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Super Back Sculpt Strength Workout is Day 16 in Heather Robertson's 12 Week Program. This is another one of Heather's deceptively tough workouts and it is due to the short recovery time. 10 seconds is not a lot of recovery time when lifting weights. My back still isn't 100% so I lifted lighter than usual … Continue reading Super BACK SCULPT Strength Workout // Day 16 HR12WEEK 2.0
Lower Body Strength Workout // Dumbbells and Booty Band is a tough lower body workout from Naomi Joy. This workout is done AMRAP style (explained below) and will really burn out your legs and glutes. I am still using lighter than normal dumbbells due to my back but it didn't matter--even lighter dumbbells were plenty … Continue reading Naomi Joy Fitness: Lower Body Strength Workout //Dumbbells and Booty Band
What a wonderful day! After a full week of back pain limiting me, I returned this morning to a normal workout (for me). In fact, this is the workout I had scheduled for last Saturday that my back put an abrupt stop to. But after being able to rebound for an hour yesterday and do … Continue reading Naomi Joy Fitness: Rebounder Workout With Weights (Strength + Cardio Circuit) Mini Trampoline Workout
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