My 28 Day Experience with Beachbody 10 Minute Trainer

What it is and why I did it...

10 minute Trainer is 28 day workout program made up of 10 minute workouts. You have the option of doing one a day or stacking three of them together to make up a 30 minute workout. Tony Horton is the trainer on this one. He's the same guy who did all of the P90x programs, but this one is more of a beginner/intermediate program. Each of the 10 minute segments focuses on a certain area such as Upper Body, Lower Body, and Cardio. I did this program because I wanted a short program, and this was the shortest one that I hadn't done yet. I did this one on On Demand. 

The Workouts

Each workout is supposed to be 10 minutes long, but they're actually a little longer than that because you have to watch the intro thing and then he talks a little bit before getting into the workout. Plus, each move lasts for a full minute and there is a few seconds of "set up" or instructional time between moves. Give yourself 15 minutes just to be safe. Even more if it's the upgraded workouts. 

Cardio

This workout was in the 30 day Advanced Calendar a lot! It's a good workout and of the cardio workouts, it is my favorite. You use a belt attached to a resistance band that's attached to a door. The moves are mostly sports related with things called Off the Line and Defensive Slide. There are also normal "workout" moves like running in place and skaters. This was in the program a lot, but I didn't really get bored with it. There were no moves that I absolutely hated or dreaded doing. You can read a play by play of this workout on my post from Day 1 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Core Cardio

This one was also on the Advanced Calendar a lot! I wasn't a huge fan of this one. I much preferred Cario over Core Cardio. This one had a lot of moves where you faced away from the door and then turned at some point and came back to facing the door. Twisting within the best was a challenge for me because I've got a pretty big midsection and the belt was a bit snug on me. I didn't use the belt that came with the program though since I did the program On Demand and never actually bought the program so I don't know how it would have been had I used the belt that came with the program. I can't imagine it would have been much different. I also wasn't a huge fan of the person doing the workout. She was just pretty blah. The other person was much more upbeat and happy. There were no moves in this one that I dreaded doing, but there wasn't any excitement to do this workout. I did it and never skipped it though. Everything was pretty doable, but it was more normal exercise stuff. Cardio was more sports related so it was more like practicing for a sport than working out. I don't like exercise for the sake of exercise. You can read a play by play of the all the moves on my post from Day 1 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Upper Body

I really liked this workout. It was just Tony and the door. He's such a dork, but he does make the time go by fast. This one was all about the Upper Body, hence the name. We did stuff like chest presses, bicep curls and tricep extensions. I really liked this workout, but I have to say that my arms were never sore the next day. I've done Body Beast where we did a whole 30 to 45 minute workout with just the arms or just the chest. Ten minutes to cover all of that just doesn't compare. I'm not saying this is a bad workout though. I really liked it and it was what I needed at that point in my life. You can read a play by play of all the moves on my post from Day 1 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Total Body

This one was another one that I liked. I didn't love it, but I liked it. There wasn't a door attachment with this one, but we did use the bands. It was the same person who was in Core Cardio, but she was less blah in this one. She seemed to have more personality. Maybe they filmed this one second and she had warmed up a bit. I'm not sure. I just know that this one hits all the body parts in only 10 minutes. There were rows, squats, push ups, lunges and more. He has us change up the pace during the moves so we weren't doing the same exact thing for an entire 60 seconds which made the 60 seconds go by pretty quickly. You can read a play by play of all the moves on my post from Day 2 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Abs

I have to say that this was probably one of the more challenging ab workouts I've done and I've done a lot of these 10 minute ab workouts. For some reason, Beachbody programs seem to come with 10 minute ab workouts. This one was done completely on the floor. I hate working my abs. My abs are weak and I'm just not built to be laying on the floor doing abs. I really liked the ab workout in Rockin' Body because we were standing up the entire time! (That post might not sound like I liked it, but I really did.) The moves in this one only lasted 30 seconds each, but they were super hard moves. We had side elbow planks, mountain climbers, some other crazy plank things, and this Dolphin move thing that was just killer. I never was able to get through this entire workout. I didn't stop the workout, but I wasn't able to complete all of the moves. I bailed with a few seconds to go on some of them. I went really slow on some of them. I dreaded pretty much this entire workout whenever it came up on the calendar. You can read a play by play of all the moves on my post from Day 3 of 10 Minute Trainer.

Lower Body

I kind of liked this one. I actually looked forward to it on the calendar. The weird part about that is that this one has In and Outs in it. I hate In and Outs, but for some reason, I would always forget that they were there until they were happening. It wasn't crazy hard in and outs like in Body Beast Cardio where you did them for a full minute though. We changed the pace about every 15 seconds so it wasn't too bad. I also didn't squat down as deeply as I was supposed to, but I had to modify to get through it. There were various lunges and squats in this one. The Jockey Squats were fun and hard at the same time. I barely made it through the full minute of those! If I wasn't focused on how dorky I looked, I'm sure I wouldn't have made it through. I liked this workout partly because it had the more fun of the two people in it. You can read a play by play of all the moves on my post from Day 4 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Yoga Flex

I love love love yoga! It was nice to do Yoga with 10 Minute Trainer. I looked forward to Yoga days! We did 10 moves. Most of them were pretty easy and I didn't have to modify much. I learned a few things too about my form. I always felt great after doing Yoga. It was nice that we didn't do things like Royal Dancer or anything else that really involved balance. This was a totally doable yoga workout. You can read a play by play of all the moves on my post from Day 4 of 10 Minute Trainer.

Total Body 2

All of the previous workouts were done for the first time in the first five days of the program and then I had to wait until Day 11 for a new workout. That workout was Total Body 2. I really liked this one. It was just Tony and the door again. There were no moves that I hated or dreaded. I actually looked forward to this one on the calendar. However, it never made me sore the next day. It's hard to really hit all the body parts in 10 minutes and hit the hard enough that you feel it the next day. That's the one downside to this program. I loved the program though and if I had been a beginner, I'm sure I would have been feeling these workouts. We did stuff like tricep extensions, bicep curls and chest presses in this one. We did other stuff too. You can read a play by play of all the moves on my post from Day 11 of 10 Minute Trainer.

