Review of Beachbody 10 Minute Trainer Day 21: Yoga Flex - Three Weeks Done!

Day 21: 

Day 21 of 10 Minute Trainer was Yoga Flex! I love Yoga! This one is a bit short though. I just get into it and it's over. I'm contemplating getting back up and doing a 30 minute yoga from 21 Day Fix or 21 Day Fix Extreme. That's probably not going to happen, but the thought did cross my mind. I love feeling all stretched out at the end of yoga. I wish we held some of the poses a bit longer in this one, but it's only 10 minutes, so there's only so much you can get through. I'm trying to focus on form in my Right Angle, Extended Right Angle, Warrior 2 and Reverse Warrior. I've always thought it was more important to get my hand all the way down onto the floor. I thought that meant I was flexible, but apparently I need to work on opening up my chest. In order to get my hand down, I tend to roll my chest forward. I never knew I did it until he pointed out that a lot of people do it. 

I've only got one week left of 10 Minute Trainer! I wasn't sure how this was going to go, but I'm pretty happy with the fact that I've stuck with it even though there were times I wanted to just do something else because it was feeling a bit too repetitive doing Core Cardio and Cardio so much in this program. I'm going to finish out my last week. I'm confident of that! After that week is up, hubby wants to start walking with me in the mornings before work. We'll see how that goes. He doesn't want to do it every day, so on the off days I'm going to do the upgraded 10 Minute Trainer workouts until I get through them all. There are only six upgraded workouts so I'll do three per day. Hopefully, we'll walk three times the first week and then I've got a full week planned. I'm so taking a rest day after that week. I full rest day where I don't do any workouts not even 10 minute yoga workouts. I'm ready for a rest day. 

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Review of Beachbody 10 Minute Trainer Day 20: Abs, Lower Body, Cardio

Day 20: 

Day 20 of 10 Minute Trainer was Abs, Lower Body and Cardio. I woke up early so I could workout, but then I procrastinated too long and didn't have time to workout before we went to Albany. Once we got home, working out was the last thing I wanted to do. I procrastinated for awhile once again, but eventually I got up and started my workout. 

Abs

I'm not a fan of any ab workout. I've said that numerous times. I was so not looking forward to starting out with abs. My upper back was still pretty sore from my foam rolling experience the night before. Laying down on my back was so not an enjoyable experience. It hurt to  lay there, but it hurt worse to crunch. The pain isn't in my spine so it was safe for me to workout. The pain was all muscular. Foam rolling intensely on a new body part leaves me bruises up a bit. I actually have visible bruises this time. I used my black rumble roller on my upper back and that was the first time for that, so it was torture doing it and it's been a bit torturous ever since. I tried to be strong for all of the things we stayed in plank for, but my shoulders were killing me too! Getting through this 10 minute segment was pretty hard for me. I really wanted to stop, but I kept going. You can see all the moves on my post from Day 3 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Lower Body

I like this workout, but I really just wanted to go sit on the couch. I stuck to it though and finished this thing. I couldn't really remember most of the moves. My brain was just firing on all cylinders. I tried to go deeper into my squats and lunges. I tried to keep my speed up in the fast section of the In and Out Hop Squats. I think that's what he called them. I hate this move. It's a minute of torture for me, but for some reason, I don't remember it. I don't look at doing this with dread. I like doing this workout, so why is it that I forget about this move that I hate so much? I'm not really sure. You can see all the moves on my post from Day 4 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Cardio

I like this segment. My head wasn't in it today though. I couldn't remember the moves that were coming which I suppose is a good thing since it probably means I wasn't bored with it. I worked on getting deep into the Warrior Lunges and coming back without my stutter step. I think I managed to get through all of them without the stutter step. I did have some balance issues and my back foot might have been in Crescent position instead of Warrior position, but I'm just thrilled that I got through them without the stutter step. It kind of makes me want to go try a Hammer and Chisel workout and see how I do with the lunges. Okay maybe not. My legs were fried after doing this workout. I was soooooooooo tired I just wanted to crawl in bed and fall asleep!  You can see all the moves on my post from Day 1 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Polar M400 Screen Shots

Here are the Polar M400 screen shots for the workout. I'm still not sure what's up with the training load. Maybe one day I'll actually Google it and figure it out. I'm pretty impressed that I didn't have any disconnects on the heart rate monitor during the ab workout! I think I've got a section towards the end of the cardio workout where it did disconnect, but I think that's when I got down on the floor to do some cool down stuff. Maybe I don't need a new battery! Oh it's driving me crazy.

