Cathe Friedrich
Administrator
Hi Everyone! For all of you who are interested.....here are the details of the workout that I had with Art Carey. If you have been away and not sure how all this came about, here is a link to the article in the Philadelphia Inquirer that will fill you in.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/living/health/5409381.htm
I received an email last week from Art Carey asking if I was game for a workout with him. Like many of you, after reading his article I was a little leary of his intentions. We arranged to have a phone conversation to discuss this and after speaking with him I felt much more comfortable about us getting together. He was very kind and respectful on the phone and seemed quite impressed with the passionate feedback he had received regarding our workouts as well as home exercise videos in general.
So Wednesday March 19th at 12 noon was our scheduled workout. I had intended on doing the Boot Camp workout with him but after learning of a tight hamstring he was nursing, I had to quickly shift gears. I didn't want him to have any excuses as to why he couldn't work hard and felt that the kickboxing in Boot Camp would be too demanding on his hamstrings if he was going to execute some good quality kicks. So I quickly reworked the plan to the following fitness circuit:
60 Minute Class Content:
Warm Up: 10 minutes
3 minute cardio blast immediately followed by a 2 minute leg blast (4 cycles totaling 20 minutes)
3 minute cardio blast, right into a 2 min. upper/lower compound movement, right into 2 min. upper body only (3 cycles totaling 21 minutes)
Push ups…3 minutes
Core…6 minutes
Stretch
Side Note: It is important to mention that 40 minutes into the 60 minute class we had to stop due to the photographer’s arrival (Hmmmm, did he plan this, wink?) After finishing up with the photographer, we lost our momentum and decided to just continue with the core work and call it a day since I was VERY satisfied that my point was made }( .
THE WORKOUT....PLAY BY PLAY!!!
Allow me to be a little playful here;-),
I walked into the aerobic room not really knowing what to expect of this man who refered to me as "delicious bondage", especially since this reference appeared after I had spoken to him and felt he was a nice guy. So yes, there was a bit of pep in my step and might in my fight. Poor Art;( what was he in for?
Well after our introductions and all, he seemed once again to be the nice guy I met on the phone, perhaps even nicer in person. This immediately made me lower my guard some (but just some). He quickly made some calls out to a photographer (there was a mix up with the originally scheduled one) and we got started in the meantime.
He already warned me that he was not very coordinated so I asked how he would like to warm up (ie: treadmill, bike, walk outside etc.). He said do what you normally do. With that I started doing the traditional alternating reaches overhead while tapping the toes. Oh my, he was not kidding....the coordination was difficult to find;-). He was a good sport though and really really tried to keep it together but it was not working too well. I figued that with the workout I was getting ready to deliver a warm up was very important and I had to find a way to get him warmed up comfortably. He mentioned that he was a runner so I started doing light laps around the room. After a couple of minutes, he seemed to relax more and I did classic drills that football players would do in their warm ups. We did these patterns up and down the room. Again, not very coordinated but at least looking more comfortable at the attempt.
After about 10 minutes we worked into our first cardio blast (3 minutes). We did jumping jacks for a couple of minutes and then tried some jabs on the right side and then the left side while maintaining a shuffle with the feet. Well let's just say the JACKS went well;-). We immediately grabbed medicine balls and started doing leg presses. We did 16 per side for two sets. He was politely smiling but his legs were wondering when we were going to finish as they trembled a bit on each descend. We finished that and immediately loaded our barbells to about 50 pounds and did low ends. I'll give Mr.Carey some credit here. He was a little sloppy getting the count down but after mastering it he actually looked like he was confident and having fun. Go figure! We continued to do some non-stop blasts like this and some of the exercises we did were as follows:
Ice Breakers....a little trouble getting the arms and legs syncronized but I'll take it.
Speed Skaters...I think he was enjoying these until I told him he had to be in a deeper semi squat while doing them }(
Power Hops....Well we have ourselves an energizer bunny here. He loved these and was proudly displaying his abilities.
Power Scissors....Oh my dear Art, you must get lower than that.
Squat Thrust Climbers...okay I admit that I was impressed here. I thought I had him for sure on these and he watched me once and did it perfectly first try. High 5's are in order!
High jogs.....not bad!
Walking lunges along the room (18 walking one way, about face and 18 the other way).....again, the legs are not bending enough...thats when I had to crack the whip}(
Football drills....they look like fancy grapevines at very quick speeds, however, Art gave them an interesting new look....hmmm, perhaps a new video move in the making
About 40 minutes into the workout the photographer showed up and requested they we move to better lighting for some action shots. That was really no problem but unfortunately interupted the flow of the workout. I was satisfied though since Art had diplayed enough body language to let me know he was probably wishing that he had never referred to us as "morons".
After the photographer left, I wanted to test out his core strength. He actually did pretty well on the bent and straight arm planks. But he did have a lot of balance issues on the walking planks. So now I got the stability ball and was dying to have him try the V-Pikes. Guess what, to my amazement, Art pulled his butt right up to a peak. Ok, high 5's are in order once again. But I did find his weakness in the core and that was during the side plank hip raises and side plank rotational move.
After our session I congratulated him on a very good workout because he was an exceptional sport about owning up to his comments. We headed over to the diner to grab some recovery fuel and talk about ourselves. That was when I realized that the Art Carey in front of me is not nearly as hard edged as his writing makes him appear to be. I found him very warm, engaging, and personable and I actually enjoyed my time with him very much. Finally after a good while of chatting, he told me that the term "babe" is his trademark. So with that let me bring this to a close by borrowing a line from Sonny and Cher and saying.....
