Decide. Commit. Succeed.

Well it's been awhile since I posted. Actually, in the last 6 weeks my commitment slipped a bit. WELL NO MORE! I decided that I cannot afford to lose my commitment to my health! I'm back!

I decided to begin my re-commitment with the Slim in Six workout program. This is a six week program through Beachbody. (www.beachbodycoach.com/getfit40s click on the Products tab and watch the video promo of the product!!) The program is broken into three sections. I am in the Start it Up phase!

This is a short 25 minute workout designed to get you used to the moves in the Slim in Six workouts...and it is a workout! For the first three days, I could hardly go up and down the stairs. The toilet presented the unique challenge of wincing and groaning!!! All is well on Day 5 and I'm starting to really feel like I can do the moves well. I'll move to the Ramp it Up phase next week.

So, the breakdown of Start it Up:
After a short warm up, it moves into what Debbie Siebers calls "The Plyie Phase". Imagine the ballet stance with feet wide apart and bending knees into a squat while bringing your arms up. This moves from slow to fast. I found my heart rate starting to come up in this phase. From there we moved into the moves that challenge me the most....lunges! With both a reverse lunge and a forward lunge I found my heart rate moving rapidly into the aerobic zone and the sweat starting to form!! From there we did another round of plyie moves and then into squats. I actually like to do squats as I feel a little bit more coordinated doing them. In between each of the moves, Debbie keeps you moving with either leg lifts, leg kicks or toe touches. It allows you time to get your breath back!! There is a push up section and then into an ab workout portion.

This is all done in a short 30 minute workout!! (The Ramp it Up and Burn it Up are longer)

If you can stick with this for the full 6 weeks, I've heard from lots of other people that this can give you the dramatic results you're looking for! I'm not going to lie: it requires commitment and work!

All in all it's a perfect workout to pull out to re-commit to working out!!