Is Timesaver Blast Right for Me

[Roxie1965]

Cathe,
Iam finishing week 12 of the beginner rotation and I have ordered Timesaver Blast and I was wondering if this was a good next step? Like others I to am having pain in the wrist on pushups I have missed some of your recommendations, could you please help me with this?

 

[CLango]

I'm, obviously, not Cathe, but here are some of my impressions.

Are you talking about the Timesaver DVDs with the Body Blast set? If so, I think it will be challenging for you, but you probably will be able to do them, perhaps initially with some modifications. I just did these DVDs last week for the first time, though I am very familiar with the rest of the Body Blast series.

I think the cardio sections will probably be your toughest challenge. While they aren't long, they do include some of the more intricate step work from workouts like Step Blast and Step Jump and Pump. I would definitely recommend watching the DVDs at least once before doing them because of that.

The weight workouts are pretty standard and if you have been lifting weights regularly for the past 12 weeks, you should be able to do them just fine with whatever weight challenges you. The chest work consists mostly of chest presses/flies, though I believe Cathe may have added push-ups at the end (I just don't remember that for sure right now). But if you can't do those because of your wrist, the presses/flies provide a good workout on their own.

I will say this about workout #5 (the leg workout). I did a five week rotation of the 2006 series in November/December, doing Butts and Guts at least once if not twice a week (I love that workout). I didn't work out for about 10 days due to a vacation, and came back with the Timesavers, just to get my body used to moving again before going into another rotation. The leg workout (which is mostly from Legs and Glutes) kicked my butt! I think it was the high step step-ups, which I hadn't done any of in quite some time. It's a really good leg workout, IMO.

The ab sections are difficult, though if you have been doing abs regularly, I think even if you can't do all of the exercises at first (like the core work on the stability ball that comes from Kick Punch and Crunch), you will probably be able to master them with a little work.

These workouts had a good fun factor for me, but I count the aerobics in Body Blast series as my absolute favorite of Cathe's in terms of fun. I never dread doing a Body Blast aerobic workout and that's a great bonus for me.

Hope you enjoy!

 

[jennifermaria]

OMG if it weren't for this thread, I'd've never know about the Timesaver Blast DVD!

For those of you who have this, how do you like it? I saw that the workouts are all less than an hour--how long are the cardio portions? Are they at least 30 min? Are the weight segments heavy weight style, or endurance style? It mentioned that this was similar in format to CTX, so does that mean that doing these weight segments once through in a week would be enough to build muscle?

Thanks in advance!
Jennifer

 

[Carmen829]

Here is great rotation using body blast: http://69.0.137.118/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=7&topic_id=8150&mesg_id=8150&page=

Carmen

 

[jennifermaria]

Thanks, Carmen! I was looking at the DVD description but couldn't find a time breakdown for the exercises (i.e. how long the cardio segments were, how long the weight segments were, etc.). Do you know if that exists anywhere?

 

[Carmen829]

Try looking in the compendium.


Carmen

 

[Carmen829]

This rotation has a break down;

Week 1
Day 1: Time Saver #1 Chest/Triceps (38 minutes)
Day 2: Time Saver #2 Back/Core (40 minutes) + Stretch Max 1
Day 3: Off
Day 4: Time Saver #3 Biceps/Core (45 minutes)
Day 5: Time Saver #4 Shoulders (43 minutes)
Day 6: Time Saver #5 Leg work (48 minutes) + Stretch Max 3
Day 7: Off


Week 2
Day 1: Time Saver #2 Back/Core (40 minutes)
Day 2: Time Saver #1 Chest/Triceps (38 minutes)
Day 3: Time Saver #3 Biceps/Core (45 minutes) + Stretch Max 2
Day 4: Off
Day 5: Time Saver #5 Leg work (48 minutes)
Day 6: Time Saver #4 Shoulders (43 minutes) + Stretch Max 1
Day 7: Off


Week 3
Day 1: Time Saver #3 Biceps/Core (45 minutes)
Day 2: Time Saver #5 Leg work (48 minutes) + Stretch Max 3
Day 3: Off
Day 4: Time Saver #2 Back/Core (40 minutes)
Day 5: Time Saver #4 Shoulders (43 minutes)
Day 6: Time Saver #1 Chest/Triceps (38 minutes) + Stretch Max 2
Day 7: Off


Week 4
Day 1: Time Saver #4 Shoulders (43 minutes)
Day 2: Time Saver #3 Biceps/Core (45 minutes)
Day 3: Time Saver #5 Leg work (48 minutes) + Stretch Max 2
Day 4: Off
Day 5: Time Saver #1 Chest/Triceps (38 minutes)
Day 6: Time Saver #2 Back/Core 40 minutes) + Stretch Max 1
Day 7: Off

Carmen

 

[Carmen829]

Here's an updated compendium:

http://fitnessfig.blogspot.com/2008/01/updated-cathe-compendium.html

All the times and segments are broken down.
Carmen

 

[jennifermaria]

Thanks, Carmen

 

[jennifermaria]

Shoot, I must be blind--I can't seem to find the time breakdowns for the individual segments within the Timesaver DVD... It just has the run time for each workout, but doesn't say, for example, how much of the 38 minutes for Timesaver #1 is cardio and how much is the weight segment.

I'll keep reading, but not seeing it so far... I'll go see if Collage has a breakdown.

 

[Roxie1965]

It's about 20min-25min cardio and then wts. then either core or stretch or both. I watched them the last 3 days. I start this rotation tomarrow.

 

[jennifermaria]

Thanks, Roxie!