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Some thoughts on Lisa-Marie of BodyRock.

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Lisa-Marie, post-boob job.

There’s a lot of buzz surrounding BodyRock.tv lately. The discussion, as it has in the past, revolves mostly around the overly-sexualized photos and videos of their hosts, but now a different topic is becoming apparent in the threads: new host Lisa-Marie’s recent boob job.

I’ve said before that when Lisa-Marie took over hosting duties at BodyRock.tv, I had a lot of trouble warming up to her. I just couldn’t relate to her and I found her “spunkiness” a litle annoying. I haven’t done a BodyRock workout since Zuzana left.

That being said, I feel disappointed in Lisa-Marie for getting a boob job. I mean, her body was already pretty awesome just the way it was, why did she have to change it? I realize that it’s her body and her decision to make (and no one else’s), but the move really does not bode well because she is the face of a health and fitness brand that advocates self acceptance. I’m sure BodyRock.tv has followers made of impressionable young girls. What kind of effect will Lisa-Marie’s boob job have on them and their self-image?

On top of that, her boobs are too huge now; they’re almost comically disproportionate. I can probably look past Lisa-Marie’s boob-job decision if she had gotten “just the right size”… you know, a true “enhancement” to her form, but her new breasts look ridiculous. At least Zuzana’s looked perfect relative to her body type and size.

Zuzana Light’s First Workout Video

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Just watched Zuzana’s first workout video, and I am blown away. First of all, I’m loving the raw, gritty feel of her ZWOD, which stands for Zuzana’s Workout of the Day. I feel like this is how an exercise video should be: realistic and just pure no-nonsense, straight-to-the-point, shoot-you-in-the-face bad-assery. Whoever is shooting and editing her videos, thumbs up!

Secondly, her video is much, much longer compared to the typical BodyRock tutorial videos that we’ve gotten used to. Zuzana’s workout video is actually split into two parts: the first lasts for 15 minutes while the second lasts for 11, bringing the run time to almost half an hour.The reason why it’s so long is that the video shows Zuzana doing the complete workout, no cuts, from start to finish. I love, love, love this aspect because it gives users the feel that they’re actually exercising with Zuzana. Like she’s right there. Beside you. Kicking your ass. Without scaring you to death of course (I’m looking at you, Jillian). Eeeee–happy fangirl dancing.

Another thing I love are the visual cues of each exercise in the workout sequence, on top of Zuzana announcing them as they come. This makes it easier to keep the workout pace because there’s no need to pause to read your notes again, because you couldn’t remember what the next exercise was! This may not be a problem for more experienced exercises but it was certainly a challenge for me when I did BodyRock. Especially since the workout type is HIIT, I believe that momentum really is key here.

Lastly, I love how the video actually show Zuzana struggling, taking breaks, even whining (!) through her workout–for me, it’s a refreshing reminder that this beautiful, astonishing, inspiring fitness goddess is human and as such experiences the same pain and exhaustion that we do. So if we could only squeeze out one rep before collapsing in a heap on the floor, that’s okay. Zuzka struggles too–it’s the will to finish what we start that matters. :) Who else got so pumped when she said, “I’m not giving up–you’ll have to kill me!”

So Zuzka, if you’re reading this–I’m so happy to see you back! You’re a huge inspiration to me; you’re the reason why I started to BodyRock in the first place. I hope to see more kick-ass ZWODs–just like this–in the future. We love you! ^_^

Thinking of going back to weight lifting.

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I find that I’m getting bored with just sticking to exercise videos, commercial (like the Jillian Michaels series and others like it) or otherwise (like BodyRock and POP Pilates). This is NOT to say that these videos are bad or ineffective–I love BodyRock and POP Pilates; they were my exercise staple when I first began to exercise regularly–it’s just that by nature, I get bored easily and now I’m bored of exercising by myself, whether to Jillian Michaels or the BodyRock team or Cassey Ho. I think it’s time for a change of scene. :)

100 Days to Fat Loss – Day 26: Early Bird

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I woke up extra early today: 4:45 am, to be exact (huzzah!), because my officemate and I will be visiting some clients in Batangas and our call time at the office is 8 o’clock. Had to do my BodyRock and POP Pilates workouts right quick in order to make sure that I can leave the house by seven (Metro Manila traffic can be a real b*tch, especially in the morning when everyone is scrambling to get to school, work, or wherever). I did the OMG Sexy Body Workout (LOL I like that name) and Cassey’s Bikini Bootcamp. BodyRock scores below:

Well, that’s it for my short and sweet post for today. Gotta go shower and get dressed. Have a happy and healthy day, everyone.