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Review of Beachbody 10 Minute Trainer Day 19: Cardio, Core Cardio, Total Body

Day 19:

Day 19 of 10 Minute Trainer was Cardio, Core Cardio and Total Body. I have to admit that I was not really wanting to workout today, but that's not really a shocker. I'm having a hard time waking up lately. I really wasn't in the mood to do Core Cardio. It's only in the program three more times, which makes me happier than it should. It still means doing it three more times in the same week. I got up and got my workout done and was happier once it was over!

Cardio

I like it when we do Cardio first. It's a nice warm up one since we start off with 60 seconds of running in place. Right after that, we go right into Warrior Lunges. We start out going into Warrior 1 and then we stand up and then go into Warrior 2. We do one side for 30 seconds and then move to the other side. About halfway through this one, I realized that I wasn't doing my stutter step to get me back to the starting position. I was coming to a full and upright position all in one move! It felt great. I got really deep down into the lunge too. I didn't make the attempt on purpose. It just sort of happened. I was in shock! Once I realized it though, I started having some balance issues and then added a little stutter step in sometimes. I was bummed after that, but I was thrilled with my success with what I did do. You can read about all of the moves in this 10 minute section on my post from Day 1 of 10 Minute Trainer.

Core Cardio

As I said earlier in this post, I wasn't really in the mood to do this workout. I did it though and it wasn't really all that bad. I did pretty well with the Crescent Lunges and did most of them without my stutter step to get back to the starting position. I wasn't able to keep my arms up the whole time though, but I'm okay with that. I tried to enjoy the moves that I'm not a fan of and I got through this segment. Once I was done though, I felt like I was done! I still had to do another 10 minute segment! I wasn't very happy when I remembered that part, but at least it was a segment that I like. You can read about all of the moves on my post from Day 1 of 10 Minute Trainer.

Total Body

I like this one so it was nice to end on it. I'm pretty sure that my back doesn't like this one though. My back is so sore today! Part of it was from the foam rolling I did last night, but a lot of it was from this workout I think. I did better with my push ups on this one. I'm still not making it all the way down the floor, but I'm getting further than I was before. Once I dropped to my knees, I actually had pretty good form. In the past, my knees were below my hips instead of being in push up position, but just with my knees on the floor. Even doing that, push ups were torture! Now I can go almost down to the floor on my toes and I have better form when I get down onto my knees. You can read about all of the moves on my post from Day 2 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Polar M400 Screen Shots

Well, I didn't really have the crazy dips on this one, but I did get a couple of disconnects. I really need to just buy a new battery and see what happens. 

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Review of Beachbody 10 Minute Trainer Day 18: Upper Body, Abs, Cardio

Day 18:

Today was Day 18 of 10 Minute Trainer which meant it was Upper Body, Abs and Cardio. I'm not a fan of the Abs workout, but I like the other two. I don't like any ab workouts so it's not that this ab workout isn't a good workout or isn't an effective workout. I just don't like working my abs! I did not want to get out of bed this morning. It was definitely a struggle! I did it though. I got up and I got into that workout room to push play. I got through all three of the 10 minute workouts and I'm happier for having done it. 

Upper Body

I like this one. It's another one with just Tony and the door. I spent more time focusing on getting deep into the lunges on this one. I still suck at the tricep stuff and the the chest press/fly thing is super hard, but I still like the workout. I like the Police Curls even though I have no idea why they're named Police Curls! There's not much else to say about this workout. I didn't have any epiphanies or anything. You can see all of the moves on my post from Day 1 of 10 Minute Trainer.

Abs

I much prefer this ab workout when it's the last workout! I got to the end of this one and thought I was done. Oddly enough, I've only done it last twice, but I still feel like if I'm laying on the floor, I should be done! At some point, I realized that I needed to get up again and do cardio. I wasn't really digging that idea. I had some serious motivation issues during this workout. I worked pretty hard during the things that I'm "good" at, but I didn't try very hard with things like the Mountain Climbers. I just did them on my knees and said that I just didn't care. My shoulders were killing me by that point. I had a crazy hard time trying to stay up on my knee during the elbow plank kick thing. My hip kept wanting to be down on the floor. I got through it with my own modifications and I have to do this one three more times before this round is over! I won't miss this one and I won't miss Core Cardio. You can read about all of the moves on my post from Day 3 of 10 Minute Trainer.

