I am still trying out workouts on my free trial of Beachbody on Demand, so you’re still going to hear about them! Last night I did the Build: Legs workout from Body Beast, and in honor of the muscle-bound dudes in the workout, I even used my fiance’s 25 pound weights to do squats. It’s a 40-minute workout that includes moves like lunges, Bulgarian squats (with one foot behind you on a step or chair or ball, and looking a heck more like a lunge to me than a squat), calf raises, etc. The first time I stood up from my desk at work today, I felt the workout big time in my butt and quadriceps! Definitely a keeper.
Afterward, I wanted to tack on some cardio, so I tried Turbo Fire Low HIIT 20, led by Chalene Johnson. I just don’t like any workouts on the Turbo Fire set. I feel like the crew is too busy fawning all over themselves and admiring themselves and preening for the camera to put together a good workout, and Chalene Johnson’s choreography and cuing just suck in these workouts. It’s a hodge-podge of rapidly changing moves so that I am constantly pausing to figure out what the hell is going on. I tried a few of the workouts from Turbo Fire, but the 20-minute one last night was the last one. I just can’t stand them.
Tonight I will try another Insanity workout. It’s like the last-chance workout on Biggest Loser, last workout before the big weigh in! I’m hoping for a good weigh in tomorrow. I’ve worked really hard this week. I lost quite a bit last week, though, so I’m afraid this week is going to be low, maybe a pound or so. We’ll see!
Sweat & Sparkle 