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Hi Fiona!

Thanks for the info on how the workouts go for you! This is the first time I've used a HRM while doing any of her workouts so I found it quite interesting. I will find it equally interesting to compare between workouts and see if I get similar results. I hadn't thought about wearing wrist weights though sometimes I do carry light hand weights, not too often though but I could. I do a lot of bigger, extra movements to try and get the max out of the workouts too. I never though of using gliding disks for the side steps! What a neat idea!

My schedule is super messed up right now too so I'm working extra hard to schedule my workouts but I'm also being realistic and forgiving myself if it doesn't always work out as planned. Please don't say you're being "bad!" Maybe you could have made different choices but you didn't... move on! You know you feel better when you work out (even if you're sore afterwards like you were with your last one) and you know all of us are waiting to hear about your next work out so even if you're not feeling super motivated to fit it in somehow, remember that we want to hear and want to cheer you on too! :-) If you've got short workouts, try fitting some of those in instead of going for the big ones. At least you'll have done something and you can feel very good about that! (Plus, like I said, you'll have all of us cheering too!!)

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: I find that I generally get a better calorie burn in 's workouts when she uses a lot of arm movements rather than the jogging ones, unless I add more arm movements. I usually use 1.5 lb. wrist weights with all her walks (except for example, Walk Strong) and try to use my arms a lot. I'll start doing the "arms up to heaven - pull down" right at the start of kick-backs instead of waiting for her to start, and if I feel I need to bump it up a bit, do extra arm lifts up and out. Sometimes I've used gliding disks to do side glides or side lunges instead of sidesteps, which gives an extra boost. Gliding really works the legs and butt.I've been so bad - haven't done any workouts for 3 days and eaten lots of junk. My schedule is so screwed up - but that's no excuse. You're always so busy and get your workouts in. I did Pure Barre for the first time a few days ago - yow, that's a workout for the legs and thighs - quiver and shake!Fiona>> And jogging too. I did 2 Mile Walk Slim. This was the first time I've worn a HRM with this workout so it was interesting to see that in 35 minutes I burned 167 calories and in about 20 or 25 minutes with Shred (yesterday) I burned 146. My heart rate was in the moderate zone a lot but it was hard to get it there sometimes. When she's not doing the fast walking or jogging I'm just not moving as fast or as hard.

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Hi Fiona!

I love this description of how you use your rebounder for workouts. I've tried doing the entire workout on the rebounder and was always afraid of killing myself during some of the moves (as uncomplicated as they are) but this I could do. Thanks for sharing these!

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Hi Sara: I do pretty much all of 's workouts on my rebounder (a Needak) except when she (or in the one case, Kay) changes steps a lot, in which case I just stay on the floor. I do the regular walking and jogging steps on it and hop off to do the knee lifts, kickbacks, side steps, etc. It works out great and is something I've used a lot. I don't do any fancy steps on the rebounder at all (I'm too uncoordinated to do anything fancy on the floor, so don't want to break my neck on the rebounder!).I do think it's important to have a good quality rebounder. I wouldn't want to be bouncing on one that isn't well made with good springs.Fiona> - In exercisevideos , "Sara" wrote:>I was > thinking about trying some of my shorter s on the rebounder. > Has anyone tried that?> > Sara

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Sara wrote:

> thinking about trying some of my shorter s on the rebounder.

> Has anyone tried that?

yes, i wont do leslie's workouts without the rebounder now. it

makes them a bit more interesting and ups the cardio factor.

:*carolyn.

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Hmmmm... maybe I'll finally break out the rebounder for a on one of my cardio days this week...

will let you know if I do!

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Sara wrote:> thinking about trying some of my shorter s on the rebounder.> Has anyone tried that?yes, i wont do leslie's workouts without the rebounder now. it makes them a bit more interesting and ups the cardio factor.:*carolyn.