The Upgraded Workouts

All Beachbody programs (or at least all that I have seen) have the option to get extra workouts. With 10 Minute Trainer, those were called One on One with Tony Horton. There were more of them in this program than others. You usually only get like two or three extras, but with 10 Minute Trainer, you get six extra workouts! They aren't on the calendar though so I didn't really know where to put them. I went through a lot of options in my mind. I thought about doing the base package for the whole 30 days and then using the same calendar, but swapping out stuff from the upgraded DVDs. For example, if they had Cardio on the calendar, I would do the Cardio workout that came with the upgraded DVDs. The only problem with that scenario was that not all of the workouts had a counterpart. In the end, I decided to stick with the base package for the full 30 days and then do the upgraded workouts the following week. My thought process was that I wanted to see if I could make it through the full 30 days without being utterly bored. It sounds like you get a lot of workouts with this program and you shouldn't get bored, but because each workout is only 10 minutes, you do three of them in a day. It makes the calendar a bit repetitive. I like the program, and I'm glad I did it, but I don't think I'd ever do the full 30 days again. I might do one or two of the workouts on a day where I was short on time or wasn't in the mood to do something else, but it did get a little old doing Core Cardio and Cardio as often as I did. I'm getting sidetracked though.......back to the One on One with Tony Horton workouts!

Plyo Intervals 

I picked this one first because I hate Plyo and I wanted to get it over with fast. For those of you who haven't heard of plyo before, it's short for plyometrics. It basically means anything that involved jumping or propelling yourself up. Stuff like jump squats and push ups where you push yourself up off the floor. My chest is a big reason that I hate plyo. There doesn't seem to be a sports bra strong enough to keep my boobs from bouncing all over the place and it came be very uncomfortable! This workout wasn't as bad as some of the other plyo stuff I've done. It was hard, but it could have been worse. The workout was closer to 15 minutes though which sucks when you don't budget that kind of time. I was planning on doing three of the workouts each day for two days, but I ended up doing two workouts each day for three days because they were too long. There was a lot of jumping in this, but we got to rest too and he mixed things up a bit. You can read a play by play of One on One with Tony Horton Plyo Intervals. 

Friday Night Arms

I was super excited about this one. I thought since it was all about the arms, that I would fry out my biceps. It didn't happen. The moves were all super challenging for me, but the next day, I just wasn't sore. I was a bit annoyed about that, but I got over it. I still liked the workout. We did a lot of forearm stuff in this one which surprised me. Forearms seem to be forgotten about in most workouts, but this one hit the forearms pretty hard. You can read a play by play of One on One with Tony Horton Friday Night Arms.

Lower Body 

This one was pretty intense, but I was expecting it to be all new moves. We did a lot of these moves in other workouts in the base package which kinda annoyed me. It's a good workout, but I wanted new and exciting! It was fun to do Jockey Squats again since they are just goofy, but it still felt a bit repetitive since so many of the moves were duplicates. I didn't pay for the upgraded DVDs since I did them On Demand, so it's all good though. You can read a play by play of One on One with Tony Horton Lower Body.

Upper Body  

This was another disappointing one because there were so many repeated moves from previous workouts. The shoulder thing in this one was torture, but pretty much everything else was totally doable. You can read a play by play of One of One with Tony Horton Upper Body.

Cardio Intervals

This one was intense! It was also pretty much all repeated moves from previous workouts. I didn't pay for it, so I'm okay with that, but it would have been really annoying if I had paid for it. I'm glad that I didn't decide to do the upgraded DVDs for a full month following a modified calendar of the base program like I had thought about doing. I would have gotten through it because I refuse to give up (well unless I get sick like with Hammer and Chisel.) However, I would have been bored out of my skull! You can read a play by play of One on One with Tony Horton Cardio Intervals.

Chest and Back

I love back day, but not chest day. This one alternated between a chest move and a back move. All of the chest moves were pretty much different versions of push ups. Push ups are pretty much why I hate chest day. Well, that and the fact that my triceps are so weak that I can barely feel anything in my chest since my arms give out before I fry out my chest. I loved the back stuff in this one. Some of the stuff was duplicated from previous workouts but that's okay because I love back day! You can read a play by play of One on One with Tony Horton Chest and Back. 

Overall Thoughts

I think this program would be amazing for someone just starting out on their fitness journey. You get a lot of cardio and some strength training, but the strength training comes in 10 minute segments, so you won't over work yourself and then end up so sore you give up. I did find it a bit repetitive, but it's only a 30 day program. I think it's a good program to go through once and then keep it in your arsenal for days when you don't have time for something longer or you don't have the desire to do something more challenging, but want to do something. 

I didn't really lose any weight during this program, but it was my rebound program after bailing on Hammer and Chisel when I got sick. I needed to do a relatively short program that was doable for me. I wanted to feel successful instead of feeling like a failure. I accomplished that in this. I improved as the program went on and I got through it. My nutrition was not on point during this program. I went low carb last fall, but then fell off the band wagon when I got sick in December. I ate all kinds of garbage! I was a bad bad girl. I didn't worry too much about nutrition while doing 10 Minute Trainer because I was more focused on getting myself back into working out after taking two or three weeks off. I finished the program back in February, but never got around to finishing up this point about it. I got pretty busy with a big editing project, but that project is done and I plan on blogging more! I'm working on getting caught up on all the posts I wanted to write. 

