crunchymomof3
Cathlete
Today was Lower Intensity Step Very Happy Another winner here!! 
The cardio portion was much less frustrating, despite not having done many of the moves on the RT. Only a minimal amount of rewinding and NO cussing lol It *is* lower intensity, and my HR reflected that. It stayed mostly in the 140s (low end of my zone) except for the blasts, which it got up around 160 (not very high for me). Yesterday (during High Intensity Step) I was in the 150s/160s during the steady state stuff (which is normally where I am doing like later combos on SB and stuff) and 170s on blasts (just slightly anaerobic for me, where I usually go on blasts).
The weights were great on this. It's shoulders, calves and core. The shoulder work is broken down into 5 rounds (like the chest/back work). Round 1 is a pyramid up of seated overhead press. She uses 8, 10, 12, and 15 lb dbs. I matched her and it felt great. The first set is 16 reps, then 12, 10 and 8 respectively. Round 2 is seated isolation press (you hold 2 dumbells but do OP with just one for 4 reps, then switch, do this 3 times through) supersetted with Upright row (12 reps). Cathe grabbed 15lbers, but I stuck with 12. Round 3 is the Triple play, which is 2 sets of DB Lateral raise with straight arms and 1 set of DB lat raise with bent arms, 8 reps for each set. Cathe used 10lbers, which I did for the first set and then dropped to 8 for the last 2 (she encourages weight changing if you like as always). Round 4 is Double Trouble and is Seated front rear raise (you do a front raise, then a straight back rowing type motion and then back down, this was done in some other workout, but I don't remember which one) for 8 reps and then rear flys for 12 reps. Repeat. Cathe used 8lbers for the front rear raise and 5lbs for rear flys and I did the same. The final round is the bonus burn with the band. It's external rotation pulls and they burn!! Good stuff. The usual straight reps, pulsing, holding, etc.
The calf workout was good, too Lots of changing foot position, floor, step, and even WEIGHTS! She used 2 15lb dbs and so did I. Feel the burn here!
The core workout was good, and innovative as always. A nice mix of familiar moves and new ones, too. She does use a 10lb db for a full sit up, and I used 8 (but could've handled 10).
This one flowed better for me than the High Intensity Step, but I think it's as much familiarity with the format now than anything. I'm psyched to try the other new ones this week, too
Carol
The cardio portion was much less frustrating, despite not having done many of the moves on the RT. Only a minimal amount of rewinding and NO cussing lol It *is* lower intensity, and my HR reflected that. It stayed mostly in the 140s (low end of my zone) except for the blasts, which it got up around 160 (not very high for me). Yesterday (during High Intensity Step) I was in the 150s/160s during the steady state stuff (which is normally where I am doing like later combos on SB and stuff) and 170s on blasts (just slightly anaerobic for me, where I usually go on blasts).The weights were great on this. It's shoulders, calves and core. The shoulder work is broken down into 5 rounds (like the chest/back work). Round 1 is a pyramid up of seated overhead press. She uses 8, 10, 12, and 15 lb dbs. I matched her and it felt great. The first set is 16 reps, then 12, 10 and 8 respectively. Round 2 is seated isolation press (you hold 2 dumbells but do OP with just one for 4 reps, then switch, do this 3 times through) supersetted with Upright row (12 reps). Cathe grabbed 15lbers, but I stuck with 12. Round 3 is the Triple play, which is 2 sets of DB Lateral raise with straight arms and 1 set of DB lat raise with bent arms, 8 reps for each set. Cathe used 10lbers, which I did for the first set and then dropped to 8 for the last 2 (she encourages weight changing if you like as always). Round 4 is Double Trouble and is Seated front rear raise (you do a front raise, then a straight back rowing type motion and then back down, this was done in some other workout, but I don't remember which one) for 8 reps and then rear flys for 12 reps. Repeat. Cathe used 8lbers for the front rear raise and 5lbs for rear flys and I did the same. The final round is the bonus burn with the band. It's external rotation pulls and they burn!! Good stuff. The usual straight reps, pulsing, holding, etc.
The calf workout was good, too
Lots of changing foot position, floor, step, and even WEIGHTS! She used 2 15lb dbs and so did I. Feel the burn here!The core workout was good, and innovative as always. A nice mix of familiar moves and new ones, too. She does use a 10lb db for a full sit up, and I used 8 (but could've handled 10).
This one flowed better for me than the High Intensity Step, but I think it's as much familiarity with the format now than anything. I'm psyched to try the other new ones this week, too
Carol
