Madeline Madness! Phase 3, Workout 11

Phase 3, Workout 11

I’M ON WEEK 11!!!!!!!!!!!

This feels like a massive accomplishment. I was feeling pretty great about myself until the dvd started and Jillian called the workout “evil.” Uh oh…

It was evil. This was a tough one for sure. I think the thing that was most frustrating is that I couldn’t do some of the moves. Fortunately, she gave modifications, but I found myself thinking “I’ve gotten this far…why can’t I do this?” BUT, if there were things I couldn’t do, then I wouldn’t be progressing.

She does this thing where she has you swan dive forward from downward dog, then push yourself back up. It’s basically like you are sliding under a fence one way…then sliding back THE SAME WAY. My arms collapsed every single time. 

She does this really fun move in this that she calls bear walks. You are basically squatting down, and you take a few steps forward, then a few steps back. It feels useless at first…then your quads start to burn. I loved it!

The cardio intervals weren’t terrible – definitely several things that she uses in Cardio 3 (crab kicks, mountain climbers), so it wasn’t overwhelmingly hard.

I move on to Workout 12 tomorrow – wish me luck!!!

Beth here dropping my two cents!

I too had struggles with this guy! I felt pushed for sure, burning in areas of the body.  I kept telling myself hang in there ten more seconds!