Starting up the second week of phase 3. There is still some debate as to whether we'll be going 3 or 4 weeks.
It was a real mental challenge to get going this morning. I spent most of yesterday picking up, delivering, and spreading mulch. Much to my surprise and delight, the only things that were sore were my hands. But I was still not in much of a mood to workout. The house was a little over 80 degrees and a bit muggy. I soaked through my shirt and towel today.
I reviewed the first half of the workout in my first review. The second complex consists of the standard 4 moves. The first one, is tough to describe. Start with a dumbbell in your right hand, standing on your left foot. Squat some, then reach across your body with the dumbbell and kick your leg out. 8 times, switch sides. They show this exercise in the commercials on the website. From there you jump right into Monster Mary Katharines. Arms get thrown up as you jump as high as you can. You only do 6 of these, but my heart is pumping something fierce afterward.
The second half of the complex has the Monster slalom where you just jump back and forth for 30 seconds. Then you wrap up with a move I simply cannot do. Lie on your side, body straight. Get up on your elbow and keep the side plank. Then raise the top leg. I can do the plank or I can raise the leg, but not both for more than about 1.4 seconds.
Its a great workout, but definitely one you get out what you put into it.
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