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Today I did full body again. Had a great workout.

This is what I did:

3 sets/8 reps with 1 minute rest between each set

Leg Press Station - 175#
Stiff Legged Deadlifts - 70#
Dumbbell Military Press - 20's
Barbell Curls - 45#
Double-Arm Rows - 25's
Barbell Chest Press - 80#

Had time to also walk 1 mile on my treadmill.

Not too sure what I think about Hammer & Chisel. I thought they'd be similar to Body Beast but no such luck. I don't like plyo and they all mostly sound like cardio workouts. I'll wait to read reviews and maybe see advertisement on it and then decide. Bummer.... Thanks for the link, Diane Sue - I will check it out. Maybe that will change my mind.
 
Today was upper body and some abs. Fitness Blender 8 week Fat Loss, w/u, upper body supersets, upper body bodyweight for arms shoulders and back, and fast 5 minute cooldown stretch. The 4 week core workout I used the cardio warm up for energy, the 10 minute abs and obliques workout and stretch which was the same stretch from the 8 week fat loss. There was a 27 minute total body weight workout in the core program but I am doing lower again on tomorrows fat loss program so skipped it since it is combined upper lower together. Total time spent was 79 minutes and calories burned 376.
Workout today weights:
10 reps, 3 sets each exercise ab,ab format ( I kept thinking he was doing more reps than 10, later I the workout he admitted that his count might be off)
Hammer Curl 22.5, 22.5,22.5
triceps kickbacks 1 arm 15, 15, 15

Incline curl 15's, 15's, 15's
overhead tricep extension 1 arm palm down 15, 12,12 he goes slowly and through a full range of motion that was actually pretty tooverhand cu

overhand curl palm down 15's, 15's, 15's
overhead tricep extension palm forward 1 arm 10#, 10#, 10#

bodyweight moves upward facing 50 seconds 10 sec rest
planks+lifts+vups
rolling side plank
walk down plank + shoulder slaps
side pushups
arm circles
basic push up
triceps dip
pike push up

Debbie, when I get my workouts I will look over the worksheets and book to it. I think some of it is just weights and a few different programs that are not cardio. Nice work on those weights today :)
 
Yes Diane Sue give us your opinion when you get hammer and chisel

Today I did Build Back/bis

Deadlift
26#,28,30,28 15,12,8,8 reps

Pullover
23,25,26,25# 15,12,8,8 reps

Pull Ups
With band 10 reps 3x

Barbell Row
40,45,50# 15,12,8

One Arm Row
22,23,25# 15,12,8

Reverse Fly
11,13,15# 15,12,8

Chin Ups with band
30 seconds 3X

Seated Bicep Curl
15,16,17,16# 15,12,8,8

1,1,2 Hammer Curl
13,15,16# 15,12,8

Barbell Curl
35,36,40# 15,12,8
 
Today I did Cardio Coach 1 and had a good workout. This one is short and sweet. Wish Sean would have made a few more that were this short.

Workout was 36 minutes, ran 2.48 miles and burned 257 calories.

I was going to do an ab workout but did part of Yoga Stretch instead. My muscles are as tight as a piano wire again so I figured I should stretch a bit.

Roselyn - Nice workout!!! Love BB. I'm sure I'll be doing that rotation again soon.

Diane Sue - You had a great workout as well, nice job. Yes, please give us you comments on H&C. I'm curious to see how they are.

Hope you all have great workouts today!!!
 
Today was lower body for the fitness blender fat loss program, I did the Lower Body with Kelly and Daniel with the extra credit 5 minute butt and thigh workout, 45 minutes total, 250 calories. I also did the 4 week core workout which was a 25 minute cardio and 5 minute stretch, 223 calories. Total time was 75 minutes, calories burned 473 calories.
Lower body went like this:
2 sets per exercise, 10 reps 7 exercises( I did it how they had it, they did give instructions for mas to lower to 6-8 reps and increase weight or lighten and more reps for endurance)
Alternating lunges 25's x 10r , 25's x 10r
deadlifts 35's x 10r; 25's x 10r
squats 35's x 10r; 35's x 10r
side lunge 25's x 10 r right then same left repeat
single leg calf raise 25# left x 10r; 25# right x 10r repeat
lying leg raise 5# dumbbell between feet 10r repeat
bridge with 25# dumbbell 10 r holding right foot up then repeat left then repeat both again
EXTRA CREDIT
40 Seconds on; 5 seconds off for each
Ski Squats
Sumo Squats
Pop Squats
Static Squats
Pulse Squats
Jump Squats

I found the worksheets last night and printed them up for Hammer and Chisel. There are some interesting looking strength workouts there.

Roselyn, great job on the weights.

Debbie, it would be nice if our favorite workouts were the perfect time for us to fit in. I spend so much time putting short workouts together or figuring out how to make a workout I want to do shorter. Cathe does have so many options though on hers which helps. I wish Beach Body did that.
 
Today I did full body and had a great workout. Love this rotation, bummed I only have one week left. And I have no idea what I'm doing after this.

