Re: beachbody (les mills) pump: pump challenge

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Ugh, that is disappointing!!Congrats on your steps!!!Donna

Subject: beachbody (les mills) pump: pump challengeTo: "ExercisevideosYahoogroups (DOT) Com" <exercisevideos >Date: Monday, May 28, 2012, 11:18 AM

so i finally convinced myself that i need to formally workout my upper body with weights. ive been leaving it alone due to sore ribs and concentrating on endurance in the lower body. i have been successful with the lower body, but i am concerned about losing too much muscle in the upper body. so i think that i can do some high rep/light weight training.... the legs can certainly take it.i put in 20 minute beachbody pump 'pump challenge'. not sure why they call it that, it is not a challenge at all, but is mainly an instructional workout for real beginners. an introduction to the les mills method i guess. squats, lunges, deadlifts with rows, chest press, triceps press, shoulder flies, clean & press. one combo of front shoulder raise on one side, other arm is doing side raise. nothing was done for very long and there was lots of talking.... basically a demonstration of the different

tempos that les mills uses and how they like to combine moves, the music they use and what the instructors are like.no warmup, no cooldown, no abs, and the schedule they provide wants me to do this 3 times this week! LOLOL. maybe i will do it one more time, with a bit heavier weights, to build confidence before moving on. also there is a rest day scheduled for tomorrow! LOLOL. nope, dont need a rest day after doing that workout. the funny thing is, there is another 'workout' they provide called 'basics' which is similar, but there is no music... it is all talking about the barbell and how to do basic exercises. so both of those are not useful to me... i hate how sets brag that they contain x number of dvds and then two of them contain footage like this.i dont have a barbell so i just used dumbells which is fine. rachael from the UK is in this so that makes me happy. dan is in some

of these workouts too... dan and rachael are the les mills body combat program directors and are awesome together. unfortunately ive heard that they were married but have divorced. however they still work together for les mills doing body combat and other programs.tonight i hope to walk and then do a les mills 'body balance' routine, as per the BB pump rotation. i can knock off a whole week of their plan in 2 days, it is so beginner. next week schedule looks better.i tweaked my right ribs a bit at work yesterday... cutting through the rind on a cold slab of parmesan. i realized that my form was bad and it was better when i kept my elbow close to my body. i also think i should stand on something to make myself taller and get a better angle when i do that. live and learn!:*carolyn.

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Thanks for being the first to report in on the BB version of BP, Cola Pop!  I'm bummed to hear that Dan and got divorced   they are so cute together on stage, and hopefully they still can be. Working out ALWAYS improves my mood.  I work out more for the mental health benefits than anything.   I'm sorry to hear DH is still being a turd and that you sound blue. 

Hugs,

 

Ugh, that is disappointing!!Congrats on your steps!!!Donna

Subject: beachbody (les mills) pump: pump challenge

To: " ExercisevideosYahoogroups (DOT) Com " <exercisevideos >Date: Monday, May 28, 2012, 11:18 AM

 

so i finally convinced myself that i need to formally workout my upper body with weights. ive been leaving it alone due to sore ribs and concentrating on endurance in the lower body. i have been successful with the lower body, but i am concerned about

losing too much muscle in the upper body. so i think that i can do some high rep/light weight training.... the legs can certainly take it.i put in 20 minute beachbody pump 'pump challenge'. not sure

why they call it that, it is not a challenge at all, but is mainly an instructional workout for real beginners. an introduction to the les mills method i guess. squats, lunges, deadlifts with rows, chest press, triceps press, shoulder flies,

clean & press. one combo of front shoulder raise on one side, other arm is doing side raise. nothing was done for very long and there was lots of talking.... basically a demonstration of the different

tempos that les mills uses and how they like to combine moves, the music they use and what the instructors are like.no warmup, no cooldown, no abs, and the schedule they provide wants me to do this 3 times this week! LOLOL. maybe i will do

it one more time, with a bit heavier weights, to build confidence before moving on. also there is a rest day scheduled for tomorrow! LOLOL. nope, dont need a rest day after doing that workout. the funny thing is, there is another 'workout' they

provide called 'basics' which is similar, but there is no music... it is all talking about the barbell and how to do basic exercises. so both of those are not useful to me... i hate how sets brag that they contain x number of dvds and then two of them