100 Days to Fat Loss – Day 25: And I’m Back!

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True to my word yesterday, I’m back to working out and eating healthfully. Today I did the Bad Girl Workout from BodyRock.tv–which is ironic because by exercising and eating right I’m actually being very, very good. It felt great to sweat it out and push myself in interval training once again. Here are my scores:

I’m beginning to feel some ease in doing the exercises though–especially the squats. I guess it’s a sign that I should challenge my body more by adding weights to my exercises. After all, I’ve been relying solely on my body weight for almost a month now. It’s definitely time to kick things up a notch. I’ll start working out with weights on Day 31.

Since Monday is Back Day, I capped off my workout session with Back Attack! and Sexy Back Workout from Blogilates.com. I’m starting to get a little restless with just these two videos, though (peace, Cassey! Come up with new back routines, please?). I’ll have to sift through YouTube to find more back-centered exercise videos to beat the creeping boredom.

All in all, I’m happy and proud of my comeback to the exercise circuit. Plus I’m all fired up now that I’ve found something to look forward to in the coming days–I can’t wait to see what added weights can do to my fat loss progress!

100 Days to Fat Loss – Day 16: Dip Stations and Booty Pats

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Today is Thursday, which is supposed to be Taek Training Day. And because I am currently in Palawan and thus unable to attend said training, I lined up a pretty intense workout for myself to make up for it. Much like yesterday, today I did one BodyRock workout and two POP Pilates workouts. And I warmed up once again with 100 jumps on the jump rope–this exercise is going to be my b*tch even if it kills me–followed by some dynamic stretches to get my joints loose and limber.

Today’s BodyRock workout was longer than usual. The Silent Killer Workout is 20 minutes long and is made of  a series of 10 exercises, done one after the other, then repeated once. That’s a lot of moves to go through. So because of the length of this workout, both in terms of time and number of actions to do, I left out the Surfer exercise just this once. And it was just as well, because by the end of the workout I could barely stand from sheer exhaustion.

So some of you might be wondering, “Hey, didn’t the BodyRock workouts yesterday and today require a dip station? Whatever did you do to manage?” Well, my dear readers, it just so happens that aside from being freakishly huge, my hotel room has also been gifted with this:

There’s our improvised dip station, people. And no, that’s not me prancing around in my skivvies. That’s me about to torture myself with my BodyRock workout.

Whaaa–! A dresser table as a dip station?! No! You didn’t!

Yeah I know, I know. I’m a freaking genius. I used that baby right there and killed those Reverse Push Ups. Well no, that’s not true. As you can see from my scores yesterday and today, the Reverse Push Ups killed me. Oh well. Just another item to be added to my ever-growing “List of Exercises That I Will Conquer Someday Or Else”.

On a separate note, does anybody else notice how… tight(er) I’m looking in the dresser pic above? No? Hmm, must have been the lighting then. Carry on.

After catching my breath for a bit (and waiting for the videos to complete downloading) I did POP Pilates for Weight Loss. This was followed immediately by another tongue-twisting workout, the Legilates Legsercizes Leg Workout. How’s that for a mouthful, eh? That Cassey’s got a thing for twisty workout names, that girl. And for those of you who watched the video, who else thought the Booty Pat was cheeky (hehe “cheeky”–get it? Get it???) and hilarious? Raise your hand!

Booty pats are my new favorite thing.

100 Days to Fat Loss – Day 15: Going the Extra Mile

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Well, as I promised myself after the diet and exercise fiasco yesterday, I was gonna push extra hard on my workouts this morning. So, last night before I went to bed, I did a little homework and set up my exercise program for this today (thank you God for the strong internet connection at my hotel):

  • Hot Body On Me Workout  from BodyRock.tv
  • Back Attack!, because Wednesday is Back Day and I’m sticking to my commitment to building a stronger back
  • Sexy Back Workout, another POP Pilates workout for, well, the back (duh). I think this and Back Attack! are the only back workouts on Cassey’s blog. Cassey, if by some trick of the universe you’re reading this, can you make some more back routines soon? Please?

