Comments on: Home Workout – Sexy Body Sculpt!

By: Marianne

Marianne — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:06:18 +0000

In reply to Salmat. This is great Salmat, I am so glad you have seen improvement! What I mean by Fasting is Intermittent Fasting (IF). Instead of the usual 6 small meals a day in 3-4 hour intervals, I eat all my calories during a feeding window of time (about 1pm-9pm), then I fast the rest of the time and try to do my training in that fasted state. There are many benefits to IF, but the main one for me is that it's so flexible and I don't need to be as strict about what I eat. Plus I get to eat LARGE meals, instead tiny ones, which keeps me happy! Nia Shanks does a great job of explaining about 3 IF methods . Hope this helps :)

By: Salmat

Salmat — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:29:20 +0000

Hi Marianne,
I have only just found your blog and I am really impress by it all. I am also a fan of kettlebell and I started with 6kg in january, at first it was very hard and challenging but now after about 4 weeks it seems it’s getting easier. I just want to find out what you mean by fasting and could you explain it more in details please. Thank you, I would really appreciate if you reply.

By: nenie

nenie — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 01:28:03 +0000

In reply to Marianne. Thanks so much for your feedback.Really appreciate it!

By: Marianne

Marianne — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 07:25:38 +0000

In reply to nenie.

Hi Nenie,

Thanks for following and thank you for your kind words 🙂 Great to have you on board.

My advice is absalutely get a 12kg. Before long you won’t need the 8kg for very much and having the 12kg there can be used for the swings, rows, squats, deadlifts. You can then progress the squats and deadlifts even more by using the 8 and the 12 at the same time (once you are ready of course). The other reason for getting a 12kg over another 8kg is, you will certainly get more “bang for your buck”, in every sense 😀 You will use the 12kg much longer than the 8kg, before progressing to a 14kg or 16kg. Although the swings usually progress in weight quicker, as you have found.

I hope this helps, happy kettlebelling 😛

Cheers
Marianne

By: nenie

nenie — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 04:11:50 +0000

Hi Marianne 🙂

First of all, kudos for you!This is a great KB workout blog I’ve been searching all this while :)I’ve been following your workout since I found your blog site about 2 weeks ago 🙂

I need your advice, I’ve been using one 8 kg KB for a couple month.And I think I need to upgrade the weight, since the swing doesn’t feel intense anymore.So, if I want to buy a new KB, should I buy 12kilo or another 8 kg KB perhaps?

nenie
Malaysia

By: Marianne

Marianne — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:57:29 +0000

In reply to Michele.

Michele, I am am glad to have you coming here 🙂 Especially if you my workouts are meeting your training needs. This means you can limit your exposure to the other site yo are dubious of 🙂

I love my Gymboss too, without it I wonder if I could ever do cardio LOL 😀

By: Michele

Michele — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:13:55 +0000

Hey Marianne! I am the one who was looking for a new site/trainer to follow, even though I love the exercises of my current site, there is too much questionable content and I would like a site I’m not embarrassed for my son or husband to see! Loved this workout – so excited to start checking out more and more of your site! I did this with 10# free wts because that was all I had – it was still a workout for me! I am sooo glad you use the Gymboss (I have one) – for me it keeps me working at my max potential and it makes it hard to get lazy!! Thanks and I think you definitely will be having a new “client” – thanks so much!!!

By: Marianne

Marianne — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:47:53 +0000

In reply to Christin.

Hi Christin, thanks for posting 🙂 I don’t mind you being a “blog stalker” at all, it really nice to hear that your workout group enjoy kettlebells and all they have to offer. It sounds like a great set up 😀

Looking forward to hearing how things go with this one.

Cheers
Marianne

By: Christin

Christin — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:06:37 +0000

Hey Marianne-
I have have been a ‘blog stalker’ of yours for about a month now, and I just wanted to let you know you are a HUGE inspiration to me and the group of ladies that I workout with. We do a small kettle bell routine, but nothing this advanced. We are going to give this one a go, and I am so excited! I will be sure to come back and let you know how it went! 😉
Thank you for posting great videos, tutorials and all of the other resources you have here.
-Christin

By: Marianne

Marianne — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:49:46 +0000

In reply to jessica.

No worries Jessica. Good luck with the fasting 🙂

A good all round starting weight for women is 8kg. Anything lighter will make the swings and lower body exercises less effective, but anything heavier will make the upper body exercises impossible at the start. 8kg will still feel heavy for presses though, but you can always do push presses until you build up more strength 🙂 You will progress in weight, but 8kg will be a good investment because it will always be useful for a resonable length of time 🙂

Hope this helps

Cheers
Marianne