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Review of Beachbody 10 Minute Trainer One on One with Tony Horton: Cardio Intervals, Chest and Back

One on One with Tony Horton: Cardio Intervals, Chest and Back

Yesterday was my last today doing 10 Minute Trainer. I did the last two of the One on One with Tony Horton workouts. I had intended on doing three a day for two days, but they were longer than expected so I did two a day for three days. Oddly enough, I had no motivational problems yesterday. I was sitting on the couch with hubby and just stood and headed to the workout room. No major thought process involved. It was rather strange! These were more workouts with Tony in his home gym with just the one camerman. We used the band in the door for some of the stuff and Tony had the push up stands. I just had my hands on the floor. I thought about using some dumbbells, but I don't do good with Renegade Rows, so I didn't bother trying to use the dumbbells as the push up stands. I think he calls them Power Stands. I did a cardio workout and the chest and back workout. Each of them lasted about 15 minutes. 

Cardio Intervals

This was much harder than I expected it to be.  I was breathing pretty heavy and coughing from the exertion. He called it a lower body, core, cardio interval return. I wasn't a huge fan of this one because pretty much all of the moves were used in some manner in previous workouts. They might not have been exactly the same. For example, the Three Speed Run was a more controlled thing in this workout, but in the Cardio workout in the basic package, we just ran in place and he talked about going faster if you could. towards the end, he did encourage it and had her move forward to create more resistance, but in this one it was every 20 seconds we picked up the pace. It was still running in place though. I was hoping that the Deluxe workouts would be completely unique though. 

Three Speed Runs

We started off running in place. After 20 seconds, we picked up the pace. We went even faster for the final 20 seconds. We ran in place during Cardio in the base package. It wasn't quite the same as this, but we did increase the pace every so often.

Crescent Lunges

We did them slow for the first 20 seconds. He called them Crescent Lunges, but he kept his hands by his waist for the first 20 seconds. We did these with our hands in the air in Core Cardio in the base program. After 20 seconds, we added a skip between them. He also messed around with his arms in this round. The last 20 seconds was the typical plyo lunge where the back foot comes forward and the front front goes backwards without stopping in the center. He kept his arms up for these. I just stepped these. I can't do plyo lunges. It's just not good for the knees.

Tires (Step, Run, Wacky)

We did this in another one of these 10 Minute Trainer One on One workouts, but I can't remembered which one. The first 20 seconds has you doing knee lifts with your legs out to the side and your elbows coming down to the meet the knees. Then We picked up the pace a little bit. The last 20 seconds has you looking like a total dork, but it gets the heart rate going. We did the knee lift thing and the elbow thing, but we did it fast. It's kind of like doing high knees, but out to the side and still doing oblique crunches with the upper body. It's wacky for sure.

Off The Line

We did this in Cardio in the base package, but we did it a little different. We started out in a lineman stance squatted down touching the floor. Then we stood up and ran across the room. Then we turned around and did it again. This was oddly harder than I thought it would be. I'm not really sure why though.

Jack Twist

We did a hopping twisting thing for 10 seconds and then jumping jacks for 10 seconds. We alternated for the full minute. I pretty much wanted to die when this was over. He wasn't so good at calling out the 10 seconds so I had to really watch him which was kind of annoying. I really missed having a timer on the screen for this one! He really picked up the pace for the last ten seconds! We did a twisting thing in Core Cardio, but it wasn't quite like this one.

One Legged Leap Squats

We put all our weight on one foot. The other toe just touched down for balance. For 30 seconds, we squatted down and then jumped up and reached for the ceiling. We switched sides after 30 seconds. We did this in the Plyo workout and I think the Lower Body workout for the One on One with Tony Horton workouts. It's a bit annoying to repeat moves.

Lateral Lunges

We did these in Lower Body in the base package, but we touche the floor in these. We were kind of in a sumo squat position, but a little wider. We lunged to the right and then the left. We weren't supposed to come up and down. Our hips stayed at the same height. Halfway through, he put his hands in the air and stopped touching the floor. These are rough.

Side Lunge, Side Kick

We did these in Cardio and in Lower Body in the base package. We lunged to the left and then came up to vertical and then kicked with the right foot. We did each side for 30 seconds. I like these, but it would have been nice to have all unique moves in this especially since we did this same move in two other workouts.

Hop Squat Run Home

We did these in Cardio in the base package, but we did them with a resistance band attached to the door. So we were in a sumo squat position and hopped back the length of the room. Then we ran to the front of the room and hopped back again. I'm not a fan of these, but I got through them. 

Chest & Back 

I love back day, but I don't really like chest day, so this wasn't one I was uber excited to do, but I got through it!

Corn Cob Push Ups

He used the Power Stands. He went down, over to the right, over to the left, back to the center and back up. These were hard for me and it was only the first move. I never really got as far over as I was supposed to. He said to get your pec muscle to your wrist. I did these on my knees and still didn't quite get it right. 

Single - Double Lat Row

We were in the door with the resistance band for these. We were in a bit of a lunge position. We did lat rows with both hands for 8 reps. Then we alternated hands for 8 reps. We switched every 8 reps. I had issues with the singles. The one not doing the work was supposed to be pulled back, while the other one worked, but I kept letting it go forward. Oopsy.

Staggered Hand Push Ups

He sued the Power Stands for this too. One hand was just forward of the shoulder and the other was down by the pec. We did push ups like that. We alternated every four reps. I did these on my knees. I hate push ups, but I got through them. 

Two Direction Three Point Pull

We did these a bit differently in Upper Body in the base package. So we were back in the door with the bands. We pulled the bands to our shoulders and then brought our hands to our hips and then let the bands go back towards the door. After 30 seconds, we pulled to our hips and then lifted to our shoulders and then back towards the door. We kept our hands facing down on this. In the Upper Body workout in the base package, we flipped our hands over for this part of the move.

Three Point Push Ups

He used the stands again. He put them in very close for 20 seconds. Then we moved them out a little wider for 20 seconds. The last 20 seconds was a bit wider. His feet were pretty wide for the narrow hand positions and narrow for the wide hand positions.

