varied? Glad you liked it! Enjoy your day off!

Laurie, Thanks for the input!

Sam, so glad you had a nice time with your DH. Looks like you got some good workouts in over the weekend. I love Bootcamp!

Have a great day ladies! Susan

[shakeubooty]

Heartymax - Have fun with your new elliptical! I love cross body kick backs because they isolate the triceps so well and I can assist if needed. You can't do that with other triceps exercises. Just have to make sure I don't hit myself in the face with the dumbbell (which I've done before).

Sam - I think your goal of having everything in its place is easier if you live alone. My kids and DH especially leave junk all over the place. Arghhh!

Laurie - I saw those Weider workouts at Walmart over the weekend but I didn't get them. Still feeling like I need to better utilize what I have first.

Hi, Susan! Still pilate-izing I see. How do you like that for a made-up word? Do you do the S90 warmup every time or your own thing?

Did Michele Dozois Peak 10 Cardio Strength on Saturday. Man, that is one tough workout! Lots of breaks required but I finished it. On Sunday I finished up Slow and Heavy with Bis and Tris. My butt felt like it deserved some attention so I also did walking lunges, dead lifts and 1 legged squats from Butts and Gutts. Last night I went for a 2 mile walk. DH was snoring terribly last night so I had to sleep in this morning instead of working out. Will do cardio tonight. Not sure what I'm doing next after S&H. Thinking of doing Cross Train Express but not sure when I'll start it. Going out of town Friday - Sunday so won't be able to workout. I might do circuits or full body endurance workouts instead.

[heartymax]

Laurie---I hate 21's. Especially the push ups. I saw the Walmart for the Weider workouts too and realized that is what you have been doing. I feel so out of touch with different workouts because I basically just do Cathe. At least I get to hear about others from reading the forum. It appears that many on the forum are doing Weider and S90.

Susan--I can set my own workout on the elliptical but it does have some workouts already programmed. Right now---I don't need any extra tension.


Sam---glad you and DH had a great post Valentines celebration. It is always nice to have some romantic and quiet time together.

Sue---I think I should do the triceps on the stability ball (whatever move that is). I think it is similar and works the triceps really good.


This morning was 30 minutes on the elliptical and 10 minutes of Abs from Butts and Gutts. I was able to get in a mile in 18 minutes instead of 20 today so my speed increased for the first mile. I didn't keep up that speed at the end but it is a start. Using a machine is very different from aerobics and I haven't been on any machine since my treadmill broke and that was over a year ago. I said to myself whenever I took a break from my treadmill that I could never jump right back on and go 4.0 mph----usually a 3.5 and work my way back up. With that said, I am not getting discouraged with my new toy. My quads and hams were singing to me yesterday after being on the elliptical on Sunday. I was hesitant about getting on today since tomorrow is STS legs.


Oh well---back to work today. The weather is expected to be near high 50's and low 60's this week. No winter for us this year.

[lvnascar]

Morning Ladies,

This morning was Weider X-Factor ST Wk 8 and KCM's 30MTF Kickboxing Punch Mix.

heartymax, Sounds like a solid plan for organization. We where cleaning out our basement this weekend. DH is getting rid of a lot of stuff that he has been hanging onto. Loving it!

Susan, Those weekends do fly by fast.

Sue, How are those Michele workouts. I keep thinking that I would like them because she incorporates kickboxing. Then I read that someone says there isn't that much kb in them.

heartymax, Sounds like you are having a great time with you new equipment. I don't like the 21's for push ups either, I have to do those on my knees. I just can't keep good form for all of those. S90 and these Weider workouts would be a great combo. I think they work with any system really.

Have a great day!

[MKEMom]

Good morning. Well, I did Bootcamp yesterday and injured myself During the first cardio segment of jumping jacks, I misstepped and rolled my ankle. It didn't hurt too bad at the time, and I did the rest of the workout, showered, made dinner, and almost forgot about it. Then, after sitting to eat dinner, I stood up to leave and go grocery shopping and it hurt! It got worse all night and today I'm limping a bit. I'm sure it will heal up in a couple days but I'm pretty grumpy about it. No exercise for me today.

Heartymax- Sounds like your legs are getting nicely worked on that elliptical. Keep it up, you'll be flying away on it in no time.

Laurie- Our basement isn't too bad, but we do have a bunch of stuff that we're hanging onto for no apparent reason. Our attic will be more of a challenge.

Susan- Weekends always just fly by, and this coming weekend is already almost completely booked. I'm telling myself all this craziness will make summer come faster.

Sue- I'd like to blame DH and DS, but I am by far the sloppiest person in the house. DH doesn't clean much, but he's neat as a pin.

Have a happy Fat Tuesday, everybody! I'm giving up snacking for Lent, so I just enjoyed a couple cherry Pop Tarts, one of my favorite snacks

[susanz]

Good morning! Today was the elliptical for 35mn and 4.4 miles. Once again I chose the "Random" program. I guess I never learn! Ow, ow,ow!

Heartymax, glad you are enjoying your new machine! After 3+ years I still feel it in my hams and glutes!

Laurie, I was just thinking of how I miss kick-boxing today while I was on the elliptical. I was actually watching an infomercial for Tony's 10mn Trainer and they showed some KB. Maybe this weekend I'll sneak some in...

Sam, I was thinking of giving up sugar since I am doing pretty good so far.. but then again, maybe NOT! Sorry to hear you hurt your ankle. Hope it heals quickly for you!

Sue, when it comes to the S90 warm-up, somedays I do it, some times I do a mix of an S90/P90X warmup, somedays I just get on the elliptical and other days I turn on my music and dance! I have noticed I am leaner in my midsection and my thighs,so this S90must be working!

Have a great day ladies! Susan

[shakeubooty]

Heartymax - We had 30 degrees and snow this morning so if you want I can send some your way. I think it's supposed to melt later today though. I agree that it's fun to read about other workouts people are doing. I never would have heard of Weider if Laurie hadn't started doing it. There's so much out there it's overwhelming sometimes.

Laurie - I only own Peak Cardio Strength but I'm thinking of ordering More Peak Cardio Strength. You would like Michele's workouts. There isn't a lot of kickbox (more athletic type moves like burpees, plyo lunges, frog jumps) but they're very well done and she varies it quite a bit so you aren't doing the same move forever.

Sam - I've rolled my ankle plenty of times and I find rest and ice work wonders. One night after work I rolled my ankle on a pebble in the parking lot. I iced it all night and hopped around on 1 leg and it was fine by the next morning! Crazy stuff.

Susan - Great S90 results. Maybe I should start doing those workouts again.

Last night I did about 20 min. of Body Max 2 Cardio Timesaver and just wasn't feeling it. I don't know if it was the music, the moves or me (or all 3?) but I switched to Hiit Double Wave Pyramid and had a great workout. This is my early morning of dropping off DD for Jazz Band so no workout yet today. It's a busy night so I don't know if I'll be able to fit in a workout or not. It might have to be a rest day instead.