contain footage like this.i dont have a barbell so i just used dumbells which is fine. rachael from the UK is in this so that makes me happy. dan is in some

of these workouts too... dan and rachael are the les mills body combat program directors and are awesome together. unfortunately ive heard that they were married but have divorced. however they still work together for les mills doing body

combat and other programs.tonight i hope to walk and then do a les mills 'body balance' routine, as per the BB pump rotation. i can knock off a whole week of their plan in 2 days, it is so beginner. next week

schedule looks better.i tweaked my right ribs a bit at work yesterday... cutting through the rind on a cold slab of parmesan. i realized that my form was bad and it was better when i kept my elbow close to my

body. i also think i should stand on something to make myself taller and get a better angle when i do that. live and learn!:*carolyn.

[Guest guest]

Sorry to hear this was so disappointing, Carolyn. Good for you to realize too what you did when you tweaked your ribs and making a plan to correct. I hope it works wel!

beachbody (les mills) pump: pump challenge

so i finally convinced myself that i need to formally workout my upper body with weights. ive been leaving it alone due to sore ribs and concentrating on endurance in the lower body. i have been successful with the lower body, but i am concerned about losing too much muscle in the upper body. so i think that i can do some high rep/light weight training.... the legs can certainly take it.i put in 20 minute beachbody pump 'pump challenge'. not sure why they call it that, it is not a challenge at all, but is mainly an instructional workout for real beginners. an introduction to the les mills method i guess. squats, lunges, deadlifts with rows, chest press, triceps press, shoulder flies, clean & press. one combo of front shoulder raise on one side, other arm is doing side raise. nothing was done for very long and there was lots of talking.... basically a demonstration of the different tempos that les mills uses and how they like to combine moves, the music they use and what the instructors are like.no warmup, no cooldown, no abs, and the schedule they provide wants me to do this 3 times this week! LOLOL. maybe i will do it one more time, with a bit heavier weights, to build confidence before moving on. also there is a rest day scheduled for tomorrow! LOLOL. nope, dont need a rest day after doing that workout. the funny thing is, there is another 'workout' they provide called 'basics' which is similar, but there is no music... it is all talking about the barbell and how to do basic exercises. so both of those are not useful to me... i hate how sets brag that they contain x number of dvds and then two of them contain footage like this.i dont have a barbell so i just used dumbells which is fine. rachael from the UK is in this so that makes me happy. dan is in some of these workouts too... dan and rachael are the les mills body combat program directors and are awesome together. unfortunately ive heard that they were married but have divorced. however they still work together for les mills doing body combat and other programs.tonight i hope to walk and then do a les mills 'body balance' routine, as per the BB pump rotation. i can knock off a whole week of their plan in 2 days, it is so beginner. next week schedule looks better.i tweaked my right ribs a bit at work yesterday... cutting through the rind on a cold slab of parmesan. i realized that my form was bad and it was better when i kept my elbow close to my body. i also think i should stand on something to make myself taller and get a better angle when i do that. live and learn!:*carolyn.

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so i finally convinced myself that i need to formally workout my upper body with weights

Glad you got a workout in, Carolyn. Good for you!!

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>I'm bummed to hear that Dan and got divorced

> they are so cute together on stage, and hopefully they still

> can be.

according to people on the les mills board dan and rachael are

still working together and doing interviews together, etc. they

have such chemistry, i can totally see them being married. they

are still putting out new body combat releases and apparently

they still interact on stage like nothing ever happened. i am

so glad, they are totally my favourites

:*c.

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> Sorry to hear this was so disappointing, Carolyn.

oh well, the next workout in the set will be better. the two

intro videos are filmed in a studio, but i peeked at the next one

and it is filmed in the usual les mills style with a stage and

with a class doing the workout.

>Good for you to

> realize too what you did when you tweaked your ribs and making a

> plan to correct.

thanks, i expect that i caused rib probs cutting parmesan wheels

before but i didnt realize it at the time. this time i

recognized it right away and didnt do any damage (i felt sore for

the rest of the day but it feels much better today). i need to

be very careful, any wrong move can set it off and i have no

meds...ugh!

:*carolyn.