Brand New (busy!) Mom - Looking for Program that is not TOO time-consuming

mbschneider

Cathlete
Hello - I am a new Mom to an 8-week old. I used to work out 6x/week at the gym for 1 to 1 1/2 hours each time - a great luxury. Now I need to modify my regime to suit my new life. I would love to maintain my fitness level and also get my body in great shape. Any advice? I was hoping I could now get away with 4-5 workouts per week for no more than 1 hour each. I don't know how else I could do it! Thanks
 
I am a busy mom of 3 and the CTX series works great for me and my limited time schedule!

Good Luck!!!

Sara
 
CTX is a great series. There's also a rotation that Debbie (FitnessFreak) posted on the rotations forum. Each work out is less than an hour, but it does require a large variety of Cathe's workouts. Here it is:

Week 1
Day 1: Step Blast Combo 2, 3 + Challenge - 45 min.
Day 2: Muscle Max Upper Body Only premix - 42 min.
Day 3: CTX All Step cardio only + Abs from SJ&P - 41 min.
Day 4: Muscle Max Lower Body premix + Floorwork from Butts & Guts - 40 min.
Day 5: Rest
Day 6: High Step Training Cardio & Upper Body only premix - 35 min.
Day 7: High Step Training Cardio & Lower Body only premix; Coremax #1 - 41 min.

Week 2
Day 1: Kick Max Low Impact Timesaver premix - 48 min.
Day 2: Pyramid Upper Body Up Only premix - 40 min.
Day 3: CTX 10-10-10 cardio only; Abs from Cardio & Weights - 43 min.
Day 4: Rest
Day 5: Pyramid Lower Body Up Only premix - 40 min.
Day 6: Low Max Intervals 1-4 premix - 45 min.
Day 7: Bootcamp Everything but Core premix - 48 min.

Week 3
Day 1: Drill Max Cardio Blast premix - 39 min.
Day 2: Rest
Day 3: Push/Pull Upper Body (2 sets) premix - 46 min.
Day 4: CTX Step & Intervals; Coremax #3 - 50 min.
Day 5: Push/Pull Lower Body (2 sets) premix - 39 min.
Day 6: KP&C Intermediate Intensity Drills + Combo 1 & 2 - 42 min.
Day 7: Step Blast Combo 1, 2, 3 - 41 min.

Week 4
Day 1: Rest
Day 2: Low Max Intervals 4-7 premix - 44 min.
Day 3: Low Impact Circuit Upper Body Sculpt; Abs from KP&C - 41 min.
Day 4: Drill Max Scrambled Cardio Blast - 46 min.
Day 5: Butts & Guts Leg Blast premix - 47 min.
Day 6: High Step Challenge Time Saver #1 - 51 min.
Day 7: Imax 3 Step Only premix; CoreMax #2 - 45 min.
 
I totally concur with the CTX recomendation. The Timesaver DVD may be a good option for you as well. You may also want to seriously look at pre-ordering the new 4-day split series they just finished filming. You can break it up to do cardio in the morning and weights in the evening or vice/versa if you're time-crunched.
Congrats on your new baby.

violette
 

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