Cardio

I did not want to get up and do cardio after getting down with the ab workout. I did it though and I actually enjoyed it. For some reason, I couldn't seem to remember what moves were coming next which made it better. I tried to go as deep into my lunges and as I could. I think I improved a bit. I really felt it in my legs. This one is in the program 6 more times. I did this workout yesterday and I'll do it tomorrow and the following day. There are times when I seriously think that they just pulled the workout names out of a hat and put the schedule together. It seems odd to have the same workout four days in  row. Oh well. It is what it is and I'd rather do this one instead of Core Cardio four days in a row. You can read about all of the moves on my post from Day 1 of 10 Minute Trainer.

Polar M400 Screen Shots

My heart rate monitor had some issues again today. I understand the dip in the middle since I got down on the floor for abs, but there's a big dip in the cardio section too. There were a few disconnects as well. Taping it down didn't make it go away. The new bra has helped, but it's still got issues. UGH!

 

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Review of Beachbody 10 Minute Trainer Day 17: Total Body 2, Cardio, Yoga Flex

Day 17:

Day 17 of 10 Minute Trainer was Total Body 2, Cardio and Yoga Flex. This was a pretty good set for me. Total Body 2 and Yoga Flex are probably my favorites in the whole program so far. I like this Cardio workout too. It's better than Core Cardio. I did not want to wake up though! I miss having a midweek rest day where I get to sleep in until 5:00 AM! I also miss being able to sleep in on the weekends. It seems like forever since I've been able to sleep in. On Saturdays, I wake up early since hubby does and then I stay up so I can do my phone calls for my second job. On Sundays, we go to breakfast and if you don't get there early, you might as well not even bother. Plus, we've been staying up later on the weekends. I don't wake up at 4:00 on the weekends, but if I stay up two hours later and wake up two hours later, it's not like I'm getting extra sleep! UGH! I am sleeping through the night better though. 

Total Body 2

This is probably my favorite workout of the program so far. I'm curious to see how the upgraded DVDs go, but for now, I really like this one. It's just Tony and the door. This one has some interesting moves in it. I'm working harder on getting deeper into the lunges so I can work my lower body more while working the upper body. We hold a lunge position a lot in this one. I really like the three speed rowboat thing. I love the names they come up with for these things. There's also some twisting lawnmower thing. Back to the rowboat thing though....You're facing the door and doing squats while you do rows at the same time. While I was doing it, I tried to go deeper into the squat and I realized that this whole resistance band in the door thing could really help people who are starting out with squats. Balance can be an issue for people doing squats. You have to get your butt back so your knees don't go over your toes. The resistance bands help pull you back up once you've gone down deep into the squat. I wish I had learned this sooner in life! I'm actually contemplating using the band in the door during some of the other programs where I have a hard time with the balance moves. I'm not sure how that would work just yet though since I might have to pause the DVD to get situated into the belt and it might just be too time consuming. Anyway.......This is my favorite workout so far and the rowboat thing is my favorite move so far. You can see all the moves on my post from Day 11 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Cardio

I've done this workout numerous times at this point. I don't know what's left to say about it. I like this one better than Core Cardio. I'm not bored with this one. Maybe I like this one because it has more sports type moves in it. There's Off the Line, Defensive Slide, side kicks (martial arts is a sport right?") Tires and some other stuff in it. I like sports and apparently, I like sports drills. :) You can read about all of the moves on my post from Day 1 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Yoga Flex

I love yoga! I love this yoga workout because it's all totally doable. No balance moves, no crazy flexible moves. It's just good old fashioned stretching yoga. I love how I feel once I'm done stretching out! I still find it odd that the Yoga Flex workout on On Demand has a cool down after it. The best part is that he's bouncing around and talking about how we need to bring our heartrate down and I'm like, I just did 10 minutes of yoga. My heart rate is down. 

Polar M400 Screen Shot

Here are the screen shots. Looks like I had a heart rate connection through the first two workouts, but not so much in Yoga Flex. Oh well. Life goes on. 

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Review of Beachbody 10 Minute Trainer Day 16: Core Cardio, Upper Body, Lower Body

Day 16:

Day 16 was Core Cardio, Upper Body and Lower Body. Two workouts that I really like and one that I'm not a huge fan of. I overslept by about 20 minutes, but since I wake up way before I need to, it didn't matter. I still had time to get my workout done. I didn't have much desire to get it done, but I still did it. I'm going to finish this program! I'm just over the halfway point with the basic package. I think I've decided that I'm going to do all of the upgraded workouts, but I'm just going to do them for a week or however long it takes me to get through them. I'm not interested in going through another month doing the upgraded workouts. 

