The Bodybugg

I think someone is trying to outdo the Polar Heartrate monitor! Or at least make some money off people who are trying to lose weight. The BodybuggThe bodybugg®
Its pricey! $199..but so is the Polar high tech monitor. Bodybugg also manages your calorie intake...how? Through a web-based program FREE for 6 months (after initial 6 months the online subscription renewal fees are: $9.95 for month to month, $49.95 for 6 months or $79.95 for 12 months)....hmmm, more money! That's alot of money but if someone can't figure out how to track their calories or just don't want to keep a foot journal(which I've tried and failed at), then spend lots of money on the Bodybugg.
I haven't used it myself. But with knowlege running to and fro in this age with the computer and so much networking, I guess jogging and plain' ol' count your calories and portion control isn't working. Its gotta be pedometers, Polar heartrate monitors, Body bugg, gym memberships and expensive exercise equipment. American's $40 Billion A YEAR on books, products and equipment to do what? Help us LOSE WEIGHT!! Alot of people know this and what to get in on the money making. Just check out all the infomercials. Well, I will save that for another blog.
I think I'll take a nice walk today and enjoy the Washington sunny day!

Turn eating into exercise....knife and fork lift

If you can believe it, you can lift weights and eat at the same time. Am I joking,no way! It is a weighted knife and fork called, well, the "Knife and Fork Lift". Its supposedly takes inches of by the 1.5 pound utensils. Its slows you down at the dinner table.

I've used a pedometer to count my steps. I am using a Polar heartrate monitor to count my calorie burn as I exercise. Hmmm, what is next, something to put on your body to count calories? I think they have done that with the BodybuggExercise restraint at the table....I dunno if 1.5 lbs are going to do it but it just may slow down the fork to mouth reps.

Build teeny muscles while you eat. Somehow, I don't know if this will work. Sounds like another gimmick but it may creat a great laugh during the next Thanksgiving!

Happy 2010....starting a new chapter

Guess what the title is of my new chapter of my life?
Get rid of timewasters and get to exercising!

Its been half way through January and 5 workouts:
#1 Cathe High Step Training(substituting alot of the leg presses to lunges on Transfirmer)
#2Cathe Athletic step..fun and new!
#3Tae Bo Basic live #2 short but got something done..whew
#4 Cathe Step Moves w/ Cathe MMA Boxing which I loved! Then did some Joyce Abs from Just Joyce abs Bottoms up gold...i'm sore the next day!
#5 Tae Bo Advanced live! #6..I did it with my 9 year old son who is taking Karate. It was fun to high five him after the workout. Hopefully, we'll do it more together for PE.
I had 2 kittens neutered and spayed. My cat is pregnant again. My older cat needs her tooth taken out. And I found out she had some fleas so we are taking care of that problem. My washer is going on the blink(its 19 years old) and my oven is breaking down too(its 10 years old)and at this moment, I have no hot water in my kitchen sink except for the hot tap. So washing dishes is brrrrr cold.

I have alot of plans. I want to do Tae Bo 4 days a week. Add in 2 step days with some Cathe Boxing. It really gets my heartrate up without high impact. She does some jumping but I change it all to low impact. I'm still unsure about weights. I definately will stick to Joyce Vedral for my abs. Or her shorter upper body workouts like Quick Quartet or 1 muscle group from Cathe's STS Meso 2.
I also want to do a Firm rotation using all the great Transfirmer workouts.
And I'm still wanting to plow through all Cathe's Timesaver workouts like Timesaver, Cathe Crosstrain express, 4 Day Split and now her new shorter workouts. I love Bodymax 2 how it does step with lower body circuits. Its similiar to Step Circuits in her CTX. I might combine some of those for an hour long lower body circuit.

What I am NOT into this year is Beachbody p90x,turbo toe jam, kettlebells,pilates, yoga,dancy workouts,get ripped workouts(Jari love looks like a tan skeleton with muscles. She just doesn't look feminine to me. Is it too low bodyfat? or too thin with poppy muscles or her poor posture. I want her to back bend over a stability ball to stretch out her shoulders and muscles. The bleach blond hair with the fake dark tan just doesn't look healthy to me. I don't like the outfits or the dark sets. She alsways make fun of the mom with 7 kids...I would have to hear that over and over again if I did this workout consistantly and believe me, I get to hear that enough out their in the world having 8 kids. I don't want to hear it when I exercise.I think I'm over high rep weights. I want to weight train but it will be with Cathe, Joyce or Firm for fun weight for cardio intensifyers.

