06-03-23, 08:55 AM | |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Near Rochester, NY
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Supersets and Standing Abs Metabolic Core
Happy Saturday!
I am in a hotel this weekend for a wedding, and only had 5-50lb dumbbells to use for a weight workout but I made it work for me. I really miss my 17.5 and 22.5 dumbbells when I get in these situations. Anyway, this isn’t my favorite of the STS2.0 total body workouts, but it was great for today. The standing abs/metabolic core was nice! |
06-03-23, 11:04 AM | |
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Boston, MA
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Today I did Lower Body 2. Another solid lower body workout. I added one of the bonus moves (the seated one that works the abductors with the cloth band which was really good).
I was a little disappointed that there were only three exercises for the bonus and two of them were standing (step ups and elevated lunges). I was hoping for some floor work which I would be more inclined to do rather than more standing exercises which I had no desire to do after completing the main workout.
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06-03-23, 02:00 PM | |
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Week 1
Hi all. Hope you don't mind if I join you. I thought there'd be more discussion on individual workouts on the main forum, but the posts are kinda all over the place. This seems like a better place to keep it all organized.
For the week I started the 12 week rotation as written. Tomorrow I'll do the 12 minute active recovery and then go back into week 2 on Monday and skip that off day since I will have to miss workouts next weekend. I'm loving all the variety in this series! So far, I think Cathe hit it out of the park. The total body workouts are really challenging. I thought I'd miss cardio, but I really don't. Plus, I'm already feeling less fluffy than before I started the program. I really needed to get the heavy weights out again, so the timing of this set was perfect. I think my 30, 35, and 40# weights were getting lonely, until last week. Now they're getting plenty of love. I'm using a lot of the same weight as Cathe but dropping on some moves, like the shoulder by 5# b/c I have a glitchy shoulder. I just love the small variations she is incorporating in these workouts. It makes them so much more enjoyable and the time flies by! I did Total Body Trisets today and OH MY! I was a sweaty mess and even had that 'pucky' feeling when doing chest and back with those heavy weights. There was certainly some huffing and puffing going on in this workout. In the future if I want a good overall heavy workout, this will fit that bill and I may even skip the last leg segment if I don't want to put in a full hour. I have done standing abs and ball abs and like both of these workouts. They're not too tough, but enough to get the job done without dread....which means I'll use them. Also the Mat Yoga was really just an extended stretch, which felt really nice. My muscles were tighter than I thought. That stretch was indeed needed.
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06-03-23, 02:24 PM | |
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: West Palm Beach, FL
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So this morning I was sitting on the porch, and tried to swat a fly with a flyswatter and yelped out in pain as my shoulder did not like the quick movement! As a result, I lowered my weights more than I normally would on the push and shoulder exercises, and skipped the thumbs in flys when it hurt. It's so hard for me to intentionally not go as heavy as possible! So here's to the fly that saved me from myself.
Today I did Tricets. I love the format, and the exercises. I am wiped out! The lifting pace allows for going pretty heavy, but by that last set before the beautiful two minute rest period, I am panting like a dog in summertime. I had to lower the weights in the second half of the tricet for biceps and overhead press. I'm coming close to maxing out my weights on several of the exercises. I have a pair of 35 pounders on their way! I have a 10 pound weight belt I like to wear on the leg exercises. It lets me go lighter on the weights that I'm holding, and for squats especially, it makes it easier to do the movement. I followed it up with Total Body Stretch. As I remembered, it felt perfect for this type of workout. I like how the first half of it focuses on upper body. Here's a weird thing. After the first tricet group for legs ended, as I was putting my weights away, I got a severe cramp in my left shoulder/trap/neck region and couldn't move for about a minute! I went and drank some salt water, thinking my electrolytes must be off, and I was fine after that. It was just squats and lunges. I'm still trying to figure out why it was my shoulder that spasmed.
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