Cathe, Tanji, and Amy

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This week's focus is heavy weights (8-10 reps) and higher intensity cardio.

Monday called for back and biceps, along wth 25 min of cardio at 85% of your max

heart rate.

I went with Cathe's Pure Strength, using the back, biceps, and stretch segments.

It's been a while since I've used that one, and it's perfect for heavying up

since the reps are right around 10 per set. Plus she does t-bar rows - one of my

favorites that I don't do enough of. :-D I followed that with 30 min on the

stepper, using the cardio program to keep my heart rate at 85%. Ugh, that was

tough! I think I'll be going back to my elliptical and tmill for a while and

trying that again in a few weeks to see if it gets any easier, lol.

Tuesday was quads, abs, and flexibility training - no cardio today, hooray!

After a short warm up on the elliptical, I did an audio workout for quads:

http://www.amazon.com/Strong-Quads-with-Tanji-/dp/B002TZNSTE/

To save time, I didn't do the walking lunges, but since they are only like 6

minutes, I probably should have, heh. Tanji does pyramids with the weights,

increasing the load and decreasing the reps, but I went heavier and kept the

reps at 8-10. I followed that with abs workout #2 (15 min) and stretch #2 (15

min) from Amy Bento's Abs and Stretch. The abs workout was kinda fun since it

uses a stability ball for a lot of the exercises, and I like nearly all ball

work. The stretch is pretty much all floor work and she uses a resistance band,

but I used a strap. It was a decent stretch for me, but felt like it hit the

hamstrings a lot more than the quads and didn't do a lot for the upper body.

Afterwards I looked at stretch #1 though (which is done mostly standing), and it

didn't look like it hit the hamstrings any more or less than #2, so I guess

that's just how the stretch is. Ah, well.

Have a nice night, all!

Sara

[Guest guest]

Wow, this is so cool how carefully you have all this planned and how great you are doing with it, Sara!! Way to go!!!

Cathe, Tanji, and Amy

This week's focus is heavy weights (8-10 reps) and higher intensity cardio. Monday called for back and biceps, along wth 25 min of cardio at 85% of your max heart rate.I went with Cathe's Pure Strength, using the back, biceps, and stretch segments. It's been a while since I've used that one, and it's perfect for heavying up since the reps are right around 10 per set. Plus she does t-bar rows - one of my favorites that I don't do enough of. :-D I followed that with 30 min on the stepper, using the cardio program to keep my heart rate at 85%. Ugh, that was tough! I think I'll be going back to my elliptical and tmill for a while and trying that again in a few weeks to see if it gets any easier, lol.Tuesday was quads, abs, and flexibility training - no cardio today, hooray! After a short warm up on the elliptical, I did an audio workout for quads: http://www.amazon.com/Strong-Quads-with-Tanji-/dp/B002TZNSTE/To save time, I didn't do the walking lunges, but since they are only like 6 minutes, I probably should have, heh. Tanji does pyramids with the weights, increasing the load and decreasing the reps, but I went heavier and kept the reps at 8-10. I followed that with abs workout #2 (15 min) and stretch #2 (15 min) from Amy Bento's Abs and Stretch. The abs workout was kinda fun since it uses a stability ball for a lot of the exercises, and I like nearly all ball work. The stretch is pretty much all floor work and she uses a resistance band, but I used a strap. It was a decent stretch for me, but felt like it hit the hamstrings a lot more than the quads and didn't do a lot for the upper body. Afterwards I looked at stretch #1 though (which is done mostly standing), and it didn't look like it hit the hamstrings any more or less than #2, so I guess that's just how the stretch is. Ah, well. Have a nice night, all!Sara

[Guest guest]

Wow, this is so cool how carefully you have all this planned and how great you are doing with it, Sara!! Way to go!!!

Cathe, Tanji, and Amy

This week's focus is heavy weights (8-10 reps) and higher intensity cardio. Monday called for back and biceps, along wth 25 min of cardio at 85% of your max heart rate.I went with Cathe's Pure Strength, using the back, biceps, and stretch segments. It's been a while since I've used that one, and it's perfect for heavying up since the reps are right around 10 per set. Plus she does t-bar rows - one of my favorites that I don't do enough of. :-D I followed that with 30 min on the stepper, using the cardio program to keep my heart rate at 85%. Ugh, that was tough! I think I'll be going back to my elliptical and tmill for a while and trying that again in a few weeks to see if it gets any easier, lol.Tuesday was quads, abs, and flexibility training - no cardio today, hooray! After a short warm up on the elliptical, I did an audio workout for quads: http://www.amazon.com/Strong-Quads-with-Tanji-/dp/B002TZNSTE/To save time, I didn't do the walking lunges, but since they are only like 6 minutes, I probably should have, heh. Tanji does pyramids with the weights, increasing the load and decreasing the reps, but I went heavier and kept the reps at 8-10. I followed that with abs workout #2 (15 min) and stretch #2 (15 min) from Amy Bento's Abs and Stretch. The abs workout was kinda fun since it uses a stability ball for a lot of the exercises, and I like nearly all ball work. The stretch is pretty much all floor work and she uses a resistance band, but I used a strap. It was a decent stretch for me, but felt like it hit the hamstrings a lot more than the quads and didn't do a lot for the upper body. Afterwards I looked at stretch #1 though (which is done mostly standing), and it didn't look like it hit the hamstrings any more or less than #2, so I guess that's just how the stretch is. Ah, well. Have a nice night, all!Sara