November, 2022
Just going to wing it this month revisiting some instructors I haven't had the pleasure to work out with for awhile. Yard work will be in the mixture as well.
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75 Min. Yard Work
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Yvette (w/u); Michelle Briehler (Tighten That Midsection|Standing Cardio Core|Abs/Booty|No Jumping|Fusion Workout =38 min.); Yvette Fit #211 (70 Min. Step Combos & Weights Workout); Mady's (BPR) Loved both these workouts! Michelle's was great for standing core, booty band work, & balance work using pilates ball. Lots of variety in this...I used my pink fabric band and somewhat deflated playground ball. Loved the balance work! This is the most recent Yvette workout that was put on YT. I was planning on stopping at the water break in Yvette's workout (35 min.), and took a little longer break to check on my laundry, then got my 2nd wind and ended up finishing the whole 70 min.! Used my 2# wrist weights and she does vertical step combos using 2 risers. I used only my topper. Lots of burpees and BW exercises (and was a bit harder due to no risers
) included as well. Then the 2nd half is more k/b cardio with weight intervals working mostly biceps. I kept the weights lighter using 10's and also included tricep exercises. The step is turned horizontally toward the end with a really fun steady state step routine. Finisher is 50 jumping jacks which I actually did - I usually change it up to jump ropes, but I knew I'd be totally done then, LOL! I was glad to acknowledge that my endurance level stayed pretty shipshape during Dan's rotation from my walks, yay! Great total body workout today! 728 cal burn
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KCM Cardio Fit (DB Intervals/Both Workouts =28 min.; Travis' Short & Sweet #3; 1 Hour Yard Work
Another great premix found on Cardio Fit! I used 8's/12's for the light/heavy, then 12's/15's for the rest, sans the "Up & Overs" which I had to go back to my 8's! Not a whole lot for the chest, so I added on my finisher of 30 p/u's./I couldn't even see grass under all the leaves! But continuing to come down, my lawn is mostly covered again. Never ending. Gorgeous days lately, though. 313 cal burn
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Five Parks Yoga (Morning Wake Up & Rise Yoga Class In Bed =19 min.); 45 Min. Yard Work This class of Erin's was fabulous when knowing you have a long, busy day ahead to fit in something quick and just wanted to stretch - can even complete in bed! Will definitely do again. Watching babies in morning, visiting/cleaning at mom's and raking when I got home.
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Yvette (w/u); T&D Shred Day 15 (45 Min. Full Body Workout w/ DB's/Tone & Sculpt); Cathe P30 (Mobility); Mady's (BPR) This is one of Dan's toughest...Format is :40/:20 doing each exercise with weights at a slow, controlled pace and then AMRAP at a quicker pace and more reps. Oh, the shoulder burn-out from the start!! I had to drop to 10's as he just fries them from the get-go! I used 10's, 12's, 15's, & 25#. Great Fat Burning workout! Felt so good to do one of Dan's w/o's again...missing him! 415 cal burn (64 min. in FB zone)
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Five Parks Yoga (Morning Wake Up & Rise Yoga Class In Bed =19 min.); 1.5 Hours Yard Work
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3.19 mile walk; Michelle Briehler (UB DB Workout @ Home/Muscle Building/PUSH Chest/Triceps/Shoulders/Lower Abs=30 min.); Michelle's (Stretches for Low Back Pain Relief & Tight Hips =15 min.) It was so invigorating on my walk--pushed it since I haven't been out there for awhile. Michelle's workout was a tough little workout! Format is :40/:20 w/ 2 rounds of same exercises for chest, triceps and shoulders. I used my step as a bench instead of the stability ball. Great UB fryer with the high reps! The ab segment utilizes the stability ball mostly laying on your back w/ focus on lower abs. Really enjoyed this one! Her stretch was really good when you have more time and can hold each stretch for 1 minute. Hips needed that! (I didn't have my HRM on for Michelle's add-ons. 459 cal burn)
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Rest Day
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3.61 Mile Walk; Michelle Briehler (UB DB Workout @ Home/Muscle Building/PULL Back/Biceps/Rear Delts/Upper Abs=30 min.); Mady's BPR Great day for a walk! Michelle's sister workout to her PUSH workout...good one too! Format is :40/:20 w/ 2 rounds of same exercises for back, biceps, and rear delts. I used my step for a bench but did use the stability ball for the rear delt work and the ab work. I used 10's (for the delt work), 12's, 15's, & 25#. These workouts seem hard after giving it my all on my walk! Good stuff. Added on Mady's stretch for a little extra. 630 cal burn
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Cathe Live #369 Mobility/Yoga Fusion =46 min.; 1.5 Hours Yard Work (2.36 miles/Mow Max); 2 Hours washing windows inside/outside; brought snowblower into garage; put away lawn chairs; cleaned up mower; car washed; Miata taken to storage for winter; laundry done! I had a very productive day!!!
