Febuary rotation

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Has everyone set up their February rotation yet? I’d

love to hear what everyone is doing.

January has ended so my upper body strength rotation is

over. I have started using heavier weights but I still can’t pick up my

son and lift him to the bike seat (my goal for the month.) My knee feels much stronger

but still weak. I have lost 1 inch in my waist and that is it. But I

think my back and arms look more sculpted. I should have taken a before

and after picture – maybe I will this month. In January my main workouts

were the Gym Style upper body workouts and knee strengthening work, anything

else was add-on.

In February I have scheduled a core strength fitness program.

The main goal is to see a change in the core strength with a secondary goal of

more leg/knee strength and a bonus goal of reducing fat. My main workouts are

daily Pilates, aerobics that focus on the core (but are soft on the knee) and every

other day knee work. As add on workouts, I have scheduled more upper body work,

traditional abs work and yoga. I really want to see myself dong more yoga. I

think strength is only half of the problem I am having with the knee. I am so

tight everywhere I need to loosen up and I think that will help.

Anyway here is my official schedule. Yoga is not officially scheduled

but sort of chosen as I feel like it (daily yoga but the actual program isn’t

scheduled)

Wednesday: Standing Pilates Blend, Bellydance Fitness: Pure

Sweat, Gym Style: Chest and Triceps, The Firm: Ab Sculpt

Thursday: Lotte Berk Method: Basic Essentials, Tae Bo

Cardio, knee work, Gym Style Back, Shoulders and Biceps, Yoga Zone: Yoga for

Abs

Friday: New York

City Ballet Workout, Bellydance Boogie, Gym Style

Chest and Triceps, Ab Bootcamp

Saturday: Lotte Berk Method: Hip Hugger Abs, Tae Bo Cardio,

knee work, Gym Style Back, Shoulders and Biceps, Yoga Zone: Yoga for Abs

Sunday: On the Ball Pilates, Hip Drop, Hip Hop, Ab Sculpt

Monday: Lotte Berk Method: High Round Assets, Crunch Fat

Burning Dance Party, knee work, The Firm: Body Sculpt or Total Sculpt Plus Abs

(alternating weeks), Yoga Zone: Yoga for Abs

Tuesday: Rest

It is going to be a really fun workout month because over half

the tapes scheduled are on my most favorites list. All the aerobics has a high

FUN factor. As does all the Pilates work. If I get my Yoga Booty Ballet tapes I

may add them in somewhere (maybe as an extra add-on – those who have

these how do you classify them?). And if the Pilates work is too much for my

knee (on any given day) I will substitute with Winsor Pilates (which is

effective for me but no fun factor, but also little to no knee stress) Also as

a fun challenge I am challenging myself to do all the yoga tapes I have this

month (other than the Kabbalah Yoga which I can’t do) I only have 8 yoga

dvds but each dvd has at least two different workouts so it is a fun doable challenge

(oh and I ordered Yoga for Everybody but not sure if it will come – if so

I have 9 yoga dvdsJ . I also bike (as

transportation) Monday through Friday and I am going to try to do more biking

alone to work on form, strength and endurance. My bike is so fast without kids

and bike trailer. I actually got into 3rd gear (my bike only has 3 gears)

the other day when I had no children. I felt the wind rushing by and it

was so fantastic! I also do 15 minute daily “teach” my

daughter ballet session. We work on basic feet positions, arm positions,

posture and movement of the leg. I show her all the positions and we practice together

and if she concentrates hard she can do a ballet tape as well. (I just help her

with posture on the tapes, so I don’t really do them) The ballet

positions and movements are a good workout for me though because of my knee. I’ve

also found myself becoming more flexible and posture aware.

I look forward to hearing everyone’s rotations and

goals for February. I need to start planning my March rotation – I’d

love to do a Mix it Up Cardio Month (doing every cardio tape I have one after

another), but I’m not sure about the whole knee thing (about half are

step aerobics). If not I’m clueless about what I want to do – maybe

a flexibility month?. Or another upper body strength month? Or I just

might decide to have a light month and do those Yoga Booty Ballet tapes in a

rotation. Maybe with yoga tapes as well.

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