Tuesday - CIA (#?) Hi/Lo Knockout w/ Amy Bentio and Stretch

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone,

Finally posting my a.m. workout which was Amy's CIA Workout - hi/lo knockout. I made it through! Well, I didn't do the entire workout b/c I wanted to ensure that I had time for a good stretch today b/c I was pretty stiff and sore yesterday from lack of stretching. What I did do was 99% of the workout - I did combo 1, knockout 1, combo 2, knockout 2, combo 3, knockout 3, and knockout 4. I only skipped combo 4. I did the weighted core section and the stretch and then added on a stretch from Amy's Abs & Stretch DVD.

Anyway, the CIA workout is a fairly typical Amy Bento cardio routine - she comes at you fast so you need to be ready in mind and body right at the start! For the most part, I don't find Amy's choreo to be overly complex, but b/c she does come at you with it quickly I can get confused, however, generally I find that after a few run throughs of the moves I get it! After each hi/lo combo Amy adds in a kickboxing/bootcamp blast. These sections are shorter (or at least they felt shorter) than the combos, but they're pretty tough. I think knockout # 2 was the toughest with a burpee jumping jack move! The workout was mixed impact, but leaning towards high - so probably not something you want to do daily or if you have bad feet or knees (or unforgiving flooring or old worn out shoes!). After combo and knockout # 2 she takes you through 1 & 2 combined and then does that same thing after # 3 and 4.

The music in this one is pretty good and motivating.

The weighted core section was good -a blend of standing and lying exercises. She does a modified "turkish get up" (which I think is a kettlebell move, right?) I only used a 3 lb weight for that particular exercise b/c I always want to be careful w/ my back. I think I can go heavier in the future though. For the standing work I used 5's. I like Amy's core work in general as it is definately not the same-old-crunches!

The stretch at the end was decent, but not long enough for me - also I thik calves were neglected and w/ some of the jumping in the workout they probably should have been included. So, I was glad to have added on some extra stretching!!

Overall this is a good workout if you like and are up for the Amy challenge!

The CIA DVD offers several pre-mixed workouts - just the combos, just the knockouts, combs and knockouts 1 & 2, combos and knockouts 3 & 4 - these shorter options would make this long workout do-able on time crunched days. (Although these shorter options, once warm-up, cool down, core and stretch are added in, still clock in at about an hour!)

Tomorrow is All Pump!

Take care,

Donna

[Guest guest]

woohoo donna!!! thanks for reviewing. now i am not AS scared of this workout. i heard this one was suppose to be pretty complex but if it still amy's style then that is no issue! wish i had all pump this morning(well techincally i would have LOL) but i get to try this one tomorrow!!kassia

[Guest guest]

Hi Donna,

You are very inspiring to me when I read about all the fancier cardio

you do! Thanks for the detail on it, too.

I'm looking forward to hearing about All Pump. I have that one and

previewed a while ago, but haven't attempted it yet. I don't think

I'm quite ready, but will enjoy hearing you talk about it, lol!

Sara

>

> Hi Everyone,

>  

> Finally posting my a.m. workout which was Amy's CIA Workout - hi/lo

knockout.  I made it through!  Well, I didn't do the entire workout

b/c I wanted to ensure that I had time for a good stretch today b/c I

was pretty stiff and sore yesterday from lack of stretching.  What I

did do was 99% of the workout - I did combo 1, knockout 1, combo 2,

knockout 2, combo 3, knockout 3, and knockout 4.  I only skipped

combo 4.   I did the weighted core section and the stretch and then

added on a stretch from Amy's Abs & Stretch DVD. 

>  

> Anyway, the CIA workout is a fairly typical Amy Bento cardio

routine - she comes at you fast so you need to be ready in mind and

body right at the start!  For the most part, I don't find Amy's

choreo to be overly complex, but b/c she does come at you with it

quickly I can get confused, however, generally I find that after a

few run throughs of the moves I get it!  After each hi/lo combo Amy

adds in a kickboxing/bootcamp blast.  These sections are shorter (or

at least they felt shorter) than the combos, but they're pretty

tough.  I think knockout # 2 was the toughest with a burpee jumping

jack move!  The workout was mixed impact, but leaning towards high -

so probably not something you want to do daily or if you have bad

feet or knees (or unforgiving flooring or old worn out shoes!). 

After combo and knockout # 2 she takes you through 1 & 2 combined and

then does that same thing after # 3 and 4.  The music in this one is

pretty good and

> motivating.

>  

> The weighted core section was good -a  blend of standing and lying

exercises.  She does a modified " turkish get up " (which I think is a

kettlebell move, right?) I only used a 3 lb weight for that

particular exercise b/c I always want to be careful w/ my back.  I

think I can go heavier in the future though.  For the standing work I

used 5's.  I like Amy's core work in general as it is definately not

the same-old-crunches!

>  

> The stretch at the end was decent, but not long enough for me -

also I thik calves were neglected and w/ some of the jumping in the

workout they probably should have been included.  So, I was glad to

have added on some extra stretching!!

>

> Overall this is a good workout if you like and are up for the Amy

challenge! 

>  

> The CIA DVD offers several pre-mixed workouts - just the combos,

just the knockouts, combs and knockouts 1 & 2, combos and knockouts 3

& 4 - these shorter options would make this long workout do-able on

time crunched days.  (Although these shorter options, once warm-up,

cool down, core and stretch are added in, still clock in at about an

hour!)

>  

> Tomorrow is All Pump! 

>  

> Take care,

>  

> Donna

>