Leslie and a new Firm
October 9, 2006
I didn’t get to workout the last couple of days because it has been unbearably hot and humid. For a couple of days in a row, it was like 90 degrees Fahrenheit – in the house! – with probably about 70 or 75% humidity. I was able to get through this summer without turning the air conditioning on, but I had to the last couple of days.
Yesterday was no exception, it was still hot, but I figured I just had to workout since I am PMS’ng and when I get PMS, I eat a lot of chips and chocolate. Yum!
I figured I should take it easy, so I decided to do the Leslie Sansone 2 mile walk last night. I mean, it is an EASY workout – but I was sweating so much because of the humidity. I didn’t want to strain myself too much because of the heat and so it was a good workout to do. I am finding that I do like this DVD a lot though. I like that it is so simple that I can do it on a day like yesterday when I am tired and don’t want to strain myself. I haven’t tried the 4 mile walk on the DVD yet since that one is almost an hour long and I find that I would rather do a couple of short videos back to back rather than 1 long one nowadays.
I was originally set on just doing that DVD, but afterwards I decided to do the new Sculpting Ball workout from the Firm since it was only another 30 minutes. I do like this video – but okay, I do find one part annoying – there is a short cardio section in it and Tina cues “Samba! inside leg” – which is fine – but she says the cue the same way for every repetition and it just kind of bugs me for some reason. But I do like it though. It incorporates a lot of “core work,” (Ugh, core work is such a fitness buzzword that is so annoying I wish it would die out already), that really gets to me for some reason. The cardio section is easy and low impact, but it also really strains my back with all of the twists. Like I mentioned before, I do need to work on my lower back strength, so it is no biggie, but I did have to stop the DVD and stretch my back out for a few minutes though, which I’ve never really had to do before. Hmmm.
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