How's everyone doing? Are you all enjoying your summer? I know Briee has been doing P90X; how 'bout the rest of you -- what workouts have you been doing?
For most of the summer while on vacation, I alternated yoga and Pilates and walked a ton. I lost some weight , and gained definition and strength in my abs. At least I thought I gained strength there because I got much better at Pilates and my abs were more defined. Now that I've been home for a couple of weeks and have gotten back into Cathe workouts, I'm not sure how much core strength I've gained because I'm having a lot of trouble with stability ball pikes when I had previously gotten decent at them. Cathe's other ab work has been a bit harder for me as well, but I really think it's because doing Pilates so much has helped me focus more on form and has thus made them harder. I've lost a little lower body strength but have pretty much maintained my upper body strength, particularly in the triceps (thanks to power yoga!).
In order to fit more yoga and Pilates into my rotations, I've decided to expand my workout "week" to nine days and will be doing the following until I'm sick of it:
SUN: PUB + Yoga Stretch
MON: PLB + 10 min Pilates
TUE: Interval Cardio + Yoga Stretch
WED: Power Yoga
THU: Pilates + Short Cardio
FRI: Total Body Weights + Yoga Stretch
SAT: Rest
SUN: Cardio or Circuit + 10 min Pilates
MON: Power Yoga
I did ME today and really felt it! It's always particularly hard for me to do endurance workouts after a long hiatus. In my rotation, I'm going to include strength and endurance workouts in hopes of making gains in both areas. Time will tell!
Hope everyone is doing well.
For most of the summer while on vacation, I alternated yoga and Pilates and walked a ton. I lost some weight , and gained definition and strength in my abs. At least I thought I gained strength there because I got much better at Pilates and my abs were more defined. Now that I've been home for a couple of weeks and have gotten back into Cathe workouts, I'm not sure how much core strength I've gained because I'm having a lot of trouble with stability ball pikes when I had previously gotten decent at them. Cathe's other ab work has been a bit harder for me as well, but I really think it's because doing Pilates so much has helped me focus more on form and has thus made them harder. I've lost a little lower body strength but have pretty much maintained my upper body strength, particularly in the triceps (thanks to power yoga!).
In order to fit more yoga and Pilates into my rotations, I've decided to expand my workout "week" to nine days and will be doing the following until I'm sick of it:
SUN: PUB + Yoga Stretch
MON: PLB + 10 min Pilates
TUE: Interval Cardio + Yoga Stretch
WED: Power Yoga
THU: Pilates + Short Cardio
FRI: Total Body Weights + Yoga Stretch
SAT: Rest
SUN: Cardio or Circuit + 10 min Pilates
MON: Power Yoga
I did ME today and really felt it! It's always particularly hard for me to do endurance workouts after a long hiatus. In my rotation, I'm going to include strength and endurance workouts in hopes of making gains in both areas. Time will tell!
Hope everyone is doing well.