Morning Ladies -
This morning I did Butts & Gutts - Standing Glutes & Abs Premix (54"). I stopped right before the ab segment started and did a couple more sets of Firewalkers (cuz I loved those things) and then I did just part of the floor leg segment. This took about 1 hour and 5 minutes. Then I did a short 10 minute blast of aerobics (from Jari Love's Ripped 1000), cooled down on my own and then did the stretch segment of Butts & Guts (1 hour and 20 minutes). I burned a total of 400 calories from warm up to cool down.
I didn't think this premix was particularly difficult. We only did squats with weight and lunges with weight and the rest of the exercises did not use weight. I didn't even find the ab portion that difficult. I need to add weight next time. Only part that was difficult is that I kept sliding down when I was trying to do those leaning on the ball obliques holding the resistance band. I'll have to try using more weight next time. I usually gauge how much to lift from Cathe, but she doesn't seem to be lifting her usual amounts this series (did she do that for the beginner/intermediate people??).
I was able to fit in some yoga last night as well. I did Yoga Beauty Body (Ravi & Ana - Kundalini) - about 40 minutes. I did this one cuz I thought I'd not done it yet, but after I started doing it, I realized I had done it before. Let's see - we did stuff for the thyroid, digestive system, to bring radiance to our skin, for the liver, etc. We held bow pose with breath of fire and did breath of fire in several other poses. We did "rag doll" which I tend to like. It's just like doing a hamstring stretch and switching legs while breathing. We did breath of fire while standing in a low squat with our hands around our ankles (this was probably the most difficult pose).
Yvanna - where did you purchase your Sean Corn DVD? I've never seen anything by her. What type of yoga is it? Vinyasa flow?
August - have you rec'd your new Cathe's yet? Have they shipped yet?
Jen - I only did parts of Body Max once or twice and I was sort of confused. I'm not really good at getting complex coreography right away. It takes me a while. I've done Low Impact Circuit a couple of times and the 2nd and 3rd time, I got better, but there are parts that still throw me. I agree that the best way to learn is just practice, practice, practice. I think some of the easier Cathe stuff will help you learn her style, but it's really not going to help you master the steps in Imax 3 right away.....as I think you just need to work at those kinds of workouts. I usually work on my step workouts on my rest day for just a bit of light cardio (active recovery) and then once I start learning them and getting better, I can use them for a regular workout - or usually I just go for it and if I can't follow I do my own version of the steps to keep my HR up and then eventually I either catch on on I do my own version forever? I'm by no means one to be perfect about always being on the correct foot, facing the right direction, etc. I just have fun!!
I'll be back later from work. My boss is off today so I should be able to pop in later.
Have a great day everyone.
This morning I did Butts & Gutts - Standing Glutes & Abs Premix (54"). I stopped right before the ab segment started and did a couple more sets of Firewalkers (cuz I loved those things) and then I did just part of the floor leg segment. This took about 1 hour and 5 minutes. Then I did a short 10 minute blast of aerobics (from Jari Love's Ripped 1000), cooled down on my own and then did the stretch segment of Butts & Guts (1 hour and 20 minutes). I burned a total of 400 calories from warm up to cool down.
I didn't think this premix was particularly difficult. We only did squats with weight and lunges with weight and the rest of the exercises did not use weight. I didn't even find the ab portion that difficult. I need to add weight next time. Only part that was difficult is that I kept sliding down when I was trying to do those leaning on the ball obliques holding the resistance band. I'll have to try using more weight next time. I usually gauge how much to lift from Cathe, but she doesn't seem to be lifting her usual amounts this series (did she do that for the beginner/intermediate people??).
I was able to fit in some yoga last night as well. I did Yoga Beauty Body (Ravi & Ana - Kundalini) - about 40 minutes. I did this one cuz I thought I'd not done it yet, but after I started doing it, I realized I had done it before. Let's see - we did stuff for the thyroid, digestive system, to bring radiance to our skin, for the liver, etc. We held bow pose with breath of fire and did breath of fire in several other poses. We did "rag doll" which I tend to like. It's just like doing a hamstring stretch and switching legs while breathing. We did breath of fire while standing in a low squat with our hands around our ankles (this was probably the most difficult pose).
Yvanna - where did you purchase your Sean Corn DVD? I've never seen anything by her. What type of yoga is it? Vinyasa flow?
August - have you rec'd your new Cathe's yet? Have they shipped yet?
Jen - I only did parts of Body Max once or twice and I was sort of confused. I'm not really good at getting complex coreography right away. It takes me a while. I've done Low Impact Circuit a couple of times and the 2nd and 3rd time, I got better, but there are parts that still throw me. I agree that the best way to learn is just practice, practice, practice. I think some of the easier Cathe stuff will help you learn her style, but it's really not going to help you master the steps in Imax 3 right away.....as I think you just need to work at those kinds of workouts. I usually work on my step workouts on my rest day for just a bit of light cardio (active recovery) and then once I start learning them and getting better, I can use them for a regular workout - or usually I just go for it and if I can't follow I do my own version of the steps to keep my HR up and then eventually I either catch on on I do my own version forever? I'm by no means one to be perfect about always being on the correct foot, facing the right direction, etc. I just have fun!!
I'll be back later from work. My boss is off today so I should be able to pop in later.
Have a great day everyone.
