Lower body DOMS--cardio suggestions?

[Kat2002]

Hi everyone

I was wondering if anyone has any favorite videos that you reach for on days that you are too sore to do anything high impact or do kickboxing moves. I just started STS on Wednesday w/ Disc 3 and my hamstrings and glutes are so sore that it had me practically waddling around yesterday..! Hoping for something that gives a decent calorie burn but isn't too hard to do with sore legs.

[JodelleFitzh20]

Sometimes in order to thoroughly "work" some of the soreness out, it's good to do some functional fitness cardio like walking or jogging, or the elliptical, but if you want a good video, I really like the old school kick punch and crunch...it's kickboxing, but there seems to be easier kicking options with lots of upper body stuff to keep your heart rate up!

[CeciFifi]

On days like that I take it easy and do pilates - usually with Ana Caban. I have a few of her DVD's and like them all. Or I have a stretch day with a lot of ab work.

[Kat2002]

Thanks for the suggestions..! I recovered from the DOMS but between STS legs and trying to do step workouts later in the week, my knees feel stressed out. Think I will be doing arms tomorrow and giving legs a rest for a few days.

[ricklyk1]

Hi Kathleen!

I hear ya on the lower body DOMS from STS. I think every single STS lower body w/o has given me killer DOMS. I love it! Anyway, because I struggle with cardio when my legs are sore, I either (i) re-adjust my schedule so that my weekly lower body workout occurrs right before my rest day or (ii) do a lower body workout back to back with an upper body workout (e.g. STS lower body on Tuesday and STS upper body on Wedneday). If I can't re-arrange my schedule on a particular week for whatever reason, I try to do cardio that doesn't bother my legs/knees, such as MMA Boxing, Kick Max (punching combos only), or like Jodelle mentioned, a nice long walk outside. I usually add abs and/or stretching/yoga too so that I get a nice, full workout, despite my stinging lower body.

HTH!
Katie

[lainabaina]

completely agree abt the major DOMS from STS Legs. was just suffering from that myself and still sore after a couple days, but I did MMA Boxing and though there are some leg drills in it, I was okay. i forgot how fun MMA Boxing is, plus it flies by & has a great abs routine.

it is crazy how I get the really major DOMS from the STS legs but not so much with the UB stuff.

[jldx2in2000]

I know it sounds crazy but I always find that kickboxing workouts (like KPC or 4DS Kickbox) really work the DOMS out for me.

I totally hear you on the STS DOMS. They are like nothing else!

[Kat2002]

Originally Posted by lainabaina

it is crazy how I get the really major DOMS from the STS legs but not so much with the UB stuff.

That's been my experience so far too... I wonder why that is. I thought maybe it was just me cause I had never really completed an endurance leg workout or had worked out my arms more in recent history.. My arms do feel fatigued for a few hours after the workout though.

Cathe's other kickboxing workouts are definitely on my list of videos to purchase next...so far I only have KPC which I did a little over a week ago, awesome workout...! I'm trying to resist buying anything until I go through all of the cardio workouts that I already own (which isn't too many, thankfully ) and 'master' them to some degree.

[tralaiven]

Definitely Cathe's Kickboxing dvd's are good...but the shorter pre-mixes...sometimes I would just do 30 min. to try to loosen things up a bit and get the blood flowing... also Kelly Coffey-Meyer has a great KB dvd with 2-30 min KB workouts on it that are really good...called Kelly Coffey-Meyer 30 minutes to Fitness.

I, personally, would not totally avoid my lower body in this situation..but help it with a bit of active recovery such as I stated above.