Get Extremely Ripped 1000/Day Off

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Hello everyone!

Okay, I'm trying to enjoy a day off. I did do some paperwork early this morning before the kids went to school (finished just after Miriam's bus pulled out) and since then I've been doing my own thing so far. Right now, for example, after a wonderful workout, relaxing shower with only a scented candle for light and moisturizing myself with body butter aftewards (I rarely take the time for that), I am now watching last night's episode of Project Runway (my guilty pleasure TV show). Ahhh. Not sure what is next besides lunch (left over "The Whole Enchilada Chicken Soup" from www.hungrygirl.com and salad). Scented candle is still going, DH can't stand them so it will be extinguished later today, but for now, I'm enjoying it alone.

My last (probably) workout for the week was Jari Love's Get Extremely Ripped 1000. It was a virgin for me. I watched some of it yesterday and it looked fun. There is what Jari calls a tribal beat throughout and I liked that. They also had animal print (leopard?) outfits but the women's tops were odd looking to me. Jari wore a sports bra in the same print. It looked more attractive on her than the others style. Theirs seemed to accentuate the fact that none of them had hardly any breasts or really much in the way of curves. Just not attractive (to me) but not exactly important! They were quite ripped though! Anyway, watching and doing are, as always, totally different. It was not quite as fun as I was expecting (probably because it was a lot harder to do than to watch!) but it was still very good. I used a step platform but no risers and that was plenty for me. I followed the level 3 exercisers for most of the workout but for some, I had to drop to level 2. There was a long interval of jumping jacks and I took really quick breaks during those. I didn't have the cardio stamina at that point in the workout (or possibly even fresh) but it wasn't bothering my physically other than that. I went a little lower than Jari on the weight intervals and that seemed good for me, I couldn't keep up with the speed and number of reps with her weights. I liked the 30 seconds left timer but would have liked one more like the Beachbody timers that show you time left for the entire exercise. That would have helped me get through the cardio intervals with more power (I was holding back sometimes because I didn't know how to pace myself).

I did the entire 81 minute workout, including the core section (which were okay, not great, and I did all the pushups on my knees). I was dreading this workout big time. I knew I could do either half of the main workout as a 30 minute workout (and saw on the menu there's also cardio only, weights only and pushups/abs premixes too) but I wanted the challenge of doing the entire thing at once. It was much more challenging than I was expecting, by 60 minutes I was definitely ready to be done, but I pushed on to the end. The last cardio interval was skaters, which I really like doing and I was able to get excited and put a lot of energy into it despite my fatigue. It was, overall, a really good workout but I am so tired. I didn't have a ton of energy going into it and now I feel drained. I think it was probably a bit much for me at level 3 and maybe I should have pulled back a bit. Maybe next time because there will be a next time. I definitely liked it.

Time for lunch!