Superman Banana Lat Pulls

These were interesting. We got down on the floor. We were in a Superman position and did lat pull downs. Then we rolled over into the shape of a banana and did lat pull downs. The Superman part was easy. The banana part sucked. I was supposed to have my head and shoulders up off the floor the whole time, but I couldn't do it so I kept touching down between reps. 

Side Arm Pike Push Up

This was crazy. So we did a side arm plank, then put both hands down to do a push up. Then we stepped forward into a pike position and did a push up. Then stepped our feet back for a push up and then did the side arm plank with the other side. I did all the push ups on my knees. I did do the Pike on my toes, but I did not get down very far into the "push up" in pike.

Tug of War / Lumber Jack

We were back in the door. We were in a a lunge position and we looked like we were sawing a log in a lumber jack competition. I kinda liked these, but the handles kept whacking my watch. We swithed sides after 30 seconds.

Power Push Ups

We did push ups, but after each one, we lifted one hand into the air and held it for a moment. At the end, he said you could make it harder by picking up the opposite foot as well. I did these on my knees so they weren't that hard, but he looked like he was struggling by the end. 

X Flys

We were back at the door. We crossed our arms and then uncrossed them as we pulled our hands back. Then we extended them and crossed them. We were supposed to alternated which one was on op. I liked these, but my left shoulder is a bit off and I felt a twinge in it each time I crossed in front. I really need to work on my posture while we sit on the couch. I also need to work on a few other things, but that's for another post. 

Sooooooo many push ups! I hate push ups. I suck at them, but we did a ton of them. I'm getting better t them. Back two years ago when I started working out again, I had to do them pretty much in a "hands and knees" position, so my knees were under my hips, but now I can stretch out a little bit more and get my knees back where they belong. 

Polar M400 Screen Shots

Here they are! Looks like I'm back to losing connection with the heart rate monitor, but maybe that was all the push ups. I'm not sure.

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Review of Beachbody 10 Minute Trainer One on One with Tony Horton Lower Body and Upper Body

One on One with Tony Horton Lower Body and Upper Body!

I'm still working on getting through the upgraded DVDs with 10 Minute Trainer. I got two more done yesterday! There are two more to go. I should have done those two today, but it's 1:23 and it hasn't happened yet. The day is less than half over, but hubby will be home soon so I mostly likely won't be working out. I'm okay with that too. It's my three day weekend and I'll workout if I want to and won't if I don't want to! I don't have to workout if I don't want to. I think that my attitude is a lot different than in my first year of this fitness journey. Back then, if I missed a workout day, I freaked out. I took my rest days, but every non scheduled rest day was a major issue for me. What if I don't start working out again? Is this what's going to spiral me out of control and I'll never get back on track again? My husband thought I was nuts. Maybe I was nuts. I know that I'm rambling now though, so I'm going to get back on track.

I had issues deciding which workouts to do today, but finally decided on Upper Body and Lower Body. There wasn't a real reason for doing it. I think my only reason was that I didn't want to do the cardio workout, so I just picked Upper and Lower because they were first on the list of workouts. I'm doing these On Demand which is nice because I don't have to flip DVDs around! I don't really know why, but I really hate changing DVDs! Body Beast drove me crazy because I was constantly having to swap DVDs. When they redid Body Beast, they fixed that issue, but I borrowed my friend's old DVDs which were just a nightmare! 

I wasn't really in the mood for a workout yesterday morning, but I got up and I did it. I wanted to just sleep in. I was in a cranky mood. I still got up and did it! It gets easier the more you convince yourself to just do it. You learn that you feel better after doing it. I still want to die after most of my workouts, but I still feel better. I feel like I accomplished something even if that something was only convincing myself to do something I didn't want to do.

Lower Body

I started out with Lower Body. I ran in place for a little bit to warm up. It is a little annoying not to have a warm up and cool down with the On Demand option for these workouts. Some of them do have cool downs on them, but I can never remember which ones, and I don't want to have to deal with fast forwarding to the end to get to the cool down. There were 10 moves in 10 minutes, but it really took about 13 minutes. This was another one with Tony in his workout room with just the one cameraman. he used a stop watch so there wasn't anything on the screen indicating how much time was left. I never liked having a timer on the workout until doing a lot of Beachbody programs and then not having a timer on one! I can convince myself to do a lot if I know how much longer i have to do it!

Jockey Squats

We started out with our feet staying on the floor. We went all the way down and then came up about 3/4 of the way and then back down. After 20 seconds, we picked up one foot and then the next. We looked like a kid pretending they were riding a horse. The last 20 seconds, both feet came up t the same time. So we ere kind of hopping while in a squat. These are hard. They are also in the base program Lower Body workout. 

Inch Lunge (I'm not sure I have the name right)

We got into Chair position and then did alternating rear lunges. We never came back up to fully upright. We stayed in Chair between lunges. I was having problems keeping my hands straight up. 

Front Kick - Back Kick

We did a front kick and then a back kick with the right leg for 30 seconds and then switched to the other side. These are easier for my when we alternate sides and do the front kick with the right foot and the back kick with the left leg, but we did the same side for 30 seconds. It was different, but it wasn't hard. It took brain power though.

Speed Squats 

We put all our weight on our left leg and did squats pretty quickly. After 15 seconds we jumped up. We did this on Plyo day as well. I'm not a fan of these, but they work that's for sure. We did the same thing on the other leg to finish off the minute.

Four Direction Iso Lunge

We did these in Lower Body in the base program of 10 Minute Trainer. We got into a lunge position and had a resistance band under the front foot. Then we shifted forward, back, up and down. We did each side for 30 seconds. These are hard, but doable. At least we didn't do the shoulder presses with them. In this one, he had the band behind his arms. In the other ones we put the band in front. 

