Under Sara's influence - Debbie Siebers: Shape It Up!

[Guest guest]

I enjoyed reading Sara's review yesterday so much that I decided to make that virgin workout my torture for the night. I started the dvd, then remembered how terrible the music is, so I went and got some Sines R & B aerobics music and used that instead, which really helped the 78 minutes go by.

This is a fun workout! You alternate between a strength segment and a cardio segment. I haven't lifted weights in awhile, so as you might imagine, I was counting down til we could go back to cardio! There is a part where she says, " Let's have some fun! " and you " twist " side to side, so I got out my twister board and used that! Yay! I finally found a workout where I can use that gizmo! Too fun!

It's all painful, but the part that stands out for me the most is the floor work at the end where you have ankle weights on, lying supine on your mat and use your quads to lift your leg up and down. Sounds easy, looks easy, but man oh man did it BURN! I was shouting out profanities at Debbie by that time.

The exercises themselves aren't much different than what she does in her other videos, but this one is very balanced and like I said I enjoy the switch between cardio and strength. I give this workout an " A " and will try and do it again this week. Now that I know what to expect and I will know what weights to use and know how I can improve. That was the lesson learned in Kauai - doing the same workout a few times in a 2 week time slot, in spite of potential boredom, is probably better for you.

My only critique is that Debbie shows poor form on her kickboxing kicks and there is potential for knee injury if you do the kicks like she does. Also when she does plie squats her knees extend a teensy bit past the toes, another no-no.

Thanks Sara for your inspiration!Hugs!

[Guest guest]

Hi !

Great job! I'm happy to hear that I was such a good influence, and

an inspiration even! I'll have to remind myself of that next time

I'm procrastinating the day away and struggling to motivate *myself*

to get to my workout.

Too funny that you were counting down to get back to cardio. During

my SI6 workouts, I couldn't wait to be done with the cardio, heh.

Ooh, you used ankle weights! I prob should have mentioned that I did

not, heh. I had enough trouble with the SI6 floorwork without

weights to want to try using them just yet. The dead lifts really

hit my hamstrings, so that's the part I remember everytime I move.

I'm moving on from Shape It Up, but I'm glad that I liked it better

than SI6. Looking forward to your take two report next week!

Sara

>

> I enjoyed reading Sara's review yesterday so much that I decided to

make

> that virgin workout my torture for the night.

>

> I started the dvd, then remembered how terrible the music is, so I

went and

> got some Sines R & B aerobics music and used that instead, which

really

> helped the 78 minutes go by.

>

> This is a fun workout! You alternate between a strength segment

and a

> cardio segment. I haven't lifted weights in awhile, so as you might

> imagine, I was counting down til we could go back to cardio! There

is a

> part where she says, " Let's have some fun! " and you " twist " side to

side, so

> I got out my twister board and used that! Yay! I finally found a

workout

> where I can use that gizmo! Too fun!

>

> It's all painful, but the part that stands out for me the most is

the floor

> work at the end where you have ankle weights on, lying supine on

your mat

> and use your quads to lift your leg up and down. Sounds easy,

looks easy,

> but man oh man did it BURN! I was shouting out profanities at

Debbie by

> that time.

>

> The exercises themselves aren't much different than what she does

in her

> other videos, but this one is very balanced and like I said I enjoy

the

> switch between cardio and strength.

>

> I give this workout an " A " and will try and do it again this week.

Now that

> I know what to expect and I will know what weights to use and know

how I can

> improve. That was the lesson learned in Kauai - doing the same

workout a

> few times in a 2 week time slot, in spite of potential boredom, is

probably

> better for you.

>

> My only critique is that Debbie shows poor form on her kickboxing

kicks and

> there is potential for knee injury if you do the kicks like she

does. Also

> when she does plie squats her knees extend a teensy bit past the

toes,

> another no-no.

>

> Thanks Sara for your inspiration!

>

> Hugs!

>

>