More Swings, Ignite Cardio and Accelerate Cardio!

Another 333 Swings done.  My gymboss timers still is not working right but it look like I did it in 15 min and 45 sec.










The Firm Express cycle 1: Ignite Cardio workout.
This is a 21 min all cardio workout lead by Emily Welsh.  In this workout you have a short kickbox cardio sections followed by 4 Cycle's of 8 sec burst and 12 sec recovery.  After you do the final burst of the workout Emily strings all of the kickbox cardio section's together.  I thought the workout was good and again I did like Emily in this one.  I give this workout 3 1/2 stars out of 5.

I thought all of the Cycle 1 workouts will definitely be good add-on's to other workouts or string them together for a longer workout, but not enough in my opinion if you do 1 a day if you are an intermediate or advance exerciser.

The Firm Express cycle 2: Accelerate Cardio workout.

This is a 20 min cardio workout lead by Rebekah Sturkie.  In this workout you have a short simi-kickbox feel with plyo cardio sections followed by 4 Cycle's of 8 sec burst and 12 sec recovery. This workout has more high impact than the first Cycle did.  My legs were giving out on my part way through due to the two workouts before this and all the plyo moves with this one.  I felt that this one would be a good stand alone workout if you only had 20 mins to workout.  the only thing that bugged me was Rebekah occasional ear-piercing Whoo!  She does this I think 5 or 6 times.  Someone needs to tell her to stop doing that.  I give this one 4 out of 5 stars.

333 kettlebell swings!

I did my 333 swings today.  I was going to time it with my Gymboss but I could not get the stopwatch part to work.  By just going by the clock on the wall, it looked like 17min and 30 sec.
This makes 666 swings down and 9334 swings to go.

Swing Challenge, Firm Express Cycle 1 Ignite C&S and S

Today I started the 10,000 kettlebell swing Challenge.  I did my 333 swings today.  this is the plan I am following. http://afirmrose.blogspot.com/2010/12/10000-swing-challenge.html.
Part way through the workout I got the idea to time my workout to see how long it takes me to do the swing section, so next time I will pull out my gymboss and time myself.  I recommend wearing gloves for this workout as the ones that have done this before complained of calluses and their hands bleeding.  As with all my workouts the first time I do them I tend to go light with the weights but mainly I also wanted to add the Firm Express workouts after this.

The Firm Express cycle 1: Ignite Cardio & Sculpt workout.

This is a 20 min workout lead by Emily Welsh.  This set uses lighter weights and you only need 2 sets of weights for this workout.  Emily used 5lbs and 8lbs and since I did the swing workout before this that is the same weights I used.  Emily alternates cardio moves and sculpting moves in this workout.  She also includes cardio bursts that has you doing 4 cycles of 8 sec cardio with 12 sec recovery.  Some people have mentioned that the 12 sec recovery is actually less and I tend to agree, at lease that is what it seems to me. I was surprised to see her reach for her heavier weights for some moves that they have previously used their lightest weights for (ex. 3lbs) in other workouts.  So that was a nice change to see them using heavier weights.  I did like Emily in this one and thought her cueing has gotten better.  I liked Emily's Complete Aerobics and Weight Training workout but nothing from her since.  All in all I give this on 4 out of 5 stars.

The Firm Express cycle 1: Ignite Sculpt workout.

This is a 20 min workout lead by Emily Welsh.  This set uses lighter weights and you only need 2 sets of weights for this workout.  Emily used 5lbs and 8lbs and again I used the same but next time I will have 1 10lb handy for the move she combine 2 5lbs in one hand.  In this workout Emily alternates sculpting moves with the 4 cycles of 8 sec cardio with 12 sec recovery.  There was one move I had to modify on the last burst cycle and that is because I can not side lung as fast as then so I will do a skater instead of the side lung.   There is another move that I though was a little awkward and that she has you do a deadlift and a row at the same time. i like to do a deadlift and then a row.  I did like this workout and it did keep my heart rate up.  I give it 4 out of 5 stars.