BeachBody On Demand
A colleague gave me birthday and Christmas rolled into one--she let me play on her Beachbody On Demand account.
We're helping each other with accountability. Fitness is more fun with a buddy, after all, even if only for short stretches.
Monday, October 15, I started strength training with something called Liift4. Being such a noob, I'm better with guided training right now. Day 1 was triceps. Wow. Didn't know what those felt like before starting.
I also adopted Core de Force, a cardio program that focuses on kicks, punches and core strength. Air punching bigots who believe in separating children from parents, supporting rapists over women, and dehumanizing the bulk of humanity? I'm in! Day 1 was kicking, punching and dodging, and no-one got hurt. It was very therapeutic.
Tuesday, October 16, Liift4 focused on biceps and backs. I was gifted metal bars with iron disc weights for the ends--meathead lifting gear. Even the dumbbell bars weigh a few pounds a piece. I slogged through, doing 8 reps to the 10 being done on screen. Toward the end, I was doing 5 to their 10. Finally, I just put the dumbbells down and worked my arms without weights. By that point, my biceps were very well isolated thankyouverymuch, and were in fact laughing at me for thinking I could make them do more.
Weight training done, I was feeling good. Looking forward to the martial arts workout to come! Core de Force pulled a fast one. Day 2 was titled "Dynamic Strength." Apparently, this is code for "biceps and back." For the next 20 minutes, 6 separate sets, not a single move was repeated but not once did the workout get away from biceps, triceps and back. Finally, arm muscles quivering, I reached what I thought would be the turning point. No. The workout coaches then cheerfully announced that we'd go back to the beginning and repeat all 6 sets but make each move harder than before on the arms and back.
My body couldn't keep up. I fell out and half wormed, half bear walked to the shower. A day later, my arms are still scoffing at me.
I look forward to re-reading this two weeks from now, when hopefully I'll be able to keep up with the full circuit of both workouts.
We're helping each other with accountability. Fitness is more fun with a buddy, after all, even if only for short stretches.
Monday, October 15, I started strength training with something called Liift4. Being such a noob, I'm better with guided training right now. Day 1 was triceps. Wow. Didn't know what those felt like before starting.
I also adopted Core de Force, a cardio program that focuses on kicks, punches and core strength. Air punching bigots who believe in separating children from parents, supporting rapists over women, and dehumanizing the bulk of humanity? I'm in! Day 1 was kicking, punching and dodging, and no-one got hurt. It was very therapeutic.
Tuesday, October 16, Liift4 focused on biceps and backs. I was gifted metal bars with iron disc weights for the ends--meathead lifting gear. Even the dumbbell bars weigh a few pounds a piece. I slogged through, doing 8 reps to the 10 being done on screen. Toward the end, I was doing 5 to their 10. Finally, I just put the dumbbells down and worked my arms without weights. By that point, my biceps were very well isolated thankyouverymuch, and were in fact laughing at me for thinking I could make them do more.
Weight training done, I was feeling good. Looking forward to the martial arts workout to come! Core de Force pulled a fast one. Day 2 was titled "Dynamic Strength." Apparently, this is code for "biceps and back." For the next 20 minutes, 6 separate sets, not a single move was repeated but not once did the workout get away from biceps, triceps and back. Finally, arm muscles quivering, I reached what I thought would be the turning point. No. The workout coaches then cheerfully announced that we'd go back to the beginning and repeat all 6 sets but make each move harder than before on the arms and back.
My body couldn't keep up. I fell out and half wormed, half bear walked to the shower. A day later, my arms are still scoffing at me.
I look forward to re-reading this two weeks from now, when hopefully I'll be able to keep up with the full circuit of both workouts.
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