Hi Lisa,
I really want to try those L&G/KPC premixes you mentioned. But since I have On Demand (and don’t have a lot of the DVDs), I don’t have those premixes. Sounds like they’ll soon be launching the online Workout Blender where we On-Demand-ers will have access to the premixes as well as the ability to create workouts with chapters from workouts. I can’t wait!!
I’m so excited to try Athletic Training – it has been at the top of my to-try list for quite some time, but I never seem to get it in. Maybe because I struggle to get metabolic workouts into my rotations… I mean, my understanding is that they don’t ‘count’ towards the 48-hour-rest-between-working-the-same-muscle-group rule (i.e., you can throw them in between two heavy UB weight days), but I find that MWT really stills work my smaller muscle groups, esp. shoulders.
Nice job on your workout yesterday! I’m impressed that you added on the weights premix from Step, Jump, & Pump. It’s great that you’re staying so fit during your pregnancy! I did workout during my pregnancy, but I feel like I would have benefited from a little more. Oh well, hindsight is 20/20, and I guess I have to assume was listening to my body at the time. It was probably that I’d significantly cut down on working out to get my cycle back. I was eating plenty but my body fat really was too low (significantly lower than it is now). But then by the time I got pregnant, my fitness level had decreased, and it certainly didn’t increase during my pregnancy.
I had a couple pregnancy-specific DVDs: ‘The Perfect Pregnancy Workout’ (which I actually liked quite a bit – it’s mostly just toning but there’s some great stuff in there and I liked the woman, a former Cirque du Soleil acrobat who’s very pregnant and very fit in the video) and Tracy Anderson’s prenatal series. Wasn’t such a fan of the latter. Endless leg lifts on all fours, total boredom, total dread. I did like some of the lighter upper body stuff that incorporated some great pregnancy-specific stretching. Definitely no muscle-building there, though!
Congrats on entering your 2nd tri! It’s such an excellent feeling to be in the ‘safer zone’ (or at least that was my experience, having had a miscarriage before my pregnancy with DD). Hope your nausea gets the memo and lifts, stat.
Today I did GS Back/Shoulders/Bis. I need to get longer resistance bands, as I think the band work using my shorter bands in the GS workouts is contributing to my neck tension. As much as I keep good form, relax non-working muscles, etc., that band work just seems to go right up to my neck. I actually used 3# weights in place of the bands for a few of the finishers, which was a good modifier for me.
Then I did yesterday’s Cathe Live: Solid Cardio + HiiT. Loved it! Was just going to do a part of it, but it was so fun I had to do it all. I was tired at the start, but halfway through I think I was getting more air on the jab-cross-reach-pulls than I ever have. Guess I can chalk that up to the music pumping and the fun factor! So then I was feeling really sassy from that, and I added on the Stability Ball Abs from an earlier Live – one of the boxing workouts. Love all stability ball abs – totally indiscriminate. Though my other recurring physical complaint is that my tailbone really bugs me in some core work, especially anything with a full sit-up or a boat pose. Tripling up my mat usually makes it OK. Not the end of the world, but annoying when it acts up.
And yes, I know that look-like-I-just-ate-a-big-meal feeling of earlyish pregnancy. You might say, I was in the same bloat!
Hope you’re well,
Roz