Can we make a Les Mills on demand thread?

'I'm looking forward to bodypump tomorrow morning as today was a rest day so I just went for a walk '

Ditto actually really looking forward to a bit of BP tomorrow. I love a walk but it's just not the same as lifting

I tried some of the Sh'bam tutorials and felt like a right div 😂

Having a rest tonight as I think even BP in the kitchen will be too hot.

Starting to slip back into my habit of Attack Pump Combat repeat so throwing in a good old Body Step tomorrow.

I found a couple of old BC releases on YouTube. Quite weird remembering 34 being released!

Hi all. I’ve been a Les Mills addict for over 15 years and signed up to LMOD during lockdown. I’ve always been a combat/pump/attack/cx/balance girl, and ashamed to say I’d always looked my nose down at sh’bam.

However I had to rest combat (my very fave, Rach is a goddess!) due to a shoulder injury so I gave sh’bam a go and I LOVE it. I’ve found I need to do the same release a few times to get the moves, the. I can burn just as many calories as combat which shocked me. I am “un-co” but it’s so much fun that I’ve given up caring and dance like no one is watching.

Combat will always be my first love but I’m enjoying exercising by myself more that I thought I would. I bought the pump set from mirafit and it does the job well. Might need some extra weights soon though.

Upsidedown - when you chest press/fly/A press your elbows shouldn't go any lower than the bench. If you're on the floor they can't so it actually helps you to get the correct range of motion. I have a bench now but when I didn't I would just make sure my elbows only lightly brushed the floor as if they rest on the floor you're taking the load out of your muscles.

@NathanNathan I don't know why I don't like it, it doesn't feel like the exercises are easy to grasp and a lot of the time I feel I'm doing it wrong and targeting the wrong muscles!
However my abs are killing today!

I think I'll attempt a 45 min combat tonight and barre tomorrow

Too hot to run

What sort of calorie burn do you get from Sh'bam???

'I just hold the weights I front of me and have a 90 degree angle in my arm so there is still tension, Im thinking this is fine confused'

I think that's totally fine so long as it's not hurting you or throwing you off balance. You could even hold just one dumbbell with both hands at chest height and do a goblet squat

That's my plan, to keep going with 2kg, then add my wrist weights to be 3kg, then go to 5kg at some point if needed.

In terms of where I hold the weights, in the few seasons I've done there is a person using the plates instead of bar on screen, so I do what they are doing, and that's usually holding them in front.

Upside, I use 5kg for most things - it's a challenge but doesn't feel like too much. I use 2kg for shoulders and they feel a bit light, I think 3kg would be better

Mine at 2kg and that's fine for the moment, I have some arm weights to add, then I'll look at getting some 5kgs.

A bar seems like a £ and space commitment!

3kg absolutely fine for triceps, biceps, shoulders. Light for the rest but you'll definitely still get the benefit using them - in fact thinking about it I sometimes go bodyweight only for lunges if it's a tough one. No need for a bench for the chest track, just lie on the floor.

I think Sh'bam is more like Zumba @Upsidedownrightnow? But I've not done Zumba...

I did the very very intro video. And found it hard as I'm not naturally a dancer. I really enjoy Combat and Pump so decided to stick to what I like!

Yes @MozzchopsThirty well done!

Why don't you like about it? Not done it yet.

I managed CX works 35

I'm really not sure about CXworks

It's too hot to exercise 😩😩😩

Love it @sociallydistained! Forgive me for laughing at sulking on the bed for 20 mins but this is so me too!

And I totally agree. Once I just start, I ALWAYS enjoy it, and want to do more, and feel good.

Although I did have a go at the basics of Sh'bam today, I am certainly still "un-co" as they put it!

I really couldn't be arsed last night. I got home from work and sulked on my bed for 20 minutes. I've been doing Bodyattack on Monday for the last few weeks so that's what was in my head to do...

I consoled myself by saying I'd do Grit as that's only half and hour... it's intense though. So I did Grit and did really well imo! Got so into it that I then did Bodyattack express (all the harder tracks!) so did an hour in total! Also burned 700 calories (I wear a myzone HRM ... my Fitbit tracker about 620).

So the lesson is... just make yourself start even if it's something small and the great thing about LMOD is you can Switch it you do a bit of this and then a bit of that if you don't fancy the prospect of a full class!

I've done combat 82 tonight on pp recommendation
Enjoyed it and managed 400 calories

I've bought some sort of power tube from Argos today so I can do some CX works as it's impossible to do with a regular resistance band

'Can anyone tell me if I can do BODYPUMP without a bar? I have hand weights'

Yep, I've started doing Body Pump during lockdown on YouTube with 5kg dumbbells and 2kg dumbbells. Instructor says you can do it with dumbbells, plates, kettlebells or just bodyweight.

Good luck with day 1 Sunflower

I went back to Combat 82 again this morning. I really should mix it up a bit and try a different release but 82 seems to hit a perfect balance for me with the moves used in the tracks. I'm not keen on loads of lunges, they turn me into quad-zilla.