Before I began my workout routine I warmed up with 100 jumps on the jump rope I had so thoughtfully brought with me on this trip. Who knew jumping rope would be so hard?! I fumbled several times and it took me longer than expected to just get to 100. Another weakness that I must work on? Definitely. I’ll be including jumping rope in my exercise repertoire starting today.

Doing the three workouts in succession was definitely challenging. So much so that I took several rest breaks during the POP Pilates workouts to give my burning muscles a break. It was frustrating. I’m almost starting to think that I’m not progressing, strength-wise, at all.

But no, I must fight these discouraging thoughts. Rome wasn’t built in a day, and my weak areas aren’t going to improve overnight. Neither will this layer of body fat magically melt into oblivion. So just keep your chin up, girl, and keep moving forward. You’ll get there eventually. Here are my BodyRock workout scores:

100 Days to Fat Loss – Day 13: Blood Donation Fail and More Bikram

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There’s a blood donation drive going on at the office today–and I was so looking forward to it because it has been a long time since I last gave blood, and I was a pretty regular donor before. I figured in my quest for overall fitness, I should also give my heart and soul a workout by doing this good deed, while at the same time doing my body a favor by encouraging it to produce fresh blood to replace whatever was taken out of me. When I got there, however, I was promptly rejected by the attending physician because of the results of my pre-donation questionnaire (in the interest of privacy I would like to keep the reason to myself).  I was so bummed! And to think that I really took steps to prepare for today–I got a solid night’s sleep, finished my workout early this morning, ate a healthy breakfast (a bowl of Kashi GOLEAN with low fat milk and a scoop of whey protein powder), and even got to the office earlier than usual! What a disappointment.

On the flip side, this only means that I have clearance to go to Bikram Yoga again tonight. I had already scheduled yoga this evening but it was in danger of being canceled due to the possibility of my donating blood today. But since I wasn’t able to donate blood… I guess it’s on then. Ugh, just thinking about it is already filling me with dread. I can already feel the sting of my sweat as it enters my nostrils in Standing Separate Leg Head to Knee Pose. But oh well. My class card expires on December 1st and I still have seven sessions to go. Must not waste the remaining sessions.

Anyway, here are my stats from today’s workout from BodyRock.tv. Like before, I added the Surfer exercise to help me improve my pop-up in surfing.

This workout took only 18 minutes but it really left me winded. By the time I was done there was a pool of sweat on my bedroom floor and I couldn’t stand straight because my legs were shaking so hard. I’m a little frustrated that I still couldn’t do the regular Reptile Push Up, though. I had to stick to the modified version (where you do the whole exercise on your knees instead of on your toes) because my arms still aren’t strong enough to handle the regular kind.

I followed this once again with the Back Attack! workout from Blogilates.com. Lately I’ve been feeling a little exhaustion in my upper back muscles, and I think it’s because my workouts don’t focus too much on them. It’s like my back can’t sustain proper posture for too long because it’s not strong enough to hold up my upper body. If I’m not mindful I always find myself hunching over–regardless of whether I’m standing up or sitting down. So now I have resolved to do the Back Attack! workout three times a week, and to do mini back exercises whenever I can. I’m already shorter than most people; it wouldn’t help my case at all to appear even shorter due to the poor posture weak back muscles bring.

100 Days to Fat Loss – Day 10: DOMS Galore

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No, DOMS does not stand for Dirty Old ManS; there’s no such thing (because “mans” is not a word, duh). It does, however, stand for Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness, which I’m having a bad case of today. My ass–or glutes, if you’re a prude–is feeling tender and it aches a little whenever I move. Gah… I guess last night’s taek training was much harder on me than I thought. I think it was the Jump Over drill that did it. There were quite a lot of players who trained last night and that meant all that many people to hurdle during the drill. I thought the exercise wouldn’t shock my body all that much since I’ve been doing lots of lunges and squats in my WOD’s… but I guess I thought wrong.

But since we’re all disciplined people here, I ignored my literal pain in the ass and went ahead with my BodyRock and POP Pilates workouts. You can find the BodyRock workout details and video instructions here.

I tried the Back Attack! workout from POP Pilates. The exercises look simple enough and require no weight, but once you get to doing them they can really make your back muscles burn. Add this to the fact that my glutes and lower back are sore from last night, and you’ve got a train wreck in your hands. I was gassed and my body felt like jelly by the time I was done.

Well, I’m off to work now. I have to go visit my client in Batangas and I’ve got an hour’s drive ahead of me. Toodles.

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