"Art, I Got You 'BABE' :7
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/living/health/5409381.htm
I received an email last week from Art Carey asking if I was game for a workout with him. Like many of you, after reading his article I was a little leary of his intentions. We arranged to have a phone conversation to discuss this and after speaking with him I felt much more comfortable about us getting together. He was very kind and respectful on the phone and seemed quite impressed with the passionate feedback he had received regarding our workouts as well as home exercise videos in general.
So Wednesday March 19th at 12 noon was our scheduled workout. I had intended on doing the Boot Camp workout with him but after learning of a tight hamstring he was nursing, I had to quickly shift gears. I didn't want him to have any excuses as to why he couldn't work hard and felt that the kickboxing in Boot Camp would be too demanding on his hamstrings if he was going to execute some good quality kicks. So I quickly reworked the plan to the following fitness circuit:
60 Minute Class Content:
Warm Up: 10 minutes
3 minute cardio blast immediately followed by a 2 minute leg blast (4 cycles totaling 20 minutes)
3 minute cardio blast, right into a 2 min. upper/lower compound movement, right into 2 min. upper body only (3 cycles totaling 21 minutes)
Push ups…3 minutes
Core…6 minutes
Stretch
Side Note: It is important to mention that 40 minutes into the 60 minute class we had to stop due to the photographer’s arrival (Hmmmm, did he plan this, wink?) After finishing up with the photographer, we lost our momentum and decided to just continue with the core work and call it a day since I was VERY satisfied that my point was made }( .
THE WORKOUT....PLAY BY PLAY!!!
Allow me to be a little playful here;-),
I walked into the aerobic room not really knowing what to expect of this man who refered to me as "delicious bondage", especially since this reference appeared after I had spoken to him and felt he was a nice guy. So yes, there was a bit of pep in my step and might in my fight. Poor Art;( what was he in for?
Well after our introductions and all, he seemed once again to be the nice guy I met on the phone, perhaps even nicer in person. This immediately made me lower my guard some (but just some). He quickly made some calls out to a photographer (there was a mix up with the originally scheduled one) and we got started in the meantime.
He already warned me that he was not very coordinated so I asked how he would like to warm up (ie: treadmill, bike, walk outside etc.). He said do what you normally do. With that I started doing the traditional alternating reaches overhead while tapping the toes. Oh my, he was not kidding....the coordination was difficult to find;-). He was a good sport though and really really tried to keep it together but it was not working too well. I figued that with the workout I was getting ready to deliver a warm up was very important and I had to find a way to get him warmed up comfortably. He mentioned that he was a runner so I started doing light laps around the room. After a couple of minutes, he seemed to relax more and I did classic drills that football players would do in their warm ups. We did these patterns up and down the room. Again, not very coordinated but at least looking more comfortable at the attempt.
After about 10 minutes we worked into our first cardio blast (3 minutes). We did jumping jacks for a couple of minutes and then tried some jabs on the right side and then the left side while maintaining a shuffle with the feet. Well let's just say the JACKS went well;-). We immediately grabbed medicine balls and started doing leg presses. We did 16 per side for two sets. He was politely smiling but his legs were wondering when we were going to finish as they trembled a bit on each descend. We finished that and immediately loaded our barbells to about 50 pounds and did low ends. I'll give Mr.Carey some credit here. He was a little sloppy getting the count down but after mastering it he actually looked like he was confident and having fun. Go figure! We continued to do some non-stop blasts like this and some of the exercises we did were as follows:
Ice Breakers....a little trouble getting the arms and legs syncronized but I'll take it.
Speed Skaters...I think he was enjoying these until I told him he had to be in a deeper semi squat while doing them }(
Power Hops....Well we have ourselves an energizer bunny here. He loved these and was proudly displaying his abilities.
Power Scissors....Oh my dear Art, you must get lower than that.
Squat Thrust Climbers...okay I admit that I was impressed here. I thought I had him for sure on these and he watched me once and did it perfectly first try. High 5's are in order!
High jogs.....not bad!
Walking lunges along the room (18 walking one way, about face and 18 the other way).....again, the legs are not bending enough...thats when I had to crack the whip}(
Football drills....they look like fancy grapevines at very quick speeds, however, Art gave them an interesting new look....hmmm, perhaps a new video move in the making
About 40 minutes into the workout the photographer showed up and requested they we move to better lighting for some action shots. That was really no problem but unfortunately interupted the flow of the workout. I was satisfied though since Art had diplayed enough body language to let me know he was probably wishing that he had never referred to us as "morons".
After the photographer left, I wanted to test out his core strength. He actually did pretty well on the bent and straight arm planks. But he did have a lot of balance issues on the walking planks. So now I got the stability ball and was dying to have him try the V-Pikes. Guess what, to my amazement, Art pulled his butt right up to a peak
. Ok, high 5's are in order once again. But I did find his weakness in the core and that was during the side plank hip raises and side plank rotational move.After our session I congratulated him on a very good workout because he was an exceptional sport about owning up to his comments. We headed over to the diner to grab some recovery fuel and talk about ourselves. That was when I realized that the Art Carey in front of me is not nearly as hard edged as his writing makes him appear to be. I found him very warm, engaging, and personable and I actually enjoyed my time with him very much. Finally after a good while of chatting, he told me that the term "babe" is his trademark. So with that let me bring this to a close by borrowing a line from Sonny and Cher and saying.....
"Art, I Got You 'BABE' :7
