Weekly chat thread Mon 2-4 to Sun 2-10
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holy baby jesus. I'm so friggin' bloated. TOM came today. BLAH! I'm miserable at the moment, so now I'm not sure about exercise tonight! I may just take it easy and do antoher rest day. We'll see how things go though over the next few hours. The first day's always the WORST for me, then I usually feel pretty normal after that. BOO!0
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I got my weighted gloves today and made it through fire 30 with them on. It is amazing how just 1.5lbs of extra resistance on each hand intensified the workout.
I did upper 20 for the first time today and wow my arms are feeling the burn! I really suck at overhead presses with the resistance band. My set did not come with the one they use so I've been using my own "heavy" tube, but I probably should have purchased a lighter one. Oh well, I know I will power through and get better with time.0 -
Well, I got myself to workout!! I didn't follow the schedule though, I felt like I needed a good dose of cardio to get my TOM blahs and bloat to go away so I did the fire 45ez for the first time. It worked, I feel a lot better! And the 45ez? JUST as tough as the regular 45! I loved it! I burned just about as much as I do with the regular 45! WOOHOO! I'm so happy I liked it, after doing the 55ez and not enjoying it very much I was hoping the 45ez wouldn't suck too. The music was great on the 45ez, I think that makes a huge difference for me. LOVE!!
@butterfly- those weighted gloves are awesome aren't they?! I've got a pair- not beachbody brand, but some other brand for kickboxing and they're a pound each. I'm not using them yet but I've used them in the past with workouts and I know that they definitely add great intensity!!0 -
I was supposed to do Fire 55 ez this morning, but woke up late. Only had time for Fire 30, but I killed it. I used my weighted gloves for the whole thing so got a little extra work out in. If you would have told me 5 months ago that I would be mad at myself for oversleeping and not getting my full work out in I would have laughed. Turbo Fire has been such a great addition to my life & it great to come on here and be motivated by other's hard work.0
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^^ nice job still getting a workout in!! It'd have been so easy to just give in and not exercise.
I've got a little migraine a'brewin' today, boo. I'm still planning on working out after work though- sometimes it acutally helps my migraines when I force myself to workout
I'm into week 5 of doing my current calorie level (remember, i eat a static amount which is a deficit percentage off the average of my BMF burns) and thankfully, over that 5 weeks along with exercising doing cardio kickboxing 6 days a week I've lost a few pounds! I think I should be able to continue with my static calorie amount (1800-1900) and continue to lose slowly, woohoo! I'm thrilled that I won't have to drop my calories lower. I think in part I have my active job to thank! It keeps my daily burn above/around 2400 a day, and then with exercise I end up around 2700-2900 a day. I've seen my low of 149.1 a few times this week (despite being on my period yesterday and today I've STILL seen that low number!), so finally a TRUE loss and I've broken past my "stuck" point of being in the low to mid 150's for the past most of a year. YAY!0 -
Damn, I did jinx myself, pulled something in my back. Heading to Target at lunch to get one of those heat patches to see if that helps.0
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Well, I did the HIIT 30 and Core 20 today. I liked the HIIT 30 (one of the advanced dvds) - the more I do the HIIT workouts the more I like them. I like how fast they move, I like looking forward to only a minute of high energy, then a minute of rest. Awesome! The Core 20 wasn't as hardcore as I expected it. Super low calorie burn, and my stomach's not as tired as I expected. Hmm. Maybe I need to get a better cord thingie- mine's old. My kit didn't come with the bands and things, so I'll have to buy some. I think there are other toning workouts that use the resistence bands and I don't have any of those.0
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yeah, agreed I am thrilled to have the advanced dvds. I think the regular schedule is a tad slow, so i'm happy to have more workouts I can add in. Like today, I was supposed to do Core 20 and stretch 40. I'm sure there's reasoning behind the way the schedule is set, but when I WANT to do cardio, why only do stretch? So I figured, screw it. I want to do the HIIT and I'm gunna do the HIIT! I'm also not doing the beachbody provided schedule, I got a schedule of some chick's blog. 0
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I got my bands from target. I got a pack of 3 lower body bands, light med and heavy, for about $10. I also got the cord with the handles at target as well for about the same price.
I also kind of switch up the schedule based on what I feel like doing The hiit workouts are my favorite! I also have a few strength dvd's that I mix in. 0 -
thanks tonya! I'm totally going to have to get some. The core workout was a waste of time almost without a good band!0
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I thought about getting weighted gloves, glad to hear it's such a big difference. I feel like I'm more conscious of using my arms this time around so I am getting more of a workout in them, but I still feel like my legs work harder.I got my weighted gloves today and made it through fire 30 with them on. It is amazing how just 1.5lbs of extra resistance on each hand intensified the workout.
