Can we make a Les Mills on demand thread?

I've had a week off Les Mills! I'm usually very on it with exercise but my mental health has taken a dive recently and I feel tired all the time and I just decided I needed to give myself a break.

I woke up Saturday and did a run though and feel better. Yesterday was a 6 mile hike with my partner so I'm ready to commit to LM again and I have the week off. I still want to continue my game changer plan so that means I have body flow and Grit Cardio coming up next...

By the way I see Rachel is doing live combat tonight! I may join despite it being late as I'm off (usually I'd be in bed at that time!)

I might give a Sh'bam a go this morning instead (now that I've spent 20 minutes browsing school uniform on the M&S website instead of getting changed!). I'll have a look at 29 and 30

What you said about not being a bodycombat lightweight struck a cord there - I like combat, I'm good at combat and know that in 55 mins I am pretty much guaranteed a good 400kcal burn, if not more depending on the release. It makes me nervous to try cardio that isn't that when I'm not having a pump or balance session.

I love the Pump aches, makes you feel like you’re changing something and it’s working.

I’m shattered today, didn’t sleep well but seeing the live stream tonight makes me a bit more motivated. I’ll go for a walk later and get some air.

If I’m feeling really tired and demotivated I tend to try a sh’bam. I’ve a few that I keep going back to, and they don’t feel so hard because it’s fun but I burn as many calories as combat, and I’m no combat lightweight. It’s not for everyone, and you need to stick to the same release a few times to get the best out them. I love 29 and 30.

Oh awesome. I'm going to do a combat this morning. I did one of the body pump remixes yesterday (the classics, I think?) and my god my arms/chest/shoulders are feeling it today.

Has anyone else been struggling with motivation the past few days? I've had to really push myself to actually stick on my workout gear and get a video up, I feel a bit tired and just a general can't-be-arsed-ness. It makes me think I'm not getting the best out of the exercise.

Hey all, there’s another live stream combat tonight at 9pm with Rach, can’t wait 👊🏻

Checking in after a morning with a 45min BP 111 and a 5k run. My legs will feel it tomorrow!

Joining as although I have made a point of exercising it hasn’t been consistent or enough - I have also cancelled my gym membership as I don’t fancy it any time soon, so am going to commit to this as when I’ve done it I have really enjoyed it. Contemplating getting a step but I may start with Combat and Pump which I do really enjoy.

@Floofsquidge you can do this!!

Started Game Changer yesterday and after 2 proper cardio workouts I'm realising just how unfit I am! Looking forward to my comfort bubble of pump tomorrow.
Also shocked by my waist measurement I had to take as a baseline before starting. It bears no relation to the waistband size of my jeans. I could cry, but I can do this.

@ItsLeviooosar good luck, it all gets a bit addictive.

Joining! My weights and step arrived last week. I'm doing it!

Thanks @gingerscot - that would be great! I did 105 again this morning, love all the shoulder work but feeling it now

I’ve been in today too, did pump 111 this morning (shoulders on fire!) then sh’bam at tea time.

@Fillybuster my resistance bands came today from amazon but I’ll let you know if I come across a cx works without them.

I managed to get in ok this morning - I logged on at about half 10.

Thanks - it was a hard slog, can't see me repeating it for a while! I'm not sure I'm even a proper runner - I did parkrun twice in 2019 and it's only been since the gyms shut that I've run outside again. I've tried to run twice a week on top of my LMOD.

I'll probably do a pump tomorrow - bit less cardio

@nbee84 wow that's a seriously good time

Really feeling it in my lats today after combat 66!

And I managed to beat my 5k time - I did it in 28min 13sec

111 done 👍🏻 enjoyed it (apart from the legs track)

@jerometheturnipking glad you enjoyed

I'm attempting body pump 111 tonight now I can walk again

I've lost 2 stone since this time last year - It'll be a year since I got LMOD in a couple of weeks .

Annoyingly I've put a couple of pounds on this week (awful PMS making me eat loads of crap in the evenings), so I'm drawing a line under it today.

Just finished BodyCombat 66 - AMAZING! Thanks for the suggestion @MozzchopsThirty that one's a new favourite. The leg track is a killer though!

@Upsidedownrightnow I've lost three stone in the last year but the majority of that has been since Feb.

I can see some slight definition coming in my arms and I think overall the exercise has helped to combat loose skin. But I've two more stone to go yet so we shall see. 😊

Today I'm going to do a sprint session and a cx worx. As well as a low impact hiit from the body project on YouTube. I can't do les Mills hiit due to previous injuries.

So glad I found this thread!! I hadn’t realised how much I needed it until I started reading it this evening (disclaimer: I haven’t RTFT ). I’m loving LMOD! It took me about 6 weeks of lockdown to get really fed up with all the free to air YouTube options; although there were some good ones, I couldn’t find anything that left me as psyched as a good gym class (& I’m a cheap-date-pure-gym girl, so not even very demanding!) and finally decided to give Les Mills a shot. So glad I did!
I managed to get hold of a barbell and weights just before lockdown, and have been loving Pump, which I did years ago when I was a higher-maintenance DL member, but not tried anything else. I’ve got dodgy knees so a bit scared to do Combat or Attack, even though BoxFit is my favourite real life workout. I’d love to do some hardcore core work, like a really good abs workout, but got the impression you need resistance bands for most of CX stuff?

Any recommendations please? I know there’s loads of content on the site but I don’t have time to search it, and I never want to risk using my limited exercise time on something that needs random equipment half way through or turns out to be a total dud....
Thank you!