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Yvette Fit #212 (45 Min. Cardio Mash Up); Michelle Briehler (LEG Day DB Workout @ Home/Muscle Building/Quads/Hamstrings/Glutes/Calf =25 min.); Heather Robertson (Mini Band Workout for Strong Glutes/No Repeats Booty Workout =13 min.); Mady's BPR Well, I was just going to do Yvette's w/u before Michelle's workout and ended up doing the whole thing, LOL! Such a FUN one with k/b cardio (used my wrist weights & was glad to see some kicks in there as well) for first half, then last half uses the stability ball for cardio/core - no floor work in this one. What makes this one so great is the MUSIC!! Just a great playlist was used and I had my headphones on which made it even better! This is an easier one for Yvette with the length and mostly lower impact, so it was perfect for my leg add-ons. Yvette's cueing wasn't the best in this one but probably b/c now I'm so used to having the next move flashed across the screen! It's always easy to pick up her moves but in her defense, it's probably easier to just start doing them as explaining what to do, as they are mostly all combination movements!
Michelle's was another great workout in her PUSH/PULL week...loved this one as well! Format is :40/:20 with two sets of weighted leg work (I used 20's and 30#), then last half is 2 sets of stability ball hamstring work. She does hip thrusts on the ball (no weight) but I did hip thrusts on my couch using 30#...those squat jumps with 20# were tough after those hip thrusts!! These 3 workouts are awesome to include in a week and adding each onto a great cardio session was a great idea and I really enjoyed them! I did Heather's workout before and is a goodie for a leg finisher. I missed Heather! I'll need to do more of her workouts again. Fun leg day today!!! 431 cal burn
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Yvette Fit #207 (30 Min. TM/Jump Rope/Weights Circuit = 2 miles); Five Parks Yoga (Quick 15 Min. Core Yoga Class); Mady's (SFLBPR) Instead of Jump Rope and Weights in Yvette’s workout, I just did core work when she wasn't on TM since I did weights yesterday. Erin's class included lots of plank variations with knee-to-elbow work, so a little hard on wrists but from then on out, she lays on her back for boat pose variations and stretches.
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1 Hour Yard Work
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Yvette (w/u); Chris & Edi (45 Min. Full Body Intense Workout with Weights/DB Strength/BW Conditioning =50 min.); Mady's (BPR) This was a really good workout--probably what makes this one seem tough is the length. Block 1 - DB only w/ 2 sets; Block 2 - BW Cond'g - BW/Cardio (2 sets); Block 3 - DB Supersets w/ 2 sets; Block 4 - DB Cond'g/Cardio (2 sets) ; Superset Finisher - standing bicep curls/high knee burnout. I used 2's - 25's# and usually did 10-15 reps depending on exercise. I used 2#'s for the punches - couldn't imagine using 10's with their quick pace! Music is ok… and I mostly followed Edi. I did not like how they stop early w/ usually 1-2 reps to go but I always finished it out. Some of the moves I changed up but not a whole lot. A great metabolic workout! 383 cal burn
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Rest Day Hair appt., so ya, nada
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Yvette (w/u); T&D Shred II (Day 31 - 30 Min. SUPERSET Full Body Workout With DB's =37 min.); Michelle Briehler (35 Min. Full Body DB AMRAP/Strength/Cardio/Core/Intense Low Impact Workout = sans w/u & core, 20 min.); Mady's (BPR) One of my favorite of Dan's workouts...just sails by and is a good one for going heavier since you're using 1 DB often. It is similar to a PHA workout - alternating LB & UB with usually 2 sets along with the supersets. Adding on Michelle's workout was an awesome finisher but I only completed 20 min. w/o the core work at the end. This one is constantly moving - no downtime whatsoever and at times, it seemed a little frantic to me as you had to get into position from the floor often into standing, grabbing weights and starting the AMRAP exercises and my lower back was feeling it by the end. It did pack a punch used as an add-on finisher after Dan's total body workout and was definitely a calorie booster! I can foresee a dread factor if done again, though, with all the repetition. 485 cal burn
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Yvette Fit #206 (30 Min. BOSU/Shoulders/Jump Rope Circuits); Two Birds Yoga (45 Min. Wrist Free Vinyasa Flow) I loved both these workouts!! Yvette's class just sailed by with this circuit format - jump ropes (love my cordless!), BOSU work (both step-like exercises and core work), and weight work was alternated. In place of the weighted shoulder work, I did all tricep weighted work since I felt my triceps needed more love this week. :0) It was very easy to change up the muscle focus and could even work 2 muscle groups throughout if desired. Love how I make her classes work for me!!! Fiona's class was wonderful too...such a great flow with core work, twists, balance, camel variations, dolphin pose, and fabulous hip openers at the beginning. Bookmarked! Great workouts today! 305 cal burn
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Rest Day Busy day - no workout.
