Who's Your Daddy?
Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 02:06PM
CRUSHED IT!!!
That's right. It's Saturday. Last night was weird- went to see Up In The Air, which I loved!!- then I came home, did some reading, went to bed. Was up at 5am for NO REASON. Could NOT fall back asleep. I knew that because I went to bed at 11pm, that was not enough sleep. I think I finally fell back asleep around 6am and slept in until GULP 9AM!!! That's crazy for me! Well, then again, I am crazy right? ;-)
So, I could have made any kind of lame excuse to not workout today but I did it. Today I did Val Waters' Action Hero Babe (Sculpt) Circuit. Some of you might recall I first bought Val's "Red Carpet Ready" Workouts and really liked them. What I like much better about the new Action Hero Babe workouts are the accompanying DVD- so you can workout along with Val. Some of you might say, "ok, I can do the exercises on my own.." --What I will tell you is having done them WITHOUT Val's video and now WITH the video- I was doing the circuits WAY TOO SLOW. I was trying to do almost more like a gym style workout where you take your time through each set. That is NOT the goal with these circuits. She moves much faster and I tell you- it keeps your heart rate UP there. And she incorporates ABS/CORE into each set. I really like it, and I know Val, in a long distance friend kinda way, she's a very down to earth, motivating REAL trainer. **Also note, those of you that are into competition- this would be more of a cardio type workout for your purposes, or something to mix it up. This is NOT heavy isolation training.** MY personal training focus this year is MIXING IT UP. Yes, I certainly add in some of my own isolation heavy training all throughout the week when I want to. But for me personally, I will never go back to 1 hour of TREADMILL and 1 hour of only isolation weight training. Too boring. For ME. Nothing wrong with it, I just like doing all these different workouts: Kickboxing, the new Cathe Cardio DVDs, Val Waters, Insanity, P90X, Taebo, some Lotte Berk, some yoga, you see my point.
Now I'm off to have a healthy lunch that I ENJOY. If you have questions about any of the workouts I am reviewing, let me know! I'm PSYCHED!!
*Disclosure: I have provided an affiliate link for the Valerie Waters program above, so if you end up purchasing that system I will receive a referral fee from her.*
So, HOW HAS YOUR 2010 STARTED OFF? You aren't waiting until Monday to start are you? What are your plans for today and tomorrow?
Reader Comments (2)
This weekend was rough so yes, you called it, i'm waiting until Monday to start!! :) I plan to do lots of cardio and ST - woo! And start the couch to 5k program. :) I like your take on mixing it up - I can REALLY see from personal experience how boring it can be!!
Hey Sweets!! Girl, I never worry about YOU getting back on track. And that's the key- knowing when we stray, for whatever reason, having our own plan and starting again. That's it. ;-)
Thinking of you. ;-)