Core Cardio

We started with Core Cardio today which made me realize that there's no warmup with this one. When I do Cardio first, there's 60 seconds of running in place which pretty much warms me up, but with Core Cardio, we just get right into lunges. He talks about doing a warm up first, but there isn't a warm up on On Demand. Maybe they have a warm up if you buy the DVD package, but the On Demand program does not include a warm up. If I start with something like Upper Body, I've been running in place while the Roku is turning on. That seems to do the trick, but I forgot this one went straight into lunges so I didn't do that. I was kind of dreading doing this workout. It's just not my thing. Oddly enough, it really did seem to go by pretty quickly even though I wasn't into it. You can see all the moves in my post from Day 1 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Upper Body

I really focused on getting down deep into the lunge position when were holding a lunge in this one and pretty much most of the workout is holding a lunge position while doing something with the upper body. It felt pretty good doing this one. The chest press and shoulder stuff didn't seem to hurt as much as it normally does. Maybe I just had bad form before and I wasn't a weakling. Well, I know for sure that my shoulders are wimpy so I can't blame all of it on my form in the past. Anyway, I definitely felt some improvement in this workout. Although, it's tough to say since maybe I was just standing closer to the wall. You can see all the moves in my post from Day 1 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Lower Body

I tried to get down deeper into the squats and lunges on this one. I like this one because we don't have any weights! We don't use the door attachment for this one either, but there are no forward lunges in here so it's all totally doable stuff for me. For some odd reason, I always forget about the In and Out Hop Squats. How I can forget about something that I don't like as much as I don't like these, I'm not sure, but I do. I completely forget about them until they happen and then I'm like, "Um......where did these come from and how dd I forget about them!" I go slower than they do, but I get through the full minute of them and then move on to the next thing. I really focused on making my feet go from sumo position to a forward position. I really felt these during this workout! I really focused on staying low for the alternating lunges too and I really felt those! The next day, I wasn't sore though which is kind of driving me a bit crazy. I feel like I should be sore with all the effort I've put into this, but I'm happy to not be in pain at the same time. :) You can see all moves on my post from Day 4 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Polar M400 Screen Shots

Here are the screen shots from my Polar M400 heart rate monitor. It's doing better since I got a new bra. Maybe it wasn't the battery that was the problem. Maybe it's just my boobs! 

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Review of Beachbody 10 Minute Trainer Day 15: Lower Body, Core Cardio, Abs

Day 15:

Today was Day 15 of the Stackables program of 10 Minute Trainer. Day 15 was Lower Body, Core Cardio and Abs. Out of the three, I like Lower Body, I ambivalent about Core Cardio and I dislike Abs. So this went from good, to okay to blah for me! It doesn't help that I was just not in the mood to workout this morning. I was tired and my head felt a little off. My balance was a bit of a mess too. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to get through the workout, but I went in there and got it done.

Lower Body

This one has Janie in it or maybe her name is Jamie. I'm not really sure. All I know is that she's the dark haired one. This one has a variety of squats and lunges in it. I tried really hard to stay low during the lateral lunge thing. I think it worked this time. My legs were killing me by the time the minute was over. Those jockey squats were torture too! Oh and that last move with the backward, forward, up, down thing while in lunge position and holding the band. I nearly fell over doing that one today! That's not the first itme that's happened though so it wasn't because of my fuzzy head. At least I don't think it was. This section was actually over pretty quickly this morning. I wasn't really counting down each move like I normally do. I also couldn't remember most of the moves. I'm not sure if that's because I like this workout or if it's because my head was fuzzy.

Core Cardio

Back to Core Cardio after a two day break. It was nice while it lasted. I don't hate this and there isn't a single move that I dread, but this workout in general has become annoying. I've talked about it before and today it was really apparent to me. I'm just not meant to turn around in this belt. This segment seemed to go on forever and I could remember a lot of the moves. 

Abs

I felt like I just dd this workout. I did it on Saturday, but it feels like it was yesterday. I knew going into this that it was going to be a torturous 10 minutes. This workout is hard to get through when I'm in the mood to workout, and this morning I was pretty far from being in the mood to workout. I couldn't convince myself to even try to do the side plank stuff on my toes. I couldn't even convince myself to do the side elbow plank kick thing on my knee! I ended up on my hip and it was still hard. I think I'm doing those wrong since I feel it in my butt and leg, but not in my abs. Oh well. I managed to get through this workout, but it was a fight. The bicycles were hard and so were the scissor things at the end. I'm happy I kept at it, but I really think a nap would have made me happier. 

Polar M400 Screen Shots

I took a break from the screen shots since the heart rate was such a mess and I kept forgetting to start or stop the workouts on time. I think the stars may finally have aligned because it looks like the thing only lost connection once during this workout and it doesn't look too crazy with the ups and downs. There are a couple sections that are a bit wonky though.