Three Part Squats

We did this is Lower Body in the base program of 10 Minute Trainer too, but this time we started with Sumo squat and then went to hip width and then went to narrow. We used a band with the the base program, but not with these. During the Sumo squats he touched the floor with his hands. With the hip width squats he swung his arms forward as he squatted. With the narrow squats he put his hands up in the air.

Side Lunge Press

We did lateral lunges. As we lunged to the side, we touched the floor. As we came to center, we put our hands up in the air. We did the same move for the full minute.

Front Knee Front Kick

We did this in Lower Body in the base package too, but he moved faster in this one. We did a front knee lift and then a front kick on the right side. We did that for 30 seconds and then switched sides. 

In Out Hop Squats

We dd this one in Lower Body in the base package too. We kept the same speed for the whole minute. We hopped from a sumo squat with our toes turned out into a narrow squat with our toes forward. He put his hands up in he air to make it harder. In the base package, we did these fast for 15 seconds and slow for 15 seconds. This one was just a medium speed for the whole minute.

Back Lunge Mule Kick

We did a rear lunge and then came up to do a back kick. We did one side for 30 seconds and then the other leg for 30 seconds. I liked these. 

Upper Body

I picked Upper Body second because it was the next one in line. This was another one with just Tony Horton at his home gym. No visible timer on the screen!

Carlito Pushup

These are also called Burpees. He did a bunch of different versions! There was the modified version, the traditional version, the crash down version, and the walk down version. He did some with push ups and some with knees coming to the elbows. I don't think he jumped for any of them. That was nice. That's one of the sucky parts about burpees!

Lawn Mower

This was different than the Lawn Mower in the Total Body from the base package. We were in a lunge and put the band under he front foot. Then we grabbed the handle with one hand and pulled like starting a lawn mower. We didn't do the switch with the wrist in this one.

Military Swimmer Press

We stood on one foot and touched the other toe down on the floor. The band was under the plant foot. We did 8 military presses. Then we switched to the swimmer's press. It's like a military press, but instead of stopping the hands at the shoulders, you turn your wrists up and bring them down almost to your waist.

Crazy 8s

We did these in Upper Body and Total Body (or was it Total Body 2? I can't remember) We had the band under our feet. We did 8 bicep curls on one hand while the other side stayed in an iso hold. Then we swapped every 8 reps. I like these well enough, but I feel like I get a better burn on my biceps when I use a dumbbell for curls. 

Kickback / Throw Combo

We started out in a half lunge and did tricep kickbacks with the band under our front foot. We did 8 reps and then stepped through so we could do throws which are basically just tricep extensions. We switched every 8 reps. The kickbacks aren't bad, but the throws are killer.

Chuck Ups

These are just push ups. I'm not sure why he calls them Chuck Ups. We did them with our hands pointed out first. He held the pose in the down position. After 20 seconds, we moved our fingers in. He kept holding the down. I did these on my knees. The last 20 seconds was wide hand. He kept holding the down position for a second or two. I couldn't do it. I barely got through what I did!

Back Up the Tire (I think that was the name)

We were in the same position as the Lawn Mower, but we did an elliptical motion with the hand. We pulled it up to our shoulder, moved our hand towards our hip and then back down to the foot. We did each side for 30 seconds. I kinda like these.

6 Direction Shoulder Fly

I need a lighter band for these! I ended up going lower and lower and lower, but then I ended up on my knees because these were crazy. We had the band under our feet. We did a lateral raise and then brought our hands forward and then brought our hands down in front of us. Then we went back up and back out and then back down. These are torture! Our elbows were supposed to be super straight, but that was hard.

Police Curls

We did these in Upper Body in the base package. I finally found out where they got the name from! Apparently it comes from a police officer putting someone in a head lock. So we had the band under our feet and alternated the curls. They are kind of like concentration curls, but without the bending. 

Tricep Extensions

We had the band under one foot. One handle was at the hip. The other hand was up over the head. It went back like we were going to scratch our backs and then it went up. We did each side for 30 seconds. I'm not a fan of these because my triceps are so wimpy, but they work.

Tony was crazy during this workout! He got very dramatic after each move and he rattled on about crazy stuff. It's a great workout, but he's just nuts!

Polar M400 Screen Shots

Here are he screen shots. My heart rate seems to be getting higher again and I haven't even made it back to low carb yet. Hmmmmmm. The only annoying part about that is that it shows my fat burn % of cals as low. Whatever, I don't care. 

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Review of Beachbody 10 Minute Trainer One on One with Tony Horton Plyo Intervals and Friday Night Arms

Bonus Day!

10 Minute Trainer is a 28 day program, but there are also additional workouts you can do with the upgraded DVD package. Those workouts are available on Beachbody On Demand which is uber exciting! My plan was to do the 28 day program and then do three of the upgraded workouts a day on my days that I didn't walk with hubby before work. Today was the first of those days. However, the 10 minute workouts ran about 15 minutes, so I ended up not having enough time to do a third one. I picked Plyo first because I didn't want to dread it coming. I wanted to do it and be done with it. I hate plyo! I picked Friday Night Arms because I love arm workouts and I thought it would be nice to follow up something that I hate with something that I love. 

These workouts weren't what I was expecting. I imagined that they would be done in the same studio as the basic program. I knew it would just be Tony Horton in them, but I thought that it would be similar to the Upper Body workout and the Total Body 2 workout. I thought it would have the same professional filming and editing. I thought it would still have the timer counting down the moves. I was wrong. 

These were filmed in what I assume is Tony's personal workout room.There was what appeared to be one camera person. Tony would talk to him every so often and he would talk to Tony as well. He showed up in the workouts a couple times when he went by a mirror. There wasn't at timer on the screen. Tony had a stop watch that he kept resetting for each move. That meant that I had no idea how much time was left per move and I had to keep track of how many moves we had done in order to have a guess about how much longer the workout would last. That was a bit annoying and it made the workouts seem incredibly long. I also wasn't expecting these workouts to be as hard as they were! Wowzers!

