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My doctor finally gave me clearance to exercise again--though I have restrictions. No impact, I cannot lift dumbbells heavier than 2-3 pound dumbbells, no planks or push ups. Though that limits things, there are still quite a few workouts I can do--including some of Linda's new Barlates workouts. Yesterday I did one of Jessica Smith's … Continue reading Barlates: Fusion Flow/Easy Cardio
Stride & Strength is a free YouTube workout from Jessica Smith. She says it is a walking workout w/ strength training intervals. It is a very good total body workout. I actually did it as an add on after another of Jessica's walking strength workouts: Get Strong!: Stepping Strength. Stepping Strength was more intense/metabolic than … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: Stride & Strength
10 Minute Toning Walk is another quick little workout offered by Jessica Smith that is free on YouTube. I used it as an add on this morning to extend my workout time. I did her Metabolic Conditioning workout from Walk Strong 3 and it worked me hard! I remember just a year ago I would … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: 10 Minute Toning Walk
10 Minute Interval Walk is a very basic walking mini-workout and it is one of Jessica Smith's free YouTube workouts. Since I am increasing my morning workout time I used this as an add on to her Cardio Step Jam from Walk Strong 3. Between the two I got a nice approx. 45 minute cardio … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: 10 Minute Interval Walk
I am continuing to use Jessica Smith's short, new-to-me YouTube workouts as add ons to increase my workout time in the morning. This morning I did her Stride & Step from Burn Fat & Have Fun and followed it up with this short add on. Both of the workouts are steady state cardio, so between … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: 12 Minute Indoor Power Walk
As I mentioned in Jessica Smith's Upper Body Circuit Walk, I am using these as add ons to extend my morning workout time in the mornings. This worked great for that purpose. I did Jessica's Boost Metabolism + Muscle Lower Body Focus which is 35 minutes and finished off with this little circuit walk. Like … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: Lower Body Circuit Walk
I am doing great--recovering well from cancer treatment and regaining my strength and endurance. I am using Jessica Smith's 30 minute Walk On and Walk Strong workouts to help me get there. I am getting ready to progress up to her Walk Strong 3 workouts but first I decided to start increasing my morning workout … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: Upper Body Circuit Walk
I thought, by the title (Bodyweight Basics Lower), this might be more my speed. I don't have a problem with Linda's Beginner Interval workouts right now, but her Endurance 90 Lower killed me. I thought--maybe this will be easier than Endurance 90 Lower. And it probably is easier. But chemo is really tearing me down … Continue reading Barlates: Bodyweight Basics Lower
Beginner Intervals: Ramp It Up is the fourth workout in Linda Wooldridge's Beginner Interval series. The other 3 workouts are Old School Aerobics, Compound Moves and Cardio Sculpt. I love all of these workouts but I think Old School Aerobics is still my favorite. Ramp It Up, as indicated by the title, is a bit … Continue reading Barlates: Beginner Intervals: Ramp It Up
This is a great little lower body workout from Jessica Smith--and free on YouTube! I did it after doing one of Jessica's 15 minute DVD cardio walks and it seemed like it actually worked my lower body very well. I was definitely getting some burn in my glutes. Peanut is there for the entire workout, … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: Lower Body: Hips & Glutes Focus