High Step Training

So I wasn't very sore today (after having major DOMS in my quads yesterday), so I decided to try out a circuit workout. High Step Training was my DVD of choice. It is another one of my new receipts from the Firm Ya-Ya swapmeet. Amazingly, I did the whole thing. Oh, don't get me wrong - I didn't do it "just like Cathe". I made modifications to the impact of the step combos, and the weights used in the lifting segments. But I still did it all. And this one proved to be my biggest calorie-burner since I started using my HRM. I will probably be really hungry all day long - I find that happens when I do a really challenging workout. Right now I've got my carrots and peanut butter (my poor muscles need all the protein they can get!). For lunch, it's a roast beef sandwhich with cheese on whole wheat (more protein!).

I have never poured so much sweat as I did with this workout. I was amazed! It was like someone turned on the fountain from my head. LOL! I read recently that people who exercise regulalry and are in good shape actually sweat more than people who are out of shape (gee, this is what I have to look forward to?), because their bodies become more efficient at self-cooling, and knowing when to turn on the sweating mechanism. So today's workout would seem to tell me that I must be in pretty good shape because I'm pretty sure I left standing pools of sweat in the living room!


Workout: High Step Training
Duration: 59:27
Kcal / %Fat: 449 / 35%
Max HR% / Avg HR%: 94% / 81%
Time in Moderate Zone: 10:15

Oh yeah, I was way beyond my moderate zone for most of this workout. There was nothing moderate about this workout. ;-)