Challenge Groups are a great thing that we are encouraged to
do as Beachbody coaches. It helps a lot
for those working out to know they are not going through it alone. Many ask me that question, “Who do you work
out with?” The answer? “Nobody.”
If you work out alone, how does it affect you?
I work out alone.
Even with the Challenge group format, you are a solo act because it is
primarily social media driven. There is
no physical presence. In spite of that, I
probably push just as hard when it’s only me as I would if someone were with
me. I guess, for many, that’s not the
case.
Let me rationalize my perspective. I have the DVD’s and there are plenty of
people in them. If I were at the gym, it
would be the same. People would be
standing around me, sweating while I sweat.
When I work out, I don’t converse, I work out. I do the same with the DVD’s. Oh, sometimes I found myself talking back to
Tony Horton in those P90X workouts.
Sometimes I mimicked him.
“You’re lookin’ at me, I’m lookin’at you!”
“They’re working hard, I know YOUUUU are!!”
“That’s it, get a close up of my little calves.”
When I did P90X, I could be heard mocking Wesley Idol’s lack
of energy in Kempo X, or making fun of Dom the bouncing frog in Plyometrics
with his awful form and lack of thigh and butt power. I would smirk at Dreya’s overly made up face
while noticing that she bore a slight resemblance to Michael Jackson. Sophia made me smile just because she did all
her exercises with a pleasant grin and without weights as though she hadn’t a
care in the world.
So was I alone? Not
really. Certainly, no more alone than I
was in the 70’s and 80’s when television kept me company. Steve Austin and the Fonz were my buddies. Charlie’s Angels were the women in my
life. Archie Bunker kept me
laughing. They don’t talk back to
you…but they get a rise out of you.
So here I am, alone again.
Working out to the DVD. For
Insanity, I now have Shaun T. There’s a
whole new cast of players for me to warm up to…or not. I already like some, and dislike others. There are the ones that actually hide behind
Shaun so their pokey effort isn’t caught on camera. There are less stealthy ones who, after they
know the camera is on them begin to pick up their effort. The girls in front really give their all,
while the guys in back kind of drag.
Then, there’s the guy from the fit test.
He looks like an accountant who got tossed in by accident and hasn’t
worked out since he played racquetball in business school. So I am not really alone. I have all these people to watch critically. It’s not that I dislike them…it gets me
through the routines.
So tonight, its back to the mat, all alone again. But I will get results.
THE WORKOUT
Plyometric Cardio Circuit.
Round 2. I did this on Day One,
so now I am going full circle. I got
through the warmups with no problem and the sweat started pouring out during
the stretching. When we went into the
circuit, I was ready for it. I made it
through the first circuit fine, the second circuit was a different story. The pushup, run it out…followed by the ab
jumping thing…killed me. I had to
break. It’s not the cardio mind you, my
muscles are failing…I just have to stop because I can’t go anymore. Everything else is fine, but those two in a
row just break me. So that’s my goal…to
get through the third circuit without stopping.
Everyone should put their goals in front of them.
I also owe Shaun T. an apology. I was saying earlier in the week that he didn’t
warm up the calves enough. I may have
been a little too harsh. You DO have to
stretch them a bit prior to the warm ups.
But if you stretch correctly with him during the stretching phase, and don’t bend the knees, you
will stretch those calfs out…but you need to use proper form at all times. I really focused on that tonight and it helped a lot.
Also, I have had success with the treadmill post workout, so
I did another 20 minutes tonight. Ab
Ripper X tomorrow and I get tomorrow night off!
Good night!
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