Tuesday - Intense Moves and Some Sort of Yoga

[Guest guest]

Hi Donna,

I have the same dread factor with both interval workouts and circuit workouts. I have to really psych myself up to any of Cathe's Imax workouts. I think because I know I'm gonna work lol

I don't do Imax 3 too often. I love the step sections, but the intervals are just too much on the knee's, too much jumping. I do really like the workout, I just wish she would've toned it down on all the jumping. I done Imax 2 over and over for a couple months and finally mastered it with no modifying. I was so happy when I finally made it. That was one workout I never thought I'd be able to master. I don't think I want to even try to master 3 though, my knee's would probably fall off lol

Yep, you probably needed heavier weights if you weren't sore. Not saying you have to be sore every time, but I love that sore feeling and I know I worked hard when I get sore.

Have a great day!

[Guest guest]

Hi Donna,

I have the same dread factor with both interval workouts and circuit workouts. I have to really psych myself up to any of Cathe's Imax workouts. I think because I know I'm gonna work lol

I don't do Imax 3 too often. I love the step sections, but the intervals are just too much on the knee's, too much jumping. I do really like the workout, I just wish she would've toned it down on all the jumping. I done Imax 2 over and over for a couple months and finally mastered it with no modifying. I was so happy when I finally made it. That was one workout I never thought I'd be able to master. I don't think I want to even try to master 3 though, my knee's would probably fall off lol

Yep, you probably needed heavier weights if you weren't sore. Not saying you have to be sore every time, but I love that sore feeling and I know I worked hard when I get sore.

Have a great day!

[Guest guest]

Hi!

Did Intense Moves w/ Gin this morning. Not

sure why as interval workouts have a high dread factor

- maybe it was Darcy mentioning it, or maybe it is b/c

I told myself I should try to put one in my schedule

every week or two. Anyway, I survived it - and I did

most of the " hard " and " hardest " modifications. It is

helpful that there is a visual on the screen to tell

you how far you have to go to finish the interval -

seeing that there were just 15 seconds left really

helped me to push through some of the harder ones.

Briefly, this workout is structured with one minute of

hard aerobics followed by a two minute recovery where

you learn the next move. The cycle repeats ten times,

so the body of the workout is 30 minutes. It is basic

choreography - which is good, since you'll be working

anaerobically at times. This choreography in Cathe's

IMAX3 is really an issue for me since after reaching

my anaerobic threshold, my brain really isn't on board

to learn any choreography! All in all this was a

tough workout - I'm always proud of myself when I

finish doing an interval workout. Also, for me,

interval workouts fly by timewise - circuit workouts

do, too, for me.

Afterwards I did a bit of yoga stretches - forward

bends and supine poses w/ the Yoga shakti DVD, my DD

was up and joined me fo those - so it wasn't relaxing,

although it was fun to see her try to do the poses. I

think I need to schedule yoga in the evenings after

she goes to bed. I can handle doing a yoga or Pilates

session in my PJs at 9:00 p.m., I don't think I could

handle hard aerobics at that time, though. I think my

" ideal " workout time, if I had the ultimate freedom to

schedule it would be between 5 and 7 p.m.

Tomorrow is either a circuit day or a strength day.

Not sure what I want to do - right now the contenders

are Prevention's 3-2-1 workout or Janis Saffell's

Brand New Butt Plus Pilates. Both are " virginal " -

I've never done the Prevention workout and I've only

done Janis's workout once. If I do Prevention I think

I'll tack on Prevention's lower body workout to it.

Surprisingly, I " m not sore from Ripped yesterday. My

chest is a bit sore, but that is it. I expected my

whole body to be sore. Maybe I need to up the weights

next time?

take care everyone!

Donna

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for your thoughts on the workout Donna I can't wait to give it a try as well.I agree about complex choreography... I just wonder WHY..LOL... Of course I am step challenged (as puts it), so that would explain a lot of my fusteration.

