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Old 04-05-15, 09:14 AM  
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Results: Barre3 + HIIT (with before and after photos)

I've been meaning to post this for a while but I think I was a little hesitant to post the photos. I've thought about it and I actually think it's really important to post the post-partum ones. I would have been less scared of the post-partum period if I had seen pictures of real people like this beforehand.

Anyway, I started doing this rotation 6 months ago because I just couldn't get myself to do full-length workouts after work. I'm a single parent, work full time, and my daughter is 16 months old. 20-30 minute workouts are the only ones feasible in my life right now.

In the first month and a half or so, I lost 5 lbs and 2 inches in my waist, and things have slowly and steadily progressed from there. I am now definitely the leanest overall and smallest in my lower body that I have ever been. I wasn't trying to lose weight, but I didn't like how my benchmark pants fit and I wanted to lean up. I have not been dieting but I have been eating cleanly about 80% of the time.

In a typical week: ETA: I do my 30-40 minute Barre3 session at work during lunch, and the HIIT at night after DD goes to bed.
-4 30-40 minute Barre3 streaming workouts
-4 20-25 minute bodyweight or kettlebell HIIT workouts (all of them are strength-oriented, no pure cardio)
-1 60 minute upper body circuit with a kettlebell
-1-2 60 minute Barre3 workout(s)

I add in here and there when possible.

For example, this last week, I did...
Sunday: Live Barre3 class (60 mins), Zgym- Kettlebell Workout #6 X (3 rounds, 25:19)
Monday: Barre3 Total Body Rev (30 mins), Zgym- Cardio Shred #15 (21:45)
Tuesday: Barre3 Mind Body Balance (40 mins), Zgym- Jump Rope Cardio #8 X (22:12)
Wednesday: Rest
Thursday: Barre3 Instructor Favorites (40 mins), Melissa Bender- HIIT the New Year Hard #5 (22:30)
Friday: Barre3 Studio Power (60 mins), Zuzka Light- 5 Minute Workout#24
Saturday: Barre3 No Props (30 mins), upper body kettlebell circuit (60 mins)

Here are some before and afters. Obviously a better "before" would have been 6 months ago since I did continue to lean up post partum prior to starting the rotation, but it does give you a good idea. Sorry for the grainy selfies.

OH! And P.S., here's my soapbox! In case you had any doubts... [corrected to clarify] size for size, muscle weigh more than fat! There's only a ~8 lb difference between these photos, if that (I don't own a scale, so I only know what I weighed at a doctor's office last October and what I weighed last week)... so I really think people should stop obsessing about the scale!

About a month post partum, when I had just started working out again:





This morning:



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Old 04-05-15, 09:18 AM  
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congratulations, I know how hard it is to be a single mother and you have a lot of work with a baby!
You are amazing, so happy for you.
an amazing success story.
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Old 04-05-15, 09:35 AM  
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Awesome, Neatski! You look great.
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Old 04-05-15, 09:45 AM  
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Wow neatski!! You look good girl!! Very inspiring!! Congratulations!!
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Old 04-05-15, 09:53 AM  
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Congrats Neatski! That's great!
Could you please share with me exactly what your kettlebell circuit consists of, whether it's video or paper workout and what it is?
Thanks!
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Old 04-05-15, 10:08 AM  
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You look awesome.
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Old 04-05-15, 10:20 AM  
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You look fantastic, neat ski! Good for you. Very cool that you decided to share the pictures!
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Old 04-05-15, 10:25 AM  
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You look amazing! Congrats on all your hard work
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Old 04-05-15, 10:51 AM  
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Congratulations! You look amazing. Your kid has a very good fitness role model.
Thanks for sharing your pictures.
Hiit and ketllebells rock.
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Old 04-05-15, 11:14 AM  
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Congratulations, neatski! Your hard work really shows - you look great!
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