This is what I did:

3 sets/12 reps, 1:30 minute rest between each set

Zottman Curls - 15's
Lying Dumbbell Tricep Extensions - 13's
Incline Barbell Press - 75# (2 sets)/70# (1 set)
Pullover - 32#
Plie Squat - 32#
Upright Rows - 40#

Workout was 46 minutes so I walked on my treadmill for about 15 minutes.

Diane Sue - Yes, Cathe does spoil us. Her workouts are the best. Nice workout yesterday!! Kicking butt!!

Roselyn - I have never tried the Insanity workouts. The sound insane, though!! LOL!! Nice job!!!

What happened to Anne? She posted one time and then she's gone again.

Have great workouts everyone!!!
 
Today Fitness Blender 8 week Fat Loss was upper body cardio interval, it was in the 5 day challenge, 44 minutes 266 calories. I went on to the 4 week core but just did the extra credit since the main workout was a hiit cardio/core workout. The fat loss program which is my main focus has 63 minutes or hiit core work tomorrow. The extra credit was a total body weight cardio tabata that had a lot of upper body weight work in it. 12 minutes, 98 calories. I finished off with the Pilates workout that was the optional workout for Sunday which is my rest day. This was 15 minutes, 45 calories. Total workout time was 71 minutes and calories burned 409.
Workout and weights as follows: 8 reps each exercise( Kelly and Daniel often lose count)
chest fly 20's
reverse fly 15's
cardio interval fly jack/ high knee raise
repeat weights

Arnold press 20's
dumbbell pullover 25#
cardio interval front jack/flutter kick
repeat weights

bicep curls 20's
overhead triceps extension 31#
cardio interval jumping jacks/walk down
repeat weights

ventral raise 12's
bent over dorsal raise 12's
cardio interval ventral jacks/butt kickers
repeat weights

burn out round timed
push ups 32
supine push ups 22 reps (this was new to me so it took me a bit to get a feel for it)

Bootcamp tabata 40/20 rest
squat chop 12# all on right then all on left
wall squat+ ventral raise 8's
alternating lunge + curls 15's
overhead triceps extension 15#
push ups
high knees
overhead dumbbell punches 3's
captain morgan's lat raise 5's
2 jumping jacks + 4 upper cuts
deep squat with dumbbell press 12's

Roselyn, I sort of cringe at Insanity. I know many love it. I sold my main set and just kept the deluxe add on which is what I bought first. I don't think after the knee problem that I can ever do a whole rotation of something like that again. They are definitely tough cardio workouts. Nice work.

Debbie, nice work. Awesome on the bench presses. It will be interesting to see what you decide for your next rotation.
 
Today's workout was Fitness Blender Fat Loss day 12 Abs + Cardio Hiit, 63 minutes plus the addition of the 13 minute stretch for the alternate beginner workouts, Total time 76 minutes and calories burned 489.
 
I got my new Kelly Coffey workouts yesterday. I did the Athletic Conditioning 2 workout 2 which was abs and flexibility combo. 26 minutes. Fitness Blender had an optional yoga stretch for today but I did it Thursday. I need to go over next weeks workouts. I want to try some of the premixes with the 8 week fat loss program I am doing. I know I will be alternating lower and upper body days at the beginning of the week.
 
Did T25 3.0 on Saturday and worked legs yesterday.

Ok Debbie, this is the week I am starting your full body, now on the worksheet the last columns say supersets what does that mean? Maybe I am having a blonde moment:/
 
Today was the fitness blender 4 week program for abs, obliques, and lower back day 11. It is done 5 days a week so since I started on a Monday this is day 11. I started the 8 week fat loss on Tuesday. I wish I had not done that but I am moving things around and only doing the core workouts that will work with the fat loss rotation. Today I started with Kelly Coffey's Strength and Stamina bonus step 22 minutes, 161 calories. (wanting to try some more of the workouts and make sure they work correctly) I then did the Fitness blender 5 minute total body warm up, Stress Busting Cardio Kickboxing and core, extra credit 10 minute abs, and pilates infused cooldown, 40 minutes, 263 calories. Workout time total was 62 and calories burned 424.
 
I'm here, I had to go into work early and didn't have time to post. Today starts week 8 of Full Body - the last week. High reps but in superset fashion - same as last Monday. I had a great workout.

This is what I did:

3 sets/18 reps with 2 minute rest between each set

Superset #1
Dumbbell Flyes - 25's
Band Pulls - 2 bands

Superset #2
Squats - 22's
Lateral Raise - 8's

Superset #3
Alternate Hammer Curls - 15's
Barbell Overhead Extensions - 25#

I ran out of time so I walked on my treadmill for 1.5 miles when I got home from work.

Roselyn - It means the first column is Week 1 (or whatever odd number week you are doing) and the last column is Week 2 (or whatever even number week you are doing). With the even numbered weeks you do the same workout you did that is shown in the first column but do it in superset fashion. So you do the first set of workouts as straight sets one week, the following week you do the same workout but in superset fashion. Look back and see how I've done them on this thread, that might help. The instructions I sent to you should explain it also. Your first sheet is for Weeks 1 & 2, the second page is Weeks 3 & 4, the third page is weeks 5 & 6 and the last page is Weeks 7 & 8.
 
