I'm happy it's Thursday, too Jen!
Today I did another Hiit/Lower body mish mosh. I decided to do
Hiit 40/20 minus the cool down into Lower Body Blast (premix minus the cardio blasts). It ended up being a long workout this way, though. I had to stop LBB after the fire hydrant section of floor work if I had any hope of getting to work on time! Doing that, it came to about 65 minutes. I have such a hard time with floor work, not because it's so much harder, but because I can't be on my knees or all fours (knees go ouchie!). In fact, when she did fire hydrant I actually did a clam shell lying on my side with the blue firewalker. That felt pretty effective, actually!
40/20...oh my. After I read your post on OD Natty, I thought...oh the butt kicks, I can do those! Then I noticed you mentioned the speed Cathe does them...well I realized I've never actually looked at the screen when Cathe does those and I just follow her verbal cues. I looked up today and realized I was doing 1 butt kick to her 2!
Humble pie, anyone?
I also find myself modifying several moves by using some of the moves from TTM and CF. Like when she does the jump forward, side and tuck, instead I did the frog hop 3 times, jump onto step that Cathe does in TTM.
Natty- love your combo! I need to try that Circuit Blast premix. I just love all the premixes on CF! It's so versatile! That's funny you mentioned about the Greek population in Toronto. I actually had a good friend in optometry school from Toronto who was Greek. He was such a sweetie! One time I over heard him talking to his mom on the phone and he kept switching between English and Greek...oh so sexy!
We were never a couple, but I'll admit to some flirting.
He tried to teach me a little Greek once, but since we were having some adult beverages at the time, let's just say the words didn't stick! LOL
Yes, I definitely need to move past the Blackberry! lol It's just a matter of going in there and doing it. I was actually eligible for a new phone last year and just never got to it.
I also wanted to chime in on the Jamie Eason and Hiit/strength idea. I totally agree that Hiit cardio with strength training yields the best results (at least for me). The strength training can be in the form of body weight (HC) or weights and I burned a lot more fat this year when I switched from steady state most of the time to Hiit. I still like to include steady state sometimes though (especially kickboxing), just for the fun of it. Also, I get pretty good results from kettlebells and aerotone/metabolic workouts too. It's crazy how what you eat effects everything, too. I know if I ate more like the Oxygen magazine way/Jamie Eason way I'd do even better with body fat. I do eat that way much of the time but it sure is hard with Mark and the kids. Usually my eating is immaculate for breakfast and lunch but when it comes to supper I just have to eat what everyone else is having. I can stay away from the sweets pretty easily, though, thank goodness.
Oh man, this post is getting long...better wrap up!
Jen I'm sending out positive vibes for you on the interview. Do you know when you'll hear? So I'm not sure if I missed something...is the "friend" of the male persuasion? Hmm?
Sarah- so glad the car trip went well!
TTYL later girls!
