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.

Finishing week 3 of STS Meso 2 Hypertrophy and my life

I was doing really great on the STS Shock Training System Hypertrophy rotation. I finished weeks 1-3 and the new Cathe Tower really helped and now I'm using my barbell after years of neglect. Then one by one my 8 kids came down with Swine flu caught at college. Then my son had his wisdom teeth out and caught the flu the next day. It was a sleepless week for me. I haven't caught it thank God. What a horrible flu! My poor Chillies! So I had to take the week 4 off but I'm going to start week 4 as soon as I can. I'm not giving up.
What is great is that I do see results already. I feel stronger and love love love Cathe. Visible results are minimal but its my body that feels stronger and I feel like I walk taller.

The great thing is that I'm sticking to this rotation during this hard depressing crisis time of my life while my husband and I are seperated(my doctors orders as I was brought into the hospital in a wheel chair) and I have to take care of my 8 kids alone with health problems. It was doctors orders for my health and my children's well being. And he is off vacationing in Israel with his Mom. Its a long story. He didn't even bother to see what caused my illness, he didn't even care when I had my panic attack after he was spanking my 2 year old over and over and trying to make him say sorry when he couldn't even say the word sorry?? He is just learning to speak. So my older children took charge(20 year old 18 year old 17 year old). They protected me and told me to go lay down and they took me to the hospital. My husband thinks he is the victim that I'm taking his family away from him. When he does Live internet pornography(secretly behind my back for years),Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, illegal Tax evasion(over $59,000 worth), gambling on the stock exchange and losing almost $200,000(1/2 of which was mine that he embezzaled from me and I didn't know. He was wiring money from the bank so he wouldn't have to get my signature) and not letting me be involved with the finances. Child abuse and so forth. Control. Telling the family that y2K was the end of the civilization and having his parents help build him a huge house out in the country. He had our room be on the same room that his parents were going to stay. He said they would live with us during the martial law and put a safe in their room. He made the house solar power and bought $15,000 worth of dried food and guns thinking the world was coming to an end. The dried food takes up most of the 3 car garage. He also said that the world was coming to an end in 1994 and wouldn't let me buy anything to prepare for my twin pregnancy. I had to do it secretly. He never bought me things. I had to buy things without him knowing or he would get mad. He said that he wanted me to go into a fabric store and buy tons of material and zippers so I could make clothes for everybody when the stores wouldn't be around. I remember my brain not being able to work or make decisions when he was abusing me like that. And he bought guns without asking me. All this money was spent but he spent it all on himself and what he wanted. I never was able to go shopping and buy anything for me. He bought a house without asking me about it. Then his Dad helped bailed him out of that one. Since it was a dump and nobody would buy it. And his Dad is bailing him out of the $59,000+ tax evasion that he DIDN'T pay for 3 years and now there are fines and horrible amounts of wasted money. Money that I could have been saving but I have hardly anything. But does he pay for it? No. He is on a 10 day vacation with his Mom. And he never asked me to help watch the children. He said its my duty. Why should he ask me? And another horrible thing is that 7 of my 8 children have trust funds that range between $8,000-$10,000 a month given to them by his parents but he doesn't give them the money since he is trustee. He spends it on what he wants to spend it.

He bought a bank safe and put all his guns in there and won't let me have the combination or the key to the door. He said that it's because he thinks I am not sound of mind. And he thinks I'm not sound of mind because I have my panic attacks and was taken away in an ambulance 2 times and he never came to see me. His parents were calling everyday and coming over everyday and bothering me about my weight i was gaining with each pregnancy. He always put them before me. Money is more important to him than someone like me.

