Friday - IMAX3 (1st 5), FitPrime Floor Burn

[Guest guest]

Hi!

Well, I did the first 5 intervals of IMAX3 and I have

to say, I'm more scared than I was before I attempted

this workout. This one will definately have a high

dread factor for me. At one point, during interval #

4, I believe, I stared at the TV and said " you gotta

be kiddin' me! " . Interval 4 has you do a long jump on

the floor, the length of your step, then a jump on the

floor across the width of your step, a turn jump, a

tuck jump and then you richotet over! Is that sick or

what? By interval 5 - which was these plie jacks (and

cross-overs to recover from the jacks!) I was numb!

And, Cathe keeps saying how the intervals will get

harder throughout the workout! YIKES! What is

interval 10 like? (And, I still can't believe she has

a pre-mix option that includes all the intervals --

who does she think we are - HER?!) This one in

structured like her other IMAX workouts, a step combo

repeated 6 times - these are more choreographed than

her original IMAX, and more along the lines of IMAX2 -

they're not terribly complicated - but it will

probably take a few times through to get them down -

in other words, you'll have them down in time for the

interval blast! There are lots of turns, but you can

leave them out if you need to (I did on occasion).

The interval blasts are also a bit more choreographed

than her original IMAX, and that can be kind of

frustrating - it is hard for me to follow anything

complex when I'm anaerobic! I imagine if one were

crazy enough to do this workout on a regular basis

that you'd pick up on the choreography and it would be

easier to follow. Cathe also indicates in this

workout that she has shortened the recovery time to

make it more 'hardcore " and i would have to say that

this is true - the recovery times seemed shorter than

on IMAX original and IMAX2. A final word of warning,

if you do the pre-mix with the first 5 intervals

you'll probably need to do a cool down before you

launch into the stretch. I did the step portion of

Interval # 6 just to bring my HR down from those

blasted plie jacks! I then jumped to interval 10

(didn't do the interval - but walked around) and then

did the cool down and stretch. I'm not sure when I'll

be brave enough to try this again. I recommend doing

it in halves - do 1-5 then do 6-10 on another day just

to get it down. Although the music was fun and the

choreography was interesting, I think when I'm doing

an interval workout I prefer to have more basic

choreography like in the original IMAX or Gin 's

Intense Moves. I also wish Cathe had a count down

timer like on Gin's workout so I could see how much

time I had left - this could be motivating to push

through to the finish.

After Cathe finished up with me I did the original

version of FitPrime's Floor Burn. The workout is

basically the same as the new version, but not

identical. In the version there is more

of an attempt to make it a full body workout by

including arm movements with some of the floor work

(as you do in Firm Volume 1) - for example, you'll do

a bicep curl w/ an inner thigh lift. I also think the

warm-up and some of the stretches were different. But

overall it is very similar. I do like the new

version's production MUCH better! And, although I

still love - Tamela does an excellent job in the

re-make. One thing I did like about 's version

is that when she does the floor work w/ the tall box

she switches sides - this just makes it easier for me

to be sure I'm on the same leg. (I've given up with

some of my attempts to make this a non-dominant

trainer for me - a leftie - and I just follow the

instructor for the most part!) Oh, I also liked the

use of the yoga block in the re-make - I think it

really helps w/ alignment and form.

My legs are toasted - I think they were toasted going

into IMAX3 (maybe that is why it was so bad??!!) -

these Kickbutts are sneaky - they really catch up with

you by week's end. I still have to get Crunch Time in

to finish off this week but I think tomorrow will be a

stretch/yoga day and I'll do Crunch Time (maybe even

the original version!) on Sunday.

Take care everyone!

Donna

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