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PHASE 2 WORKOUTS 7 & 8 (start 4/30)
rosied915
Posts: 799 Member
Thought I'd start an updated thread for Workouts 7 & 8.....
First day of Workout 7 in a few minutes.......
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First day of Workout 7 in a few minutes.......
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Good luck! I look forward to hearing your review
. I started week 6 this morning...so I'm just a week away from workout 7... 0 -
I'm starting my week 2 on 7 and 8 today!0
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My arms! My abs! My arms!
But as much as I find them to be torture, I also love workouts 7 & 8. I started my second week of them this morning, and I'm amazed at how much stronger I seem to have gotten in just one week.0 -
I'm starting workout 7 & 8 this week. Very excited to move on!!0
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I'll start 7 on wednesday! excited but heard they are killer! 0
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OK~ all done~ for the most part I liked it~ a lot of "plank things" and "push up" things.
I am also reading NROL4W and in there they give you several different ways to do push ups (at different heights so it's less on your wrists-like using a bench) so I did some of the pushup moves using the seat of my kitchen chairs and, as long as you have good form, you'll still feel it.
I will also note for future NROLers that a LOT of the moves in JM BR are in theirs! (who stole whose?? Hee Hee)
OVERALL~ I think I'm gonna make it!:blushing:0 -
Just completed workout 7 for the first time, and I have to say that I am disappointed. Don't know whether in the workout or myself: got a low kcal burn (269kcal), barely broke a sweat, but the problem is that I just can't do many of the moves. Wherever push-ups are involved - I just can't do them, even the modified crow push-ups are mission impossible for me. I didn't like that almost the whole workout was on the floor, my heart rate wasn't up. I love lunges and squats, and deadlifts(I really enjoyed workouts 5&6) ; stuff that makes me sweat like crazy. Hopefully, workout 8 is going to be more to my liking. But what can I do, gonna have to push through anyway!0
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Just completed workout 7 for the first time, and I have to say that I am disappointed. Don't know whether in the workout or myself: got a low kcal burn (269kcal), barely broke a sweat, but the problem is that I just can't do many of the moves. Wherever push-ups are involved - I just can't do them, even the modified crow push-ups are mission impossible for me. I didn't like that almost the whole workout was on the floor, my heart rate wasn't up. I love lunges and squats, and deadlifts(I really enjoyed workouts 5&6) ; stuff that makes me sweat like crazy. Hopefully, workout 8 is going to be more to my liking. But what can I do, gonna have to push through anyway!
I did a LOT of the "floor" work against the seat of a kitchen chair~ my wrists are a BIG problem and as I said earlier, it was recommended in NROL4W to use a "prop" to elevate yourself if you had a hard time with pushups.
Give it a try~ don't forget if you skip or half-do the moves, your burn will not be that high.....I'm 200 pds and got 153 for Workout 7...but I modified, soooo......0 -
I did a LOT of the "floor" work against the seat of a kitchen chair~ my wrists are a BIG problem and as I said earlier, it was recommended in NROL4W to use a "prop" to elevate yourself if you had a hard time with pushups.
Thanks for the advice, I actually happen to have that book at home, will look into the modified push-ups!0 -
My arms! My abs! My arms!
But as much as I find them to be torture, I also love workouts 7 & 8. I started my second week of them this morning, and I'm amazed at how much stronger I seem to have gotten in just one week.
So happy to hear this because after my first time on workout 7 I was dying! Wow that was hard for me! Hoping I feel like you in a week!0 -
My arms! My abs! My arms!
But as much as I find them to be torture, I also love workouts 7 & 8. I started my second week of them this morning, and I'm amazed at how much stronger I seem to have gotten in just one week.
I did workout 7 for the first time last night and this is how I'm feeling this morning. Abs & arms - youch!
All the plank/push up moves are very hard.
My question is on the boat pose - can anyone do these without almost tipping over to either side? I don't know whether I should be sitting on, above or below my tailbone. If I'm above it, I feel like I have too much of my back on the floor. If I'm below it, I feel like I'm sitting up too much. If I'm on it - forget it, I tip over! Any suggestions?
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Did workout 7 last night. It was killer! But, I was also disappointed that I didn't burn as many calories as the prior workouts. I think part of it was I was watching a lot of the moves before I dove in and started. My heart rate barely crept up, but I was exhausted at the end.
Curious to see how workout 8 is tonight.
Oh and about the boat pose, I didn't seem to tip over when I sat right on my tailbone. I guess it's a balance thing.0 -
The first circuit of workout 7 is definitely a challenge for me! Not so much the plank moves but the pushups. I can't do a decent "real" pushup and now I can't even do the modified ones because of how bad my knees have gotten
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Workout 8 today~ I liked it~ and I actually think I'm getting stronger!! However........
There was some kind of a "jump up from laying your stomach thing" that I just didn't do~ I'm not doing it.....no one can make me......
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Workout 8 today~ I liked it~ and I actually think I'm getting stronger!! However........
There was some kind of a "jump up from laying your stomach thing" that I just didn't do~ I'm not doing it.....no one can make me......
I'm not.....
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I know what you mean...I did do the jump up but it certainly was not the cool looking surfer stance Jillian had. I was happy I made it up to my feet and back down to the floor.0 -
Workout 7 was definitely difficult. I agree about all the floor work (planks and push-ups). I love working with weights and cables but feel so frustrated when it comes to the yoga moves. I was hoping to see more modifications. The oblique pushup was pretty impossible for me so I just did some oblique crunches after a few more unsuccessful attempts. Brutal.
Workout 8 today. Oh my.0 -
I liked a lot about workout 8. (I wish I could remember the names of some of the moves...)
Proud that I was able to handle all of the torture tubes moves!
Like the pendulum lunge move with weights (forward, hold, back, hold, forward, back, hold, etc....)
And the side lunge/twist one. Whenever she said use your 3's I had to use 5's because I have 1's and then 5's - no in-between.
I COULD BARELY DO the move where you switch into the position where your back leg is out behind you and you're holding your weights out in front of you. I used my 5's and actually put one down. Yikes!
I also like the bicycle thing with the cables - not bad.
All in all it was a good break from 7 - my abs and triceps are still aching!
Cardio party tomorrow! :happy:0 -
Workout 8 was nice - much better than W7. With the exception of warrior 3 + weights: i just physically can't stretch my arms out in that position; when I was doing Insanity and during the stretch Shaun said to do a flat back with 'biceps by the ears', I couldn't do it.
The problem is - I'm not losing anything; on the contrary, I've gained more than an inch around my waist, my pants are getting tighter and tighter, although I maintain a 500kcal deficit every day. It's so frustrating, I don't really know what I'm doing wrong.0 -
I did Workout 8 yesterday and I really enjoyed it. So much better than workout 7!!.
The only trouble I had was that surfer move too. I have never done that before and somehow it made my wrists hurt. Maybe I'm doing it wrong??
I also did Cardio 2 after workout 8 last night, and tonight I'm doing workout 7 again as I won't have any time to workout tomorrow.(modifying the schedule a little bit but I think it'll be ok)0 -
Completed workout 7 for the 2nd time. It was much better. My shoulders and hamstrings have been aching the whole week, so good
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