Wednesday's workout

[Guest guest]

I wanted to do something different, so I dug out an old VHS tape--

Austen's Ultimate Fat Burner. It's about 45 minutes and alternates 3 1/2

minutes of aerobic/plyometric exercises with 1 1/2 minutes of weight training

exercises. The cool down is (quoting the box) " Yoga inspired moves " . This is

a tape I bought years ago and tried maybe twice, and has been gathering dust

ever since.

is.....well, she's very in this video. There is no complex

choreography in this workout, but since she was evidently experimenting with

cueing telepathically, I consistently missed the first repetition of a move.

The aerobic sections have three levels of movement, with everyone progressing

from the easiest to the most difficult. Not a whole lot of modification is

shown--in fact I think only one modification is shown. There's one section

that's basically 3 1/2 minutes of scissors, and I could have used a modification

on that. Weirdly, it was the level 3 on that section, basically jumping into

alternating lunges, that was the easiest for me. (I have carpet, maybe that's

the problem?) The weight training was way too easy. Because I hadn't done the

workout in a while, I went with the recommended 3 lb weight and couldn't even

feel it for the first exercises. I ended up rewinding the tape and redoing some

of the exercises with 5 lb weights, which helped. Even so, I

thought the intervals were too short to get any benefit. The cool down section

was ok. She was actually cueing at that point.

I did like the sport inspired moves, something I don't do a lot of, and I did

feel I got some benefit from this. I certainly did work up a sweat. And I'm

glad I'm able to finish this, because I couldn't the last time I did it. But I

think this is going in the give away pile.

Anne

[Guest guest]

Nice write up, Anne! I haven't used my workouts a whole lot

yet, so I'm never quite sure about her. I've been watching some of her

old " getting fit " episodes on ESPN classic and really getting a kick

out of it. Some of her moves and outfits are pretty funny.

Sounds like you got a decent workout even if it's not a keeper.

Sara

>

>

> I did like the sport inspired moves, something I don't do a lot of,

and I did feel I got some benefit from this. I certainly did work up a

sweat. And I'm glad I'm able to finish this, because I couldn't the

last time I did it. But I think this is going in the give away pile.

>

> Anne

>