kathryn
Cathlete
There are few 'premixes' in the STS Cardio series, and Cathe's earlier workouts didn't have that option, but today, I took one workout from each period, and did my own "remix".
I combined S&H Chest/Back with MMA: Boxing like this:
I started with C&B.
I did one group of chest exercises, alternating with one group of back exercises (Cathe calls S&H C&B a 'modified' push-pull workout, but I wanted to make it more of one, and since the chapters are by exercise, with three sets of each exercise in each chapter, it wasn't hard to go back and forth).
I did all the exercises except the flat bench flyes and the supine planks, though I made my planks more interesting for me by doing all on my toes--even while she was taking time to gradually move from a more basic version to the on-the-toes version--with my hands on my Bosu platform, then adding "12 o'clock-to-6 o'clock' rocks and '9 o'clock-to-3 o'clock rocks).
Then, before the stretch, I went to MMA: Boxing (one of the perks of having two DVD players hooked up to my TV!), skipped the warm-up, and just did the upper-body work (no leg drills or core). Then I did the stretch from MMA:Boxing. I'd intended to go back to the stretch from C&B, but I thought the MMA:B stretch was really good for the muscles I'd worked, so I ended it there.
I liked the combo, and it will definitely be one I do again!
I combined S&H Chest/Back with MMA: Boxing like this:
I started with C&B.
I did one group of chest exercises, alternating with one group of back exercises (Cathe calls S&H C&B a 'modified' push-pull workout, but I wanted to make it more of one, and since the chapters are by exercise, with three sets of each exercise in each chapter, it wasn't hard to go back and forth).
I did all the exercises except the flat bench flyes and the supine planks, though I made my planks more interesting for me by doing all on my toes--even while she was taking time to gradually move from a more basic version to the on-the-toes version--with my hands on my Bosu platform, then adding "12 o'clock-to-6 o'clock' rocks and '9 o'clock-to-3 o'clock rocks).
Then, before the stretch, I went to MMA: Boxing (one of the perks of having two DVD players hooked up to my TV!), skipped the warm-up, and just did the upper-body work (no leg drills or core). Then I did the stretch from MMA:Boxing. I'd intended to go back to the stretch from C&B, but I thought the MMA:B stretch was really good for the muscles I'd worked, so I ended it there.
I liked the combo, and it will definitely be one I do again!