Speaking of timesaver's, what are some of my timewasters? Netflix, Facebook, Blogging, surfing on VF and Swapadvd.com. I need to make sure I don't stay up all night doing these things when Icould be exercising or studying God's Word, the Bible.

Starting a new chapter in 2010 with my life is going to take planning, dedication and commitment to taking care of myself.

30 Minute to Fitness Kickboxing

I just finished this workout. I did both 30 minute Kickboxing workouts which made it over and hour,I think. Including the warmup and stretch. The stretch was very short and I added karen Voights Pure and Simple stretch floor work. It was a wonderful towel stretch.

The Kickboxing workout had alot of great combinations but the insufficient warmup was not enough for my back so I will sub Cathe's 4 Day Split KB warmup which is nice, long and really gets my back ready for kickboxing. As a former kickboxing instructor, I am fussy about cueing in kickboxing. I'm sure if you do Kelly's workout over and over, you won't be bothered by the lack of cueing. I kept messing up during the workout and finally said, "whats the next move?" There were some great punch and kick combinations. She repeats the move for 2 minutes. She does some great long side kicks and side oblique squeezes at the end. I used 1/2 lb weighed gloves.
The first 30 minute kickboxing workout has the best music and I liked it better than the 2nd kickboxing workout. In the 2nd kickboxing there are some annoying songs and I started to get a little bored.
It wasn't as fun as Turbo Kick or as powerful as Tae Bo but I still enjoyed my workout. I want to thank my public library for carrying this DVD so I could try out Kelly.

Billy Blanks living in Japan

Billy Blanks got a divorce from his wife and now had a baby girl with a Japanese girl he met in Japan. He married her afterwards this past June. He is hoping to live in Japan now. They call him the "Chocolate fighter".

Here is the scoopy doop.......and more scoop about Billy.

Review of 30 Minutes to Fitness Bootcamp

What I liked about this workout was that I can modify to low impact. Kelly shows high impact and the one of the background exercisers show low impact. The intervals are repetative and non complex. They go by fast. The weight circuit is 2 minutes and I liked the compound moves like squat with bicep curl to overhead press. Or there is a fencing move with light weights where you pretend to bring your sword up to block, out in front and down and out to work the triceps. She does all sorts of toning but its heavily on shoulders. Triceps are cooked with a 2 minute kickback compound move with squats. The bicep work is done with an arnold press and squat. The chest work is pushups but its not much chest work. I found the aerobics ,even keeping it low impact, to be great for my cardio. Right in the zone if not higher. Some of the moves where she would go down for a quick plank and then jump up into knee strikes , I found to be tough so I did it on my step and it was still tough.
The Bootcamp DVD isn't just 30 minutes. Its actually 60 minutes because you get 2, 30 minute Bootcamp workouts but you can choose the premix that has both for a long great circuit workout. The other premixes are all cardio or all weights or the stretch. Kelly includes some planks in between cardio but no traditional end of the workout floor ab work. The bonus of this DVD is there is a long standing and floor stretch segmant. She doesn't hold the standing stretching very long but when you get to the floor, she does a wonderful towel stretch and I learned some interesting facts about Bollistic stretching.
Kelly isn't your girly giggly stereotype aerobics instructor. She is tough tomboy serious instructor yet lets out a beautiful smile for motivation. She is opposite of Chalene Johnson. And thats fine when I don't want all all the frill. Just look at the cover and you'll see it in her eyes....Now move it!!!
I was able to check out this workout ,thanks to my public libary.

Cathe demonstrates Shock Cardio

Cathe shows some really fun new step moves to great music on the Cathe Road Rip in Daytona. I'm so excited!!!

The picture above are from her latest Shock Cardio filming of HiiT Double Wave Pyramid, Athletic Step and HiiT 40/20....sounds familiar like Tony's One on One Traing 30/15...
Her outfit for Athletic step reminds me of Amy Bento's Advanced Step Challenge outfit. And Cathe must have taken some makeup advice from Amy Bento as well since Cathe's makeup looks alot like Amy's in Advanced Step Challenge 2....heavy!

I hope Cathe's Shock Cardio comes in time for Christmas. What a way to start off the New Year of 2010!