I did upper 20 for the first time today and wow my arms are feeling the burn! I really suck at overhead presses with the resistance band. My set did not come with the one they use so I've been using my own "heavy" tube, but I probably should have purchased a lighter one. Oh well, I know I will power through and get better with time.
Did Fire 45 today for the first time in a long time, LOVED it. Rest day tomorrow, I'm in week 6 of the prep. I lost 3 lbs this weeks weigh in and am down 5.5 inches in the last 3 weeks!0 -
Posting in shame for not having started the TF this week. I started lifting and experienced extreme tiredness. Thought I was just super weak and craving food but then TOM arrived and it all became clear!
@Starlage - had a 3-day headache or starter-migraine here too, so cardio just didn't happen! The link you posted of your schedule looks like the regular TF schedule, I think you may have seen the 9-week 'prep' schedule, which comes in the booklet and is for those not used to exercise before tackling the HIITs in the regular schedule.0 -
@tawnie- sounds like a win! I hate eating out when there's no nutritional info available online!
@kiekie- ugh, hate migraines!! Yeah that was the one I saw, in the booklet. My ebay won kit didn't come with the proper schedules. I just googled "20 week turbofire schedule" and found one online "
I'm not quite on track with the schedule yet, I did "yesterday"s workout (I'm off by a day because of me extra rest day last weekend) so I got to do day 8, my beloved fire 45!! Love that one. My favorite by far. I've done it so many times before I got the whole set that I can do it now with "music fired up" option on and not have to watch the screen for every next move! Time to relax for couple of hours with the tv, then i'm spending the evening in with my bff with movies and girly nail stuff, hin crust pizza from papa murphy's for dinner. Mmmm!0 -
Hi ladies, So glad everyone is pushing play. I am still recouping and hoping its not my rotatior cuff that is out of commission.
I don't remember all the names so I'll just burb my thoughts.
I noticed with the bands I tense my neck more too. I switched to weights and this helped me I know this isn't an option for all just what worked for me. Also slowing them down will help.
I have myself some weighted gloves and WOW, you are right they make such a differance. You wouldn't think so but it does. I have to be careful when throwing punches not to extend it to far and do damage.
I Really like CLX in comparsion to P90X and she is just as hard. I think you will like it. I am currently doing the Janelle Summers CLX/TF schudle and It kicks butt Bonus I can still turbo My hubby is doing Body beast and while it seems like a good workout I am not all that ready yet. It Is REALLY hard, Sagi's training is totally different then CLX and P90x. Kills the arms and legs but that is all I have done, two workouts, but I may do the program when done with what I am doing now. we will see how strong I get and quit pulling muscles. That just plain sucks. Keep pushing play!!!!!!! 0 -
@vini, good to know CXL is still tough! I'm planning on in next. I want to to the TF/CXL hybrid after I get through my TF schedule!
Well last night was nice and relaxing, movies/nails/pizz = great night in with my BFF! I'm not sure what workout I'm supposed to do today- I THINK it's the HIIT 20 and 40 stretch, but I'm not feeling in a yoga mood today. Maybe I'll do the HIIT 20 and my power yoga dvd, slightly more active than regular yoga but still gets the stretching in. We'll see what I feel like later!0 -
Alright, workout done! I was supposed to do HIIT 15 and Sculpt 30 but I wanted a little extra cardio so I did the HIIT 25 and the sculpt 30. LOVE the sculpt 30! My arms are definitely sore after it. I don't know if it's part of the regular set or the advanced set? But it's awesome. It used the cord again, but she gave more tips about shortening the cord to make it harder, so that's what I did and it was definitely better! Love. The HIIT 25 I actually liked better than the HIIT 30. The firedrills were just more fun to me than what's on the HIIT 30. So, day 10- DONE!0
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Finished my second month of TF, I kinda did a mini inferno this last week, adding an extra Hiit 15 to my workouts since it seemed my measurements weren't moving and it looked like it worked, I lost an inch from my hips and thighs, nothing from my waist, though it is TOM, so I decided to blame it on that. Weigh in is tomorrow...I don't own a scale, so I have to weigh in a work. Wish me luck, I'm hoping for at least 8lbs for the month to stay with my 2lb/week plan.0
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