Morning Maniacs & Happy Mother's Day (furry legged mommy's and all):
This morning I had an excellent workout. I did Bosu Cardio Combustion aerobics with Rob Glick for 35 minutes followed by Gunnar's Agility Ladder Hard Body Workout (30 minutes) followed by Mark Blanchard's Power Yoga "The Flow" (60 min). Wow.....that was particularly fun and I burned 430 calories -- just during the aerobics and Hard Body -- I don't count the yoga in there ...cuz usually I burn about 700 after yoga -- but I think that's mostly afterburn from aerobics (my monitor counts warmup and cooldown also - not just zone).
The Bosu workout was easy enough to follow and loads of fun. It had sports specific moves and a slightly dancy section with mambos, cha' cha's and other stuff. Chalene from Turbo Jam is a background exerciser and she looks to be about 10 pounds heavier. She's not fat...but I can't beliewe how much thinner she looks now. Rob was an okay instructor. I don't know how to say this nicely...so I'll be blunt. (I don't think he reads this thread...LOL...I hope not). I've never had a male instructor teach me mambo's and cha cha's....and it was very weird for me....and he came across gay. (sorry if I offended anyone - I'm not saying he is ...but...okay...I'll stop insterting foot in mouth now).
I have most all of Gunnar's Core Secrets stuff and I never use them. I used them a few times when I first got them and they felt too easy, but I keep them, cuz I figure I can use them in my 70's...LOL.. Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed today's workout. I agree the agility ladder is a bit gimmicky...but once you get past that, it was a very good workout. Short....but as an add on to the cardio...it was tough. I was sweating buckets. I used 8 and 10 pound dumbells and a jump rope. Wow....I've discovered I like jumping rope. I never used to be able to cuz of the impact, but now I can handle it. The only thing wrong with this workout is that he stretches before he warms the body up and at the end, he goes right from a jump rope segment into lying ab work. I added a 4# med ball to my ab work also. I also jumped a little longer than them when we jumped rope. Now I want to order the other 2 lower body workouts with the agility ladder. I hope I make a little money on E-bay this week so I can buy them. (I think the TLT's have given me a new appreciation for functional fitness - in the past, I used to judge them like weight workouts and that's not what they are).
Sorry this is a bit long today....cuz of all the workout explanations....You ladies can ignore me if you'd like....but I like to do this for those that are interested.......
The Flow with Mark was also the best one I've done of his so far. I thoroughly enjoyed it. There were several moves in this that are different than most yoga tapes I have and it was challenging but in a good way. This does keep the heartrate up a bit more than his others . There is one part where you're in Warrior One and then you bring your hands to the mat and (sort of plyometrically) switch your legs and you repeat a few times. My HR climbed into the 120's. I was sweating. He does a lot of different moves that my body is not used to moving ....which felt good. His personality shines in this workout also and his sense of humor comes out. I'm warming up to him thoroughly.
All in all........this makes up for yesterday's workout. I'd be much happier if I wasn't up every 20 minutes last night!! I couldn't sleep well. I've got severe shoulder, neck and trap pain. I don't know if it's from too many chataranga's....sleeping funny.....just a usual flare up of my disc pain or from wearing my new TMJ splint last night.
One last note about the yoga....I think (I hope I'm not speaking too soon) that it may be helping my sinus problems a bit. For those of you who don't know...I have severe polyps in my sinuses and throat and it was recommended that I have major sinus surgery ..including scraping all of my sinuses out. Every sinus cavity I have is full of fluid and I've gone the medical route with no help. For the first time in months ...I've been able to smell a couple days in a row. I still can only smell off and on, but it's slightly better.
Have great workouts. I'm off to soak my neck and shoulders. We're going to see Poseidon today. Just My Luck was downright stupid and boring yesterday. Hope today's is better.
This morning I had an excellent workout. I did Bosu Cardio Combustion aerobics with Rob Glick for 35 minutes followed by Gunnar's Agility Ladder Hard Body Workout (30 minutes) followed by Mark Blanchard's Power Yoga "The Flow" (60 min). Wow.....that was particularly fun and I burned 430 calories -- just during the aerobics and Hard Body -- I don't count the yoga in there ...cuz usually I burn about 700 after yoga -- but I think that's mostly afterburn from aerobics (my monitor counts warmup and cooldown also - not just zone).
The Bosu workout was easy enough to follow and loads of fun. It had sports specific moves and a slightly dancy section with mambos, cha' cha's and other stuff. Chalene from Turbo Jam is a background exerciser and she looks to be about 10 pounds heavier. She's not fat...but I can't beliewe how much thinner she looks now. Rob was an okay instructor. I don't know how to say this nicely...so I'll be blunt. (I don't think he reads this thread...LOL...I hope not). I've never had a male instructor teach me mambo's and cha cha's....and it was very weird for me....and he came across gay. (sorry if I offended anyone - I'm not saying he is ...but...okay...I'll stop insterting foot in mouth now).
I have most all of Gunnar's Core Secrets stuff and I never use them. I used them a few times when I first got them and they felt too easy, but I keep them, cuz I figure I can use them in my 70's...LOL.. Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed today's workout. I agree the agility ladder is a bit gimmicky...but once you get past that, it was a very good workout. Short....but as an add on to the cardio...it was tough. I was sweating buckets. I used 8 and 10 pound dumbells and a jump rope. Wow....I've discovered I like jumping rope. I never used to be able to cuz of the impact, but now I can handle it. The only thing wrong with this workout is that he stretches before he warms the body up and at the end, he goes right from a jump rope segment into lying ab work. I added a 4# med ball to my ab work also. I also jumped a little longer than them when we jumped rope. Now I want to order the other 2 lower body workouts with the agility ladder. I hope I make a little money on E-bay this week so I can buy them. (I think the TLT's have given me a new appreciation for functional fitness - in the past, I used to judge them like weight workouts and that's not what they are).
Sorry this is a bit long today....cuz of all the workout explanations....You ladies can ignore me if you'd like....but I like to do this for those that are interested.......
The Flow with Mark was also the best one I've done of his so far. I thoroughly enjoyed it. There were several moves in this that are different than most yoga tapes I have and it was challenging but in a good way. This does keep the heartrate up a bit more than his others . There is one part where you're in Warrior One and then you bring your hands to the mat and (sort of plyometrically) switch your legs and you repeat a few times. My HR climbed into the 120's. I was sweating. He does a lot of different moves that my body is not used to moving ....which felt good. His personality shines in this workout also and his sense of humor comes out. I'm warming up to him thoroughly.
All in all........this makes up for yesterday's workout. I'd be much happier if I wasn't up every 20 minutes last night!! I couldn't sleep well. I've got severe shoulder, neck and trap pain. I don't know if it's from too many chataranga's....sleeping funny.....just a usual flare up of my disc pain or from wearing my new TMJ splint last night.
One last note about the yoga....I think (I hope I'm not speaking too soon) that it may be helping my sinus problems a bit. For those of you who don't know...I have severe polyps in my sinuses and throat and it was recommended that I have major sinus surgery ..including scraping all of my sinuses out. Every sinus cavity I have is full of fluid and I've gone the medical route with no help. For the first time in months ...I've been able to smell a couple days in a row. I still can only smell off and on, but it's slightly better.
Have great workouts. I'm off to soak my neck and shoulders. We're going to see Poseidon today. Just My Luck was downright stupid and boring yesterday. Hope today's is better.