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Review of 10 Minute Trainer Day 14: Yoga Flex - 2 Weeks are Done!

Day 14: Two weeks done!

I'm halfway through 10 Minute Trainer's base package! The plan is to finish out the two weeks and then do the upgraded workouts that are available Team Beachbody On Demand. I'm not exactly sure how that will go. I could either do three workouts a day until I've done them all and then move on to another program, or I could use the basic program calendar and just swap out similar workouts. For example, there's an upper body workout in the basic program and there's One on One Upper with the upgraded DVDs, so I could just do that one when the basic calendar shows Upper Body. The only problem with that is that there's also a chest/back workout and an arms workout, but those don't have something in the basic program as a comparable workout. I'm not really sure what to do there, but I've got two weeks to decide. 

Yoga Flex

Day 14 was Yoga Flex. I like Sundays because it's just one 10 minute workout and it's a workout that doesn't make me all sweaty. I love Yoga! I love how tall I feel when I'm done. I feel all stretched out. It's great. I really wasn't in the mood to do anything today though. I had just watched the Patriots lose the AFC Championship Game so no Super Bowl for them this year and now it's like football is over for the season and it happened a couple weeks too soon! I don't really care who wins the Super Bowl now. I felt a lot better about that whole thing after doing this workout. I'm still bummed about missing out on winning $250 today though. I started playing the daily numbers. Hubby and I each picked a set of numbers because I thought I could put two sets of numbers on one ticket. I was wrong. I played his numbers instead of mine. Had I played my numbers, I would have won $250. I'm still kicking myself over that one. It gives me hope that I'll win eventually, but it's a 1 in 833 chance of winning that prize and I should have won it! Maybe his numbers will come up before the ticket is done on Monday. If you want to see all the moves, check out my post from Day 4 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

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Review of Beachbody 10 Minute Trainer Day 13: Abs, Upper Body, Total Body 2

Day 13:

Another day without Cardio and Core Cardio! Woot Woot! This would have been an amazing day if we could have swapped out Abs and swapped in Lower Body, but I had a day without Cardio or Cardio, so it was a win for me! 

Abs

It was interesting doing Abs first again. It hasn't been first on the calendar since the first time I did it on Day 3 of 10 Minute Trainer. I went into this determined to get through all the plank stuff on my toes! I did not want to go down to my knees! I was also determined to stay on my knee for the side plank stuff. I didn't quite succeed, but it was an improvement over previous attempts. I ended up down on my hip on each side during the side elbow plank kick thing and I ended up on my knees for the last couple seconds of Mountain Climbers and the three point plank knee thing. I forget what it's called. This workout is hard, but I got through it!

Upper Body

I really like this one. My upper body is strong and I don't have to modify! I tried to get further away from the wall during some of the chest moves. It didn't go as planned. By the 30 second point, I was so ready to go back a little closer to the door. My shoulders were killing me during this one. I tried to get further back for the bicep curl section too, but I think it messed with my form. I really want to fry out my biceps doing this workout, but it's just not happening. The band popped out on me a couple times during this workout. I really need a new band! You can see all the moves on my post from Day 1 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Total Body 2

I got to do this one again and I love it! Some of the stuff is hard, but it's all totally doable. I love the bands because they make this workout, but it's hard to be consistent with positioning. It's also hard to tell if I'm getting stronger because I can't remember exactly where I was standing before. It's a lot easier to track progress with weights. I still like this workout though and this program. It's what I needed right now. After my Hammer & Chisel failure, I needed a workout that I could get through without doing a lot of modifications so I felt successful. I do feel successful doing this program and that's good when you're workout out at 265 pounds. You can see all the moves on my post from Day 11 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

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Review of Beachbody 10 Minute Trainer Day 12: Cardio, Lower Body, Core Cardio

Day 12:

Day 12 was Cardio, Lower Body and Core Cardio. I like the Lower Body workout and it was sandwiched between Cardio and Core Cardio which helped break up the two cardio workouts. At some point, I'll have to count how many times these workouts were in the program. I don't want to do it now though because I don't want that to make me feel more annoyed by how many times these two are in the program. 

