What do you do??

What do you do??

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Cathlete
I was just curious about this. I have tried to follow rotations, but i feel too restricted. I just have specific days/week that i know i will work specific muscle groups. I know we have some VERY disciplined members around here.

jes
 
since i can't answer twice i just picked my own rotation. i sometimes do cathe's if the mood strikes me but i either create one or tweek on of cathe's to my seeing. i have gotten better results following a rotation instead of just doing whatever i feel like. i do however leave the option open to change up if i feel burnt out or something comes up and i can't get a workout in that particular day.

kassia



When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be
disappointed to discover they are not it -- Bernard Bailey
 
I couldn't vote, because no one answer fits me.

Sometimes, I don't have a formal rotation, but I build my schedule around certain workouts (like the Firm BSS4 workouts, which I used a lot the last 3 weeks of December).

At times, I set up a more formal rotation. I just started the following one on Jan 1, which still leaves me a lot of leeway in my choice of specific workouts:

Day 1: interval workout (Cardio Coach, an Imax or Gin Miller's Intense Moves, for example)
Day 2: Full body weight workout
Day 3: Kickboxing
Day 4: 10-20 minutes cardio + lower body
Day 5: yoga/stretching
Day 6: 10-20 minutes cardio + upper body
Day 7: core/abs + stretch

I plan to do that for 4 weeks, then do a "functional fitness" centered week. (But if I see that something in the rotation isn't working well before the 4 weeks is up, I'll change it. So far--4 days in--it seems to be working well.)

At other times, I just do what I feel like doing that particular day, but make sure to alternate cardio and weights, upper and lower body, different intensities, etc.

I've never done a Cathe rotation, because the few I've looked at didn't appeal to me, and I don't like to use just one instructor (unless it's Tony Horton, with his well-planned out P90X series) or too much step. I like more variety than that.

I get back into rotations when I feel like my "just do what I want" system is getting a little bit too lax, or I'm not seeming to get in enough of some modality of exercise.
 
I make up my own every month. Sometimes it incorporates bits of one of Cathe's, but I never have all the workouts to do one of hers in its entirety.
 
I have only followed one rotation (HC Fatloss), and it kicked my butt!!! It was excellent! Mostly, though, I just do cardio every other day and then a circuit or weights in between, with a rest day here and there. I never have all of the workouts to follow an entire rotation, either. I, too, am happy just to get out of bed and do a workout!

Jenn
 
I've been following this rotation for awhile now:

Mon: UB split - Cardio - Abs
Tues: Cardio
Wed: UB split - Cardio
Thurs: LB - Abs
Fri: Cardio
Sat: Full Body Circuit
Sun: Cardio - Abs
 
Jes -

After 6 years of working out I think I've just about done it all! I've done everything from following BFL training, doing 1 muscle group per day, doing upper/lower split, other various splits, planning rotations of my own for 12 weeks, following Cathe's rotations and doing whatever workout I was "in the mood for" at the time. I think as long as you're making progress toward your goals and challenging yourself, your way is just fine. :) I know for me, I need the challenge of a formal rotation at times because my tendency is to blow-off a harder workout (usually cardio) like MIC or one of the IMAXES for something easier. That's just me though.

Sue
 
I used to be a complete spur of the moment kind of gal. Now I create my own rotations. I have done 1 of Cathe's rotations in full and enjoyed it. I tried to do another the following month and my schedule got all screwy and I couldn't keep up with it. I haven't tried another since but I will again some day. I like to make my own because I can make it according to what I have time for, etc.
 
I do cardio every day, mixing up step, kickboxing and running, but my weight workouts change from week to week. Last week, I did one body part a day using the Gym Styles, and I had planned to repeat that this week, but it just didn't work out. I am doing one full body weight workout, and I did that tonight along with a very intense hour long double bench step class. I do step on eight inches.

I may split up my upper and lower body to hit my body parts second time this week, or I might do something like Power Hour. It all depends on how I feel.
 
I just can't seem to stick to a rotation. Every month I say I'm going to do whatever rotation Cathe has posted. So far, I have never followed one single rotation. I have some rotations in my Muscle and Fitness Her's that I want to follow, but it hasn't happened. I also make up my own rotations, but so far I have not followed one. The only thing close to a rotation I've ever done were the CTX workouts for several weeks in a row and had fantastic results, but I can't even make myself do that anymore.
 
I'd love to do Cathe's rotation but I never have even close to all the DVDs. Also, with a toddler, it's very hard to commit with certainty that you can complete the scheduled daily workout. So, that usually leaves me w/ whatever the mood strikes me and what I have time for.


"you miss 100% of the shots you never take"


Debbie
 
I follow a basic rotation with modifications that include yoga and pilates reformer. I love Debbie's rotations (Fitnessfreak366), P90X and Cathe's August rotation), but all were modified to some degree. I am currently doing Cathe's January rotation....with modifications. Today, I will be doing the Pilates Reformer and some yoga.....tomorrow, I will do what was actually scheduled for today on Cathe's January Rotation (HSC and 1st half of MIC). It will take me longer to complete the rotation, but I will accomplish more of my goals working it this way (and be more relaxed in the end).

Robin:)
 
I've been following Cathe's rotations since Sept and have seen more results than I ever did with my own rotations. I'm just taking advantage of her expertise. She obviously knows a lot more about this than I do!!
 
I do a Cathe rotation if I like it or I make up my own rotation!:) I like having everything laid out in advance. SOmetimes it has to be changed but usually I stick to the chart! Susan
 
I sort of do a home made rotation with whatever workout fits the day's requirements (cardio, weights, or circuit) and mood. I'd love to do Cathe's rotations, but I don't have all her workouts and am anal retentive enought to not want to subsitute something else.
 
I picked "WTH is a rotation" because for the longest time I could NOT figure out WTH you all meant by "rotation"--LOL!!

I really don't have enough videos or DVD's to do a rotation so I just kind of do my own thing. I have some really old videos from the late eighties and early to mid nineties, but then I used a personal trainer for several years and quit doing home workouts. I'm in the process now of building up a library of fitness DVD's. I have 4 of Cathe's w/o's, some Tracie Long, a lot of Leslie Sansone, and 1 or 2 Prevention DVD's with Michele Dozois. I've pre-ordered all of Cathe's upcoming DVD's and I can't wait to get them!

Michele:)
 
I have a goal for 2-3 months at a time and a strength and endurance series that serves as the backbone for my rotation. I put in cardio when I can.

Pinky
 
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