Yeah... Tomorrow is Friday!!!

Yeah, tomorrow is Friday. So happy the weekend is near.

Well, this morning was cardio and I did the warm-up and Cardio Only premix from the original Bootcamp and followed that with Cardio Core Circuit (I skipped the warm up in CCC).  So yesterday my legs were still a little sore from STS Total Body on Monday and then yesterday High Reps.....needless to say my legs and glutes were still sore today.  The blasts in Cardio Core Circuit were a little tough on the legs but I made it through. It was a tough workout today but it felt great.  I pushed myself and did it!!   I love this workout! I love the cardio blasts and if you think you're going to get a break with the core work, you are mistaken.

So, how did you do today... did you kick some butt??!?!??!?!

Just remember just because the weekend is coming doesn't mean you can slack off. If anything, you should have more time to work harder and longer.  Come on.. I dare you!!! :-)

Until next time!

Wednesday was the day for High Reps

Happy Wednesday!!  We're half way through the week. Yeah.. couple more days and the weekend is here!!

I started my Wednesday out with High Reps. I was concerned how I was going to do because my legs and glutes were still sore from STS Total Body. I had a pretty workout.  The leg work was a little difficult, especially the squats. I pushed them out and did the best I could.  The other thing I had a tough time with was the push ups.  I started out strong and then we did chest flys and I went heavier then what Cathe suggested and then we had another round of push-ups and I had to break down and go to my knees.  Yeah, I'll be feeling this tomorrow.  I love this workout though.  My list of Cathe favs keeps growing. :-)

How was your workout?  Did you push yourself to go longer or harder?  Come on, you know you can do it!!

Keep the sweat rolling!

Intensity Tuesday!!

Hi my followers!

Today I woke up at 2am ready and raring to go... but if I would have gotten up at 2am to workout I think my dear husband would have crowned me.  I stayed in bed for another hour and got up at my normal 3am. Got myself situated and headed down to my basement to get my workout in. 

I happily put in Cathe's Intensity.  I just so love this workout.  My legs and butt were sore from STS Total Body on Monday but I gave it my all and did pretty good. At least it seemed like it anyway. :-)  As much as I love this workout, I'm still not a fan of air jacks.  I love to hate them.  They are hard for me but man do they get my heart rate up there.  Those and jump tucks. 

I want to thank those of you that are leaving comments.  I love hearing from you and what your workouts are and how they are going.  Keep it up, please!!

What did you do today for your workout?  Did you push yourself?   Come on, you know you can do it!!

Keep pushing and keep moving!

Until next time!!

Happy Monday

Hi!!
I put my rotation together for the week.  Today was Cathe's STS Total Body. If you've never done this workout before, I highly recommend that you do.  This is an excellent overall Total  Body workout.  The tri-sets really work the muscles good. One thing that I would find very beneficial is if you write down what weights you used for each exercise.  It would be good for a few reasons.  One you know where you started and will easily be able to see your improvements as time progresses; second it will make your workout smoother knowing what weights to use.

Did you get your workout in today? If not.... what are you waiting for... come on and get moving. 

If you're feeling things are tough, don't give up.  You can do it!!   I know everyone has there days when they really don't feel like working out but tell yourself you can do it.  Once you get started and get moving it'll get better and before you know it the workout will be done and you'll feel so much better that you did workout.

Keep moving!!

Finished the week off with.......

On Friday I changed things up a bit and instead of doing the High Impact Step from the 4DS, I did Cathe's HiiT Pyramid workout and followed that with all combos and cool down from HIS and then went into the Chest and Back workout from the 4DS.  Had a great workout. I pushed it a little harder on the weights and I felt it on Saturday. 

Saturday for my last workout day of the week I did Cardio Coach Press Play on the elliptical and got in 10.6 miles.  I absolutely love that workout.  Granted I push harder then what he tells us to but it's all good.
:-)

I have today to figure out what my rotation is going to be for next week.  I'll figure it out. 

Friday night I did start previewing Insanity.  OMG!!  Not sure when I'm going to start that rotation.  Should be interesting.  Looking forward to it though.

What have your workouts been the last few days.  Just because the weekend is here, I hope your not slacking off.   Come on, get up and get moving!  Spring is coming and I know you want to look good in those shorts and spring dresses.

Keep moving and enjoy the rest of your Sunday!!

4DS Bootcamp, Biceps, & Triceps and Kickbox Extreme

So my workout yesterday was Cathe's 4 Day Split Bootcamp, biceps, and triceps.  Love this workout. I really love Bootcamp. The Bootcamp is the cardio and we do drills with short rests in between. The drills are fun. They are short but they get your hear rate up there.  Then we follow with an awesome bicep and tricep workout.  The arms were tired by the time I was done. 

