Those Extra Holiday Pounds

[Rosarn]

Hi there Cathe,

Hope you took some time off to enjoy your holidays. I work out with you about 5 days a week. I had been doing 3 cardio days and 2-3 weight trainig days. I guess I myself took a little too much time off and enjoyed the holiday goodies too often. I packed on 10 extra pounds and want to know how best and most efficiently to take them off. Should I concentrate on cardio and drop the weight trainig down to 1-2 days? What burns more fat hi or low intensity cario? I don't thik I lost much muscle mass, it just dissapeared under the new layer of fat, so would it be safe to cut down weight lifting days? Would I still keep the hard earned muscle while trying to strip the fat? Would increasing my protein intake help keep the muscle? How much protein does one need in a day to maintain muscles? Sorry for the run on questions. Thanks for all your time and everything you do. You and the girls are an inspiration always. I wish you and the rest of the team a healthy ,happy new year with many blessings.
Thanks Again,
Rosa

 

[web_girl]

Obviously not Cathe but perhaps you would be interested in her January rotation:

"Happy New Year! Time to start our New Years Resolutions which almost always includes losing the aproximate 5 pound holiday gain...or more, yikes!

I'm keeping this months rotation full of change. A good combination of heavy cardio and muscle endurance workouts to keep you jumping, pumping, and "thump"-ing (the noise you hear as each holiday pound falls off).

Bonus Advice: If on any given day you have extra energy, add on 30 minutes of intense cardio of your choice

Week One:

Mon....Step, Jump and Pump
Tues....Kick, Punch Crunch
Wed...Legs and Glutes
Thurs...Pyramid Upper Body
Fri...Step Blast
Sat...Imax #2
Sun...OFF

Week Two:

Mon....Pyramid Lower Body
Tues...Imax #1
Wed...Boot Camp
Thurs...MIC
Fri...Ctx: upper Body
Sat...Step Fit
Sun....OFF

Week Three:

Mon...Rhythmic Step
Tues....Body Max
Wed...Cardio Kicks
Thurs...Step Blast
Fri...Supersets
Sat...OFF
Sun...Circuit Max

Week Four:

Mon...OFF
Tues...Imax #2
Wed....MIS
Thurs...CTX: Step Intervals (cardio Only) PLUS 10 minutes of Ab Hits
Fri...Leaner Legs
Sat...Cardio and weights
Sun...CTX Kickbox (cardio only) PLUS 10 minutes of Ab Hits

WELCOME 2005!!!!"

It's posted here: http://69.0.137.118/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=7&topic_id=1878&mesg_id=1878&page=

 

[lorrayne]

I've been following the January rotation and already have lost two pounds! Of course, I'm eating fairly clean as well (no sugar and reducing my bread/pasta intake). My pants are now starting to fit me again! So, I agree that the January rotation will definitely help you.

Good luck!
Lorrayne

 

[TarHeelMom]

I like the January rotation, too. Last year's January rotation was a real toughie, and as I remember it maybe harder than this one (thus, it didn't have QUITE as much of a fun factor. I'm not having fun when I'm working TOO hard!)

There are January check-in threads (2 of 'em, go figure) over on the OD Forum -- y'all come check in!

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