let's see thursday evening did dynamic stretch with janis saffell. some flowing stretches nothing fancy or different just a nice 27 min workout. some standing stretches but mostly on the mat.
friday morning was jillian maximize back in action workout. again nothing out of the ordinary for jillian, its just a tough aerobic weight program. of course it being lighter on the weights i subbed some more upper body work with two segments from exercise tv's total body toning dvd. i first did the firm up fast arms with cindy witmarsh. this is a circuit style workout with some ab work. i used 8s and that was tough. she gives no breaks in this workout so heavy isn't a big option but its still an effective workout. i then did marco reed's cardio upper body. this mixes up a lot of exercises for lower and upper and some combinations of upper/lower along with some roping for heart rate. he did the pylo traveling push ups. super hard! this is almost bootcamped style/athletic conditioning.
i unfortunately skipped any stretch or yoga for friday evening. so that left me sore on saturday morning. i also didn't sleep to well so i was mega tired! i tried my best to do all the cardio from 10 minute solution knockout body. actually i believe its 2 cardio and one cardio/tone interval. i did do the upper body or abs on this dvd. i started with the gloves but took them off(i used my own gold's gym 3lb gloves). i pushed through modified where needed. i think if i was 100% this would have been an easier workout for me but its still a great useful workout. its basic but some segments are a bit of a space hog. its also challenging for the balance on some moves but that really works the core for me. great add on or light day workout.i added on cathe's MMA kickboxing stretch afterwards because i didn't know what else i was in the mood for LOL.
this morning i went with a workout sent to me from another vidiot buddy. a trainer's edge video from liz gilless called total body lift.this would have had more potential but it seems little to rushed thought was put into it. i was like trying to mix kari anderson with jane fonda. not bad exercises but her tempos and cues were way off. the warm up was not overly off but there were some arm movements that made me go HUH? what are you doing? some of the exercises were really good and familiar aside from the tempo. but parts of the workout seemed very rushed and almost made up as you went along. i have to say based on doing this my buddy is lucky she didn't pull her back out of whack. some of these exercises require lots of concentration and moving at that pace would cause one to lose form.i have done other workout from liz gillies before so i was expecting a lot better. i might try some of the chapters for warm ups on my other workouts though. some of the sections were good mobility and dynamic stretching but i am not recommending this one especially those with bad backs!
