09-03-22, 08:06 PM | |
Join Date: Jun 2003
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Good workouts Wendy. When I workded out in non-traditional gyms, they had no heat or air conditioning. It was always such a huge adjustment for me when it turned hot and humid. The cold air sometimes bothered me as well.
I plan on a few Cathe's this week. I just finished Cathe Live #305 Burn Sets: Express Legs Heavy. This is a killer, lower body workout that gets the heart rate up. I think the workouts during COVID were some of Cathe's best. She was able to do more than the same old, same old, I feel she does with the group. Tomorrow I'm looking forward to trying this workout: 30 Minute Low Impact Walking Workout. I don't usually care for Courtney Anderson becasue she is way to high impact for me. But she looks like she puts a creative twist on walking in this one. Monday I plan on Cathe's Ramped Up Upper Body. For Tuesday, I hope to find a fun step or Cardio Kickbox workout that actually has kicks and not a bunch of jumping jacks. Wednesday will be a rest day. Thursday I will most likely do a full body workout. Happy weekend! Had dinner with the family tonight. Church with the family tomorrow. I sitll need to clean and get uite a bit of work done.
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09-06-22, 05:17 PM | |
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Today's workout- Caroline Girvan- Epic Heat Day 17- Compound Leg Day. Phew! This only had 15 seconds of rest between sets and it felt like that just FLEW by! Luckily there was minimal dumbbell changes in this workout.
Question for Angela & Erica- Would you recommend working calves if you already have muscular calves? I normally avoid calf work because my calves are already very muscular. I can only wear wide calf knee high boots and lots of skinny jeans are too tight to wear because the calves are too tight. It's not like fat deposits on calves and working the muscles will make them more toned. I just want to hear your input. TIA!
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09-06-22, 06:01 PM | |
Join Date: Jun 2003
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Wendy, it sounds like you have muscular calves. I know CDorner Fitness does not work her calves much becasue they are so muscular from her step workouts. You could maybe work them without weights if you wanted to work them or just every now and then. During the calf work in my workout today, I changed the position of my toes to work different areas even though Penny only did 3 sets of regular calf raises.
I did Penny Barnshaw 45 Minute Intense Leg Workout. It got my heart rate quite high. If I had listened to her intro., I would have been better prepared. She does 3 sets of each exercise in descending time. So it's 40 seconds work/20 seconds rest, 30 seconds work/15 seconds rest, and 20 seconds work/20 seconds rest. Then, you do the next exercise the same way. Next time I'll start out light weight and increase weight with each descending time. The floor work at the end was killer. I had to modify and then I ended up doing some classical stretch stuff instead of the weighted side leg raise and I felt the major burn. This was a great workout!
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09-06-22, 06:23 PM | ||
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I do the same with my calves as far as doing different positions - learned that from P90x. Erica |
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09-06-22, 06:40 PM | ||
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09-06-22, 06:50 PM | ||
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And yes I'll continue to skip calf work. Even when I was at my lowest weight in college and considered underweight, I still had big muscular calves.
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