Wow! Double-digits in weeks of training for these marathons! While I’ve slacked in recent weeks, I tried to kick it up a notch this week and fit what I could into a busy week. The stats:
Sunday, 8/27: 45 minutes of strength training
Monday, 8/28: Rest day
Tuesday, 8/29: 5.1 mile run
Wednesday, 8/30: 45 minutes of strength training/35 minutes of cardio/10 minutes of strength training
Thursday, 8/31: 12-hour work day
Friday, 9/15: 12-hour work day
Saturday, 9/2: 10 mile run
I had to do some workouts at home, so I decided to pull out some of my old workout videos. Don’t laugh! These babies are staples in my fitness routine! The Original Buns of Steel came out in 1987, featuring former pole vaulter Greg Smithey. If you’ve never tried it, let me tell you, it will literally kick your butt. When I first bought it (30 years ago!) it took me an entire month to be able to get through the whole thing without stopping. Seeing it now, it is sooooo corny with all of that turquoise and fuchsia spandex and of course, leg warmers! And Greg’s narrative? I want to die laughing every time I hear it.
Then in the early 90s I got into doing step aerobics at home. My favorite remains Step Reebok: The Video. Released in 1992, it features Gin Miller, the inventor of step aerobics. It is an awesome mix of cardio and strength training. The step tape has a very industrial and almost militant feel to it. I think if any of the participants cracked a smile during taping they would have gotten 50 lashes. But I tell you, this, too took over a month of practice to get through the whole thing without stopping.
I wasn’t able to get a bike ride in this week, but I am hoping to get one ride in per week for the remaining weeks before the marathons. And I will definitely be doing my workout tapes! Watching them today gives me the giggles. And hey, why mess with success? I have relied on these videos for great in-home workouts for three decades!
How about you? Have you done either of these workouts? Do you have any old tried and true workouts that you have stuck with over the years?
I LOVE that you still have Step and Buns of Steel. So this begs the question… you still have a working VCR?? I *think* we have one in a closet but I’m not entirely sure it’s still functioning!
Our VCR is on its last leg, but it gets the job done!
I’m so impressed that you were able to get in workouts despite back to back 12 hour work days – that’s super impressive!!
I’ve never tried any of those workouts but I do have a Jillian Michaels DVD that I really like.
Those 12 hour work shifts really mess things up for me…add a two-hour round trip commute to the mix and it’s pretty much impossible to work out on those days.
I have done P90X, and that was a great experience for me…and SO humbling, especially the first week! I no longer follow the program, but still incorporate many of the workouts (in some form) on my own. Yes, it was all the rage several years ago, but looks totally cheesy now LOL
I have a copy of P90X but have yet to try it. I wonder what people will think of today’s workouts in the future!
OMG you do not still have those old videos!? Too funny. They were classics. I used to have an old Cher step video that I used all throughout college and she sang on it too
Haha OMG Cher??? What a riot! They are all so corny, but the workouts are great!
Ha! I have never done either of those workouts, but how fun that you pulled them out and gave them a go!
They are nice option when you are stuck at home. 45 minutes and you’re done–and they are great workouts!
Oh my gosh, what a blast from the past! I still have that Step Reebok video but I don’t have a VHS player anymore. That was a favorite of mine. I also had another step video that I loved–what the heck was it? It was really dancy and I struggled with the moves. I used to love step aerobics.
Our VHS player has one foot in the grave so the tape is intermittently grainy, but I’ve done it so many times I just need to hear the prompts. I have a few other step aerobics tapes–I never liked the ones with the dancy moves. I was able to buy a copy of Buns of Steel on DVD.
I love that you pulled out the “classics” on the workout videos! 😉 Nice job getting your workouts in despite your busy schedule.
I still have a few other ‘oldies’, but these two are my favorites!
Since I have a Reebok Step, I must have done that video! Gin Miller is a great fitness instructor – she might smile these days. 😉
That original workout is so hard! Even my husband has done it!
Last night I went back to my Jillian Michael’s DVD and did a workout. It was a killer as it’s been over a year since I’ve done those workouts! So worth it though!
Great week!
Isn’t it funny how tough these tapes can be? I’ve never tried Jillian Michaels’ but I have a friend who swears by them.
There’s nothing wrong with utilizing old tried and true exercises. If it ain’t broken then there’s no need to fix it.
Exactly! And it’s so fun to mix it up!
Wow buns of steel brings back memories! Old school workout for sure!
An oldie but a goodie!