Cardio

At this point, I'm getting really good at calling the next move. I keep forgetting the last move which is the lunge position with the band under the front foot and then you go forward, backward, up and down. This one doesn't have the shoulder press in it like the Total Body workout though. I tried to do this one as intensely as I could. I really got my heart rate up. At the end of the 10 minutes, I was breathing pretty heavy and so ready for a break. That is one cool thing about the set up for the workouts. After 10 minutes, I get to take a nice break while the next workout loads up. If you want to see all of the moves, read my post from Day 1 of 10 Minute Trainer. I like that the moves are totally doable and you can make them more intense or less intense as you need to. I also really like that using the door attachment makes front lunges way less sucky! I still have to do a little bit of shuffle step to get my front foot back to my back foot, but it's not nearly as horrible as it used to be without the door attachment and the band. 

Lower Body

I like this workout. Most of it body weight exercises. We use the band towards the end to do a hip raise thing that I'm getting much better at. I was watching The Biggest Loser the other day and saw them doing Bridge position. The contestants got their hips up pretty high. I figured if they could do it, I could get mine up further than I've been getting them. I really worked at it on this one and I did pretty good with it. I felt it a lot more than I have in the past few times doing this workout. I love the 3 Way Jockey Squats! They are kind of fun and it's fun watching the chick doing them and then when Tony starts talking, I just have to laugh. I'm not sure what it is about him, but if I just watch the workouts, I find him highly annoying, but while I'm doing the workouts, I find him hilarious. If you want to see all the moves, check out my post from Day 4 of 10 Minute Trainer.

Core Cardio

Woot Woot! Back to Core Cardio.  This is a good workout and nothing is too difficult for me that I need to modify it, but it's just not all that fun for me. This one does the Crescent Press for a full minute alternating which leg goes forward instead of the Warrior Lunge thing in Cardio where you do one side for 30 seconds. I've mentioned this before, but stuff like changing legs after 30 seconds really does make it go faster for me. It's still a minute doing lunges, but it feels longer doing the alternating Crescent Press than the Warrior Lunges from Cardio. I'm getting better at calling the next move in this workout too. I'm not sure if I've mentioned this part before, but this workout has a lot of moves where we turn around during the moves. I'm a bit girl and I've got a belt around me that's attached to a wall. It's not easy for me to turn around within the belt because I have to keep the belt a bit snug since I've got a big belly. I always feel like the belt is going to fall off and it twists my shirt around while I'm turning around. I think that's a big reason why I'm not gaga for this workout. There's also a couple of moves that are just awkward. Both of them are ones where our arms are up in a 90 degree angle at our sides and we either rock left to right or twist left and right. I won't miss this workout once I'm done with this program and probably wouldn't do it on my own once I'm done. If you want to see all the moves, check out my post from Day 1 of 10 Minute Trainer.

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Review of Beachbody 10 Minute Trainer Day 11: Total Body 2, Cardio, Abs

Day 11:

Day 11 was Total Body 2, Cardio and Abs. I finally got to do a new workout! However, it's the last new workout in the four weeks of the basic package of 10 Minute Trainer. That's 2-1/2 weeks away! 

Total Body

This one is just Tony and the door again. 

Lunge Press & Fly

We faced away from the wall. We got down into a lunge and did four chest presses. We switched legs and then did four chest flys. This move is crazy hard for me. My shoulders hurt more than my chest while doing it. I have such wimpy shoulders!

3 Speed Row Boat

I love these. We faced the wall. We went down into a squat as our hands went out in front of us. As we stood up, we pulled the bands to pretty much ab level. We went faster every 20 seconds.

Lunge Flys

We were in a lunge away from the door. We had one hand at our hip. That was the straight leg facing the wall. Then we did circles with the other hand. It's hard to explain them, but I liked these. Every 15 seconds, we switched which leg was facing the wall. 

3x4 Curls

We faced the wall again. We stayed upright, but had one foot off the floor. I had to touch my toe down. We did four bicep curls with both arms and then did 4 with one arm while the other arm is held in an iso position in a 90ish degree angle. Then we switched and did 4 with the other arm. After 30 seconds, we switched the plant foot. After watching this to do the post, I realized that he kept his toe down for most of this! I feel better now!

3x4 Throws

We faced away from the wall and got into a lunge position. We did tricep extensions. We did them just like the bicep curls so 4 with both arms, 4 with one arm while the other was extended and then 4 with the other arm. We switched legs with the lunge position after 30 seconds. I need to work at getting better positioning on the lunge in this one so I can work my legs better while doing this.

Squat & Lunge

We faced away from the wall. First we did a squat with our feet hip width apart and then we did a lateral lunge. Then squat and then the opposite side lateral lunge. This are awkward for me and I think they might actually be better for me facing the wall. He's the trainer though, but they just don't feel right to me.

Side Lunge Rotation

This is another fun one. So we've got the bands in our hands with our hands together. We do a lateral lunge and then move our arms almost like we're swinging a baseball bat, but we keep our hands close to our bodies. Every 15 seconds we switch which wall we're facing which changes which leg lunges.

