Don't Gain A Pound - Bootcamp Body Makeover

I think I did all I can do with those Crunch workouts.  There was one stretch one that I'd like to get back to, but all the rest were dancey and I'm not interested.  So I moved on to the "Don't Gain a Pound" section and did the first one, Bootcamp Body Makeover.

Amy Dixon is the trainer, we've seen her before and I really like her.  She talks a lot about form and getting better and being healthier and she, believe it or not, NEVER mentions a tank top!  Imagine that!  I wear tank tops a lot, actually, so I guess that's what bugs me about so many of these bitches talking about it.  I suppose by their rules, I don't DESERVE to wear a tank top but whatevs.

So.  It's a good, but short, workout.  I would think that they are just showing part of a longer workout, but since you warm up and cool down, I don't think that's the case.  Anyway, this is two long circuits of cardio and strength work.  You do a little sequence that she adds on to and then once you have it, you repeat it a few times.  It reminds me of taking Aerobics back in the early 90's in that way.  That's not a complaint, I loved those aerobics classes!

You do some boxing moves, squats, lunges, kicks, pushups, crunches, the usual.  They are all very straightforward workout moves, no yoga or dancing involved.  It's a short but I imagine effective workout and it felt fine for me today, since I started my 200 sit up project today and I feel I have already worked enough, ha!

Give me Ten Core

I thought this was going to be an ab workout but it was more frickin fracken cardio.  It's probably better, I just did the 13 minutes of Denise Austin, but this is a crazy way to workout.  I was all getting into my head to do an intense ab workout and instead I'm jumping around like a fool!

Amy Dixon is the trainer on this one and she is VERY INTENSE.  Her HAIR IS UP and SEVERE.  She and her lackeys are WEARING BLACK.  The music is VERY FAST and POUNDING.  But it's great, I have to say.  Again, not much of a warmup or cool down but ten minutes, well, probably 11, of great cardio moves.  It's hard, I wouldn't recommend it for a beginner or if you haven't done much high impact aerobics, or dance moves.  But it's super fun and hard and sweaty and I enjoyed it.

Abs and Back Workout

Amy Dixon leads this 10 minute workout, I guess actually it's almost 11 minutes.  It's hard, I just finished it, but I wanted to write about it and then go to two or three more 10 minute workouts while the girls nap.

It's a great, hard workout.  There's almost no warmup, so I'd do a few stretches and deep breaths before you get started.  I've been doing stuff all day, so I felt warmed up.  You do some ... well - you get on all fours, then you do crunches, by holding out your left arm stretched out in front of you, and your right leg stretched out behind you, then you crunch in in two counts and out in two counts.  She leads you through some "superman" type moves on the floor, including "flying", to work the oblique muscles.  You do a lot of crunches, some regular and then some obliques with your leg crossed over your opposite knee.  You do INCREDIBLY hard (to me) hip lifts (?) where one leg is crossed over the other, and you do a reverse crunch.  YOW.

I have had three c-sections and I don't know if that's it or what, but I get these incredibly painful charlie horses, but in my ab muscles, while I workout.  It stinks but I figure I should do workouts to get rid of them.  Maybe?  I find that if I do everything just right, and really, really concentrate on form, it doesn't happen so much.  As a result, I find these workouts really hard because I can't laze around with them.

She calls it really well, constantly reminding you to think about form and breathing.  Overall I enjoyed it.