Today I had all cardio and I decided to change things up a bit and did Amy Bento's Kickbox Extreme.  In this workout she does 5 kickboxing combos with intervals after each combo.  It's a fun workout with a good combination of punches, kicks, jumps.  Love it!!! Cathe's still my fav but I do really like some of Amy's workouts too.

Guess what... I got it... finally... I got INSANITY!!!  It arrived yesterday.  I need to watch the one DVD and the first workout of it is the fit test.  That should be interesting.   Can't wait to preview the DVD's and get started.  You will get to share the experience with me. YEAH!!!!

Who worked out today?  What did you do?   Please share it with me. :-)

Yeah tomorrow is Friday!! 

Have a great night!!

4 Day Split Kickbox, Legs, and Abs

Today I did 4 Day Split Kickbox, Legs, and abs. We had a little over a 1/2 hr of kickboxing, which I love and then a great leg workout. I went heavier then I usually do on some exercises.  My glutes were already feeling it today. The leg workout in this DVD is a great overall workout.  This is the one she does the low plane lunges in that I love to hate so much. :-)  Those get me in the glutes really good. Then we finish off with a good ab workout and a well deserved stretch.

Is anyone out there.... what was your workout today?  I had one comment yesterday which was great to see.

Get up off that couch and get moving!!

Didn't work out today... don't beat yourself up over it, tomorrow is another day.  Don't let me down... get that workout in.

Keep moving!!

HiiT 30/30 with 4DS Shoulders, Calves, and Core

This week I decided to do Cathe's 4 Day Split but with a little change in the cardio on two of the days. 

This morning I did HiiT (High Intensity Interval Training) 30/30 (30 second blast with 30 seconds rest) followed with shoulders, calves, and core from 4 Day Split.  The original cardio that is with this workout is Low Impact Step.  The LIS is fun but I wanted more of a calorie burn for the 1/2 hr of cardio.  Had a great cardio workout and the shoulder work in 4DS is really good. She's works them really hard in that last 1/2 hr.  She doesn't do one exercise then rest and then another.  We do pyramid, isolation, supersets, double trouble, and finish off with a good burn with the band work.  For those of you that never heard of double trouble, we do two different shoulder exercises back to back (basically a superset) and then repeat a second time (double trouble). 

You'll have to wait and see what the rest of the week brings.

How was your workout today?  What did you do?  Don't leave me hanging, I'd love to hear from you.

Come on.. get off that couch and get moving!!!

The End of Another Week

I need to catch up on the last few days.  Thursday I did Cardio Coach 7 and got in 10 miles on the elliptical.  Legs were a little sore from Pyramid Lower Body but still did pretty good.

Friday I did Pyramid Upper Body.  Same concept as Lower Body.  With the upper body we did two exercises for each area (i.e., chest we did a chest fly followed with a chest press).  The only rest we got in between set was to pick up the next weight. I hadn't done this workout in a long time and I forgot to print out the weights I used last time I did the workout so I went with what I thought. By the time I got done with this workout, my upper body was completely spent.  My muscles were completely exhausted.  I new I was going to be feeling it on Saturday.  Saturday morning one of my cats decided to crawl on top of my chest bright and early in the morning and ouch!!! Every muscle in my upper body was sore but a good sore. 

Saturday I finished my week with Amy Bento's Advanced Step Challenge 2.  As much as I love Cathe, I do like to change it up from time to time.  I like Amy Bento too.  ASC2 is a great cardio workout and it's fun. I did one of her premixes that last 71 min.  In ASC2 we did combo 1 and then combo 2, then combo 1 & 2 together.  Then we move onto comb 3 (which is very athletic) and then combo 4, then we do combo 3 & 4 together.  Then on this premix we mix in the Power Up blasts after combo 4.  Then we do combo 5 and finally finish by putting all the combos together.  Talk about getting the heart rate going.  It took me a few times to get this workout down (the choreography is more complex) but once I did, it is very fun.

Today is my rest day.  I need to figure out what I'm going to do for workouts next week. 

What did you do for workouts the last few days?   I hope you weren't slacking off.  Don't disappoint me. :-)

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!!

