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I have been hoping for a while that Naomi Joy would create an add on rebounder stretch and she finally did! Of course, it happened when my back was messed up so I couldn't do any rebounding for nearly a week. But the past 2 days there has been improvement in my back. Yesterday I … Continue reading Naomi Joy Fitness: Rebounder Mini Trampoline Extended Stretch and Relaxation
It's been a rough week. On Saturday morning my back went out and I've been in pain ever since. I've been reduced to yoga for back pain workouts. I found 4 workouts by Jessica Smith for people with back pain and every morning for the past few days I have attempted this one but could … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: 20-Minute Total Body Strength [Back Friendly] Workout
Good Resistance Training Exercises for Bad Backs: 7 Minute Workout is a short little resistance band workout from Jessica Smith to use when your back is hurting. The focus is upper body strength. Jessica suggests repeating it several times. I just used it in conjunction with several of her other workouts for back pain (see … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: Good Resistance Training Exercises for Bad Backs: 7-Minute Workout
The Best Cardio Exercises for Losing Weight with a Bad Back is a low impact cardio workout from Jessica Smith that is geared toward people with back pain. It is super short so if it is your cardio day, you probably want to repeat this a few times. Some of the exercises are done on … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: The Best Cardio Exercises for Losing Weight with a Bad Back
My back is still keeping me from working out so I decided to try another one of Sara Beth's yoga routines for back pain. Yesterday I did her 30 Minute Yoga for Low Back Pain and it was great--gentle and it felt good. This morning I did her 30 Minute Yoga for Sciatica and Low … Continue reading SaraBethYoga: 30 Minute Yoga for Sciatica and Low Back Pain (All Levels)
The best laid plans of mice and men.... Currently that Robert Burn's quote defines my fitness life. I will be taking a long vacation in May--almost the entire month--and I really wanted to be finished with Heather Robertson's 12 week program plus Caroline Girvan's EPIC Endgame (since I am doing them both at the same … Continue reading SaraBethYoga: 30 Minute Yoga for Low Back Pain (All Levels)
Today is my cardio day so I decided to do Michelle Briehler's 50 Min Trampoline Cardio Workout | Plus Glutes & Abs, which is primarily a cardio workout but Michelle packs a lot of other things into this workout, too. It also contains 7 minutes of dedicated mat-based glute work and 11 minutes of core … Continue reading 50 MIN Trampoline CARDIO Workout | JUMPSPORT Rebounder | Plus Glutes & Abs
Booty Builder: Lower Body Strength Workout is Day 9 in Heather Robertson's 12 Week Program. This was a tough metabolic lower body strength workout! I chalk that entirely up to the interval times. You only get 10 seconds of rest between intervals and it gets brutal. Circuit 2 and Circuit 4 especially kicked my butt … Continue reading Booty Builder: Lower Body Strength Workout // Day 9 HR12WEEK 2.0
Brawny Back and Biceps Workout + Abs & Core is Day 8 in Caroline Girvan's EPIC Endgame. Another tough upper body strength workout from Caroline. She hits everything hard in this workout--back, biceps and abs. She was really burning out during the ab work and during the finisher. The ab work was killing me, too! … Continue reading BRAWNY Back and Biceps Workout + Abs & Core | EPIC Endgame Day 8
Lifted Lower Body Workout is Day 7 in Caroline Girvan's EPIC Endgame program. This was a tough lower body workout! Caroline kept burning my muscles out! I love how she pairs the exercises for the supersets. The first exercise is usually one using dumbbells and the second exercise is usually a body weight version of … Continue reading LIFTED Lower Body Workout – Dumbbell Leg Day | EPIC Endgame Day 7