The last few days

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Hi Everyone,

I've been really busy lately (mostly with work) so I

haven't had time to post my workouts for the last few

days - here's my summary so far:

Tuesday - Yoga Bliss Hips - Ravi/Ana - My memory is

foggy on this one - but it was an overall enjoyable

Kundalini style yoga routine. It has a nice hip

opening sequence - although I think I may have

overstretched b/c later in the day I was achey, but it

seems to have resolved itself. You do need a high

tolerance for " new age " to do these workouts -

sometimes I do and sometimes I don't -it really

depends on my mood. I was feeling very " Type A " on

the morning I did this workout so the new-age stuff

wasn't appealing to me -but I know it was just me

rather than the workout and I can do this one in a

different frame of mind and come away with a different

feeling about it. The DVD is well chaptered and does

allow for mixing and matching, but I'm not

sufficiently familiar with Kundalini to know how to

put it all together. I'm guessing if I include

warm-up moves/breathing exercises, with an " active "

portion followed by a relaxation that would work. I'd

definately like to experiment so I can fit this one in

as an add-on or for a time crunched day.

Wed - Preventions's Personal Trainer with Chris

Freytag. This one is just " okay " - I don't find it

hard or intense enough. There is alot of variety, but

there aren't enough reps and the segments are not long

enough. I suppose you could repeat the segments to

correct that. The DVD is programmable and includes 2

13 (approx) min cardio routines, a 10 min total body

routine, 5 min legs & butt, 5 min shoulders and arms,

5 min chest & back and 5 min abs and back. There is

also a separate warm-up and cool down. The workout,

as I said is " fair " If I thought I could get a good

deal in a trade, I think I would trade this one. The

cardio though may make for a nice add-on. Chris

Freytag is fine in this one, it just doesn't seem to

be an effective workout!

For today I woke up feeling kind of yicky. I've had a

sinus/ear/cough thing going for a few weeks. I really

can't wait for spring to clear this up! I don't feel

sick sick, but I'm congested on and off which affects

my ear and makes me cough. GRR! My tummy also didn't

feel great today. I did, however, after sleeping in

an extra hour, do Prevention's Fight Cellulite Fast

workout. Freytag leads this one and this is

probably the hardest of all the Prevention workouts I

have tried. The cardio is interval style - there are

6 segments in each one you do a basic athletic combo

at lower impact for 2 1/2 minutes, then you up the

impact/intensity for 2 1/2 minutes and for the last

minute or so you do a " blast " (these aren't as hard

as Cathe's, Gin's or Tony's blasts, though...)

Overall though it is a good workout especially if you

don't like fancy choreography. If you put your mind

into the exercises you can get a good workout out of

this one - although probably not much higher than a

high intermediate level. I disagree with the

inter/adv rating that this one has at Collage. The

second part of the workout is a 15 min lower body

toning section - basic stuff - lunges, squats, curtsey

lunges and plies. Often she adds an uppper body move

to for intensity and to work the upper body. I

heavied up as much as possible, which meant that I at

times had to pause to lower my weights when the

compoud moves started - it was kind of a pain to do

that - but if I'm doing a straight lunge I can use

heavier weights than if I do a lunge with a delt fly -

so I figured I'd have to make adjustments to challenge

myself. The last part of this segment is floor work.

I actually felt really ill during this part of the

workout so I didn't enjoy it very much, but I think

that was more a function of not feeling well than

anything else. I feel a bit better now - at least my

tummy isn't upset anymore and the sinus headache seems

to be dissipating!

Tomorrow I think I'm going to do two Self Magazine

workouts back to back (the ones with Ellen Barrett) to

round out my magazine week.

I'm still thinking about what to do for March. I'm

thinking of continuing my " theme " weeks - I'm going

to be off work the last week of March and even though

I'll be home for part of the time, I know I'm going to

miss workouts here and there - so maybe I'll play

around with theme weeks and try to get serious in

April. I'm thinking of doing a Kathy week or

two and a Gin week.

Take care!

Donna

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