[tubolard]

Originally Posted by Changergirl

5 miles last night. (5 left)

For those of you who do weights, which videos do you use? I have her 3 Mile Ab one, which uses a resistance band, I sometimes use weights when I do that and the 5 Mile Fat Burning Walk, which has a lot of arm movements so weights aren't the best with it. I'd love to incorporate weights into my normal routine though the smallest weights I currently have are 2kg (4.4 lbs) so it may be too much.

4.4 pounds, oof, I could not have started with that heavy of weights, I had literally no visible bicep muscle when I flexed, it was so pitiful. I started out with some of the walk away the pounds videos with her using weighted balls, I started with just the arm movements then slowly added 2 pounds because honestly that is all I could manage at the time. Now I use WATP videos with arm movements but no weights used and use my own weights (heading up to 4 pounds, I am so proud, lol) with the arm movements and add my own arm exercises as I walk, whatever feels comfortable with the walking step we are doing at the moment. I carry the weights every day and figure that even if I carry them I am at least burning a few more calories than if I were empty handed. I don't know if it is true or not but it makes me feel stronger somehow so I keep doing it, lol. Now I have bicep muscles, not huge ones but to me they are the most amazing things I have ever seen, I am all the time showing my hubby (he is a welder so he has some muscles) my "big guns" then I kiss my biceps and laugh like a loon, lol.

[Changergirl]

tubolard- thanks for the info. It looks like I'll have to go invest in some smaller weights. Then I'll try to incorporate them into the routines I am currently doing.

Finished up my last 5 miles last night so I hit my total of 30. Not a lot, but not too bad since I started halfway through the month.

[carolr3639]

I have worked my way up to 5lb weights with the Burn Body Fat and Sculpt Your Arms DVD. She only uses 3 lb at the heaviest but 5 doesn't seem that much harder. I find that you can use the weights in almost all the dvds if you don't swing them around as she teaches in the above video. There are a few other dvds that use weights but not many of the WATP ones. Still doing 2 mi. with weights and 2 mi. without

[tubolard]

5 miles, 3 1/2 w/4 pounds & 1 1/2 w/3 pounds (60 minutes)
Wii PT & MW Arms: 2 sets/ 19 exercises w/2 1/2 pound weights (53 minutes)

I always try to be very careful when using weights and not throw them around too, Leslie is up there with everyone flailing there arms around and I feel like i am barely moving my arms at all, but I know it would be way to easy to injure myself if I tried those large movements with weights, lol.
I can see myself flinging the weight to one side and me just kind of flopping after it, dislocating my shoulder and blacking my eye when I hit the table when I was on the way down to the floor, lol.

[carolr3639]

I can see myself flinging the weight to one side and me just kind of flopping after it, dislocating my shoulder and blacking my eye when I hit the table when I was on the way down to the floor, lol.

Ha ha. She teaches in most of her weight videos to keep the weights controlled.

[carolr3639]

Happy new year to all.

[AnnieDrews]

Checking in at the end of the year! I got my 500 miles in as of this morning. Hadn't exercised for over a week before that. Now that my back is better and my mouth is healing, it's back to it!

I hope everyone has a wonderful 2013!

[carolr3639]

They have released some old videos called 7 Day Calorie Blast. Sometimes I enjoy the old ones better.