Montenengro Method Strength Workout 1

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I just did this workout and I really didn't enjoy it much. I wanted to but I just didn't. It is short, less than 21 minutes I think, and, if you use the right size weights it might hit you hard, so those are good and why I wanted to like it. However, it isn't my style. It is supposed to focus on the upper body but Marta uses compound moves for every exercise so every exercise has an upper body component and a squat or lunge, plus a lot of them have balancing exercises too. For me, it was just too much going on at once and I couldn't focus on the upper body as much as I wanted because I was simultaneously trying to keep my balance and/or trying to make sure my squat or lunge was using proper form. I wasn't sure what size weights to use and could have gone heavier for some (I just used 3s to see what it would be like) and for others they were good but again, I could have gone heavier were it not for the other things going on in the exercise. I'm not entirely sure it would be necessary to go heavier to get a good workout but it makes me feel better about what I'm doing anyway. It's funny, compound exercises are not my favorite thing, yet I grew to not mind them much in The FIRM workouts and actually enjoyed them most of the time. I think there wasn't usually quite as much going on at once in those? I dunno, all I know is this is not a workout I would reach for again. I also did my own warm-up and then did a 10 minute sitting stretch with Tamilee off her stretching DVD.

Off to get some other stuff crossed off the to do list before work and other craziness today!