Rotation Overhaul

[Stacy]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Dec-15-01 AT 00:12AM (Est)[/font][p]Hi and happy holidays to everyone! I need some input. For the most part I consider myself pretty good at coming up with new rotations, but lately I havent seen the changes I want in my body despite what I thought were pretty good rotations. My main goals are to lose about 10 lbs and to firm up the inner thigh jiggles. Sound familiar to anyone?? I finished an 8 week rotation rotating various Cathe cardio tapes and Power Hour. I usually did Power Hour 2-3 times per week, cardio 3-5 times. Right now I'm on week 3 of a PS rotation. My schedule has been wacky, but I've been pretty good about doing each PS tape in its entirey once each week and MIS upper body and abs only once a week. I squeeze in Cathe cardio whenever I can which is usually 3-4 times a week. I really havent seen my body change, nor do my clothes fit any differently. Do I need to stick it out longer or maybe I need a more kick-butt-and-take-names rotation?? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!

Stacy

 

[wendyloo]

Hi Stacy!
An observation--(if your main goal is to lose 10 pounds and firm up your inner thighs) rather than concentrating on upper body work (PS upper and MIS upper twice per week, + PS legs once), maybe you could do upper body once and lower body twice, or even just do MIS in its entirety, + PS series, which would hit both upper and lower twice per week...or if time is an issue, do both upper and lower once, but throw in an extra session of PS floor work each week.
For cardio, if you want to lose weight, you proabably need to do a consistant 5 cardio per week. Your past rotations say "3-5" and 3"4". If it's mostly the low end of those ranges, that may be why your not losing...
Just a couple of suggestions. Now maybe I'll follow my own advice!
Wendy

 

[Stacy]

Hi...I cant always up my cardio days on account of my work schedule. I decreased the number of leg days to one b/c working them 2-3 times per week made them even bigger so I thought I'd back down to let the muscle atrophy a bit. I still want to do upper body twice a week to maintain what definition I've slowly gained in my arms. So, I'm just not sure what to do!!

Stacy

 

[wendyloo]

Maybe do circuits--you could get more cardio in and still hit both upper and lower, but the lower stuff wouldn't be quite as intense. You could even eliminate some of the leg work during a circuit and just do upper (in CircuitMax, for instance, do every other circuit with only upper body working--ignore the leg work).
If not, I still think throwing in the floor work from PS wouldn't increase your size, and could really help with that "jiggle". But as you know, only gettin rid of that extra layer on top of the muscle is really going to do the trick. Building the muscle mass in your upper body will help to burn more calories at rest, so cardio isn't the ONLY answer. But I think it could help...
Good luck! I hope someone else will chime in, here.
Wendy

 

[Stacy]

Thanks for your response! I do have Circuit Max and use it on occasion. Maybe it's time to dust it off. I will also try adding the floor section from PS legs another time per week. Do you know of any other circuit workouts out there with the intensity of Circuit Max??

Happy Holidays,

Stacy

 

[wendyloo]

Stacy--
BodyMax, but it's a leg circuit, so it doesn't apply to what I posted above...but it is an awesome cardio workout. Do you have it? Other than that, PowerCircuit (CTX) is intense but short, also legs only.
A long time ago Nancy C posted a circuit which I did once. I think it was 10-10-10 combined with PS CST. This is lengthy, but you could apply the idea of it to a lot of other strength and cardio tapes. Basically, just do 10 minutes of cardio, then a body part from a strength tape. PS series works well with this, and if you have a DVD player you can really do great things! 10 minutes of any Cathe cardio, one body part, 10 more minutes, the next body part, etc... After writing that, I guess you would have to chose one exercise, rather than one whole body part (in other words, it would take too long to do all of the shoulder work from a strength tape, so you could just pick and chose). The downside to this is the time factor...and if you don't have a DVED player, the planning and pre-cueing would be a pain.
Can't think of any other really intense circuits at the moment...
Wendy

 

[gvaughn]

Making your own circuits

Wendy,

Thanks for re-posting that idea. I didn't see it the first time, and have been trying to think how to do a home circuit workout that didn't have lunges.

Come to think of it, it wouldn't be too hard to do a whole body part mixed with 10-10-10 if you used Body Max upper body sections. I don't if that works, though. :-hmmm

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