Kayla Itsines Workouts

Hello!

I've seen loads of her posts on Instagram, and thought I would give it a go as well. I'm doing Jillian Michaels body revolution atm, and was planning on doing Kayla's after.

I can't make too much comment on her workouts, although, looking at the book they're similar or the same to what Jillian Michaels does in her workouts.

Kayla's workout regime works like this...
Its made up of Resistance, HIIT and LISS

-Week 1-4 : Monday Wednesday and Friday you do workouts that are in the book, each day has two circuits and each exercise round last a bout 7 minutes, and then you repeat, so it lasts about 28 minutes. Tuesday and Wednesay and Saturday. Saturday you go easy and just do some gentle stretches. You also do LISS, Low intensity exercise,( I cant remember what it entirely stands for) so that's like going for a 30-40 min run or so.

I just wanted to say though, Kayla's book only pretty much shows the workouts for the Resistance circuits, so you would have to get creative with the LISS part if you are able to.


So per week, you do 2–3 sessions of resistance training 2–3 sessions of LISS cardio training.

- Week-5-8 : You increase the LISS session so you do maybe...4 or 5, and continue to do 2-3 sessions of Resistance training as is in her book.

In her book though, she says she gets a bit more crazy and intense, and the workout prertty much builds up to more intensity for the best results by this point.

-Week 9-12 : You basically do everything, and might have to add in double sessions, so one day you might do some resistance and some LISS as well, and here you also do HIIT training, which she recommends as doing as a fast burst for 30 seconds of running on a treadmill, or maybe a bike.

You will need dumbells deffinitely, and she says for some exercises...an exercise ball thing, skipping rope, and a kettle bell, but she says if you dont have those, then you can just compromise, but you will DEFFO need dumbells about 3-5kg.

The rest of the book just exeplains in detail the form about each exercise, so she'll do a step by step how to do a squat correctly to get the results.

I only bought the "Bikini Body Guide" and to be honest I was quite disappointed with it, and unfortunately they dont do refunds, especially how it only showed resistance training but nothing for LISS or HIIT. Just because sometimes I dont have the time to go the gym, which is why I prefer DVD's because I can get the same benefits at home, with the same demonstrated exercises she has given also.

I guess I can say I am indifferent about it...because I will have to use something else for the HIIT and LISS workouts, but she has a tonne of results, and that's what you want is results.

I hope this helps x

I do think the program is very over priced. You could get it off of eBay for under 7 dollars tho.

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LOVE the workout guide! I'm on week 2 and the workouts are pretty difficult but that's probably why girls see such great results after the 12 weeks. I have the nutrition guide too, and as mentioned above it's pretty basic commen sense stuff. If you have a good knowledge of what you "should' be eating already and what some healthy foods are then don't invest in it. Just know she doesn't cut out any food groupd If you lack that sort of knowledge then I would say buy it because it has a lot of good information.

Hey! I've started doing the BBG, and I was wondering how I should log these in fitness pal. Should I just use circuit training, general?

I'm finishing up Week 4 and i've seen great results. not so much on the scale as i still weigh the same but physically have noticeable change. Its pretty intense but once you get used to it its totally worth it. I did not in fact purchase the ebooks though, they are quite expensive and i really just don't have the money to spare, i ended up getting them from a friend, i have both guides 1 and 2.0 and the nutrition guide.

HI

I have just got the BBG and am having real difficulty understanding the workouts.... (think I am being slightly dim here) but anyway, could somebody whose doing this please tell me what workout I am supposed to be doing for Day 1 and Day 2 and then I will be able to work out what I am supposed to be doing

Thank you

Desperate to get doing but my stupidity holding me back arrrghhhh

Peerielou - you're supposed to keep pushing through the set until the time runs out, I believe...so if you're already quite fit you should be able to do more reps. That really appeals to me since no matter your fitness level you should be able to push. I just got the program and I'm very excited about trying it. I love the structure of the workouts - very similar to Jillian Michaels (whose workouts I adore, but I just wanted a change).

I just did my first workout from it!

I am fairly fit, and have done p90x several times, and this was a wonderful change of pace! I feel like it would never stop working, too, since you go as fast as you can - always room for improvement!

That said, I wouldn't classify it as easy. Not if you're doing it right. In spite of being fit, I was pretty out of breath at the end of each circuit! I'm sure that'll improve tho. And it may not be good for you if you have knee problems. It's got quite a bit of plyo, and I had to tone it down several times cuz of my bum knee.