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TM (1 mile w/u); Heather Robertson FIERCE 2.0 Day 1 (Upper Body PUSH workout - Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps =43 min.); Cathe's P30 (Mobility) Thought I'd randomly choose this Heather workout - LOVED it! Format is :40/:20 with 3 circuits, each with 4 exercises working chest, shoulders, and triceps. I usually did 8-20 reps depending on exercises and sometimes doing faster reps than Heather. I used 8's (shoulder raises), 12's, and 15's# and did both arms when she alternated arms, and my arms were fried by the end. For the Burpee Presses, I used my step, jumped back into burpee, then shoulder press. This was a great little UB burner due to all the reps and sets. I think I will finish out the month with her FIERCE 2.0 workouts...really good stuff if they're all like this one! 456 cal burn
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Five Parks Yoga (Morning Wake Up & Rise Yoga Class)
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90 Min. Yard Work; Heather Robertson FIERCE 2.0 Day 2 (Unilateral Leg Workout =43 min.); Mady's (BPR) Nice morning - I was dressed warm for yard work (stooping, picking up/raking up hundreds of pokey balls, blowing, and even blew the neighbor's front yard)...I did have an ulterior motive: I didn't want their leaves blowing back in my yard!
Felt good to do a nice deed, too. Heather's class was ok...after yard work for 1.5 hours, I felt like I already had my workout which probably had an impact on my thoughts about this w/o. I'm not so much a fan of her LB workouts anyway, as I always seem to need to change up some of her unfriendly knee moves. This one had quite a few. I need to pay attention to what I'm doing, though, either mirroring HR or staying on same leg and not mirror her. Several times I got confused which leg I should be working and this is not the first time with her Unilateral Leg workouts. Dan's LB workouts are more of a good fit for me, as he doesn't usually pick exercises that my knees don't like and I
always know which leg of the Unilateral Leg workouts I should be working! Busy week, as I'm getting ready to host T-giving at my house...did some dusting, laundry, changed the litter box, but at least now the outside (front) yard is good! 294 cal burn Now off to visit mom...
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Yvette (w/u); Heather Robertson FIERCE 2.0 Day 3 (Back & Biceps PULL Workout =37 min.); T&D Shred II Day 9 (30 Min. INSANITY HiiT Cardio Endurance Workout (No Equipment) =36 min.) Another goodie from Heather! Format is :40/:20 w/ 2 rounds and 3 circuits of back and bicep exercises. Good stuff. That bicep burnout at the end was tough with 10's! Thought I'd go back and check out Dan's cardio workouts that I skipped when doing Shred II. This one was a good little cardio booster! Very sweaty but not killer - perfect as an add-on to a weight workout. Format is :30/:10 cardio and BW exercises then core work lying on floor, then cardio and BW exercises to finisher of :30 each, no rest of fast p/u's, spider climbers, and chest to floor burpee jacks. I did plank jacks then jumped up (for all 5 sets of burpee variations with 12-13 reps, so needless to say, there are LOTS of burpees in this!!) Love how Dan always gives those 'thumbs up' or 'good job' gestures...HR is just all business! ;0) Enjoyed it! 544 cal burn/Got lots of cleaning & cooking done today (cleaned bathroom grout b/t tiles which is a hated job for my hands/knees!)...having company over really motivates me to get to these projects, though!!
