Guest guest Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 I asked this question in a roundabout way a few months back - wondering if there were any good videos to do that were similar to HIIT. Here's the basic response I got: " I like IMAX and IMAX2 which are both put out by Cathe Friedrich. http://www.cathe.com Beth " Alternative Cardio > I hardly ever post here, but dh and I have just started another > challenge...we failed the last one miserably, making it to week 6 > and then giving up altogether. We are DETERMINED to last this time, > b/c we are sick of the shape our bodies are in and sick of being > BLAH all the live-long day. Do dah, do dah. We are both about 30 lbs > overweight, but we have way more flab than the avg bear. > > I'm doing ok so far. He's mad, with fairly good reason. > > First a little about us. We exercise/do weights IN OUR OWN HOUSE > only. We are not they type you will see in a gym b/c, well, I could > throw a thousand reasons and excuses out there, and everybody will > just send me a quick little solution and tell me to go to the > gym...but the fact is, we won't. Not now, anyway. > > Now to the reason he's mad. For our cardio, we do the treadmill. > Lately, the treadmill blows a fuse everytime he's on it. No, he's > not over the max weight allowed, and it doesn't go out on me, but it > gets him EVERY TIME at around the ten minute mark and it just pisses > (can I say pisses) him off. It takes out all the power in the > living room as well...we have tried switching outlets to no avail, > though...I have decided to call a repairman to hopefully fix the > problem, but in the interim and as a backup, what are some other > cardio he can do and be able to also gauge the intensity level? I > know about jumping rope or running around the yard, but is there > anything else he can do INSIDE? > > Picky beyond belief, > > Two wannabe hermits > > ps. I can soooo hear all the 'suck it up' emails you've already > started typing, lol... > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 I love this! This is like my new workout motto. Thanks for sharing! Kat Remember that thing I said about keeping your fat frightened and off balance. You want your fat to be like, " This woman's crazy. I'm getting the hell out of here. " :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 You want your fat to be like, " This woman's crazy. I'm getting the hell out of here. " :-) > > > > HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :-)))) :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 I've always done BFL at home maybe with an occasional workout at the gym. It is very doable at home. What I did for cardio, before I hurt my foot, was interval step videos. Not sure if your DH would enjoy those or not. Just wanted to say that as long as you workout, it doesn't matter where it is! Colleen > I hardly ever post here, but dh and I have just started another > challenge...we failed the last one miserably, making it to week 6 > and then giving up altogether. We are DETERMINED to last this time, > b/c we are sick of the shape our bodies are in and sick of being > BLAH all the live-long day. Do dah, do dah. We are both about 30 lbs > overweight, but we have way more flab than the avg bear. > > I'm doing ok so far. He's mad, with fairly good reason. > > First a little about us. We exercise/do weights IN OUR OWN HOUSE > only. We are not they type you will see in a gym b/c, well, I could > throw a thousand reasons and excuses out there, and everybody will > just send me a quick little solution and tell me to go to the > gym...but the fact is, we won't. Not now, anyway. > > Now to the reason he's mad. For our cardio, we do the treadmill. > Lately, the treadmill blows a fuse everytime he's on it. No, he's > not over the max weight allowed, and it doesn't go out on me, but it > gets him EVERY TIME at around the ten minute mark and it just pisses > (can I say pisses) him off. It takes out all the power in the > living room as well...we have tried switching outlets to no avail, > though...I have decided to call a repairman to hopefully fix the > problem, but in the interim and as a backup, what are some other > cardio he can do and be able to also gauge the intensity level? I > know about jumping rope or running around the yard, but is there > anything else he can do INSIDE? > > Picky beyond belief, > > Two wannabe hermits > > ps. I can soooo hear all the 'suck it up' emails you've already > started typing, lol... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 There aren't very many true HIIT videos, but those listed below are EXCELLENT. Also Intense Moves by Gin /Reebok; Voights Energy Sprint. Mindy Mylrea has some interval stuff but I have never done her tapes. You can also basically do any cardio video 20 MAS just adjust your pace accordingly; I do this with Taebo all the time. If you go to www.videofitness.com you can see a review of just about any fitness video out on the market. Colleen > I asked this question in a roundabout way a few months back - wondering if > there were any good videos to do that were similar to HIIT. Here's the > basic response I got: > > > " I like IMAX and IMAX2 which are both put out by Cathe Friedrich. > > http://www.cathe.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 Are any of these videos 20 minutes in length? If not, do you do the entire video? How do you adjust the workout so you only do 20 minutes? > > I asked this question in a roundabout way a few months back - > wondering if > > there were any good videos to do that were similar to HIIT. Here's > the > > basic response I got: > > > > > > " I like IMAX and IMAX2 which are both put out by Cathe Friedrich. > > > > http://www.cathe.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 They vary in length. For 20MAS, I watch my counter on my vcr. If the tape has a warmup with stretching, I don't count that as my time. Then I do the 20MAS following my timer on the VCR. Sometimes it means I up my pace, during the 9s and 10 I usually don't do what they do, I usually " run from the bogeyman in place " do plyos, jumping jacks, etc. Sprint from room to rroom. Now if I'm doing HIIT I use IMAX, IMAX2 or Intense Moves. It is a short stretch/warm up and then 10 sections of warmup, middle pace, high pace, warm up...etc. I only do 20 minutes of the HIIT and again I don't count the warm up part. Hopefully I am explaining this right. Colleen > Are any of these videos 20 minutes in length? If not, do you do the > entire video? How do you adjust the workout so you only do 20 > minutes? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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