Plyo Intervals

Plyo Intervals was crazy hard! OMG. This followed the same 10 moves in 10 minutes format, but the rests between the moves must have been longer or he was bad at keeping time because this workout was 15 minutes long. 

One Legged Speed Squats

We had our weight on one leg and the other foot was just resting down with the toe. For 15 seconds, we just dd squats like that. Then we did another 15 seconds jumping up out of the squats. This was a killer first move. My legs were toast after it and it was the first move!

Plyo Lunges 3 Speeds

We started out with just stepping back into lunges for 20 seconds. The next 20 seconds, we added a skip between them. The last 20 seconds, we had our hands up in the air and made the skip a little bigger. These are Plyo lunges I can actually do without blowing out a knee. I didn't realize how many version of Plyo Lunges existed. I thought the only kind was the type we did in Les Mills Combat. Those are the ones where your back foot and front foot switch at the same time. So imagine being in lunge position. You then take your back foot and move it to the front and your front foot goes to the back. Those are killer on my knees. In 21 Day Fix Extreme, we held a lunge position and then just jumped up doing it. In this, we did rear lunges with a little skip in the middle. Interesting stuff!

Wacky Tires 

for 20 seconds, we basically did side knee lifts while bringing our arms down to the side. After 20 seconds, we added a skip so we sort of hopped on the plant foot. After 20 more seconds, we basically ran in placed with high knees out to the side while our arms stayed up and we did like oblique crunches while still standing. It's so hard to explain, but the name Wacky Tires is appropriate. 

Traveling Leap Frog Squats

We got down into a sumo squat and hopped forward until we ran out of room. We dd it fairly slow to start. Then we went backwards. After 20 seconds, we touched the floor after each hop. After 20 more seconds, we touched the floor after each hop and then put our arms up in the air as we hopped. 

Leapers

We started out just doing narrow squats while touching the floor and then raising our arms up over our heads. Then after 20 seconds, we added a jump as we came out of the squat. The last 20 seconds was crazy. We did jump knee tuck and put our arms up over when we landed and brought them to our knees as we landed.

Flying Lateral Lunges

We did alternating lateral lunges and touched the floor. We just stepped these and met our feet in the middle for 20 seconds. The second 20 seconds we went faster and had a bit of a skip in the middle. He did say that we didn't have to touch the floor, but I tried to do that every time. The last 20 seconds was faster and the leg lunging out came up into a knee raise as we went into the l lunge.

180 Flying Frog Squats

We got down into a sumo squat and then stepped around so we faced the other wall. We started out pretty slow for 20 seconds. The second 20 seconds we jumped around and paused between them. The last 20 seconds involved touching the floor as we squatted and raising our arms in the air as we jumped. 

Jump Rope

This started off pretty slow and we just sort of hopped on one foot and then the other. After 20 seconds, we jumped up with both feet at the same time. The last 20 seconds we jumped higher and did double arms. This was weird for me. It's really weird listening to Tony breathe really heavy while I'm typing this.

Single Leg Lateral Jump

He didn't give this one a name. He put discs down on the floor and jumped from one to the other. He landed on one leg and touched the floor with one hand. Every 20 seconds, we moved faster. My balance was an issue for this one, but I got through it. My legs were pretty much toast after this one. It was the last move though. YAY!

Friday Night Arms

This was the same concept as the Plyo Intervals. We were in Tony's workout room with the cameraman. He used three different resistance bands in this. They were different tensions. I just had the one so I used it. Some of the moves meant I had to modify my position so I was lower to the ground so I could finish the move.

Bicep Curls 

We did these on one foot. We did 8 normal ones out in front and then 8 with our arms going out to the side. We alternated every 8. I think he kept the same foot as the plant leg the whole time. I didn't hear him say something about switching so I kept the same plant leg. These weren't bad, but it was the first move!

Throwbacks

We had one foot forward and the band was under the other foot. We did tricep extensions. We did 8 reps like that. Then we stepped through so the band was under the front foot and did tricep kickbacks. We alternated every 8. I didn't notice him changing which foot had the band under it. These are hard for me because the tension on the throws is good, but not for the kickbacks.

Forearm Curls

We had the band under one foot and the other was up on the toe so we were balancing on one foot pretty much. We put our elbows a 90 degree angle in front of us and did wrist curls. After 8, we put our arms out to the side and did the same thing. Every 8 we alternated. He changed up his feet to show how to make it harder.

Police Curls 

We had our feet hip width apart and did 4 police curls on one side and then 4 on the other. These are like concentration curls, but you're standing up. I'm not sure why they're called Police Curls though. I do like these because they are different than normal curls.

Lawn Mower Kickbacks

So we were in a lunge position with the band under the front foot. We held the band about 6 inches or so from our foot. We pulled and then flipped back into a tricep kickback. After 30 seconds, we swapped to the other side. These were a bit awkward for me. 

Flip Grip Forearm Blaster

More wrist curls! We had the bands under both feet again and we did wrist curls with our palms up. After 8 we flipped our wrists over so palms were down. Every 8 we switched. These got hard. I don't work my forearms very often! 

21s with the Band

The band was under both feet again. We did bicep curls. The first 20 seconds was half range of motion on the bottom. The second 20 seconds was half range of motion at the top. The final 20 seconds was full range curls. 

Front Back Triceps

We had the band under one foo. We did tricep extensions for 8 reps. Then we put the band in front and did a similar motion for 8 reps. I don't know what to call it. It basically looked like a windshield wiper move. We did each arm for 30 seconds. This was interesting. I've never done this type of move before. In the back, the wrist was up. In the front, the wrist was down.

