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Body Pump
I'm not a fan of the latest release of Body Pump (dont know the number). It just doesn't seem to jell for me. Too many transistions, poor timings, all a bit jolty. Plus none of the songs really do it for me.
Also not a fan of the latest Body Step. Don't I sound like a grump now! It always throws me off when we start off with the block around the "wrong way"!
Do others have opinions?
Are you on the new release? When did it begin? Is Hot Stepper your abs music and that Chirstina Aguilera that makes you want to kill yourself the cool-down? LOL.
What do you mean about the block?
You do sound moany! Get back in the gym moany! Lol. Only kidding. At least you won't have to suffer it too long, and often when the transitions and timings feel bad it's because it's challenging your body more. They mix it up to keep you awake and keep you working. No pain no gain right?
Bx
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Ruth is talking about Pump 65 and Step 71. You should get those some time in the next year Bec
Pump 65 is a KILLER! Full on squats and lunges and no break in the chest track, phew! I kinda know what you mean Ruth, but I really like it. One of our instructors has already started mixing it up and we did 26 today - ouch! It's amazing that it only takes a few weeks to get used to something, even if it is really hard. As for Step I think it has to be one of my favourites!
It is off-putting starting the other way around (the block is front facing the instuctor instead of side facing) and I must admit I don't like doing the speed step that way round, but I really like all the new moves and the music is cool.
Have you tried any of the others? In Combat 35 there is Roundhouse challenge so practice for it Bec, 26 RH kicks without putting your foot down (well, you are allowed but you shouldn't!), wow it's a great challenge! There's a song from Hairspray, I think it's called "Can't Stop The Beat"? It is AWESOME!
Oh, excitin! I'm trying to tone my hams so hard squats and lunges will probably do me a painful favour... LOL.
Pump progress report (in total weight on the bar):
Warmup: 5kg
Squats: 12kg (as of last night)
Chest: 7kg
Back: 12kg (as of last night)
Triceps: 5kg
Biceps: 7kg
Lunges: 12kg (as of last night)
Shouders: 7kg
Aims: to get my squats and lunges to 20kg by June, to get my triceps to 7kg by June, to get my biceps to 9kg by end of current release.
I wish i was more overall strong. I feel like i COULD NOT add any weight to the triceps - i feel like i'm only JUST able to finish atm, yet the instructor was nagging me to get my bicep weight up last night and i think i could try 9kg next week. And like the squats and lunges are HARD with 12kg, but i feel like i'll be able to add more in 3 weeks or so (in fact i don't really hurt today so if i haven't gotten some DOMS in my legs by tomorrow i'm going to move to 14kg next week), but with my back i feel like it's gonna be longer before i can up that, i'm finding it really hard now. I just feel like some of my muscles are hopelessly weak compared to others. Like if you took my biceps and scaled from that i should be able to life about 25kg on my squats!
Running progress report:
speed: 6mins10secs/mile (WOOT)
distance: 7.5km at race speed (9mins45secs/mile)
endurance: 65mins continuous with buggy
Aims: sub-1hour finish at 10k in May.
Swimming progress report:
500m/12mins (150m breast, 350 freestyle)
Aims: none. LOL.
Bx
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Ok, I have finished taking stock and are back in my routine - THANK HEAVENS. Isn't it weird how you get up in the morning, don't really want to gym, drag your sorry butt there and end up enjoying it, but when you can't go to the gym you are willing to sell your first-born right for 30 minutes of intense pain and sweat
I am totally jealous of you guys having Attack and Combat and Pump classes
Had a nice, strechy fitball class this morning. I feel long and lean and stiff in the back a bit, but that is only because she consentrated the back this morning.
Hypothetical (sp) question.
Could a woman get her body in shape in six months of extensive and hard gym (weights & cardio) training??? DH was oogeling a girl on TV the other day (darn damn sexy, I was oogeling her also) and I told him that the chances of me looking like that was about -49.5. And then I thought that if I train hard for six months, surely I could look like that - if I wanted - I could, if I wanted. If I did not have a job and could train mornings and afternoons and eat the right food (this could be a HUGE problem
) ... how long will it take to get your body in tip-top shape?? Maybe even less time - like 3 months???
ATM I like myself, I am just wondering that IF I were to take on a project like that, how long would it take me.
Hypothetical answer:
Yeah, you should be able to get fit-looking in 6 months with hard work. But...
How you look when you're "fit" depends a lot on your body type though. There is a woman in my bodypump class who leaves after the lunges because it is her 5th class of the day. She does 18 classes/week. Now don't get me wrong, she looks good, but if i were doing 18 classes/week to look like her, FOR ME, it wouldn't be worth it.
If you are the sort of person who has thick skin you will NEVER get the definition and tone that someone who has thinner skin can, and likewise if you have thin skin, you will never get the firmness of flesh that a person with thicker skin can. If you are an ectomorph somatotype you'll find it very hard to build big muscles and if you're an endomorph you'll find it very hard to build lean wiry muscle. Without seeing the girl and you it's hard to know if your body type is anything like hers. So yes, you could get to that level, bodywise, in 6 months, but you'd need to be prepared to look nothing like the photo girl when you do.
Also, once you reach this level, are you willing to keep putting the hours/effort in to stay that way?
It's something we've debated before on a few running forums i go to. So often people aspire to athlete's bodies without thinking about the fact that for most people who look like that, the work that makes them look like that is their ONLY job - top athletes do almost nothing for themselves, their working day is in the gym/on the track, so to take on looking like them you're basically taking on another job on top of the one you already do, kwim?
If you really wanted to, you could quit your job and become a personal trainer...?
Bx
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Firstly - I spelled hypothetical correctly!!LOL
I get what you are saying and nowe do not have the same body type. I am big-boned, pear-shaped and heavy (probably build hard muscle, not lean) and she was boy-shaped and fine.
And a big NA-AH NO on the keeping it up like that, once I get there. I have a life other than exerciseIt has been in the back of my mind lately, swotting personal training or something in that line. But I know I will never make the move. I am a play-it-safe kind of girl.
Just noticed something else ... it's only in this day and age that you can chat to ppl from the UK and South-Africa on an Austrailian web-page!!
Thanks for bearing with my silly questions.
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Your Bicep weight is really good. I have always found it the hardest weight to up. I am still only doing 7.5K and that is killing me, at the end of the track my form is shockingly bad and I am wobbling like crazy! 9K is a really good weight to aim for, good luck!
I would recommend upping your Bi's and Tri's on the next release for sure. The Tricep track is long, with no breaks but there are 4 different moves so you're not spending the whole time in agony! The Bicep track is also pretty hard but it's really short so just go hard!
When I am doing my lunges I have stopped having the bar on my back (knee problems) and that really helps me up my squat weight. Maybe you could try squating 15K and only holding weights in either hand or infront when you do the lunges? I have found upping the weight in squats to be the easiest, as long as you can get the bar off at the end!
IKWYM about muscles being weak, man my biceps are pitiful!
Kazbah - I hope you get better soon! Being sick is sooooo awful, I really, really feel for you!
And everyone, keep up the fitness chatter I LOVE IT!!!!!
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