I had started this in February but then just switched to my own workout, which I am not getting very bored with. So I'm going to try and stick this time for Perf-fect's Mad Ab March! I just make it so Monday is my rest day instead of Sunday. Let me know if any of you try it out and how it goes!
So I've heard of this, and I think I'm going to try it tonight with Karen. High Intensity Interval Training is supposed to be the best cardio for weight loss. For example, after a 3-5 minute warm up, go from 10 seconds of fast and higher resistance to 20 seconds of rest, and repeat 7 more times. It doesn't seem long but it really does get your heart going. The goal is to steadily increase your intensity time to 30 seconds. I'd like to try this several times a week and then do a lower paced hour cardio like usual. This kind of exercise is not for building muscle, but for burning calories and help in losing fat.
This guy lost 30 lbs in 2 months with these 4 minute workouts. Maybe this will be harder than I thought, but I'm really excited!
I adore my yoga ball! I sit on it all the time in my room, even though its a bit short for my desk, but it is fantastic. It helps my back, works on my posture, and I love working out on it. I've done tons of sit ups on it, but this set of exercises from Oxygen Magazine are great. I'm hoping to get a kettle bell and some 10lb hand weights in the next week or two. Having weights at home will help on the days I can't get to the gym. These moves are seriously great for your butt, trust me, I'm feeling it!
This week I've been doing an ab circuit that follows:
10 crunches
10 crunches to the left, left leg on right knee
10 crunches to the right, right leg on the left knee
10 leg lifts, lift legs held together vertically, lower till just above the ground and repeat-don't let them touch the ground!
10 scissor kicks, bring apart legs together until the right overlaps the left, again until the left overlaps the right-this is one kick and again don't let your feet touch the ground
10 pushups-a good pushup not only strengthens your arms and legs but if done correctly tightens your stomach. Right now I'm still on my knees not my toes for my pushups but still holding my arms, legs, and stomach tight until I can do a full pushup.
I repeat this 3 times to get 30 of each. It's my goal to do this every morning and every night, and next Tuesday I will start doing it 4x, the week after that 5x and so on. It's my goal not to just lose the weight and get skinny but to be fit and build muscle. For today I've just finished a full triple circuit and will do another after the gym tonight!
