Comments on: Home Body Weight Conditioning Workout + Tabata

By: Satya

Satya — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:27:52 +0000

In reply to Marianne.

Oh, that would be such a great idea !
Well, to be honest, I don’t think I have ever seen such contoured asset :), in real life or over the internet, so yes, you should be proud of it, especially when you worked so hard.
For some time now, I have been following Bret Contreras advice about how to strengthen the glutes and I see you are a fan of his too :). He’s such a brilliant guy ! And I can definitely say my posture improved and my lower back feels much better. Thank you for such a great website !
Have a wonderful weekend !

By: Marianne

Marianne — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:48:38 +0000

In reply to Satya.

Hello Satya, thank you for commenting 🙂

Thank you for your compliment. I have been getting more and more comments lately about my “behind” LOL and I am actually thinking of writing a post to show the difference in it since I switched my training and started focusing on strength and activation of the posterior muscles you mention. I do have genetically a round butt, but never did I imagine having such shape and strength from it. AND it’s still feminine looking too 😉 win win! So it is very possible for others to improve the size and shape of their butts by doing specific exercises and progressively strengthening it.

It is nice when you can see your hard work pay off with an effect like this 😀

By: Satya

Satya — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:05:54 +0000

Marianne,
I have been reading your blog for a while, but this is the first workout of yours that I did. And wow…you say it’s an easy one and I thought I was going to pass out by the end of it. AND I modified it.
I am so impressed by your workouts, your physique and your strength. I read about your “dark passenger” and that makes me admire you even more. I don’t know how you make time for this with a full time job as an RN, but I am thankful you do :).
I am going to say this and please see it as a big compliment ;your behind is just UNREAL ! I would like to believe that is something that can be acquired through these workouts, but don’t let me dream if it’s not the case:).By what I have seen, many of your workouts strengthen the back muscles, core and glutes, which I like very much, because I need some strengthening in those areas.
Great blog overall ! I enjoy it very much !

By: Marianne

Marianne — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:09:47 +0000

In reply to Coco.

Hey Coco, sorry your comment got lost in all the responses to my rant, lol! I have already done this type of “follow along” video.

https://myomyfitness.com/kettlebell-and-body-weight-workout-class-workout-dvd/

and

https://myomyfitness.com/beginners-workout-class-kettlebells-and-body-weight/

It is something that I have intended to do again, but have never got round to :/

The problem is, that uploading a FULL workout would take ages on Youtube and I am only allowed 10mins. I filmed one round in the above workouts to give you an idea, then you can replay them for the subsequent rounds.

Check them out and see what you think 🙂

By: Coco

Coco — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:51:10 +0000

Marianne – Do you plan to post your full workouts at any point – I am assuming you filmed the whole session based on the summary videos you currently post.

This is a suggestion, as there are many of us who enjoy “follow-along” workouts – similar to an exercise video, especially since you are doing many timed intervals. Don’t get me wrong, the videos you post are concise and very effective in showing all the exercises with clear instruction in the text – but would be great to able to just follow the workouts and not have to think about anything but the exercise on hand (yes I am that lazy!)

By: Marianne

Marianne — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:12:35 +0000

In reply to JennyO. Good one!! You'll not regret that purchase! And the Paypal thing was my fault, but it's working now :)

By: JennyO

JennyO — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:58:42 +0000

Hi Marianne,
Put in my order for the gymboss interval timer today. Looking forward to being able to add that to my workouts. Also I went to donate [ I’ve added a few of your workouts and hope you keep your site on! ] but I get an error:
” We were unable to decrypt the certificate id. ” Not sure whats up with Paypal.

By: Sabine

Sabine — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:50:34 +0000

In reply to Marianne. Thanks, Marianne. It helped. :)

By: Marianne

Marianne — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:16:06 +0000

In reply to Rebecca. Hey Rebecca, the best alternative is the inverted/horizonal row or it's also been called the reverse push up. Lying on the floor on your back, you need a bar or broom stick to pull yourself up to. So set the broomstick up across two chairs and pull yourself up until your chest touches the bar/stick :) In THIS VIDEO forward to 30seconds and you'll see her demo it.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:22:36 +0000

if we don’t have equipment to do pull ups, what would you recommend doing instead?