Tuesday - Kathy Kickboxing/YBB Masters Core Yoga

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Nice workout Donna!

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[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone,

With DOMS in my lower body, I thought kickboxing would

be a good choice for cardio today since it focuses on

upper body as well as lower. I initially was going to

go for a Turbo Jam - I was thinkin' Kickin' Core, but

I thought I should take advantage of the VARIETY in my

workout collection so I grabbed Kathy 's

Kickboxing workout which I haven't done in ages. I

have it on DVD and there are some extras here that

aren't on the VHS copy - Tai Chi sections, a section

kicking " stances " and a 5 minute section on some

additional kickboxing moves that aren't demonstrated

in the regular program. I stuck with the " regular "

program for the most part, though. I did the warm-up,

main workout, ab/back work,and Tai Chi stretch. I

looked at the " stances " and " challenge " section and

those are slower paced martial arts moves - they would

make good add ons to the main workout if you want to

work on your form and some different kicks, etc. I

was pressed for time though with what i planned to do

today.

Kathy's workout is great if you're new to kickboxing,

she breaks down the kicks and punches and teaches them

fairly thoroughly before putting them into combos.

Because of this, the workout isn't as high in

intensity as some other kickboxing workouts. Still,

it is a good moderate workout and very good for

someone who is new to cardio kickbxoing. Kathy has

Keli and Cooke as her 'experts " for this

workout. Both Keli and teach a combo each at

the end. The music is high energy and fits with the

workout well. The setting for the workout is a gym

and there are two other background exercisers besides

Keli and .

The ab/back stabilization section is good - mostly

planks and other types of core stabilization.

I did the Tai Chi stretch which is an extra on the

DVD. Keli leads and does a good job of

transitioning from standing tai chi to lying atheltic

style stretches for the lower body.

The timing breakdown for what I did:

warm-up - 10 minutes (fairly active)

main workout: 25 minutes

Ab/Back - 5 minutes

Tai Chi - 5 minutes

There is a Tai Chi " energizer " section for 7 minutes

but I didn't get to it - will try it some time though.

I think Cooke leads this section.

I added on the YBB Masters workout I picked up at

Target - the " set " contains two DVDs - a booty sculpt

(I think that is what it is called) and Yoga Core or

Core Yoga. I went with the Yoga workout which is

about 30 minutes of yoga-inspired core stabilization

moves. It isn't terribly difficult work, but it isn't

too easy either. It was sort of like an extended

version of the work I did on the Kathy DVD, but

with more of a yoga emphasis. It starts out with a

kundalini-style warm-up. I forget sometimes how

energetic this makes me feel! Then it is on the floor

for core work - nothing terribly unusual, but

effective, standard stuff. I actually think I like

this better than the YBB Lives. I have trouble

fitting the YBB Lives into my workout life and I've

given some thought to trading/selling most of them.

This, however, definately can fit in - it makes a

great add on! I like the interaction between the

leads and the sort of " light " and " fun " atmosphere of

it - as with all the YBB workouts. I hope to fit the

other workout from this set in sometime soon. I think

this was a good buy at $14.99. I wish they would

release the other Masters workouts to retail. They

are too pricey at Beach Body - the workouts are only

30 minutes each. I think the other two that I'm

missing are AM Latte and Pajama time. Maybe I can

find trades for those.

In sum - re: YBB Masters - if you liked the lighter

atmosphere and genuine interaction between the leads

of the original YBB workouts and the LIVES you will

like these!

Hope everyone has a great day!

Donna

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