3 Part Ab Crunch

So we got down on the floor with our head near the door and our feet towards the opposite wall. We came up and crunched for 30 seconds. I really felt these! After 30 seconds, we shifted our knees to the side to do an oblique crunch. After 15 seconds, we did the other side. I really really felt these! I'm not a huge fan of ab stuff, but I didn't hate these.

Scissor Fly Crunch Combo

We were in the same position as the above move. We brought our hands up towards the ceiling and had our legs out straight in front. One leg came up while the hands came down. We did a few with straight arms and then some doing some flys. I wasn't a huge fan of these, but I got through them!

Lunge Kickback Curl Twist

We faced the wall again. Then we did a tricep kickback. We stood up and did a lunge. Then we twisted to the right and then the left. These were interesting, but since we only did them for a minute and it was such a complex move, I didn't really feel this in any specific part of my body. 

Cardio

I got to do the Cardio workout again! I've done this workout a lot! I like it, but I've done it a lot! I'm getting pretty good at calling which move is next. I remember most of them, but I get a few out of order at times. I'm finding myself doing the moves more intensely now that my floor mats are taped together. It was hard to go all in when I was afraid of hurting myself when the floor mats separated. If you want to see all the moves, read my post from Day 1 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Abs

I'm not a fan of ab workouts and the 10 minute ab workouts that come with most of the Beachbody programs are crazy hard. This one is hard, but it's totally doable. The moves are only 30 seconds which really helps. I still have a hard time with some of the moves, especially things ones with plank or side plank. I finally figured out why they have the O in some of the moves. It's O for obliques. I felt stupid when I finally figured it out. Oh well. My shoulders were killing me when we got into plan, so I ended up on my knees for most of the stuff involving plank and all of the stuff involving side plank. That side elbow plank leg kick thing is torture! I can barely get through it on my knee. I ended up taking a couple breaks and going down to my hip. If you want to see all the moves, read my post from Day 3 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

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If you want to learn more about the program, check out the video. If you decide you want to buy it, make sure you buy it from a Beachbody Coach so you get the free workout that comes with it. If you don't have a coach, you can get it from me. You can do the program for free if you sign up for the free trial of the Club Membership at Team Beachbody. With the trial, you get 30 days access to all of the workout programs in the Member Library of On Demand. 10 Minute Trainer is one of the programs and since it's a 4 week program, you can complete the program before the trial is complete.

Review of Beachbody 10 Minute Trainer Day 10: Upper Body, Total Body, Yoga Flex

Day 10:

Day 10 was Upper Body, Total Body and Yoga Flex. This made me wicked happy. I didn't have to do Cardio or Core Cardio. It's a rare day that I don't do either of those workouts. I'm not hating on those workouts, but they are in the program a lot. I love the concept of these 10 minute workouts, but when you only get 8 of them, they become a bit repetitive. My posts become a bit repetitive as I talk about the workouts being repetitive. 

Upper Body

I really like this one. It's just Tony and the door in this one. Some of the moves are hard! I need to work on getting deeper into my lunge positions so I can work on my legs more while I'm doing the upper body stuff, but for now, it's hard enough to do the upper body stuff. Oddly enough my biceps and triceps haven't been sore after any of these upper body workouts. They hurt while doing the moves, but no DOMS for me in terms of biceps and triceps. I'm not really sure what's up with that.

Total Body

We used the resistance band for this one, but we didn't use the door attachment for this one. I like this one partly because we don't do it very much. This one has burpees though and I hate burpees! It also has push ups which I'm getting a lot better at. I'm getting pretty close to being able to do a full push up. I can do a couple up on my toes, but my range of motion isn't what it needs to be. I'm still a couple inches up off the floor. I should have hubby take a picture of my so I can see where I'm really at. Maybe I'm further than I think. There is one move in here that I dislike more than the burpees! We go into a lunge position with the band under our front foot. We then move forward and then back and then up and then down. At some point in there, we did a shoulder press. The shoulder press is super hard! My shoulders are so wimpy! 

Yoga Flex

I really like the Yoga Flex workout. I could use a longer yoga workout though. I love how I feel when I'm done with yoga. I feel taller and stretched out. This one's great because it doesn't have any moves that are too hard for a big girl with bad balance. I love that there's nothing like Warrior 3 or Tree or Royal Dancer! 

