Re: round three of Push Circuit 2, Phase 2 of Swiss Ball Abs + pic of me attempting a Wheel Pose

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*L* well I still prefer cardio but I like that I'm getting defined now, which only comes from the heavy lifting   Looking forward to you Teena and Judy joining Stacey and I in CLX!  Stick with it - you'll love how strong you'll get!  I'm doing lunges with two 30 lb weights now, never thought that would be possible and now I need to get another 35 pounder because I can go up!

Someday I'll get to be as strong as Darcy.... someday... < dreams wistfully>

 

    , I can't believe you are in to strength training so much now!  I remember a time when you just did cardio....WOW, I think that's great.

Please don't come to Michigan and beat me up...ok?AWESOME wheel pose,                    Jen

Subject: round three of Push Circuit 2, Phase 2 of Swiss Ball Abs + pic of me attempting a Wheel Pose [1 Attachment]

To: exercisevideos Date: Saturday,

December 11, 2010, 4:41 PM

 

My friend Marina came over today and we fried our shoulders with ChaLEAN Extreme Push Circuit 2!  I went up from 20s to 30s on the single leg tap lunges.  Remember, in the Push Circuits you want to fail by the 8th rep, then you do 3 more super slow " extreme " reps that are around 16 counts up, 16 down:

standard overhead press - 15'ssingle leg lunge - 30'sstanding reverse flys - 9's standing arnold press- 15's +EXTREME

single leg deadlifts, love these!  - 20's +EXTREMEbent over lat raise - 10's +EXTREMEfrontal shoulder press - 15's +EXTREME

single leg tap lunges - 30's +EXTREMElateral delt raise - 12s +EXTREMENext we did phase 2 of Adam Ford's Swiss Ball Abs.  I can't say enough good things about this dvd!  Phase 2 had a different warmup, and the workout was harder than Phase 1.  Can hardly wait to see what Phase 3 consists of!  With a stability ball you do:

1) reverse crunches, with your lower back on an inflatable disk (which I happened to have! nice to use these for a change!)2) same thing3) reverse back extensions4) knee tucks (kind of like a pike)

5) reverse back extensions but with scissor legs6) single leg knee tucks - yeah, right, I stayed with the double!  HARD! 7) w/legs anchored to the wall, side crunches arms extended8) w/legs anchored to the wall, back extensions

9) crunches10) w/legs anchored to the wall, side crunches w/arms overhead11) w/legs anchored to the wall, back extensions w/ hips more forward12) crunches with arms overheadI will probably do some spinning this evening and end with a long yin yoga practice to stretch and open my tight hips.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!  Tomorrow I will finish up with Push Circuit 3, then one more set of push circuits and I'm in the lean phase!  Can hardly wait!  After that I hope to see Noel, my bodybuilder trainer, again for a couple of months before moving on to P90X and P90X+.

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HA!  You're already strong you Silly Woman!!!!  :)Keep up the excellent work !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!D

 

*L* well I still prefer cardio but I like that I'm getting defined now, which only comes from the heavy lifting   Looking forward to you Teena and Judy joining Stacey and I in CLX!  Stick with it - you'll love how strong you'll get!  I'm doing lunges with two 30 lb weights now, never thought that would be possible and now I need to get another 35 pounder because I can go up!

Someday I'll get to be as strong as Darcy.... someday... < dreams wistfully>

 

    , I can't believe you are in to strength training so much now!  I remember a time when you just did cardio....WOW, I think that's great.

Please don't come to Michigan and beat me up...ok?AWESOME wheel pose,                    Jen

Subject: round three of Push Circuit 2, Phase 2 of Swiss Ball Abs + pic of me attempting a Wheel Pose [1 Attachment]

To: exercisevideos Date: Saturday,

December 11, 2010, 4:41 PM

 