I did 45 minutes of cardio toolbox this moring and did fine with the choreo there. Not perfect but fine. I was sweating big time and enjoying the workout and then my boys woke up ..at 6:00..ugh.. stinkers. Oh well, so I cut it short at 45 minutes and did 20 minutes of abs, now I just have to do some upper body strenth training later. Should be a good day!

DarcyOn 3/7/06, Donna M-P <donna112520@...> wrote:

Hi!Did Intense Moves w/ Gin this morning. Notsure why as interval workouts have a high dread factor- maybe it was Darcy mentioning it, or maybe it is b/cI told myself I should try to put one in my schedule

every week or two. Anyway, I survived it - and I didmost of the " hard " and " hardest " modifications. It ishelpful that there is a visual on the screen to tellyou how far you have to go to finish the interval -

seeing that there were just 15 seconds left reallyhelped me to push through some of the harder ones.Briefly, this workout is structured with one minute ofhard aerobics followed by a two minute recovery where

you learn the next move. The cycle repeats ten times,so the body of the workout is 30 minutes. It is basicchoreography - which is good, since you'll be workinganaerobically at times. This choreography in Cathe's

IMAX3 is really an issue for me since after reachingmy anaerobic threshold, my brain really isn't on boardto learn any choreography! All in all this was atough workout - I'm always proud of myself when I

finish doing an interval workout. Also, for me,interval workouts fly by timewise - circuit workoutsdo, too, for me.Afterwards I did a bit of yoga stretches - forwardbends and supine poses w/ the Yoga shakti DVD, my DD

was up and joined me fo those - so it wasn't relaxing,although it was fun to see her try to do the poses. Ithink I need to schedule yoga in the evenings aftershe goes to bed. I can handle doing a yoga or Pilates

session in my PJs at 9:00 p.m., I don't think I couldhandle hard aerobics at that time, though. I think my " ideal " workout time, if I had the ultimate freedom toschedule it would be between 5 and 7 p.m.Tomorrow is either a circuit day or a strength day.Not sure what I want to do - right now the contendersare Prevention's 3-2-1 workout or Janis Saffell'sBrand New Butt Plus Pilates. Both are " virginal " -

I've never done the Prevention workout and I've onlydone Janis's workout once. If I do Prevention I thinkI'll tack on Prevention's lower body workout to it.Surprisingly, I " m not sore from Ripped yesterday. My

chest is a bit sore, but that is it. I expected mywhole body to be sore. Maybe I need to up the weightsnext time?take care everyone!Donna__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Donna M-P wrote:

> Did Intense Moves w/ Gin this morning. Not

> sure why as interval workouts have a high dread factor

good for you donna! today i worked on our income taxes for 7 hours!

ugh! i HATE doing the taxes.

and it made me miss my workout. im trying to relax a bit this

evening because im ache-y all over. i dont know if i actually have

doms from that shpresa workout, or what. one of our boys is down

with a cold so i hope that im not getting it. i just got rid of one!

ugh again! anyway, im not doing very good with my workouts

lately... i MUST workout tomorrow. i want to do a step workout and

then lift heavier weights... surely i will be back to normal tomorrow

::nodding::

>It is

> helpful that there is a visual on the screen to tell

> you how far you have to go to finish the interval -

> seeing that there were just 15 seconds left really

> helped me to push through some of the harder ones.

oh yes that would really be helpful! like the countdown timers

beachbody uses. a good idea!

> Also, for me,

> interval workouts fly by timewise - circuit workouts

> do, too, for me.

i love doing circuit workouts and have a ton of them! i wish that i

could do them every day, but always give myself a day between to rest

from the weights and just do cardio. i think that i will try to

alternate my virgins like that actually ... and also include one day

of heavier strength training. goodness knows i need it, especially

if i have doms from doing shpresa's little weighted workout! LOL

(oh, and PS: i got donna richardson's 'sweating to the spirit', the

first one, in trade today. i will have to try it out on cardio day).

