BBM Week 2 - Accountability and encouragement!

[dashook]

Thanks for starting @peachsmama! What day are you on now?
WTG everyone starting week 2!

Day 1 over here and just finished my fit test!
Squats: 62
Pushups: 18
Mountain climbers: 54
Right lunge: 26
Left lunge: 34
High knees: 55
Tricep dips: 31
Elbow plank: full 50 seconds on toes

I'm finishing up another challenge today so doing that workout later today, but after that I might try to double up on some of these BBM's until I catch up to the rest of you. More fun that way

[wineallthetime]

Great job, @dashook!

Still getting over my stomach bug, so I'll probably do 8&9 tomorrow.

[yummeecookee]

OK, I am ready to restart fresh with week 2! Week 1 fell apart after I succumbed to what I believe was norovirus last week.

[klongoria11]

Ok, so I skipped Friday and Saturday's workout. This week I will double up on Thursday, but will likely still not work out on Friday or Saturday.
I'm new to this, so I feel like I'll be less likely to quit if I don't feel "required" to do it every day.
I may change my resolve as the weeks go by and start doings Saturday's on Friday, not sure yet.

[yummeecookee]

OK - just finished. I was not ready for those twisty planks. I just did a regular plank.

[klongoria11]

Yeah....I did Day 9 because I'm dumb. I'll do day 8 tomorrow.

[cagoldi]

Still following even though I haven't started yet. I'm hoping my shoulder keeps healing and I can get moving next Tuesday.

[wineallthetime]

8&9 done. My boot camp gym is doing a monthly challenge with weekly weigh ins and body fat testing. Hoping that helps keep me motivated!

[wineallthetime]

How does she work out with her hair down?

[klongoria11]

I feel like she barely exercised for Day 9. Her little girl was crawling everywhere and distracting her.

[wineallthetime]

Jan 31, 2017 9:34:35 GMT -5 klongoria11 said:

I feel like she barely exercised for Day 9. Her little girl was crawling everywhere and distracting her.

I thought the same thing!

[dashook]

Just finished Day 2!

Questions for you vets:

1) there is no ab series without payment, correct? Is anyone doing it?

2) is everyone comfortable with doing static stretches as a warmup? I've always been taught to do dynamic stretches at the start of a workout and static only afterwards so for this reason I'm not following her warmups. Thoughts?

3) where is my free 1-week trial meal plan? I see it heralded all over the site and in my emails but can't find it anywhere. I actually would consider spending the 10 bucks for the monthly one but not without seeing a sample of what it contains first. Halp!

[wineallthetime]

dashook, I totally agree on the warm up. I thought dynamic stretches with a bit of cardio to get your heart rate up were the correct way to warm up. I've also been doing my own warm up rather than hers!

[klongoria11]

I do my own cool down.

[yummeecookee]

Sorry - I didnt do last night's workout bc I went to yoga class. I will pick back up tonight.

[Lilac26]

I just got done doing Day 10 and 11. If you haven't done 8/9 and are looking for a kid-free workout, skip forward to 10/11. They are both mostly kid-free. Although, day 11 Cardio she skips the last cardio move so be warned, she does put it on the bottom but I wasn't paying attention and just started doing the cool down as instructed.

[wineallthetime]

I totally agree, vinolove. I think she's taken on more than she can handle. I haven't done a full challenge before, but the past workouts I've done aren't nearly this bad. Not as disorganized, she explains the moves and talks about form, she actually DOES the move when she's supposed to. Also, minimal kid distraction. It drives me nuts that the rest period goes by and then like 5 seconds later she tells us what to do. I need to start writing out the workouts beforehand.

[wineallthetime]

vinolove, the 5.0 ones I did were way better! I may switch over to that as well. She still is chatty and kinda annoying, but the rest of the issues are better.

[klongoria11]

Yeah, I started 5.0 and I don't remember all of the distractions and she gave alternatives in the beginning and talked about form. This time around she just seems...uninterested.

[Lilac26]

vinolove , The difference with 4.0 or 5.0 is she only filmed each work out once, and then repeated it for the week. So while there is less distractions, you listen to the same commentary 2 or 3 times over. So far I've liked 5.0 the best but, I only got to day 30 of 4.0 before switching to 6.0.

[dashook]

vinolove, I agree with a lot of what you said. I've only done 2 days so far and feel like I'm not getting as much as I could out of it because I'm waiting for her to start for several seconds after the timer goes off. I also find the whole warmup and cool down to be useless. I think my feelings are amplified somewhat by the fact that I just finished Mommy Trainer, which I found to be very professionally done and challenging.

I'm sticking with it for now but lmk if you find 5.0 to be better!

[wineallthetime]

Feb 1, 2017 17:31:34 GMT -5 dashook said:

vinolove, I agree with a lot of what you said. I've only done 2 days so far and feel like I'm not getting as much as I could out of it because I'm waiting for her to start for several seconds after the timer goes off. I also find the whole warmup and cool down to be useless. I think my feelings are amplified somewhat by the fact that I just finished Mommy Trainer, which I found to be very professionally done and challenging.

I'm sticking with it for now but lmk if you find 5.0 to be better!

Tell me more about Mommy Trainor!

[dashook]

Feb 1, 2017 18:36:03 GMT -5 wineallthetime said:

Feb 1, 2017 17:31:34 GMT -5 dashook said:

vinolove, I agree with a lot of what you said. I've only done 2 days so far and feel like I'm not getting as much as I could out of it because I'm waiting for her to start for several seconds after the timer goes off. I also find the whole warmup and cool down to be useless. I think my feelings are amplified somewhat by the fact that I just finished Mommy Trainer, which I found to be very professionally done and challenging.

I'm sticking with it for now but lmk if you find 5.0 to be better!

Tell me more about Mommy Trainor!

It's a free 15 day workout challenge that includes a full meal plan. Both the exercise program and the meal plan have modifications for women who are pregnant or nursing. I loved it and am repeating the meal plan while doing BBM.

Link: www.idealfit.com/blog/mommy-trainer/workouts.html

[dashook]

Done with days 3 and 4! I think doubling up the workouts makes me feel more accomplished.

[wineallthetime]

I suck and didn't do this today or yesterday. I did go to my boot camp class both days where I get a better workout, so I'm calling it a win.

[kim22]

Just read this. I started 5.0 on January 1. I'm on day 33 and I lost 11 pounds so I'm happy. She's a little disorganized in 5.0 but I'm happy with the results I'm getting.

[wineallthetime]

I took Lue to my workout class today and she did awesome! Sat in her stroller the whole time and was just a bit scared of the rope slams. I thought for sure she'd want to be held or want to scoot around within 2 min.

[wineallthetime]

Great job, Peach!

[dashook]

Today was my rest day and I had a bit of a cheat meal too when we went out to dinner. My meal was actually pretty "compliant" (grilled shrimp with cauliflower, brussels sprouts, white bean ragout, and arrabiata sauce) but I had wine and two pieces of warm focaccia on the side. I'm not sorry at all.