My friend Marina came over today and we fried our shoulders with ChaLEAN Extreme Push Circuit 2!  I went up from 20s to 30s on the single leg tap lunges.  Remember, in the Push Circuits you want to fail by the 8th rep, then you do 3 more super slow " extreme " reps that are around 16 counts up, 16 down:

standard overhead press - 15'ssingle leg lunge - 30'sstanding reverse flys - 9's standing arnold press- 15's +EXTREME

single leg deadlifts, love these!  - 20's +EXTREMEbent over lat raise - 10's +EXTREMEfrontal shoulder press - 15's +EXTREME

single leg tap lunges - 30's +EXTREMElateral delt raise - 12s +EXTREMENext we did phase 2 of Adam Ford's Swiss Ball Abs.  I can't say enough good things about this dvd!  Phase 2 had a different warmup, and the workout was harder than Phase 1.  Can hardly wait to see what Phase 3 consists of!  With a stability ball you do:

1) reverse crunches, with your lower back on an inflatable disk (which I happened to have! nice to use these for a change!)2) same thing3) reverse back extensions4) knee tucks (kind of like a pike)

5) reverse back extensions but with scissor legs6) single leg knee tucks - yeah, right, I stayed with the double!  HARD! 7) w/legs anchored to the wall, side crunches arms extended8) w/legs anchored to the wall, back extensions

9) crunches10) w/legs anchored to the wall, side crunches w/arms overhead11) w/legs anchored to the wall, back extensions w/ hips more forward12) crunches with arms overheadI will probably do some spinning this evening and end with a long yin yoga practice to stretch and open my tight hips.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!  Tomorrow I will finish up with Push Circuit 3, then one more set of push circuits and I'm in the lean phase!  Can hardly wait!  After that I hope to see Noel, my bodybuilder trainer, again for a couple of months before moving on to P90X and P90X+.

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Wow on the lunges with 30 lb weights!! I picked up a 20 at Walmart yesterday and was amazed at how heavy it was compared with my 15s. I can do biceps curls with 15s but couldn't lift the 20 for it. I could use it now for some leg and back exercises though so I've decided I just want one for now and can get a 2nd when I'm strong enough to do curls with 2 of them! I think I could use 2 for lunges but not sure I need to yet. Wow on the 30s again!

round three of Push Circuit 2, Phase 2 of Swiss Ball Abs + pic of me attempting a Wheel Pose [1 Attachment]To: exercisevideos Date: Saturday, December 11, 2010, 4:41 PM

My friend Marina came over today and we fried our shoulders with ChaLEAN Extreme Push Circuit 2! I went up from 20s to 30s on the single leg tap lunges. Remember, in the Push Circuits you want to fail by the 8th rep, then you do 3 more super slow "extreme" reps that are around 16 counts up, 16 down:standard overhead press - 15'ssingle leg lunge - 30'sstanding reverse flys - 9's standing arnold press- 15's +EXTREMEsingle leg deadlifts, love these! - 20's +EXTREMEbent over lat raise - 10's +EXTREMEfrontal shoulder press - 15's +EXTREMEsingle leg tap lunges - 30's +EXTREMElateral delt raise - 12s +EXTREMENext we did phase 2 of Adam Ford's Swiss Ball Abs. I can't say enough good things about this dvd! Phase 2 had a different warmup, and the workout was harder than Phase 1. Can hardly wait to see what Phase 3 consists of! With a stability ball you do:1) reverse crunches, with your lower back on an inflatable disk (which I happened to have! nice to use these for a change!)2) same thing3) reverse back extensions4) knee tucks (kind of like a pike)5) reverse back extensions but with scissor legs6) single leg knee tucks - yeah, right, I stayed with the double! HARD! 7) w/legs anchored to the wall, side crunches arms extended8) w/legs anchored to the wall, back extensions9) crunches10) w/legs anchored to the wall, side crunches w/arms overhead11) w/legs anchored to the wall, back extensions w/ hips more forward12) crunches with arms overheadI will probably do some spinning this evening and end with a long yin yoga practice to stretch and open my tight hips.Hope everyone is having a great weekend! Tomorrow I will finish up with Push Circuit 3, then one more set of push circuits and I'm in the lean phase! Can hardly wait! After that I hope to see Noel, my bodybuilder trainer, again for a couple of months before moving on to P90X and P90X+.

