Re: the firm and taebo//LISA

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hi lisa!

my rotation starting january 6th with the firms BSS2 looks like this:

Tuesdays - the firm Complete Aerobics and Weight Training

Wednesdays - aerobic stepping (my husband just made me a full sized

bench..yay!)

Thursdays - the firm TOTAL SCULPT plus ABS

Fridays - Taebo

Saturdays - FIRM ABS and a 30 minute stretch

Sundays - the firm MAX CARDIO BURN

Mondays - 3 or 4 mile walk

this rotation really concentrates on cardio... my toning is coming along ok

but i need to get rid of this fat that is hanging off of my muscles!

so this is 5 days of cardio and 2 days of strength training. 7 workouts a

week! wheew!! i will be tired and sore but i have to just push through and

keep up to my schedule. however i dont recommend that you do this ....

you need to rest, especially if you are just starting out with strength

training. listen to your body... if you are sore and exhausted then get

thee into a hot bath with some epsom salts (i do that ALOT!) oh and also i

bought an inexpensive hand-held massager thingy... wow! a hot bath and a

massage with that thing really fixes the muscles up great!

in february i will be doing another SLIM SERIES rotation and im not allowed

to do any other training while im doing that. it is 6 days a week of

endurance training... light weights, high reps and fast. cardio is built

into the training because it is so fast.

in March i will be doing the BSS2 again in some rotation (using heavier

weights than the slim series)... if i like the one in january then i will

just do that one again. i will definately be doing taebo in conjunction

with the firm again.

oh! and also there is a fabulous FIRM egroup at

irmies4life -- please join and post your firm workouts

there if you would like.

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Carolyn

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> > Hi Carolyn, I'm doing the Firm 2 system too!! I did it for the

> first time on Jan. 1st and I feel like someone beat my legs with a

> bag of coins over and over. I didnt feel it right away. As a matter

> of fact I did the whole " Total Sculpt " and felt good the rest of the

> day. But when I woke up the next day, Oh my GOD!! The rotation

> calender that it comes with says to do a workout every other day.

> Well I'm going to have to skip 2 days and rest then do another one.

> But I'm very determined so I will continue it. I'm very new to

> weights so I'm learning. Please let me know how you do!! What day

> are you starting??

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> oh! and also there is a fabulous FIRM egroup at

> irmies4life -- please join and post your firm workouts

> there if you would like.

sorry, there is a typo there... that should be FIRMIES4LIFEYAHOOGROUPS (DOT) COM

-carolyn.

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> > oh! and also there is a fabulous FIRM egroup at

> > irmies4life -- please join and post your firm

workouts

> > there if you would like.

>

> sorry, there is a typo there... that should be FIRMIES4LIFE@Y...

> -carolyn.

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Carolyn, I just want to thank you so much for the info. When you

first started did you feel this much pain? ON a scale of 1 to 10,

(with 10 being you cant walk) I feel about a 7. My entire thighs all

the way around are in PAIN! When you're first starting should you

wait until you have absolutely no more pain or can you keep going

with a little bit of soreness as long as you are able to do the

workout? Can you offer any advice on that? I'm going to go to the

website you suggested too. Thanks so much!!

M

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> Carolyn, I just want to thank you so much for the info. When you

> first started did you feel this much pain?

hi lisa -

oh yah baby ive had my fair share of workout pain!

while excessive pain is a message from your body that you must listen to, i

dont mind a bit of DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) after i workout

because then i know that ive actually done something that is effective.

in a way i kind of like it sounds crazy i know.

the good thing about this excessive pain that you are feeling is that it

will go away!! LOL

hang in there... i responded to your post about this over on firmies4life

so i wont repeat myself here.

-carolyn.

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