Thursday & Friday

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Well, even though I didn't feel too great when I got up on Thursday, I got to feeling a little better later in the day and did a workout. I did the Body & Soul Fitness Total Body. This was a 45 minute kickboxing workout that really sucked. Literally, there were times when she would have a left lead for the feet but a right lead for the arms. I don't think there was ever a sequence that had a left lead for the arms. I can say with this one, though that at least they got rid of the cheesy 80's clothes and the stripes on the floor. I don't think I will be doing this one ever again, so I'm really glad it was only $1.

After that I did Body & Soul Fitness Power Walking. It was 29 minutes of actual exercise, but there was a lot of talking by exercise physiologists, etc. about proper walking technique, warm-up, stretch, etc. We're back to the cheesy 80's, but overall it was a decent workout. Very retro aerobics.

I ended the day with Exercise TV's Incredible Abs. This was 20 minutes of ab work. Lots of plank variations. Overall a decent workout, so a good deal for free on Exercise TV.

Friday I was feeling much better, so I went with my more intense Shoulders & Arms with weights from Training with Tonya. 30 minutes of heavy weight work. I maxed out with 10's, though because I taught it with individual sets of 20-25 reps, so I couldn't go too heavy.

After that I went to do the last of my Body & Soul dvd's, Ultimate Dance Aerobics. I got all of 5 minutes into it and the dvd kept skipping so bad that I couldn't do the workout. I tried cleaning it. I tried cleaning the dvd player. Nothing worked. I tried another dvd in the player and it worked fine so I decided that it was the dvd. So I just threw it away. Thankfully, it was only $1. What I did of it was a good funk workout ala the early 90's, though, so if I see it at the Dollar Tree again, I may get another copy to see if I can get a better dvd.

Since my cardio was a bust, I grabbed one I needed to make up anyway, Aerobic Dance with Suzanne . This is an okay 50 minute workout. Basic aerobics with half the room dressed in blue doing the high impact and the other half of the room dressed in orange doing the low impact version. I got a good sweat, but I wouldn't say it is a have to have dvd. It was a good deal from the dollar rack at Wal-Mart though.

To finish things off I grabbed season one from Training With Tonya again and did the Pilatesculpt Lower Body, Upper Body, and Core workouts. 30 minutes each of my take on Pilates mixed with higher reps and some sculpting type moves. Basically, I needed a stretch. LOL

Today so far, I've already walked on the treadmill and done a Gilad workout. I'm almost ready for another Training With Tonya Pilatesculpt Total Body and then Kest. Can you tell I'm trying to work my way up to being prepared for all that has to offer? LOL Actually, the hard part of that workout will be to force myself to actually do it instead of just sitting on my yoga mat drooling over .

Have a great day!

Tonya