Walking for Weight Loss (Madeline )

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I haven't done a walking workout in ages but this one was perfect for today! I considered but wasn't up for her chatter and I wanted something semi-short but more intense than her short workouts tend to be. I really like Madeline , this was only 40 minutes and it had no upper body weight work which was great because I am SO sore from SWAT yesterday (especially chest & back from all those push-ups, mountain climbers and squat thrusts). It has 3 separately chaptered walking workouts that each build in intensity from each other, each is 10 minutes long with 8 minutes of walking workout and 2 minutes of lower-body strength training. The walking parts have a lot more than 's basic steps but are still super simple to follow. It also has a really nice 10 minute stretch. She has two backgrounders, one showing lower intensity/lower impact moves and one showing higher impact/higher intensity move (Robin, also from Kathy videos I think). Madeline usually works out somewhere in the middle. You can customize the workout and arrange the segments, as many as you like, however you like or you can do the entire thing in order which is what I did. This is styled like a HIIT workout, because she has you push really hard on a particular move for a short time, then go back to walking or jogging (or prancing), whichever is the base move for that workout and your level and then push really hard again and it keeps cycling like that for the 8 minute cardio of each workout. Robin uses a body bar for the weight workouts and the other modifier (Amy?) uses hand weights. I used my FIRM sculpting stick (8 lbs) and it felt good. I tried dumbbells but they felt awkward. I wouldn't mind having a heavier bar for this and probably other workouts but am not looking for one either since I'm not sure how often I'd use it. I like the outdoor setting and the music in this workout too.

I worked super hard throughout the entire workout and got a fantastic workout from it! It is more of a beginner/intermediate workout and can easily be modified up or down. I went up this time because I had the energy and health for it but have used it for recovery too. I worked at probably a solid intermediate level and it felt amazing. I loved doing SWAT yesterday but it really was too much for me, especially coming off an over 2 week rest. This one or something of a similar level would have probably been a better choice yesterday but I think I needed to really kick my own butt too and getting through it, doing most of the reps in most of the workout gave me the confidence too to really hit this one hard. I felt so awesome when I was done, knowing I had worked my hardest and that it wasn't too hard or too easy and just felt great!