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Thanks !  Remember though you're only doing 11 reps total (8 for the set, then 3 " extreme " ten seconds later)  so it's not like Body Pump or Jari Love where you're doing tons of reps.  Still, I must say that between CLX, Adam Ford and spinning my butt, hamstrings and abs are sore right now!   Cardio in the a.m. tomorrow, yoga in the pm.

Are you still doing Amy Bento this week?

 



Wow on the lunges with 30 lb weights!! I picked up a 20 at Walmart yesterday and was amazed at how heavy it was compared with my 15s. I can do biceps curls with 15s but couldn't lift the 20 for it. I could use it now for some leg and back exercises though so I've decided I just want one for now and can get a 2nd when I'm strong enough to do curls with 2 of them! I think I could use 2 for lunges but not sure I need to yet. Wow on the 30s again!

 

 

round three of Push Circuit 2, Phase 2 of Swiss Ball Abs + pic of me attempting a Wheel Pose [1 Attachment]To: exercisevideos Date: Saturday, December 11, 2010, 4:41 PM

 

My friend Marina came over today and we fried our shoulders with ChaLEAN Extreme Push Circuit 2!  I went up from 20s to 30s on the single leg tap lunges.  Remember, in the Push Circuits you want to fail by the 8th rep, then you do 3 more super slow " extreme " reps that are around 16 counts up, 16 down:standard overhead press - 15'ssingle leg lunge - 30'sstanding reverse flys - 9's standing arnold press- 15's +EXTREMEsingle leg deadlifts, love these!  - 20's +EXTREMEbent over lat raise - 10's +EXTREMEfrontal shoulder press - 15's +EXTREMEsingle leg tap lunges - 30's +EXTREMElateral delt raise - 12s +EXTREMENext we did phase 2 of Adam Ford's Swiss Ball Abs.  I can't say enough good things about this dvd!  Phase 2 had a different warmup, and the workout was harder than Phase 1.  Can hardly wait to see what Phase 3 consists of!  With a stability ball you do:1) reverse crunches, with your lower back on an inflatable disk (which I happened to have! nice to use these for a change!)2) same thing3) reverse back extensions4) knee tucks (kind of like a pike)5) reverse back extensions but with scissor legs6) single leg knee tucks - yeah, right, I stayed with the double!  HARD! 7) w/legs anchored to the wall, side crunches arms extended8) w/legs anchored to the wall, back extensions9) crunches10) w/legs anchored to the wall, side crunches w/arms overhead11) w/legs anchored to the wall, back extensions w/ hips more forward12) crunches with arms overheadI will probably do some spinning this evening and end with a long yin yoga practice to stretch and open my tight hips.Hope everyone is having a great weekend!  Tomorrow I will finish up with Push Circuit 3, then one more set of push circuits and I'm in the lean phase!  Can hardly wait!  After that I hope to see Noel, my bodybuilder trainer, again for a couple of months before moving on to P90X and P90X+.

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That's true, I didn't think of the reps. I could probably do that with 20s but I don't know if I could even hold 30s for long! :-) I'm working on it though!

I'm going to do the legs split from Slo-Mo tomorrrow (was supposed to do it today but got caught up with Christmas baking & decorating) and possibly the core workout too. If I don't do the core workout then I'll add it onto a cardio day during the week. Then I think I'll be done with that DVD. I'm going to switch gears totally for the rest of the week too and probably next week and do some Jari Love workouts for strength, to get a better sense of the contrast between the slow & heavy style and Jari's style (endurance?). I haven't done Jari in a long time. Haven't felt up to it until I challenged myself with Cathe's slow & heavy series and now these Amy Bento workouts and I've got a few Jari's I've had for much too long without taking off the plastic. So, unless I get sick of it, I'm challenging myself to do 2 or 3 Jari's a week until I get through all of hers that I have (and I think I have all but the last 2).

round three of Push Circuit 2, Phase 2 of Swiss Ball Abs + pic of me attempting a Wheel Pose [1 Attachment]To: exercisevideos Date: Saturday, December 11, 2010, 4:41 PM