Straight Arm Forearm Blaster

We held our arms out straight in front. The band was under one foot. We did wrist curls again with the wrists down. After 8 reps we put our arms out to the side and turned the wrists up. This move was torture! I ended up getting down on my knees because I needed less resistance. Tony got a little crazy doing this move. He got giddy and was laughing this really weird laugh. He was pretty dramatic after every move, but this was one was the worst.

Curls, Throws, Wrist Curls

We had the band under both feet. We did 20 seconds of bicep curls with both arms at the same time. Then 20 seconds of Throws with both arms at the same time. We popped one foot forward and left the back foot stepping on the band. The final 20 seconds was more wrist curls. By this time, my forearms were killing me since they rarely do anything, but got a lot of action today. After this move, the cameraman told Tony he was being dramatic. 

I wasn't able to do a third workout because I ran out of time. I guess this is going to take three days to get through instead of my original plan of two days. I'll do two more on Friday and probably do the last two on Saturday. It depends on how things go. 

Polar M400 Screen Shot

Here are the screen shots for the workout. I was pretty much all over the place, but I didn't lose the connection. 

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Review of Beachbody 10 Minute Trainer Day 28: Yoga Flex - Program Completed!

Day 28: Yoga Flex

Today was the final day of the program! It was Yoga Flex. I love Yoga. I love how I feel when I'm done! I don't always love how I feel while doing it. This one is pretty sure, but we still get plenty of stretching done. I felt pretty good doing it today. My upper back was a bit sore, but I was still able to get pretty deep into the stretches. After I did Yoga, I watched the preview of 22 Minute Hard Corps. I have mixed thoughts on this one. It seems crazy hard at times, but then I see some stuff that makes me want to try it. I have far too many programs that I want to do though. I really shouldn't buy another one! Back on track though. I'm done with my first round of 10 Minute Trainer. I'm pretty happy that I was able to stick with it even when I didn't want to. I got up and worked out every day. Sometimes it was a struggle to get through it and sometimes it was pretty easy. I kept at it and finished. I didn't lose any weight in the last four weeks, but this program was about getting me back to working out after being sick for a few weeks. I've got to get my nutrition back on track. I'll get there. The plan is to get back to true low carb this week! We'll see how it goes. My plan is to have taco salads all week for lunches. I love tacos. I don't love salad. Taco salad is the compromise that gets me to eat my leafy greens! 

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Review of Beachbody 10 Minute Trainer Day 27: Abs, Upper Body, Cardio

Day 27:

Today was Day 27 of 10 Minute Trainer! It's pretty much the last day of the program. Tomorrow is 10 minutes of Yoga which I love, but it's not really a workout. It's just me stretching everything out. Today was Abs, Upper Body and Cardio. I totally procrastinated on working out today. I did not want to go in there mainly because I didn't want to do the abs workout. I hate working abs! It's torture! I suck at it! I feel like totally fat when I do abs! I eventually got up and got it done though.

Abs

I don't even want to talk about this workout because I was miserable pretty much the entire time. It started off with laying down on the mat which caused a bit of pain in my back. I should probably get a professional massage and see if I can get this kink worked out of my back. I just haven't been able to figure out what position I'm in that's causing this shoulder/back pain. I came up with a new thought and I'll work on that. When I sit on the couch, I have a tendency to hold my phone in my left hand while I lean on my left elbow. I'm going to try not leaning on that elbow and see if that helps with anything. I'm really rambling and not even talking about the workout. I did better with the bicycles. I still suck at the side planks stuff and the regular plank stuff. I just don't understand why this ab workout is so bloody hard when the rest of the program is so doable! You can see all the moves in my post from Day 3 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Upper Body

Once I was done with Abs, I should have been rearing to go to get to Upper Body, but I really wasn't. I just was not into working out today. I don't really know why. I know that I desperately want a rest day. A true rest day though. I want the day off of work. I don't want to work out. I want to do nothing but sit on the couch and read or maybe play around a bit on the computer. I did Total Body yesterday, Total Body 2 the day before and Upper Body the day before that. My shoulders hate me right no. They hurt so bad during this workout. I barely made it through a few of these moves, but I got through it and now it's behind me. You can see all the moves on my post from Day 1 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Cardio

Once I was done with Upper Body, I just wanted to sit down and do nothing! I kept going though. This is my rebound program. I failed at Hammer & Chisel because I got sick so I was not going to fail at this. I had to finish the last 10 minutes. Oddly enough, I was in a pretty good mood once I was done with those 10 minutes. I felt really accomplished once I was done. I did pretty good with this workout and tried to push myself to go deeper or faster depending on what move I was on. I actually had fun during the Hop Squats at the end! Maybe it was because I knew it was the last time I had to do them during this round! No more hop squats for awhile! Although, I'm still going to do the upgraded workouts so they might involve hop squats. I'm not sure yet! I hope not! I'm all giddy because I'm done! I survived the program. Woot woot! I still have Yoga tomorrow, but that's easy peasy.

Polar M400 

I forgot to stop the workout once I was done. I sat on the floor and watched previews of T25. I've thought about doing T25, but um, not so much after watching the previews. I watched the first five minutes of Gamma Speed and the first three or four minutes of Alpha Cardio. There's no rest! I thought 21 Day Fix and 21 Day Fix Extreme were hard with the short rests between moves, but there was seriously no rest at all during what I saw in both workouts and this wasn't easy stuff either! Gamma Speed was insane! I don't even think my brain would be able to convince my feet and hands to move in the right directions let alone survive the moves without rest. Alpha Cardio wasn't as bad, but it was still non stop. He started out with an easy move and then increased the intensity, but there was no rest! Okay now I'm rambling. 

