Showing posts with label martial arts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label martial arts. Show all posts

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Les Mills COMBAT Challenge Pack Sale!

This is too good not to share, plus I'd love for you to be doing this program with me. It is a butt-kicking good time. For June only, the Les Mills COMBAT Challenge Pack is on sale - marked down from $160 to $140. That is a $70 savings from what you would spend if you bought all of this content separately.

It comes with the full Les Mills COMBAT program, which includes all the DVDs, the program guide, the nutrition plan, accessories, your first month of Shakeology, and 30 days free VIP membership to the Team Beachbody Club, where you'll find additional resources for fitness and nutrition. Coaching and mentoring from me is always free! Why not join us on the fitness journey, or take your fitness to the next level?


I love lifting and interval training - and I also love to punch, kick and condition martial arts style. I've also been drinking Shakeology daily for almost 3 years now. I highly recommend these programs and products, and that's why, as a personal trainer and nutrition coach now, I decided to add Beachbody Coaching to my toolbox. It allows me to help people find the right solutions for them when they want to work out from home. It's what I love to do!! If you have questions, please feel free to contact me any time - I would love to be of help!

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Les Mills COMBAT Kick Start 30

BOOM! Encouragement!!
Whew!! I LOVE Les Mills COMBAT Kick Start 30. Honestly, I think 30 minutes is a perfect length. It's long enough to get in there and kick tail without completely wearing yourself out. I feel like I can push hard, and I'm not watching the little count down clock on the video.

I was so excited for LMC to come out because I discovered my love for punching and kicking and other martial arts moves when Kenpo X turned out to be my very favorite P90X workout. Since I don't have a martial arts background whatsoever, I really worked on my form during Kenpo X. The COMBAT program comes with a Basics DVD which is a MUST. It reviews in detail the technical components of the moves and gives you a brief explanation of their disciplines of origin. It helps the whole thing come together in your mind. We did the Basics DVD with our fit club prior to doing the first LMC workout and it really helps. In fact, I learned even more the second time around, so it will serve as my form review for sure.

So I've done Les Mills COMBAT Kick Start 30 a few times now before progressing into the rest of the program. I not only wanted to practice them from a form standpoint but I think to be able to really put speed and intensity into it without injury I need to have some practice. At almost 48 years old I'm very protective of my knees!

In Kick Start 30 you spend time on jabs, crosses, uppercuts, hooks, front kicks, front knees, back kicks and sequences of those. There's also some shuffling and other foot work and a jump kick. The time goes by really fast and I was drenched. I burned about 350 calories during the 30 minute workout - not bad! This time my form, balance, coordination and speed were better.

Do you like martial arts-style training? How have you incorporated it into your fitness regime? Tell me about it! If you haven't and you'd like to try Les Mills COMBAT, you can pick up your copy here and join me in the trenches!
Les Mills COMBAT Program
Les Mills COMBAT Challenge Pack