Today on the rotation was Cathe's 4 Day Split Kickbox, Legs, and abs. I was concerned how I was going to do with doing Plyo Legs, Imax 2, and High Reps this week. I surprised myself, I did real good. My legs might be sore again tomorrow but doing legs today didn't kill me. I love her kickbox workout on this DVD. It's nice getting a good short cardio workout and then doing some weight work. Then again, when doing legs you usually get some cardio too, at least I do anyway. Cathe's 4 Day Split is a good one to have in your DVD collection.
I've seen so many changes in my body since I started Cathe. Not so much in losing weight but more so in toning up and gaining strength. I think back to when I first started doing Cathe and then I look at where I am today, it's a pretty good difference, for the better that is. If you are looking for someone to workout with at home, I highly recommend Cathe. She's an excellent instructor and very motivating.
Hello, hello, hello... anyone out there. I'm waiting to hear from someone out there. Don't let me down, I want to hear about your workouts.
Get up and keep moving!!
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Half Way through the Week
For those of you that have been following my workouts, Tuesday my legs and glutes were very sore from doing Plyo Legs on Monday. I had a feeling they were going to be because they usually are if I haven't done Plyo legs in a while. With sore legs I did Cathe's Imax 2, which is an interval workout. We do 10 rounds and each round consists of a step routine that is repeated 6 times, a blast, and recovery. I did better then I expected considering how my legs felt. I really like Imax 2. The music in that workout helps keep you going.
Today, Wednesday, was a total body workout, which was Cathe's High Reps. My legs were still feeling it from Plyo legs on Monday and then Imax 2 yesterday. The leg work in High Reps was tough but I did it. I love the leg work in here with the sliding discs.
Hey... is anyone out there????? Who's been working out with me? You're not leaving me out there all by myself are you? I don't necessarily expect you to do the same workouts that I do. I just want you to do something, be active, and share it with me.
Keep on moving!!
Today, Wednesday, was a total body workout, which was Cathe's High Reps. My legs were still feeling it from Plyo legs on Monday and then Imax 2 yesterday. The leg work in High Reps was tough but I did it. I love the leg work in here with the sliding discs.
Hey... is anyone out there????? Who's been working out with me? You're not leaving me out there all by myself are you? I don't necessarily expect you to do the same workouts that I do. I just want you to do something, be active, and share it with me.
Keep on moving!!
Monday, April 25, 2011
Plyo Legs started my week
Hi,
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter and didn't eat too much. If you did, it's not the end of the world. Hopefully you got yourself back on track today.
I'm on my last week in this rotation. Today I had STS Plyo Legs from Mesocycle 3 and I could pick which ever one I wanted to do so I went with Disc 29. If you're not familiar with Plyo Legs we do a weighted exercise (example: squats, static lunge, etc) with a brief rest in between and then a plyometric move. This workout last 50 min. I'm feeling it already in my legs and glutes. I have a feeling I'll be a little sore tomorrow. I've been having some issues with my left leg so I was careful while working out to make sure I didn't make matters worse.
How was your Easter and how have your workouts been? Is anyone out there??? I haven't heard from anyone in a while. Join me in working out and let me know how you're doing. I'd love to hear from you.
Keep moving and keep sweating!!
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter and didn't eat too much. If you did, it's not the end of the world. Hopefully you got yourself back on track today.
I'm on my last week in this rotation. Today I had STS Plyo Legs from Mesocycle 3 and I could pick which ever one I wanted to do so I went with Disc 29. If you're not familiar with Plyo Legs we do a weighted exercise (example: squats, static lunge, etc) with a brief rest in between and then a plyometric move. This workout last 50 min. I'm feeling it already in my legs and glutes. I have a feeling I'll be a little sore tomorrow. I've been having some issues with my left leg so I was careful while working out to make sure I didn't make matters worse.
How was your Easter and how have your workouts been? Is anyone out there??? I haven't heard from anyone in a while. Join me in working out and let me know how you're doing. I'd love to hear from you.
Keep moving and keep sweating!!
Saturday, April 23, 2011
The remainder of the week was......
Sorry I haven't been on for a few days. It's been a busy week. So this is how the rest of my week went.
Thursday I did Amy Bento's Hi/Lo Dome Challenge. Cardio portion only. This is Hi/Lo Cardio floor workout. She has some fun combo's in here and after each combo she puts in a little blast to help get the heart rate up there more. That was a pretty good day.
Friday I had Cathe's Cardio & Weights. This is a circuit workout. We do the warm-up, cardio section, followed with compound exercises that work the legs and an upper body part and then we work the upper body portion harder. Then we repeat that I believe it was 4 or 5 times. It's a fun workout. I found this one to be a little gentler on the legs, which was a nice break.
