Re: gilad total body sculpt

[Guest guest]

Hi Carolyn,

Great workout today. I miss Gilad so much, but his stuff is just so dang easy for me. The 10 minute workouts sound great for someone short on time or like you said, as an add on after cardio.

We got cold temps here too. We walk our dogs daily, but just haven't been able to the past couple of days, and it looks like its going to be a few more days yet before we can.

~**~~**~Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year.

[Guest guest]

Glad you finally got a workout in, even if your puppy wasn't happy with not walking. Gilad is awesome. I have a ton of stuff of his that I'm looking forward to doing.

Tonya L. -www.smellabella.comwww.trainingwithtonya.com

gilad total body sculpt

hiya!! sorry i havent posted much this past week. i didnt do much of anything!! had only 3 workout days all week just feeling tired and lazy. maybe i was fighting off a cold or having some hormonal thang, or something... i dunno!so, today i promised myself i would get back in action, so i did 50 mins on the elliptical and then did one of gilad's total body sculpt workouts (from his new dvds... these are the same 30 min programs that are on fit-tv, but without the commercials). gilad's quick TBS workouts are not hard... beginners and intermediates can do them. intermediates just need to use a bit heavier weights, go down deeper into lunges and squats, etc. today's workout started with a cardio warmup, then gilad worked the legs and buns with unweighted iso contractions, then he did chest and abs with weights, and pushups. a couple of yoga stretches finished things off.in the workout i did today, there was a couple of commercial breaks that werent handled very well... the first one broke away from an exercise in the middle and gil started doing something else. the second break was in the middle of a set of laying chest press, so i was not looking at the tv... suddenly gil was standing and setting up to do something else. thankfully he talked for a few moments and i had time to get up and get ready to switch. it was a bit irritating though. i know that gilad wasnt thinking of dvd presentation of these workouts when he made them for tv, but hopefully he will keep that in mind next time and make the commercial breaks happen at appropriate times. it is not all gilad's problem though... other tv exercise shows that have been put on dvd have the same issue (ie: caribbean workout, sharon mann).luckily i still luv gilad and his backgrounders, and i enjoy his workouts. they are great to do after having already done a long walk outdoors or an elliptical ride. if i hadnt already done cardio, then i would have had to do 2 or 3 of these little workouts (around 23 mins each) to get a good workout done. for me, they are keepers... for others, maybe not so much. rent these or watch them on tv so that you can decide before buying. i wish that he would also put his hour-long TBS workouts on dvd... those are more challenging.gilad is coming out with another dvd set... 2 discs with short 10 min (or so) workouts on them... it is on pre-order now at amazon (available feb 19th). of course i preordered it, thinking those workouts will be good add-ons to my daily cardio. btw, i did the elliptical today instead of walking the dog because it is -25 celcius (-13 fahrenheit) with the windchill. i just cant hack that chinook is not pleased, and it looks like this cold weather will be here all week. oh well, i will let him run around in the yard instead, i guess... that will have to do!:*carolyn.

[Guest guest]

Congrats on your workout today, Carolyn! I bet it felt great to move!

What's your plan for the week?

Your reviews are so thorough, I want more!

Greedy,

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[Guest guest]

Really good day Carolyn, 3 workout days in a week isn't bad at all, a min of 3 - 4 30 min workouts is usually recommended. You've at least maintained your level and quickly got back on track.Vennitta

On Jan 20, 2008 1:39 PM, Festival City Concrete/ & Carolyn Visser wrote:

hiya!! sorry i havent posted much this past week. i didnt do

much of anything!! had only 3 workout days all week just

feeling tired and lazy. maybe i was fighting off a cold or having

some hormonal thang, or something... i dunno!

so, today i promised myself i would get back in action, so i did 50

mins on the elliptical and then did one of gilad's total body sculpt

workouts (from his new dvds... these are the same 30 min programs

that are on fit-tv, but without the commercials). gilad's quick

TBS workouts are not hard... beginners and intermediates can do

them. intermediates just need to use a bit heavier weights, go

down deeper into lunges and squats, etc. today's workout started

with a cardio warmup, then gilad worked the legs and buns with

unweighted iso contractions, then he did chest and abs with weights,

and pushups. a couple of yoga stretches finished things off.

in the workout i did today, there was a couple of commercial breaks

that werent handled very well... the first one broke away from an

exercise in the middle and gil started doing something else. the

second break was in the middle of a set of laying chest press, so i

was not looking at the tv... suddenly gil was standing and setting

up to do something else. thankfully he talked for a few moments

and i had time to get up and get ready to switch. it was a bit

irritating though. i know that gilad wasnt thinking of dvd

presentation of these workouts when he made them for tv, but

hopefully he will keep that in mind next time and make the

commercial breaks happen at appropriate times. it is not all

gilad's problem though... other tv exercise shows that have been

put on dvd have the same issue (ie: caribbean workout, sharon mann).

luckily i still luv gilad and his backgrounders, and i enjoy his

workouts. they are great to do after having already done a long

walk outdoors or an elliptical ride. if i hadnt already done

cardio, then i would have had to do 2 or 3 of these little workouts

(around 23 mins each) to get a good workout done. for me, they are

keepers... for others, maybe not so much. rent these or watch them

on tv so that you can decide before buying. i wish that he would

also put his hour-long TBS workouts on dvd... those are more

challenging.

gilad is coming out with another dvd set... 2 discs with short 10

min (or so) workouts on them... it is on pre-order now at amazon

(available feb 19th). of course i preordered it, thinking those

workouts will be good add-ons to my daily cardio. btw, i did the

elliptical today instead of walking the dog because it is -25

celcius (-13 fahrenheit) with the windchill. i just cant hack that

chinook is not pleased, and it looks like this cold weather

will be here all week. oh well, i will let him run around in the

yard instead, i guess... that will have to do!

:*carolyn.

-- Get Fit! Weight loss will follow

[Guest guest]

pinkpussycat@... wrote:

> What's your plan for the week?

star trainers: strength

star trainers: cardio

kim spreen: cardio camp

more gilad: total body sculpt episodes

elliptical rides

would really like to do a stretching video at night too, but

struggle to fit it in

:*carolyn.