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If you want to learn more about the program, check out the video. If you decide you want to buy it, make sure you buy it from a Beachbody Coach so you get the free workout that comes with it. If you don't have a coach, you can get it from me. You can do the program for free if you sign up for the free trial of the Club Membership at Team Beachbody. With the trial, you get 30 days access to all of the workout programs in the Member Library of On Demand. 10 Minute Trainer is one of the programs and since it's a 4 week program, you can complete the program before the trial is complete.

Review of Beachbody 10 Minute Trainer Day 9: Core Cardio, Cardio, Lower Body

Day 9:

Today was Day 9 of 10 Minute Trainer. I'm doing the Stackables calendar so that meant that it was Core Cardio, Cardio and Lower Body today. Today was the first day that I started to feel a little annoyed that I was doing Core Cardio and Cardio yet again. We'll see how the rest of the week goes. I might start mixing in some of the upgraded package workouts just to keep things fresh. I kind of want to make it through the entire four weeks without going to the upgrade package workouts just to see how I feel about the program after that. Since the upgraded workouts are on Beachbody On Demand though, I might not do that. I like to see if the basic package programs get boring and repetitive. So far, it hasn't happened in any of the other programs. This program is a bit different though so we'll see how it goes.

Core Cardio

My memory of this workout is getting better. I still don't dread any specific move in this workout, but I have to admit that out of all of them, it's my least favorite. I'm not sure why though. I know that I liked the darker haired person better than the blond. I don't know if that impacts my thoughts on the workout though. The moves in this one seem to last longer than the Cardio workout. I think part of that is because Core Cardio has less moves where we spend 30 seconds on one side and 30 on the other. For example, in Core Cardio we do Crescent Press. When we do it, we alternate our legs as we do it for the full 60 seconds. However, Cardio has Warrior Lunges where we spend 30 seconds doing lunges on the left side and then 30 seconds on the right. Swapping sides like that after 30 seconds breaks up the minute which makes it seem to go faster. There are also a few moves in this one that are just kind of annoying. The one where we stand in a wide squat position and then do this side crunch thing and then hop forward. This one's annoying because we have to keep turning around. Turning around while wearing the belt is a bit awkward. The move towards the end with the arc and the twisting stuff is weird too. There you have it, all of my reasons for this being my least favorite so far. You can read about all of the moves on my post from Day 1 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Cardio

My memory of this workout is getting better too. I can remember several of the exercises and I can sometimes remember which one is next. I'm not bored with this one or annoyed by it though. I kind of like this workout and could actually do it twice in a row and skip Core Cardio I think. We'll see if that thought process continues into next week. I've still got to do this one a few more times before the week is over. You can read about all of the moves on my post from Day 1 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Lower Body

This was the third time doing this workout. I couldn't remember what was in it and I couldn't remember which of the people were in it. Turns out it was the person from Cardio (the one I like better) and I kinda liked this workout. You can read about all of the moves on my post from Day 4 of 10 Minute Trainer. I like that this one has different types of moves that I've never done before. The 3 Way Jockey Squats are fun which makes me not focus on the fact that my thighs were burning! It's a long minute! It's nice that it was broken up into three 20 second segments though, but we never came up for a break during the full 60 seconds! I focused on trying to get deeper into the moves this time. I ended up using duct tape on my floor mats. I got tired of how they separated all the time and every day I had to put them back together. You're probably thinking, that was pretty random! However, it's really not random. Now that the floor is sliding apart underneath me, I can really focus on my form and getting a better range of motion! I'm so excited! The floor still moves around on me, but the squares aren't separating from each other! Woot woot! 

I really didn't want to get up and workout today, but I did it! I woke up on time and I got into the workout room almost on time. I'm still trying to get in there earlier so I can get into the shower earlier. it's so hard though. It's called 10 Minute Trainer and I do three workouts so that should be 30 minutes, but it's not. I need to remember that. I also lose track of time in the morning. I start working on mTurk or something else and then I realize that I'm late! Eeeeeeeek!

Polar M400 Screen Shot

I taped the heart rate monitor to my chest again. It seemed to help a little, but it's still a bit wonky. I'm contemplating trying a new battery in it. I've had it for about 8 months now. I'm not sure how long a battery should last in there.

Want to learn more? Watch the video!

If you want to learn more about the program, check out the video. If you decide you want to buy it, make sure you buy it from a Beachbody Coach so you get the free workout that comes with it. If you don't have a coach, you can get it from me. You can do the program for free if you sign up for the free trial of the Club Membership at Team Beachbody. With the trial, you get 30 days access to all of the workout programs in the Member Library of On Demand. 10 Minute Trainer is one of the programs and since it's a 4 week program, you can complete the program before the trial is complete.