This morning I was supposed to do Rhythmic Step by Cathe but I never learned this one so I did Cardio Coach Press Play on the elliptical and go in 10.8 miles in 60 min. Each time I keep trying to push myself harder to see if I can go a little farther in that hour.
The last few days have been pretty good workouts. I haven't heard from anyone in a while. How have the workouts been going. Please don't tell me you've been slacking off. :-)
I know Easter is tomorrow so try not to over indulge and I'll do the same.
Hope you have a great weekend with great workouts!!
Happy Easter!
Thursday I did Amy Bento's Hi/Lo Dome Challenge. Cardio portion only. This is Hi/Lo Cardio floor workout. She has some fun combo's in here and after each combo she puts in a little blast to help get the heart rate up there more. That was a pretty good day.
Friday I had Cathe's Cardio & Weights. This is a circuit workout. We do the warm-up, cardio section, followed with compound exercises that work the legs and an upper body part and then we work the upper body portion harder. Then we repeat that I believe it was 4 or 5 times. It's a fun workout. I found this one to be a little gentler on the legs, which was a nice break.
This morning I was supposed to do Rhythmic Step by Cathe but I never learned this one so I did Cardio Coach Press Play on the elliptical and go in 10.8 miles in 60 min. Each time I keep trying to push myself harder to see if I can go a little farther in that hour.
The last few days have been pretty good workouts. I haven't heard from anyone in a while. How have the workouts been going. Please don't tell me you've been slacking off. :-)
I know Easter is tomorrow so try not to over indulge and I'll do the same.
Hope you have a great weekend with great workouts!!
Happy Easter!
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Tuesday and Wednesday's Workouts were......
Hi there!!
Tuesday was cardio day. I had Cathe's HiiT 40/20. This workout kills my legs. This is the workout where we do a 40 second blast and 20 seconds rest and we get two 1 minute breaks, which go really fast. I did make it through the workout and it did seem to go better then the last time I did it. The one blast I always seem to struggle with is the butt kicks over the step. We have a step with 4 risers on each side and we have our hands on the step and kick out legs over from one side to the other kicking our butt. Hence why they are called butt kicks. :-) My shoulders always do me in and I can't get all the way through without stopping. I keep trying to do the best that I can. If you've been following my blog, you probably know that 40/20 only last 1/2 hr. so of course I had to add something to it. I added the step portion only from Intensity afterwards. I had a really good cardio workout.
Today was SJP (Step, Jump, and Pump). This is a 70 min circuit workout. We start out with the warm-up and then a short step workout and then we go into hi/lo cardio and then a weight section and we do that a total of 4 times. We end with ab work and a good stretch. This is a pretty fun workout, one I haven't done in a while.
How was your workout yesterday, today???? I hope you're not letting me down and letting this cruddy weather in Wisconsin get you down. Try to stay positive and keep moving!!
Love to hear from you!!
Tuesday was cardio day. I had Cathe's HiiT 40/20. This workout kills my legs. This is the workout where we do a 40 second blast and 20 seconds rest and we get two 1 minute breaks, which go really fast. I did make it through the workout and it did seem to go better then the last time I did it. The one blast I always seem to struggle with is the butt kicks over the step. We have a step with 4 risers on each side and we have our hands on the step and kick out legs over from one side to the other kicking our butt. Hence why they are called butt kicks. :-) My shoulders always do me in and I can't get all the way through without stopping. I keep trying to do the best that I can. If you've been following my blog, you probably know that 40/20 only last 1/2 hr. so of course I had to add something to it. I added the step portion only from Intensity afterwards. I had a really good cardio workout.
Today was SJP (Step, Jump, and Pump). This is a 70 min circuit workout. We start out with the warm-up and then a short step workout and then we go into hi/lo cardio and then a weight section and we do that a total of 4 times. We end with ab work and a good stretch. This is a pretty fun workout, one I haven't done in a while.
How was your workout yesterday, today???? I hope you're not letting me down and letting this cruddy weather in Wisconsin get you down. Try to stay positive and keep moving!!
Love to hear from you!!
Monday, April 18, 2011
Week 3 of Rotation
To catch you up on how my week ended. Friday I had Cathe's Drill Max. This is a circuit workout. We start off with a nice warm-up and then 6 circuits. Each circuit starts out with a cardio drill and then we go into legs and then an upper body. Each exercise she makes sure there is still a little cardio factor. She does some different exercises in here and some of which are sports oriented. Love the football drills at the end where we do the fast runs like they do in football training. Instead of running through tires we straddle the step and do a fast jog down the length of the step and then go back around one side of the step with both feet and then straddle run again and then go back around the other side of the step. I'm probably not doing the best job explaining it but it's pretty fun.