Bootcamp Cardio and Pyramid Lower Body

Hello Followers,

Today I did the original Bootcamp cardio only, which for those of you that aren't familiar with Cathe's workouts is a short cardio blast.  In the original Bootcamp she does a warm up and then 1 minute of cardio, weights, and then abs and repeats that 8 times.  The cardio premix is the warm up with the 8 cardio blasts.  Don't think those 8 minutes are easy.  The blasts are tough, some aren't as tough as others but you don't have much of a rest in between blasts unless you pause the DVD.  I followed that with Pyramid Lower Body.  The workout is 51 min and consists of warm up and then a weight section.  You start with a lighter weight and do 12 reps, increase the weight and do 10 reps, increase the weight more and do 8 reps and then go back down the pyramid using the weight you used for 10 reps and then the weight you used for 12 reps.  We do 5 different lower body exercises and then we do calf raises. Then we go to floor work to do work the glutes and hamstrings more.  If you work hard and push yourself your legs will be spent.  My legs were spent especially after doing the Bootcamp cardio first.

What was your workout today?  You haven't workout out.. what are you waiting for..... get moving!! 

Exercise is a great stress reliever and just over all makes you feel better. 

Don't leave me out here all by myself... come on... workout with me!!  You don't have to do the same workouts as me but do some type of exercise and share it with me.   You want to, I know you do.

Keep moving!!

End of One Rotation and the Start of a New Week

Sorry followers it's been a few days. Last week I finished the rotation and on Friday I did Body Max 2 the first hour (excluded the upper body) part.  I love the step workout in Body Max 2.   Cathe has great music in this workout and the step routine is tough and very fun.  Saturday I finished the week off with Cardio Coach 7 - 10 miles on the elliptical.   End of a great week of workouts.

Over the weekend I didn't make the time to pick out a different rotation to do so this week I put my own workout week together.  Monday I started with Muscle Endurance which is a total body workout.  You want a muscle endurance workout, you will get one with this workout, hence the name she picked. Your legs get a really great workout with all the leg presses throughout the workout.  My hip flexors felt it today. 

This morning I wanted a tough cardio and I did Cathe's Intensity workout.  As I have said in previous blogs, this is one of my favorites.  I love the mix of step, bootcamp, HiiT, Low Impact Blasts.  The great music helps.  My legs were fatigued from yesterdays workout and I only got 5 hours of sleep so Intensity felt a tough this morning but I hung in there and did my best.  If you haven't tried this workout, you really should.  You'll love it!!

What's on my schedule for tomorrow.......hmmmm....... I guess you'll have to wait and see. :-)

What were your workouts that last few days?  Haven't started working out yet... what are you waiting for... come on get moving!!!  Sweat with me... I dare you!!

Keep moving!!

Meso 1 - Back and Triceps

Hello Followers!!

My Thursday workout was Back and Triceps from Cathe's STS Mesocycle 1.  I had a really good workout.  We went back and forth between exercises for the back and triceps and then she'll toss in there a superset going from one back exercise to another with very little rest in between exercises.  Then she toss in a drop set. My triceps and back were feeling it after I was done.  It was in STS that I finally started doing chin ups and pull ups.  Those are hard and I don't even do the hard version of them.  Having purchased Cathe's push/pull tower was a wonderful investment.  Not only are you able to use that for the bench press but it can also be used for chin ups and pull ups, along with using the bar for stretching.

Did you workout today? What did your workout consist of? 

No matter what kind of exercise you do or how long you do it... at least you're doing something!!  If you're not used to working out, start out with something and then gradually build on that. Don't be afraid to push yourself but also listen to your body.  If you are one of those people that think of "no pain, no gain".. be careful with that... their is good pain and bad pain.  Learn the difference. 

Have a great night and sleep well!

Power Max

Hi Followers!

This morning I had Power Max, which is one of Cathe's older step workouts.  She called it Power Max for a reason.  I remember when I first started doing step to Cathe.  I only used the 6" step.  As time went on, I started using the 8" step and found out how much of a difference that makes in the workout.  For me it made it harder which was a good thing.  I also need to careful because I noticed that if I do a lot of step on the 8" my knees and lower back start bothering me. I always do a variety of cardio so I'm not always doing step.  There are some workouts where I'll start with the 8" step and then go down to a 6" step about 1/2 way through.  She's got some of my old favorite songs in this workout. 

I know not all people were as excited about this as I was but Cathe Friedrich was inducted in the National Fitness Hall of Fame this past Saturday at Arnold's Festival.  I was/am so thrilled for her. She truly deserved it.

So, did you get your workout in today?  What did you do?  Did you get a good calorie burn?  Looking forward to hearing from you!!

Keep moving and sweatin!!