> although it was fun to see her try to do the poses.

awww, i bet! that would be so cute, im sure.

> I can handle doing a yoga or Pilates

> session in my PJs at 9:00 p.m., I don't think I could

> handle hard aerobics at that time, though. I think my

> " ideal " workout time, if I had the ultimate freedom to

> schedule it would be between 5 and 7 p.m.

i totally agree... 6 or 630 pm seems to work good for me, most days.

i am just not a morning person at all :/ but in the early evening

i have alot more energy (just like michelle says too i could

not do cardio any later than that though... then i get too much

energy and end up staying up late and am tired the next day. yoga,

pilates, stretching dvds are great at night though... unless there is

stuff on tv that i want to watch. then i just do my own stretching

routine while i watch my shows. (tonight im looking forward to

american idol and the amazing race and, oh, the biggest loser

military edition part 1 is on tomorrow night. i hope that it is

interesting and doesnt follow the same old format)

>right now the contenders

> are Prevention's 3-2-1 workout or Janis Saffell's

> Brand New Butt Plus Pilates.

i like janis's BNB+PILATES workout -- it is much easier than BNB+MORE

! (and different) but please be careful of standing on the band

with shoes on, like she does. thats how i snapped mine in half :/

also she combines the band with dumbells and i think that i will just

use the dumbells by themselves next time. so lemme know what you

think of the BNB part with the band, if you happen to do it. i

really liked the pilates part with the band... it did intensify the

pilates for me.

also, i made a mistake when i was writing about '3-2-1'... i said

that there are six 6 minute circuits so the workout is only 36

mins... and that is kind of true, except there is a warmup and

cooldown too which adds maybe 10 mins (or so?) to the workout time.

> If I do Prevention I think

> I'll tack on Prevention's lower body workout to it.

man, i wanted to buy chris freytag's lower body workout too, to go

along with 3-2-1 but the price was too high. as it was 3-2-1 was,

like $16 !! and the lower body one is definately only 30 mins

long... i refuse to pay that much for for such a short workout.

> Surprisingly, I " m not sore from Ripped yesterday. My

> chest is a bit sore, but that is it. I expected my

> whole body to be sore. Maybe I need to up the weights

> next time?

wow, thats great donna! i know that our friend michelle loves to

feel sore, but honestly i dont! LOL

i think that is why i havent been weight training for a while... i

dislike hobbling around and not being able to lift my arms without

pain but i know that i need to lift regularly so that i stop

getting sore. so im going to have to suffer a bit in order to get to

where i want to be. also, sometimes i dont get doms until 2 days

after a weighted workout which also bums me out. ah well. how did

you feel while you were doing the workout? lots of burning? or did

things seem easy? i expect that you can up the weights now that

you've done the workout once and know what to expect.

oh, and while im blabbing on your thread...lol... i will add that im

still doing great with our no-junk challenge today!!! really, i am

very proud of myself! and im happy to say that i think my cravings

for junk are starting to go away! there are COOKIES here -- and ones

that i really like to eat too -- but i have no urge to eat them. i

had fruit instead!! it is amazing me!

:*carolyn.

[Guest guest]

Donna M-P wrote:

> Did Intense Moves w/ Gin this morning. Not

> sure why as interval workouts have a high dread factor

good for you donna! today i worked on our income taxes for 7 hours!

ugh! i HATE doing the taxes.

and it made me miss my workout. im trying to relax a bit this

evening because im ache-y all over. i dont know if i actually have

doms from that shpresa workout, or what. one of our boys is down

with a cold so i hope that im not getting it. i just got rid of one!

ugh again! anyway, im not doing very good with my workouts

lately... i MUST workout tomorrow. i want to do a step workout and

then lift heavier weights... surely i will be back to normal tomorrow

::nodding::

>It is

> helpful that there is a visual on the screen to tell

> you how far you have to go to finish the interval -

> seeing that there were just 15 seconds left really

> helped me to push through some of the harder ones.

oh yes that would really be helpful! like the countdown timers

beachbody uses. a good idea!