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Review of Beachbody 10 Minute Trainer Day 26: Total Body, Lower Body, Core Cardio

Day 26:

Day 26 of 10 Minute Trainer was Total Body, Lower Body and Core Cardio. Can I tell you how happy I was that it was my last day doing Core Cardio? I like the Total Body workout and the Lower Body workout, but I'm just not a fan of the Core Cardio workout and I'm happy to say that it was the final day of doing it! I'm sure I'll do it again someday when I do a mini round of 10 Minute Trainer. i still have to do a 21 Day Fix mini round, a 21 Day Fix Extreme Mini round, a Rockin Body mini round and a Body Beast mini round. It could be awhile before I do a 10 Minute Trainer mini round! I think it's important to do the mini rounds though to see how far I've come. I think Body Beast is my next mini round. I think it will fit well with my walking workouts with hubby.

Total Body

This is another one that's hard to do as the first segment because it just doesn't have much of a warm up. We start off doing squats with the bands. I did my running in place while the thing queued up, but I just didn't feel warm enough. I should have paused it until I felt all warmed up, but I really have a hard time motivating to get into the workout room, so I never have enough time to do a good warm up. I wish they had included the warm up somewhere in the On Demand program. Oh well. They didn't so it is what it is. I like this workout. It's got some challenging stuff in it like the last move where you're in a squat and holding the resistance band under one foot. You hold the handles at your shoulders as you shift your wait forward and then back and then you go up about an inch and then down an inch and then throw in a shoulder press. This move kills me! I was already weak from the last couple of workouts and then we do that move. UGH! It's soooooo hard! This whole workout was a bit of a struggle since I had done Total Body 2 the day before and Upper Body the day before that. it was good though. I worked on staying deep in my lunges as we worked the other body parts. You can see all the moves in my post from Day 2 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Lower Body

This time I actually remembered the In and Out Hop Squats. Once they were done, the workout went by very quickly. It was a cruel joke though to put Total Body and Lower Body in the same day. They both have that same torture move with the lunge position and the rock forward, backward, up and down. However, this one doesn't add the shoulder press which makes it slightly less horrific of a move. You can see all the moves on my post from Day 4 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Core Cardio

Goodbye Core Cardio! I've done this workout 13 times now! I thought this was in there more than Cardio, but apparently I was wrong. It seemed like I did it more, but that's just because I'm not a huge fan of it. My belt is just too tight on my to make it convenient to be turning around within it. There are several moves where you move away from the door and then turn around and move back towards the door. I don't get as much out of those moves because I'm fighting with the belt and every time I turn around, I have to fix my shirt because it gets all bunched up. If I don't fit it, it just gets worse when I turn around again. After enough turns, my belt is no longer on the outside of my shirt and it's very uncomfortable. Enough with the whining. I no longer have to do this workout! I'm sooooooo excited!  Nothing else to say about it. You can see all the moves on my post from Day 1 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Polar M400 Screen Shots

Here they are! Another day without a break in the heart rate connection! Also another day without the resistance band popping out and flying across the room. Woot Woot! 

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Review of Beachbody 10 Minute Trainer Day 25: Cardio, Total Body 2, Yoga Flex

Day 25:

Another great line up! Day 25 was Cardio, Total Body 2 and Yoga Flex. These could be my top three workouts in the program. I'm not really sure. Well, I think I like Upper Body more than Cardio, but if I have to do cardio, I'd prefer Cardio over Core Cardio so this is a win for me! 

Cardio

It's getting hard to find things to talk about for this workout. At this point, I've done it 15 times now. I'm still not a fan of the Hop Squats at the end, but I can appreciate them as a move that is beneficial to my body. I'm getting sooooooo much better with the lunges during the Warrior Lunge section. My arms don't stay up the whole time, but I'm able to push off and get myself back to standing without my stutter step! My balance still could use a little bit of work, but I'm getting better with that too. I can pretty much name the next move that's coming. I can't sit here right now and name them all off though. It's kind of like when you're listening to a CD you've listened to a bazillion times and you finish a song and know what's coming next, but if someone asked you to name the songs on the CD in order, you probably couldn't. Okay, I rambled enough. Let's move on. You can see all the moves on my post from Day 1 of 10 Minute Trainer. 

Total Body 2

I love this workout! I don't really have a specific reason why though. It's just Tony and the door for this one. Some of the moves just kill my shoulders! I really shouldn't enjoy this one. Maybe it's because we don't do it all that much and we didn't do it until Day 11, so I think this is in the program the least amount of times. I didn't do the math on that though so I could be wrong. Anyway, I did Upper Body the day before which made this one super hard! This one also has a section where you lay down on the floor and do different types of crunches. I shouldn't like this workout, but I do. You can see all the moves on my post from Day 11 of 10 Minute Trainer.

Yoga Flex

I love Yoga. I even bought a Hallmark Keepsake Ornament last year with Santa doing Yoga. I think he's doing Tree which is a pose that I can not do! I just don't have the balance to do it properly. I can do the modified version with my foot down by my ankle. Fortunately, this yoga workout doesn't have any of those balance poses in it! I can do all the stuff in this one and I don't have to modify. Sometimes when I'm doing this one, I'm amazed at how flexible I am for someone of my size. I'm not saying I'm Gumby or anything, but I can read my toes and I can get down on my elbows while doing Pigeon. Although, I probably should have someone check my form during Pigeon. I'm not sure that my front leg is correct. He doesn't talk about it other than that your knee needs to be outside of your body, but I've heard in other workouts that your front leg should be perpendicular to your other leg. I certainly can't do that so maybe I'm doing it wrong. You can see all the moves in my post from Day 4 of 10 Minute Trainer.

Polar M400 

There are no screen shots today. I put the thing on, but I forgot to hit start. I felt stupid once I realized that. I no longer get all upset over it like I did when I did Les Mills Combat though. I didn't have the Polar M400 back then, but I did have the Body Media Link.I loved all my pretty charts and graphs and when I didn't have them, I got so annoyed! Now, I'm just like whatever. 

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