I'm not living in our home, he is. I'm living(its a long story of escaping him) in the Y2K house that nobody lives in and its an hour away from him inthe country. It has enough beds for my children and they are happy here. Its on a lake so its really peaceful. I don't care about money . I really don't. All I want is my children to be happy and safe. I don't really care what happens to me. I just want to be left alone and not have to socialize with anyone. I guess its weird but I don't mind staying at home because that is what I had been doing for 21 years being married to him. He didn't let me finish college because he said it was a sin for woman to work. This house I'm living in is my husbands Mom's which she got in a divorce. But she lives in a mansion near Bill Gates. My husband lives in our big house 2 minutes away from his Mom. Oh, and His parents bought our house but its in my Name and my husband. So its half mine but I don't want to live there because of all the skeletons and ickie feelings I feel and that its so close to people just coming by without calling. He wants me to listen to Dr. Laura who approves of pornagraphy in marriage. He would always make me feel like its "my" fault in everything from our relationship to the kids relationship. He told me I have alot to learn about men and woman. I have a negative view of sex?If I didn't agree with everything he wanted to have happen in our family then I was like cutting off the captain of a ship. I was forced into bedrooms to listen to his ranting about how horrible our children are. Every birthday, he would look at his watch each our and make sure we were on a schedule and have to do everything by his spreadsheet. And at the end, if we didn't do everything on the plan, he would get upset and after I would hurry and make dinner, he would come up to my room(yes, he didn't sleep in my bed for years) and say, "why was dinner so late? what took you so long to make dinner, now the plan is ruined". I was starting to be very afraid of him and dread evenings when he would come home from work. The list goes on and on. I went to counseling and the counsellor couldn't believe I was still married to him and told me he didn't even want my husband coming his office. So I was trapped and didn't know what to do. I felt like there was no hope. That is when my health declined and finally, by my Doctors orders, he was made to leave by my children. I've only spoken to him 2 times since July and he was mean and yelled at me on the phone. I told him please calm down and don't raise your voice. So now, I don't talk to him.
Sometimes I feel so alone and desperate that I want to get back together with him but I have tried that 4 or 5 times and he doesn't change but starts trying to fight and control the kids. He was going to kick my 20 year old and 18 year old out of the house to teach them a lesson? If they didn't do what he wanted? He also said that Christmas trees were a sin and if we would get sick during Christmas, he said it was God punishing us. He also said that Money is the source of all living things. He also said that He is the replacement of God in the family? He would tell the kids if they watched movies on Sundays, it was a sin. Or did anything fun it was a sin. They could only do things things that he wanted them to do. Even if there birthday would fall on a Sunday, he wouldn't let them have any fun. He would hold these Sunday worship services at home where we would have to stand up and sing from these books and listen to his sermons. Nobody could talk or ask questions, he would ignore you and keep talking. He would make the children memorize these weird catachism things. He really twisted the Bible. IT was horrible. I felt so trapped. And after I found him doing porn on the internet, he stopped praying and reading his bible. He stopped talking to me and gave me the cold shoulder. I didn't know what to do. I was so alone. He also cut me off from my family. I could hardly see my Mom or dad or brother or sisters. He would only make me go to his family's side for dinner and act all chummy with them because aof $$$$
I'm getting better but my husband still hasn't given me any cash. Its been 5 months. Can you believe it?. He got really mad when I opened my own checking and savings thanks to my Dad who loaned me $200. My husband gives me a credit card and pays for it at the end of the month. I would rather have cash and not a credit card because I don't like feeling "in debt" to him but its still the only way he can still have control over me.

I've been in desperate situations with the children especially with my 2 year old who is very hard to take care of while I'm in a very fragile state of mind. Sometimes I just cry with him when he has his tantrums. Night is the worse trying to get him to sleep. I don't have outside help. My Mom is busy with her elderly Mother and her jobs. My Dad working and is traveling the world. My parents are divorced. My father inlaws(who is divorced) is travelling the world(China) also and my father in law told my daughter that he doesn't want to play Grandpa. My mother in law hasn't even talked to me and is all excited to her pilgramige to Israel. She also told me she had a dream that she wouldn't see me anymore when I was pregnant and that her husband was going to leave her in China. So bizzarre. Nobody said anything about it being strange.
I don't know why I'm writing this out. I guess I have been stressed and I'm supposed to have low stress for my heart and mental conditions. I don't understand why the innocent suffer and the guilty go free and have easy lives?

Well, I've written enough. My life is getting better if you can believe it. Exercise really helps me feel so much better.

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!

Get ready to fall, I mean for Fall

Cathe's October Rotation:

This month we are going to do an undulating STS rotation. This rotation is designed for ultimate muscle confusion. It is an advanced rotation and is only suggested if you are an avid and seasoned weightlifter (ie: been lifting for at least 6 months to a year). If you are not a seasoned weight lifter, I suggest doing any other one of my monthly rotations. As always eat well, sleep well, and stay hydrated.


WEEK ONE:
Monday: Meso One Disc One: Chest, Biceps Shoulders....HAVE IT!

Tuesday: Meso Two Disc 17: Legs....HAVE IT!

Wednesday: Meso One Disc 5: Back and Triceps....HAVE IT!

Thursday: KPC....HAVE IT!

Friday: Imax 1...WILL SUB IMAX 2 or 3

Saturday: Step Blast plus Ab Circuit Pilates...HAVE STEP BLAST...Will sub another ab workout

Sunday: Off...thankyou!thankyou!thankyou! peaceful day




WEEK TWO:
Monday: Imax 2.....HAVE IT....oh,i gotta get psyched for this one1

Tuesday: Disc 30 Meso 3: Shoulders/triceps/biceps....GOT IT!

Wednesday: Disc 35 Plyo Legs...don't have this one...hmmm I will do Body Max 2 leg circuit mixed with Crosstrain express Step Circuit OR do Bootcamp Legs & cardio only premix plus abs

Thursday: Rhythmic Step plus Ab Circuits plates and weights...HAVE Rhythmic Step...will sub another ab workout

Friday: Disc 31 Meso 3 Chest and Back....HAVE IT!!!