> Also, for me,

> interval workouts fly by timewise - circuit workouts

> do, too, for me.

i love doing circuit workouts and have a ton of them! i wish that i

could do them every day, but always give myself a day between to rest

from the weights and just do cardio. i think that i will try to

alternate my virgins like that actually ... and also include one day

of heavier strength training. goodness knows i need it, especially

if i have doms from doing shpresa's little weighted workout! LOL

(oh, and PS: i got donna richardson's 'sweating to the spirit', the

first one, in trade today. i will have to try it out on cardio day).

> although it was fun to see her try to do the poses.

awww, i bet! that would be so cute, im sure.

> I can handle doing a yoga or Pilates

> session in my PJs at 9:00 p.m., I don't think I could

> handle hard aerobics at that time, though. I think my

> " ideal " workout time, if I had the ultimate freedom to

> schedule it would be between 5 and 7 p.m.

i totally agree... 6 or 630 pm seems to work good for me, most days.

i am just not a morning person at all :/ but in the early evening

i have alot more energy (just like michelle says too i could

not do cardio any later than that though... then i get too much

energy and end up staying up late and am tired the next day. yoga,

pilates, stretching dvds are great at night though... unless there is

stuff on tv that i want to watch. then i just do my own stretching

routine while i watch my shows. (tonight im looking forward to

american idol and the amazing race and, oh, the biggest loser

military edition part 1 is on tomorrow night. i hope that it is

interesting and doesnt follow the same old format)

>right now the contenders

> are Prevention's 3-2-1 workout or Janis Saffell's

> Brand New Butt Plus Pilates.

i like janis's BNB+PILATES workout -- it is much easier than BNB+MORE

! (and different) but please be careful of standing on the band

with shoes on, like she does. thats how i snapped mine in half :/

also she combines the band with dumbells and i think that i will just

use the dumbells by themselves next time. so lemme know what you

think of the BNB part with the band, if you happen to do it. i

really liked the pilates part with the band... it did intensify the

pilates for me.

also, i made a mistake when i was writing about '3-2-1'... i said

that there are six 6 minute circuits so the workout is only 36

mins... and that is kind of true, except there is a warmup and

cooldown too which adds maybe 10 mins (or so?) to the workout time.

> If I do Prevention I think

> I'll tack on Prevention's lower body workout to it.

man, i wanted to buy chris freytag's lower body workout too, to go

along with 3-2-1 but the price was too high. as it was 3-2-1 was,

like $16 !! and the lower body one is definately only 30 mins

long... i refuse to pay that much for for such a short workout.

> Surprisingly, I " m not sore from Ripped yesterday. My

> chest is a bit sore, but that is it. I expected my

> whole body to be sore. Maybe I need to up the weights

> next time?

wow, thats great donna! i know that our friend michelle loves to

feel sore, but honestly i dont! LOL

i think that is why i havent been weight training for a while... i

dislike hobbling around and not being able to lift my arms without

pain but i know that i need to lift regularly so that i stop

getting sore. so im going to have to suffer a bit in order to get to

where i want to be. also, sometimes i dont get doms until 2 days

after a weighted workout which also bums me out. ah well. how did

you feel while you were doing the workout? lots of burning? or did

things seem easy? i expect that you can up the weights now that

you've done the workout once and know what to expect.

oh, and while im blabbing on your thread...lol... i will add that im

still doing great with our no-junk challenge today!!! really, i am

very proud of myself! and im happy to say that i think my cravings

for junk are starting to go away! there are COOKIES here -- and ones

that i really like to eat too -- but i have no urge to eat them. i

had fruit instead!! it is amazing me!

:*carolyn.