Working Out Week 30 of 2014

The last full week of July has past – week 30 of the year.  It has gotten really hot here in Texas in the past week or two.  My workouts this week are below:

  • Monday – Cathe LIS – Total Body Trisets – Chest, Shoulders and Tri’s – 31 min.
  • Tuesday – Ride Bike + Yoga – 40 min.
  • Wednesday – Cathe LIS – Turbo Barre – 40 min.
  • Thursday – Ride Bike + Yoga – 35 min.
  • Friday – Cathe LIS – Total Body Trisets – Back, Bi’s and Core – 34 min.
  • Saturday – Ride Bike + Yoga – 33 min.

This past week instead of doing cardio dvd’s I decided to do some weights for the upper body and also my Turbo Barre workout on Wednesday.

Cathe Total Body Trisets Upper

The weight training workout I used this week was the same one, from the Cathe Low Impact Series called Total Body Trisets.  The workout is actually a total body workout but I chose to just do the upper body portion of this workout on Monday and again on Friday.  This workout uses some heavier weights like 10 and 15 pound dumbbells and the exercise ball with some of the sets.  The workout consists of 3 exercises per grouping that you repeat two times before moving on to the next set.  It felt good to do some heavier weights this past week.

Cathe Turbo Barre Workout

The cat joined me again on Wednesday for the Turbo Barre workout.  (see him on the chair) This is our third Wednesday in a row of doing this workout.  I did the muscle conditioning portion with the lighter 5 pound dumbbells and then on to the floorwork and then the ab work.  I love the fun and challenging ab moves in this workout.  You can see some of them in the photos above.

On the days I was not using my dvd’s I rode my bike through the neighborhood.  I got bored with my old route so I changed it up a bit this week.  I would then come back home and do my yoga outside on the patio – it feels good to do the yoga after a bike ride.

 

Ball Exchange exercise

The ball exchange move is one of my favorite ab-core exercises and I did plenty of them on Friday with the Total Body Trisets dvd.  This move is where you place the ball between your lower legs, lower them down while lowering your upper body with the arms stretched overhead, then raise both your legs (while holding the ball) and your arms back up and grab the ball with your hands and lower your legs and your hands (now holding the ball) back toward the floor – you don’t actually touch the floor with your legs and arms though.  When you do about 25 or 30 of these for two rounds you really feel it.

What is one of your favorite exercise moves that you did this past week or recently – or maybe a favorite new workout?  Click on Leave a Reply to tell me about it.

Have a great weekend!

Kimberlee