Saturday: Kick Max....Will sub Tae Bo or Tracey STrike Zone OR Amy Bento Kickbox Surge

Sunday: stability ball abs only from Butts and Guts...Will sub stability ball abs from KPC or do Abs from Timesaver Or another ab workout.



WEEK THREE:
Monday: Disc 15 Meso two Back and Biceps...HAVE IT!

Tuesday: Disc 3 meso one Legs....HAVE IT!

Wednesday: Imax 3....HAVE IT!

Thursday: Disc 19 Meso Two chest, shoulders, triceps....HAVE IT!

Friday: 4DS Kickbox in its entirety....HAVE IT!

Saturday: 4DS Bootcamp (cardio only)...HAVE it...but space is limited. I may do her other Bootcamp or another cardio workout

Sunday: Ab Circuits Yoga and Stretch Max segment one....do a different abs and I have Stretch Max



WEEK FOUR:
Monday: Disc 29 Meso three Plyo Legs....Will sub something else

Tuesday: Disc 10 Meso One Chest Shoulders Biceps...HAve it!

Wednesday: Power Max plus ab circuits med ball ....don't have it....will sub another step workout...maybe both 4DS step workouts combined

Thursday: Disc 8 Meso One Back and triceps....HAve it!

Friday: Body Max Two (leave out upper body weights at end)....Have it!

Saturday: Maximum Intensity Cardio plus Ab Hits of choice...HAVE IT!

Sunday: Ab Circuits No Equipment plus Stretch Max segment Two...REPLACE WITH ANOTHER AB AND I HAVE STRETCH MAX




Enjoy!!!

Wow!!!! I like how she is flipping around all the STS discs like pancakes on the muscle burn grittle. Like premix heaven. Do this rotation only if you are AVID and SEASONED WEIGHTLIFTER...hmmmm. I think I am. Eat well...okie..dokie...not malt balls?...sleep well...thank God for sleeping pills...stay hydrated...I will try...really try....uh, what about stress? Is this a factor? Its a HUGE factor for me with 8 children(2 in college but living with me and 4 and almost 5 teenagers and a 2 year old little guy(a Cathe term)who is a bundle of tamtronic(I made up this work)energy). I wish he could recharge my battery...oh well, he takes after his ancestors and loves to play in the dirt. Well, if stress is a major factor and I need to beat the living hell out of it, well, exercise is a must for me and that is a doctor's ORDER. Not snuffing around. Direct order from one of what the world see's as a god. You know, if you have Dr. behind your name, everybody stands in awe and respects you.
I'm in awe of Cathe, not for how rich she is or beautiful. But how many pushups she can do and how much weight she can lift. She must be loading up on protein. Is it the peanut butter she loves so much?lol! Hmmm, that must be the secret to super Cathe...peanutbutter...shhhhh don't tell anyone!
So thank you Cathe for putting out a rotation without being asked. It's your generosity and kindness that keeps me going. And how come your soooo nice and caring? The world need's more Cathe.....

October...a fresh beginning

Well, I've made it to October and I thank GOD! Why? The stress of September is gone, nada, finished. I never have to look at September 09 AGAIN! Now, it's a new month, a new page to turn, change the Cathe calender, start a new rotation and pick myself off the ground, dust off my knees and start again..not ALL over again. Just again.
I am really seriously thinking of ordering Cathe's STS Push Pull Tower for pull ups and hold my heavy barbell. It's $129.99 which is $130 dollars...wink....and shipping is astronomical...$40! It won't be ready to ship for 1-2 weeks unfortunately so that is why I'm still trying to decide- no or go. I've hurt my back trying to sit up from my bench when I'm holding my heavy barbell. So it would be an investment....right Brian Tracey? It would be so nice to place it on the tower and then sit up without the weight of the barbell...now I didn't say the donut roll on my waist would be easy or should I call it my little bread dough round. That's still there...sigh.
I wanted to wait until Christmas to get STS but since I want to start the STS Meso 2 rotation and need that STS Tower. I may order it. Before the snow comes...poor USP guy. So if I do get the Tower, that will be some MOTIVATION to get up and start this rotation which I've been wanting to do for over a year. Then it will free me up to be a cardio junkie because I only work weights 3 times a week....Joyce would wince at the thought of working 1 muscle group per week. Look at the latest pictures of Cathe's delts...um, something is working for sure. But right now, I'm thinking maybe I should take the plunge, even though the rests in STS are like 30 minutes total for 1 upper body workout. Thats not dread sounding. I might drink my coffey at this time...hahahaha!

So many choices, so little time. Like when I write on my blog, I could be doing a workout!

Happy October...if you can disguise yourself for one day , like that movie Mission Impossible(not Christi Taylor's Mission Possible), who would you be? I'll have to think on that one! evil grin...