[quote name='RCS0926']Congratulations! I just finished week 1 of the 9 week program today, and although I'm determined to finish the program, I don't know that I'll be starting another 9 weeks program after I'm done (at least, not right away). We'll see how I feel after I'm done with the program.
Today, I did workout #4, which focuses on lower body and cardio. Goodness gracious! I thought my heart was going to burst. My heart rate was consistently at stage 4 for the better part of the workout, and I was just exhausted by the end of it. The transition from squats, to lunges, to mountain boarding, to foot fires, etc. is just insane. I know my body will adjust to as the program progresses, but I can't imagine that these workouts will ever feel easier.
At any rate, when I'm done with the 9 week program, I still plan on using EA Active 2, but I doubt I'll be doing the workouts that focus exclusively on the lower body. The full body workouts are tough, but they aren't as strenuous as the lower body workouts.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the kind words!
So what level are you doing this? Medium? Hard? It sounds like you might be trying to do a higher level than you should. I am 48 and I am doing the easy program, which is a good challenge for me. 55 mountain climbers, 180 foot fires, those are enough in one go for me. The program is calculating that I burn 300ish calories each workout. At the start it was more like 180. My heart rate goes from 2 up to 3, sometimes climbs to 4, but never stays there for any length.
This is fine for me, it's a good cardio workout and I don't feel like I'm about to have a heart attack. I supplement this with a lot of other activity, (weights, walking/running/hiking, etc). I also stopped eating virtually all processed food and have stopped the junk food completely.
2 months in, over 20 pounds gone.
Good luck with your program!