Can we make a Les Mills on demand thread?

I've done Combat 83 for the last 3 days now. I really like it . I might give it a rest tomorrow and do Pump and CX instead.

I did the BodyBalance for cyclists after a long ride on Monday and pulled something in my back - I haven't been able to do any BodyPump or BodyBalance classes all week. I really miss it!

I often do a CX after something else - a run or a Combat class.

I've used normal dumbells (just 5kg) for Pump - I mainly do bodyweight training and have done the odd Pump class on my days off but with light weights just to get me moving

I haven't read through the thread so apologies if this has been asked before but has anyone used something like this for Pump?

I'm desperate to get back to it but there's no gyms near us that do Les Mills and I can't see myself going back to the office for quite some time so seems silly to rejoin the gym near work

I did the new combat this morning and really liked it too! Watch says I burned 467 calories doing it, and that’s with having to take a 10 min break after track 3 to answer the phone (so frustrating when that happens!). I was a sweaty mess, and I didn’t feel stressed out by trying to figure out the choreography which is a bonus.

It was weird with no Dan but it was nice seeing Lulu from pump there.

Oh and I “feel” my chest and biceps from pump 113 yesterday - so good when you can feel it from a change up 💪🏻😊

Yeah, I tag CX onto a combat or sh’bam.
I heard too that they’re about to release a 45min version.

Just did the new combat and I liked it. Not sure what all the complaining is about and I think it will really grow on me too, has a bit of an old school vibe about it. Some of the choreo is tricky, but I like that, keeps the brain active and distracted from the pain.
I’ve done combat long enough to pick it up easily but if you’re newer some of it might take a few goes.

I was sweaty, heart rate at cardio/peak and burned about 450 calories so all good. Missed Dan (apparently his wife was about to give birth to their third so he couldn’t travel) but Rach and Marlon rocked it out. And Lulu - I like her!

Combat 83, not 113 🤦🏻‍♀️

30 mins is the longest CX, although I think they might be trialling a 45 minute format based on what I've read about future releases. I tend to either just do CX by itself if I'm having a "I can't be arsed but I really should do something" day, or more usually if I've got the time I'll tack it onto the end of a combat or pump - the ab track on combat in particular doesn't tend to be massively challenging but I always feel a CX the next day.

I've had a quick watch of some of the tracks on Combat 113 while having breakfast this morning - it looks brilliant, I can't wait to give it a go!

So glad I’ve got you guys for 113 feedback: the comments really put me off giving it a try this evening. Plus my resistance bands finally arrived so I thought I should do CX for a change. Which was all well and good, but didn’t deliver the sweaty BP high I’ve come to love so much. 30 mins was also waaaaay too short but I didn’t have the mental energy to load up something else at the end. What do you all do to go with a CX workout? Or are there longer ones that I’ve not spotted yet?

Yes I was hoping for a new combat this month! I know what you mean about Pump. I like the results, but when I'm actually doing it if there's not something (cough Marlon dancing) to make it a bit more interesting to watch it does feel like more of a slog than Combat etc.

Oh, and it appears combat 83 will be out tomorrow. Now that I AM excited for!

Well I can’t say I loved it hated 113 although I did like Marlon’s bicep antics. Anything to distract from the pain. I always have a love/hate relationship with BP, I love the results but the workout bores me compared to attack/ combat / sh’bam. So yeah, nothing outstanding, nothing horrendous is my verdict. 😆💪🏻

I’m going to give 113 pump a go today. I’ve seen some of the comments too and was a bit wary, but lots of people like to moan about any kind of change so after hearing your lots views I’ll go in with an open mind 😊💪🏻

I think Marlon is fab, he makes things look so easy though!

Wasn't it! My chest and arms are feeling it today. I think the biceps wouldn't have been as fun if Marlon wasn't being a bit of a distraction .

I love love loved 113. That bicep track was brilliant! Skipped the tricep track as the mountain climbers etc are difficult because of a leg issue. Loved it.

Thanks also for the heads up!

Will do the new release (upper body) tomorrow and add it onto my rotation.

Fantastic 5k time jerome 🎉
I've been running and cycling with the odd bit of LMOD but hoping to try out the new pump release tomorrow.

I did the 55min one just after posting. I'm not too sure what the complaints were about after doing it - some mountain climbers in the tricep and abs tracks but nothing out of the ordinary as far as "let's do some calf raises with the squats" goes.

Thanks for the heads up there's a new pump release, I hadn't realised 😊

Checking back in after a couple of weeks of minimal LMOD classes - DH has been on AL and it's harder for me to fit in classes when we're doing things. It's been easier to fit a quick 5k in of a morning than have to clear a room for the best part of an hour. The upside is I've got a new PB for my regular 5k loop - 25:50!

Back with a bang though - going to give the new Pump release a go this afternoon! The comments under the video aren't very favourable so I'm interested to see whether it's just old hands complaining because it's not the same as what they're used to, or whether it actually is a bit crap.

I think with the 45min pump releases that they double up the biceps/triceps and lunges/shoulders so the tracks are different to the full version because they still hit all the muscle groups. If I’m short on time, I prefer to do the 55mins version and miss one track and cooldown (you stretch out at the end of each track anyway), then rotate the track I’ve missed - usually lunges, shoulders and abs as I figure those are covered in the other tracks too.

I’m trying to persevere with CX works just now, I’ve been having intermittent hip pain and I’m thinking I need to work on core. I’m not loving it though. Similar to balance - I know it’s good for me but I LOVE combat/attack/sh’bam so much that I grudge the time 😆

Ha, I love 107....one of my faves. And I think 106 - the one with the crazy Dutch bloke leading the triceps track with pushups which ends with “bigger better harder stronger”, usually whilst I’m lying in a puddle on my mat?! I did the 45 min version of 111 the other day and realised that they had a couple of completely different tracks in there from the main release, or at least it felt that way. I had always assumed that the shorter sessions were identical, but with less, if you know what I mean, but this actually felt different. Or am I imagining things?!!

Another PureGym girl here, too. I was so looking forward to the gym reopening but now it’s happening I’ve realised I’m not quite ready to go back there until I’m a little more confident on how it’s all going to work. Plus they are making it first come, first served for the classes (which is the only thing I go for), so it’s going to be a scrum getting in, and I don’t believe they will really enforce numbers properly. Anyway, it’s on freeze for 3 months for now, and I’ve ordered resistance bands on amazon - really looking forward to some CX sessions when they finally arrive. Still not summoned up the courage/time to try out attack or shbaam....

Oooh great thanks @gingerscot & @Floofsquidge

😂 it does make me laugh to observe how the enthusiastic cheering from the crowd gradually wanes as they go through the exercises! I really wonder how you end up in the crowd... 🤔