Hi girls!
I just finished today's workout and will now check in.
Here's today's workout:
Cardio Coach Volume 1- My Longer Short Mix= 30 Mix TM
MV= 9.40
Distance in Miles= 2.62
CB= 385
Warm uo, challenge 1, steady state 1, challenge 2, steady state, Challenge 3, Cool down.
PiYo- Define Upper Body= 25 Min
MV= 5.0
CB=171
Total calories burned= 556
Debbie- Congrats on doing PiYo Lower body Define. Yes, that one and Upper body Define are both short ones. I like to use PiYo after my cardio or after lifting weights as an excellent stretch. Now the PiYo Strength is about 22 minutes long and you don't need to do that in bare feet. I think you'll like the Sweat and Drenched workouts and they are named correctly they are 35 min and 48 minutes in length. I have Sculpt show at 26 minutes in length, Core is 30 min, Buns is 30 minutes, and Hard Core on the floor is 34 Min, Full Body Blast (Deluxe extra purchase workout 1 uses discs) is 30 minutes, and Strong legs (Deluxe extra purchase workout 2 uses discs) is 26 minutes in length both are more intense and will make you sweat. I personally like to do Define Lower Body after I do a Cardio Coach on TM, it feels amazing and take away soreness and pain, love it. The Stength PiYo Calendar uses all the basic set workouts plus the two extra purchase Full Body Blast and Strong Legs which both use the discs. I originally purchased just the basic set then after a week of doing them decided to order the two deluxe workouts as well. I'm glad I did they really round out the set and increase the intensity. I wish BB had included them in the set but you know how it goes. I don't regret my PiYo purchases at all. I find them to be most useful to use after cardio or strength workouts and there are enough of them to do every day and switch up the order I use them in. These are not big calorie burners which was a bit disappointing at first but now I see them as restorative or theraputic to use as add-on after doing cardio or strength or both at end of workout. I find that works really well for me and feels so amazing and take away pain or tightness, and that to me is worth a lot.
Thanks on finishing Body Beast, it was fun and one I will do more rotations of in the future. I don't really gravitate toward strength workouts but have made myself stretch to broaden my fitness focus beyond cardio and found this to be fun and zero dread factor which really surprised me. I think you would like Body Beast its really great and if you got dumb bells and barbells, weight bench, or ball you got everything you need already. I chose to use weight lifting gloves for my own comfort and better grip, oh and I forgot to mention they use a yoga mat for ab work. I already had all that so I really liked that I didn't need to buy any additional equipment. Oops, I forgot that there are a few exercises that need a pull up bar or you can substitute as I did and used Beach Body Bands with door attachment. I recommend Body Beast its a keeper and one of my best BB purchases. Nice job with your first Pi Yo workout with Lower Body Define. The first Align, Lower Body Define, Upper Body Define are more to ease you into PiYo. Personally I only did Align once, I use all the others much more frequently and repeatedly. The others are more challenging and sweat tastic workouts not to worry. Enjoy your PiYo journey.
Belinda- Wow! Congrats on your 31st Anniversary today, that is awesome. I hope you both do something special for the day.
Nicely done today on your workout with I did SBF LB and Jessica Smith Single Sided Strength = 53 min awesome stuff there girlfriend, WTG go and have a special and blessed anniversary
Hello waves to Chris and Roxie, I hope you both are doing well and having a great blessed day!
Hugs, blessings, and healing prayers
Nora
