Morning Ladies -
This morning I did Cathe's High Step Challenge and then I added on a some Firewalkers (also tried doing them walking forward and backwards also (for the heck of it) and a set of speed skaters using my gliding discs. I also did about 25-30 minutes of Hip Hop Abs Fat Burning Cardio 2 (Advanced Level) and then I did Yoga for Athetes with Kim Fowler. My workout (before the yoga) was 1 hour and 50 minutes and I burned 630 calories. The yoga session was 55" and felt great.
Jen - Yes, I'm enjoying Hip Hop Abs very much. I think it is much better than it looks. When I previewed it, I was feeling a bit disappointed cuz I really thought I wasn't going to like it and wasn't sure it would get my HR up...but when I actually did it, I had fun and really liked it. If you put a lot of movement into it and follow Sean with some of the higher impact moves (as they have a person doing lower impact like in Turbo Jam), you can really get your HR up. The only way I can explain it is like taking some of the moves from kickboxing and funking them up to work your abs. Like doing funky kicks and contracting your abs and doing knee ups (funky while contracting your abs). Then they have their own "signature" moves and sometimes you look like your dancing like they do in those hip hop videos. They do a move that is like the "Housing It" move in Turbo Jam. All of these moves really do feel like you're working your abs and dancing. The music is a hip hop like sound track and I did notice the "Dontcha Wish Your Girlfriend was Hot Like Me" song by the Pussy Cat Dolls in the cardio DVD from yesterday. He also does some higher impact stuff in the advanced one, funky jumping jacks, plyo like moves, etc. His personality is really fun also. However, if you have zero rhythm and feel stupid doing the "Housing It" move from Turbo Jam, I don't think these would be for you.
I have a job interview on Monday. It's with the same hospital I used to work for in the Pediatric Psychology department.
Have a great day today. I've really got to try to get back to doing more Kundalini.........as I've been slacking in that category and doing my Stress Relief DVD at night.
This morning I did Cathe's High Step Challenge and then I added on a some Firewalkers (also tried doing them walking forward and backwards also (for the heck of it) and a set of speed skaters using my gliding discs. I also did about 25-30 minutes of Hip Hop Abs Fat Burning Cardio 2 (Advanced Level) and then I did Yoga for Athetes with Kim Fowler. My workout (before the yoga) was 1 hour and 50 minutes and I burned 630 calories. The yoga session was 55" and felt great.
Jen - Yes, I'm enjoying Hip Hop Abs very much. I think it is much better than it looks. When I previewed it, I was feeling a bit disappointed cuz I really thought I wasn't going to like it and wasn't sure it would get my HR up...but when I actually did it, I had fun and really liked it. If you put a lot of movement into it and follow Sean with some of the higher impact moves (as they have a person doing lower impact like in Turbo Jam), you can really get your HR up. The only way I can explain it is like taking some of the moves from kickboxing and funking them up to work your abs. Like doing funky kicks and contracting your abs and doing knee ups (funky while contracting your abs). Then they have their own "signature" moves and sometimes you look like your dancing like they do in those hip hop videos. They do a move that is like the "Housing It" move in Turbo Jam. All of these moves really do feel like you're working your abs and dancing. The music is a hip hop like sound track and I did notice the "Dontcha Wish Your Girlfriend was Hot Like Me" song by the Pussy Cat Dolls in the cardio DVD from yesterday. He also does some higher impact stuff in the advanced one, funky jumping jacks, plyo like moves, etc. His personality is really fun also. However, if you have zero rhythm and feel stupid doing the "Housing It" move from Turbo Jam, I don't think these would be for you.
I have a job interview on Monday. It's with the same hospital I used to work for in the Pediatric Psychology department.
Have a great day today. I've really got to try to get back to doing more Kundalini.........as I've been slacking in that category and doing my Stress Relief DVD at night.
