Good Morning Girls!
I was so sore from Jari's RTTC on Saturday that I couldn't bring myself to do any strengh work so I did cardio. I was surprisingly sore in my legs and a little in my chest. I did the new CIA 2804 - Sharon Money-Twombly's Athletic Step Jam. I confess I got this one for the good price and tradeability since I don't usually like athletic stepping. You know me, the more complex the better. However, I found I kind of enjoyed it. It was a real calorie burner at 556 calories. There were 3 combos, and a good ab workout. There was also a good stability ball section (a la Drill Max) which also had some pushups and it seemed like it would be good for the core (watching it and doing it are two different things and she did say certain moves were good for the core). The combox were easy to pick up although there were a couple of slightly complex moves involving turns. There were lunges off the step and a move like a karate chop with plyo (kind of like Blast #9 in IMAX 2). I worked out for 1 hour and 34 minutes and my HR was in the zone for 1:07.
I also previewed CIA 2801 over the weekend with Gay Gaspar. She had some more complex moves. I only previewed mostly all of the moves with the breakdown and there were so many knee repeaters I was getting really bored. This morning I looked at Combos 1-5 without breakdown and it looked a lot better but I can't imagine going through about 45 minutes of breakdown with all those repeaters. Knee repeaters don't do great things for my thighs aside from them being boring as hell. So alas, it will be traded for Stomp It Step Showdown with the Evolution instructors of which I saw a clip and looked more my speed.
I also found a trade for Gay Gaspar's 2701 - I guess I just don't click with her and will try and trade for Willpower & Grace with Stacey Lei Krauss - it is a barefoot workout with yoga moves, cardio with plyo work, lots of squat and lunge variations; leg work with no weights and balance work like curtsey lunge into front kick and back lunge bringing back leg forward into tree pose and some balance poses with swinging arms. It also has 25 mins. or core work with supermans, plank variations, deadbug and traditional and non-traditional ab work for the entire core. Workout is 65 minutes. I read the reviews and they looked really good.
I had a really nice Easter with family. We decided we're going to have one more final get together before we leave.
Except for what I'm taking with me, the rest of the furniture has now been divied up among family so at least I know where everything is going.
Gin - Taking a break from cardio? Shocking! I really wish I had today off. But I can't afford to take any extra days right now. Glad you had a nice visit with DS. I basically just have most of my workout DVDs packed and some books and my spice rack from my kitchen (actually some of them broke when I was bringing them to the basement - they're all little Lenox spice jars but luckily only a couple broke). Yes, birthdays are coming up - Deanie's on the 5th and me on the 7th. Did you get Yoga Shakti yet?
Deanie - Hope your having a great time on your vacation! Are you getting any workouts in?
Sorry for the long post.
Marcy
Don't know why I had trouble sleeping last night!? At least I still have one more day off today.