{"id":40980,"date":"2013-12-18T08:09:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T16:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=40980"},"modified":"2013-12-16T14:11:34","modified_gmt":"2013-12-16T22:11:34","slug":"warrior-room-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=40980","title":{"rendered":"Warrior Room Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can check out the first half of my review here<\/a>. I was half way through my 8 pack groupon deal. I’ve enjoyed the classes I’d taken thus far. They are a really good workout, thoroughly butt-kicking and the camaraderie is kinda nice.<\/p>\n

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Here is the final review:<\/p>\n

The Fifth Class – “1\/2 Isolation, 1\/2 Tabata”<\/h4>\n

I like this format of class because it’s a little bit of everything. It was a fairly small class, about 6 of us. We alternated with the isolation routines then tabata, then isolation, then tabata and finally abs and cooldown.<\/p>\n

For the isolation<\/strong> we worked on this routine:<\/p>\n

2 arm kettlebell swing<\/em><\/p>\n

1 arm kettlebell swing<\/em><\/p>\n

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The second round of isolation workouts later in the class were:<\/p>\n

Deadlifts with kettlebell<\/em><\/p>\n

Alternating lunges with 2 kettlebells<\/em><\/p>\n

Rack squats with 2 kettlebells (see the photo example below)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Like I said before, the tabata portion of the class is the fast burst of exercise for 20 seconds, balls-to-the-wall, then 10 seconds of rest and REPEAT! An example of a tabata<\/strong> portion:<\/p>\n

Mountain climbers<\/em><\/p>\n

High knees<\/em><\/p>\n

Complex burpees (see the example below)<\/em><\/p>\n

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We also did something new to me. I don’t know what the workout was called but we grabbed a plate weight and stood in a wide squat position, kept our core straight and unmoving and then swung it between our legs then up to a neutral arm position. Then we did jumping squats holding the plate weight against our chest. It was hard!<\/p>\n

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Even though I’d taken this type of class previously, it was still hard work. My heart rate was really high and I was dripping in sweat! It was a great workout.<\/p>\n

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The ab workout at the end was 100\u00a0Double Sit-Ups<\/a> and 100\u00a0Bicycle Crunches<\/a>. Boy do your abs starting BURNING after you do a few! Ouch ouch!<\/p>\n

The Sixth Class – “Warrior Workout”<\/h4>\n

Why did I sign up for this killer class a second time? I don’t know. But I’m glad I did! It was a killer workout! This time we did partner drills. I was paired with a very nice girl who was very understanding that I was slower than most of the people in the class. The first set of drills we had to do was 20 pushups where we high-five each other after each one, then 20 tricep dips and 20 burpees. It was timed. Then the class did a circuit workout.<\/p>\n

The first station was wall-sits holding a kettlebell. The second station was using the boxes we normally jump on to do pushups. The third station was the one-armed kettlebell swing. The last station was chest press or clean and press with a kettlebell. I REALLY liked the circuit. You knew that you only had to be at that station for a little while then you got to move on.<\/p>\n

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The workout was a good one but a killer, too. I was starting to fizzle out towards the end. The next day I went to yoga class and I am so glad I did. It really felt good to stretch the sore muscles and I found that I was sore in places I never expected to be!<\/p>\n

The Seventh Class – “The Seventh Ring Of Hell”<\/h4>\n

I really planned on taking the Tabata class but it just didn’t seem to work out with my schedule. I hope to give it a try in January. So I took another 1\/2 and 1\/2 class and was surprised that it wasn’t that class. No it wasn’t the 7th Ring of Hell, but it felt like it. I guess it was “Teacher’s Choice” night because we did something different.<\/p>\n

There were just three of us in the class so the instructor gave each of us individual workouts. I worked harder in that class than in any of the others. I had to stop to rest several times. There were a lot of chest presses, overhead press, squats, push-ups and kettlebell swings. But I also got to practice with the Battle Ropes!<\/p>\n

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Never heard of battle ropes? Check out this video<\/a> to get a good idea. The ropes are so much fun and it is a REALLY intense workout. Your heart rate gets really high and you will definitely feel sore the next day.<\/p>\n

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If you see battle ropes at your gym, give them a try. I guarantee you’ll have fun!<\/p>\n

The Eighth Class – “Fundamentals”<\/span><\/h4>\n

I like the “fundamentals” class because it’s kind of an entry-level type class. It is doable for most people. You don’t have to be advanced, or know a lot about kettlebells in order to get a good workout done.<\/p>\n

This particular class it was a lot of squats, squat jumps, chest press, shoulder press, see-saw shoulder press, and pushups. I was dripping in sweat!!<\/p>\n

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I’m also really enjoying the progress I’m seeing. I feel stronger, I am stronger, and I’m seeing a physical difference. My triceps are STILL \u00a0a trouble area. Maybe it always will be. But my biceps and delts are doing better!<\/p>\n

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The instructor, Ashley, made me go up in weight on the kettlebells at this class. I had been using two 15 pound kettlebells for that workout and she said I could do heavier and she was right. I struggled, but I could do most of it. It was a good reminder NOT TO GET STUCK AND COMFORTABLE, otherwise I won’t see progress!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You can check out the first half of my review here. I was half way through my 8 pack groupon deal. I’ve enjoyed the classes I’d taken thus far. They are a really good workout, thoroughly butt-kicking and the camaraderie is kinda nice. Here is the final review: The Fifth Class – “1\/2 Isolation, 1\/2 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[101,3799,2997,5873,154,318,319,195,298,299],"tags":[7660,7659,6540,8889,5262,8907,7657,7661],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40980"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40980"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41139,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40980\/revisions\/41139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}