Re: Wed - Firm Strength

[Guest guest]

Donna,

I hope you get to feeling better. Get you some vitamin C and drink lots of liquids today.

I love Firm Strength AND Pam. That workout goes by so fast. ~~

[Guest guest]

Hope the eye dr appointment went well, and that you don't have a

headache. Hope you got rid of that elephant on your chest too. I did

Firm Strength yesterday for the first time and enjoyed it. I was glad

to get through the lunges, dips and leg presses without knee trouble.

Next time I might have to up the weights. Today is a rest day for me.

Hope you take a rest day if you need to.

Have fun with your Hot Steps workout.

Kerry

Donna wrote:

| Hi Everyone,

|

| I think I'm coming down with something - feels like i

| have an elephant sitting on my chest - ugh! Also,

| have an eye dr. appt this afternoon - I hate going to

| the eye dr. - I always leave with a huge headache! I

| think I'd rather stay at work the whole day than leave

| early for the doc.

|

| Anyway, I managed to get my butt out of bed this

| morning in spite of not feeling 100% and I did FIRM

| Strength with Pam Cauthen. This one, like Firm Cardio

| alternates upper and lower body weight training with

| some cardio intervals thrown into the mix. Pam does

| an excellent job of cueing and leading this one hour

| workout! Pam looks excellent in this workout in

| contrast to her emaciated look in the BSS3/4 series.

| Anyway, this was an excellent FIRM workout - it had

| been awhile since I did it so it was fun to pull it

| out again. I know many of you don't love the FIRM,

| but I actually prefer the FIRM to Cathe for weight

| training - I know this is blasphemy - but I find

| Cathe's weight training workouts to be kinda boring.

| I guess I just don't enjoy " gym " style workouts all

| that much. They have a place in my rotation when I'm

| in the mood for them and Cathe does produce excellent

| workouts, but I tend to like doing the FIRM better for

| weight training b/c of its unpredictability of

| sequencing - you don't just work biceps, then triceps,

| etc. everything is sorta mixed together.

|

| I ended my session today with a few of the stretches I

| remember from the Yoga for Stress Relief DVD. I

| really need to do the full session again, but I worked

| on loosening my hips a bit with reclined cobbler's

| pose and reclined lotus. I can really feel how tight

| I am.

|

| Hope everyone has a great day. Tomorrow is cardio -

| I'm leaning towards doing a step workout since it has

| been awhile. I may pull out Kari's Hot Steps (a Ross

| virgin)

|

| Take care,

|

| Donna

[Guest guest]

Donna M-P wrote:

> I think I'm coming down with something - feels like i

> have an elephant sitting on my chest - ugh!

man, donna, that is such a bummer!! i hope that it has gone away

now that it is later in the day. im sending you virus fighting

vibes!!! congrats on getting your workout done despite feeling

lousy... and it was firm strength too!! wheew!!

it has been ages since ive done that one, but if things go according

to plan, it will get done again sometime this year! i agree that

pam looks awesome in this video and she seems so classy.

> I ended my session today with a few of the stretches I

> remember from the Yoga for Stress Relief DVD.

good news, my rental place has this one! so i put it in my queue

thanks for the rec.

> I'm leaning towards doing a step workout since it has

> been awhile. I may pull out Kari's Hot Steps (a Ross

> virgin)

i hope that this one flows well for you... im too scared to buy this

one and try it... but i know that you are much better at choreo than

i am. i will be interested in your review! (as always)

:*carolyn.

[Guest guest]

That's quite the workout for someone not feeling 100%! Way to go Donna! I hope you feel better fast!

Wed - Firm Strength

Hi Everyone,I think I'm coming down with something - feels like ihave an elephant sitting on my chest - ugh! Also,have an eye dr. appt this afternoon - I hate going tothe eye dr. - I always leave with a huge headache! Ithink I'd rather stay at work the whole day than leaveearly for the doc.Anyway, I managed to get my butt out of bed thismorning in spite of not feeling 100% and I did FIRMStrength with Pam Cauthen. This one, like Firm Cardioalternates upper and lower body weight training withsome cardio intervals thrown into the mix. Pam doesan excellent job of cueing and leading this one hourworkout! Pam looks excellent in this workout incontrast to her emaciated look in the BSS3/4 series. Anyway, this was an excellent FIRM workout - it hadbeen awhile since I did it so it was fun to pull itout again. I know many of you don't love the FIRM,but I actually prefer the FIRM to Cathe for weighttraining - I know this is blasphemy - but I findCathe's weight training workouts to be kinda boring. I guess I just don't enjoy "gym" style workouts allthat much. They have a place in my rotation when I'min the mood for them and Cathe does produce excellentworkouts, but I tend to like doing the FIRM better forweight training b/c of its unpredictability ofsequencing - you don't just work biceps, then triceps,etc. everything is sorta mixed together.I ended my session today with a few of the stretches Iremember from the Yoga for Stress Relief DVD. Ireally need to do the full session again, but I workedon loosening my hips a bit with reclined cobbler'spose and reclined lotus. I can really feel how tightI am.Hope everyone has a great day. Tomorrow is cardio -I'm leaning towards doing a step workout since it hasbeen awhile. I may pull out Kari's Hot Steps (a Rossvirgin)Take care,Donna__________________________________________________