Friday afternoon my husband and I left for Door County for a couple of days with some friends. Saturday ended up being my off day. We had a nice time and it was nice to get away but I was happy to be back home with my cats (that's another story) and to be physically doing things. I'm not used to lounging around so much in a day. The eating was the greatest either. Especially when you can't really workout. The weather was really crappy so we couldn't even go for a walk outside. Sunday afternoon I got my workout in and man did it feel great. I did Cardio Coach Press Play and did 10.7 miles. It felt wonderful. Then I followed that with Cathe's Ab Circuits - Medicine Ball abs. I love this ab workout. You use a medicine ball for all the exercises and she works your abs at every angle. Love the way the extra weight feels when doing the exercises. I finished it off with a stretch from one of her cardio workouts.
Today was the start of week 3 of this rotation. I had Cathe's High Step Training Advanced. This workout is an advance circuit workout. We do 5 circuits. Each circuit starts with a cardio blast on the high step. The cardio is short but it gets your heart rate going. Then we follow that with leg presses. We do lots and lots of leg presses in this workout. In this circuit workout she keeps the cardio going after the cardio blast with the leg work. Each circuit also has upper body work. The one exercise in this workout that I love to hate is hover squats. We hover over the high step with small pulses to the count of 15. I think we do this 4 times. I know that this exercise always kills my quads and by the time it's over with, I'm lucky I can get myself in an upright position. It burns the legs good. Overall this is an excellent circuit workout.
How were your workouts over the weekend? How about today? Please don't tell me that the cold weather got you down and you did nothing. Hopefully you got up and got a good sweat in.
Keep moving!
Friday afternoon my husband and I left for Door County for a couple of days with some friends. Saturday ended up being my off day. We had a nice time and it was nice to get away but I was happy to be back home with my cats (that's another story) and to be physically doing things. I'm not used to lounging around so much in a day. The eating was the greatest either. Especially when you can't really workout. The weather was really crappy so we couldn't even go for a walk outside. Sunday afternoon I got my workout in and man did it feel great. I did Cardio Coach Press Play and did 10.7 miles. It felt wonderful. Then I followed that with Cathe's Ab Circuits - Medicine Ball abs. I love this ab workout. You use a medicine ball for all the exercises and she works your abs at every angle. Love the way the extra weight feels when doing the exercises. I finished it off with a stretch from one of her cardio workouts.
Today was the start of week 3 of this rotation. I had Cathe's High Step Training Advanced. This workout is an advance circuit workout. We do 5 circuits. Each circuit starts with a cardio blast on the high step. The cardio is short but it gets your heart rate going. Then we follow that with leg presses. We do lots and lots of leg presses in this workout. In this circuit workout she keeps the cardio going after the cardio blast with the leg work. Each circuit also has upper body work. The one exercise in this workout that I love to hate is hover squats. We hover over the high step with small pulses to the count of 15. I think we do this 4 times. I know that this exercise always kills my quads and by the time it's over with, I'm lucky I can get myself in an upright position. It burns the legs good. Overall this is an excellent circuit workout.
How were your workouts over the weekend? How about today? Please don't tell me that the cold weather got you down and you did nothing. Hopefully you got up and got a good sweat in.
Keep moving!
Thursday, April 14, 2011
BC with Leaner Legs
Yeah tomorrow is Friday!! It's been another week.
Today on the rotation was Leaner Legs with Ab Circuits Stability Ball. I changed it slightly, I did the warm-up from the original Bootcamp and the cardio only and then I did Leaner Legs from Cathe's CTX series and instead of doing Ab Circuits I just did the abs from Leaner Legs with the stretch. Gosh, I haven't done Leaner Legs in a really long time. I forgot how good of a leg workout it is. This is a good leg endurance workout. We do squats, leg presses, elevated lunges, static lunges, plie squats, stiff legged deadlifts, calf raises. We don't do just one set we do a couple of sets and then repeat it. Yeah, I'm thinking my legs and glutes will be feeling that one tomorrow.
I have to make this quick so I hope you had a great workout today. I haven't heard from anyone all week. I'd love to hear how your week went.
Keep moving and keep sweating!!
Today on the rotation was Leaner Legs with Ab Circuits Stability Ball. I changed it slightly, I did the warm-up from the original Bootcamp and the cardio only and then I did Leaner Legs from Cathe's CTX series and instead of doing Ab Circuits I just did the abs from Leaner Legs with the stretch. Gosh, I haven't done Leaner Legs in a really long time. I forgot how good of a leg workout it is. This is a good leg endurance workout. We do squats, leg presses, elevated lunges, static lunges, plie squats, stiff legged deadlifts, calf raises. We don't do just one set we do a couple of sets and then repeat it. Yeah, I'm thinking my legs and glutes will be feeling that one tomorrow.
I have to make this quick so I hope you had a great workout today. I haven't heard from anyone all week. I'd love to hear how your week went.
Keep moving and keep sweating!!
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