Today I did Cardio Coach #6 with Sean. I rarely do this workout and I'm not sure why? It's a great workout and I did well with it. Glad I decided to do it.

Workout was 52 minutes, ran 3.5 miles and burned 370 calories although I know it was more than that.

Diane Sue - Nice workout yesterday. How are the ab workouts in Fitness Blender? Are they similar to the moves Cathe does? I really need to work my abs more. Maybe that will be my New Years resolution? LOL!!
 
Today was Fitness Blender 8 Fat Loss Day 15, The main focus was lower body. It was a mixture of workouts so it started with a cardio total body warm up, 5 minutes, Brutal Total Body Hiit, 15 minutes,20/10 ( I am not sure what I thought of that as I did not burn near the calories they did. It alternated cardio and down to the floor for core work which took my heart rate way back down) , it went on to the Butt and Thigh Sculpting and Strength Training-Brutal Butt and Thigh workout 30 minute Lower Body Sculpting, drop it like a squat, , and finished with the Extra Credit 7 minute, Bodyweight Total Body. I didn't do the 4 week Core today because it was Butt Thigh Hiit Cardio and pretty much the weight work with Hiit added that I already did.
I put in Kelly Coffey's Athletic Conditioning and did the low impact premix, 17 minutes. This was lower and upper together and Kelly used 10#.
Total time today was 77 minutes, 514 calories.
Weights for Butt and Thigh
AB AB format 10 reps each wet of two moves done twice They use dumbbells so weight is the total combination of both weights
traditional squat 70# , 70#
Deadlifts 70#, 70#

ski squat 60#, 60#
Deadlift toes pointed inward 60#, 60#

sumo squat 50#, 50#
deadlifts toes pointed outward 60#, 60#

curtsy lunge 40#, 40#
sde lunge alternating 30#, 30#

jump squats
lateral jumps

Debbie, yes there are moves similar to Cathe's . They do have some done a bit differently. I would say the brutal abs workouts from fitness blender are some of the hardest. The guy tends to do the harder versions of the workouts. They give easier and harder ways of doing a lot of the moves. The one that is kind of hard for me it the back bows that move to the sides. They put back bows into a lot of the workouts Even some like the warm ups today, a walk out back bow and back to down dog. I am surprised that my back isn't screaming at me.

Roselyn, T25 Speed 3.0 is a nice way to get a good quick calorie burn in :)
 
Today was full body

3 sets 5 reps

flat bench press 40#barbell

Barbell row 45 barbell

squats 50 barbell

stiff legged deadlifts 50 barbell

barbell curls 30 barbell

close grip bench press 25 barbell

Like this Debbie, I could have gone much heavier and I think i owe that to body best so now I know
 
Today I did full body - did the same workout as last Wednesday but in superset fashion. Had a great workout!!! Went up in weight with almost every exercise.

This is what I did:

3 sets/8 reps with 1 minute rest between each superset

Superset #1
Leg Press Station - 185#
Stiff Legged Deadlifts - 70#

Superset #2
Dumbbell Military Press - 22's
Barbell Curls - 47#

Superset #3
Double-Arm Rows - 27's
Barbell Chest Press - 80#

Had time to also walk 1 mile on my treadmill. :)

Diane Sue - They sound pretty awesome. My abs need a lot of work.

Roselyn - Nice job. I know what you mean, BB made me stronger as well, Go heavier where you can. Sometimes you just have to try it with a weight and then go up with the next set. I refer to my one rep maxes when I did STS, that helped me a lot when figuring what to use. You should lift heavy enough where you are really pushing to get the last rep done with this rotation. That is key.

Hope you all have great workouts today!!!
 
Today Fitness Blender was an Upper Body Strength and Kickboxing workout with Power Yoga at the end, The only equipment needed was optional and I used a medicine ball like Daniel used for the pullovers. I was reluctant to add on the Extra Credit because I hate push ups and it was all push ups but I pushed myself and did it. This was the 8 week fat loss program and was 59 minutes, 328 calories. I did ot do any of the 4 week core rotation because it was a lot of core, although it did have upper body weights and abs supersets. Tomorrow is cardio and abs so I didn't want to push it. Instead I put in Kelly Coffey Strength and Stamina and did a mix express, workout 1, 1 round and swings, 21 minutes, 136 calories. If I would have noticed that there was more premixes on a second page I would have done the upper body and swings mix from both 1&2, 27 minutes. I really didn't get in much lower with what I did anyway. This gave me a bit of weight work for upper body and I love lettlebells :) I believe I have another lower body and a upper superset coming up Friday and Saturday.

Roselyn, yes, Body Beast really does build some strength. It is much easier when you are used to a workout format and have done it a few times to judge the weights. I sometimes will go back and redo a set when there are not very many sets, just to increase the weight. I am sure you will figure out what weights are best as you move through the workouts.

Debbie, nice workout today :)
 
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