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Yvette (w/u); Heather Robertson FIERCE 2.0 Day 4 (Active Recovery Yoga - 20 min. sans w/u & stretch); 3.73 Mile Walk; Mady's (BPR); (SFLBPR) Heather's workout had lots of DDog and Plank variations which could be tough on wrists. I did this as a w/u before my walk which was perfect, as this is not a relaxing stretch and I was even sweaty when finished. Had an awesome walk and had a great time today. I had a Mile 3 time of 13'08" which was great for me!! Felt so good to get out there again and I had the time since I got so much done yesterday. Really feeling Dan's core work from yesterday while I was stretching. 619 cal burn
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! Yvette Fit #215 (70 Min. Step, Chest/Tricep Heavy Weight Circuits); Mady's (BPR) Fantastic, sweaty, fun Thanksgiving workout! Uses step (I used 1 riser) vertically for step cardio, core work, 6# med ball (I used 4#), and chest & tricep weight work. I used 12's, 15's, & 20# (+ 2# wrist weights for all). Last 15 min. is horizontal step cardio which was a nice finishing touch. Good one for the Thanksgiving Day calorie crusher! 493 cal burn/
Side note: My SIL's mom really loved my workout area and was really impressed with all my workout equipment and even wants to purchase a TM like mine!
Black Friday deals are high in demand!
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TM 2.10 Mile Intervals; Cathe's P30 (Mobility); 1 Hour Yard Work Beautiful day - I didn't mind at all to be outside working in the warm sunshine!
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Yvette (w/u); Heather Robertson FIERCE 2.0 Day 5 (Full Body Strength Supersets =40 min.); Mady's (SFLBPR); 2.0 hours putting up Christmas decorations-up/downstairs Heather's workout packed a punch! Format is :40/:20 x 2 rounds of 6 supersets with strength exercises and a :60 cardio burst b/t each superset. My HR was up for most of this workout. 328 cal burn
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Rest Day
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3.31 Mile Walk; 1.5 Hours Yard Work (my back yard/front yard) + blowing (other) neighbor's yard A walk sounded like a better idea than Heather's Day 6 which was cardio with lots of high impact moves and looked pretty boring. I had a great walk although it wasn't a super fast walk. I had to conserve some energy for all the yard work! Pretty calm and warm out and wanted to help out my other neighbor today...he lives alone (but capable), but lots of my pokey balls fall in his yard, so I feel obligated. ;0) Just more calorie burns for me! ha 384 cal burn (from walk); my HRM said 1300+ cal burn when done with all. :0)
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Rest Day Watching babies in morning and in afternoon having to go to DD's to wait for the workers to show up...which was longer than intended. :/ I got to have some good playtime with her kitties though. Working out was never going to happen after that! :0)
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Yvette (w/u); Heather Robertson FIERCE Day 7 (Chest & Back Strength =39 min.); Heather FIERCE Day 8 (Powerful Lean Legs =37 min.); Mady's (Full Body Stretch =20 min.) Loved these two workouts! Format of C&BS is :40/:20 with 2 rounds of Chest & Back weighted exercises that got in there good! I used 12's & 25# for chest; 10's, 15's, 20's, 25# & 44# (wide pulldowns in place of side fly & squeeze exercise). There is really a lot of UB muscles worked in this with her combination moves. For the Reneg. burpees, I just did 12 rows done together, then 10 burpees which acted as a great finisher. For the PLL workout, (which I really liked for a lower body workout of hers), the format is :40/:20 w/ each wtd. leg exercise repeated 3x (which meant anywhere from 12-16 reps for each set) then a cardio exercise that works the intended muscle group. Loved, loved, loved this format but nothing I haven't seen before, but I don't do enough of HR's LB workouts to know if she does this format often or not. I used 15's, 25's, and 30# and changed up the power jacks to tuck jumps on the JS. The 3 weighted sets got tough at the end there! One of her best LB workouts in my book! The con: the music is terrible toward the end, but how glad was I that my headphones ran out of juice??
Good timing! haha. Great combo today! 524 cal burn