Plyo Legs and Chest, Shoulders, and Biceps

Hi my dear followers,

Monday my week started off with Plyo Legs from Meso #3.  I always love plyo legs.  Doing a weighted exercise followed by a plyometric move is an awesome leg workout and good cardio workout as well.  Did my legs and glutes feel it today... oh yes they did.  Moving from sitting to standing and walking was a little slow at first.  I had those one leg elevated lunges.  I love to hate those. :-)  They really get you where you want it to. 

Today my workout was Chest, Shoulders, and Biceps from Meso #1. I had a pretty good workout but this one felt a little harder then usual especially on shoulders and a little on the chest.  In Mesocycle 1 Cathe does so many variations of push-ups to work the chest muscles.  I was never big on doing push-ups until I started Cathe.  Once I built up the strength and got better at them, I love them.  They always seem to get my heart rate up there but when I push through them, I feel so strong and accomplished.  I always love working my biceps.  In Mesocycle #1 Cathe always tosses in those drop sets by starting out with a heavy weight doing 15 reps, lower the weight a little and do 12 reps, lower the weight a little again and finish off with 10 reps.  We only have 10 secs in between each set.  If you've never done drop sets before and don't know how they feel and really work the muscles, give it a try, I dare you. :-) 

What was your workout the last few days?  Did you have a good workouts?  Did you burn some calories with me?  I'd love to hear from you.

Keep moving!!

Meso 2 Chest, Shoulders, & Tri; 4DS Kickbox, and Cardio Coach Press Play

Hi All,

Sorry I haven't posted in the last few days.  On Thursday I had STS Meso 2 Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps.  I had a great workout.  Love mesocycle 2 where we burn out each muscle group before going onto the next.  If you're not familiar with this workout we have 4 different exercises for each body part we were working on and we started with one exercise and start with 12 reps, 10 reps, then 8 reps and some to failure.  We have the 1 min rest in between each set and then we go onto the next exercise.  We do all the chest exercises first, then shoulders, and last triceps. The muscles are definitely spent by the time you're done. I felt it the next day. 

Friday I had Cathe's 4 Day Split Kickboxing in its entirety which was approx 1/2 hr of cardio and then approx 1/2 hr of various leg exercises, abs, and a stretch. I know when I work the legs I usually get a little cardio action going. In this workout she does those low plane lunges.  Those really get my legs shaking. Always glad when those are done with.  I had fun with that workout and it felt great.

My last workout of the week ended with Cardio Coach Press Play on the elliptical.  Got in 10.5 miles in an hour.  I was supposed to do 4DS Bootcamp (cardio only) by my left knee and hip where bothering me so I thought doing the elliptical would be a easier on it and less impact.  Thankfully it feels better today so I must have made the right decision.

Today is my rest day and next week is the last week of this rotation.  Then I'll need to decide what rotation to do next.  Any suggestions?  Not sure if I'll do another one of Cathe's or maybe make up my own.

How was the rest of your week?  What did you do for workouts?  I'd love to hear from you.

Come on and move with me and lets burn some calories. :-)

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!!

Legs, Kickboxing, and Imax 3

On the rotation for Tuesday was Legs from Mesocycle 1.  Haven't done that in a while.  My legs were spent by the end of the workout.   Elevated lunges off the step.  I have a love hate relationship with those.  Probably my favorite out of that workout is the firewalkers. We take a band and tie it around our ankles and take four steps to one side and then go back and take four steps the other way. Wow do those get you on the outer thighs.  We start out doing exercises without weights and don't be fooled, they burn. Then we go to leg exercises using weights. Anything from squats to wall squats, front lunges, lateral steps off the side of the step.  Then you have the option of doing some additional toning exercises at the end.  Again, just because there is no weight doesn't mean your not going to get as good of a workout.  At the end of the day I wanted to get a little extra cardio so I decided to do CTX Kickboxing, which is a 1/2 hr long of kickboxing moves (punches, kicks, and arm drills).  Love the arm drills!! 

Then this brings us to Weds.  Needless to say my legs were sore from Tues workout.  What was on the agenda for today... Cathe's Imax 3.  It kicked my butt today.  In Imax 3 we have the warm up, then we do 10 drills that start with a small step routine that is repeated 6 times and then we go into the blast.  There are some of the blasts in here that I'm not fond of (of course I don't like them because of how hard they are). I did the best that I could and made it through the workout.  It felt like a tough workout because my legs were sore but aside of that I didn't do too bad.

After a long day at work, the day is coming to an end and it's time for me to hit the hay and get some much needed sleep.   3am comes around way too soon!!

You're all gonna make me ask again.... did you work out today??? What did you do?   Is anyone out there??? I'd love to hear from you.  Share your workouts with me no matter how small or insane they may be. 

Sleep tight!!