My friend Marina came over today and we fried our shoulders with ChaLEAN Extreme Push Circuit 2! I went up from 20s to 30s on the single leg tap lunges. Remember, in the Push Circuits you want to fail by the 8th rep, then you do 3 more super slow "extreme" reps that are around 16 counts up, 16 down:standard overhead press - 15'ssingle leg lunge - 30'sstanding reverse flys - 9's standing arnold press- 15's +EXTREMEsingle leg deadlifts, love these! - 20's +EXTREMEbent over lat raise - 10's +EXTREMEfrontal shoulder press - 15's +EXTREMEsingle leg tap lunges - 30's +EXTREMElateral delt raise - 12s +EXTREMENext we did phase 2 of Adam Ford's Swiss Ball Abs. I can't say enough good things about this dvd! Phase 2 had a different warmup, and the workout was harder than Phase 1. Can hardly wait to see what Phase 3 consists of! With a stability ball you do:1) reverse crunches, with your lower back on an inflatable disk (which I happened to have! nice to use these for a change!)2) same thing3) reverse back extensions4) knee tucks (kind of like a pike)5) reverse back extensions but with scissor legs6) single leg knee tucks - yeah, right, I stayed with the double! HARD! 7) w/legs anchored to the wall, side crunches arms extended8) w/legs anchored to the wall, back extensions9) crunches10) w/legs anchored to the wall, side crunches w/arms overhead11) w/legs anchored to the wall, back extensions w/ hips more forward12) crunches with arms overheadI will probably do some spinning this evening and end with a long yin yoga practice to stretch and open my tight hips.Hope everyone is having a great weekend! Tomorrow I will finish up with Push Circuit 3, then one more set of push circuits and I'm in the lean phase! Can hardly wait! After that I hope to see Noel, my bodybuilder trainer, again for a couple of months before moving on to P90X and P90X+.

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I love CLX, great workout!! I need to pull those out of the library and get

another round in. Great job getting that done and I love the back bend photo

you posted, super flexible girl you..

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> My friend Marina came over today and we fried our shoulders with ChaLEAN

> Extreme Push Circuit 2! I went up from 20s to 30s on the single leg tap

> lunges. Remember, in the Push Circuits you want to fail by the 8th rep,

> then you do 3 more super slow " extreme " reps that are around 16 counts up,

> 16 down:

>

>

> standard overhead press - 15's

> single leg lunge - 30's

> standing reverse flys - 9's

> standing arnold press- 15's +EXTREME

> single leg deadlifts, love these! - 20's +EXTREME

> bent over lat raise - 10's +EXTREME

> frontal shoulder press - 15's +EXTREME

> single leg tap lunges - 30's +EXTREME

> lateral delt raise - 12s +EXTREME

>

> Next we did phase 2 of Adam Ford's Swiss Ball Abs. I can't say enough good

> things about this dvd! Phase 2 had a different warmup, and the workout was

> harder than Phase 1. Can hardly wait to see what Phase 3 consists of! With

> a stability ball you do:

>

> 1) reverse crunches, with your lower back on an inflatable disk (which I

> happened to have! nice to use these for a change!)

> 2) same thing

> 3) reverse back extensions

>

> 4) knee tucks (kind of like a pike)

> 5) reverse back extensions but with scissor legs

> 6) single leg knee tucks - yeah, right, I stayed with the double! HARD!

>

> 7) w/legs anchored to the wall, side crunches arms extended

> 8) w/legs anchored to the wall, back extensions

> 9) crunches

>

> 10) w/legs anchored to the wall, side crunches w/arms overhead

> 11) w/legs anchored to the wall, back extensions w/ hips more forward

> 12) crunches with arms overhead

>

> I will probably do some spinning this evening and end with a long yin yoga

> practice to stretch and open my tight hips.

>

> Hope everyone is having a great weekend! Tomorrow I will finish up with

> Push Circuit 3, then one more set of push circuits and I'm in the lean

> phase! Can hardly wait! After that I hope to see Noel, my bodybuilder

> trainer, again for a couple of months before moving on to P90X and P90X+.

>

>

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