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Home » Tone It Up Sunset Workout

Tone It Up Sunset Workout

By Sarah Jane 6 Comments

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Over the past year or so I have really been working hard at expanding my fitness knowledge base and trying new workouts. I have seen a lot of workouts from Tone It Up, but have never tried any of their workouts until today. Due to a mix of curiosity, some workout boredom, my lingering cold, and plenty of muscle soreness, I decided to try the Tone It Up Sunset workout in place of my normal weight lifting for today.

One of the things that I struggle with almost constantly is delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). Sometimes I end up missing a day’s workout because I am too sore and stiff from the previous workout. Very irritating, but something I haven’t been able to get rid of yet (even after 9+ years of weight lifting). I determined to add some more recovery workouts into my routine so I can exercise daily but still recover adequately.

Today I did the Sunset Workout, but decided to amp it up a bit by adding more reps and rounds. And I moved through the exercises at a good tempo so I could elevate my heart rate, but slow enough to perform each rep with control and purpose to activate all of my muscles.

I enjoyed this workout as a change of pace: I still got to exercise but allowed my body time to recoup (granted, I still increased the intensity). My favorite move was “Praise the Sunset”, which is a mini yoga sequence moving from plank, to chaturanga, to up dog, to down dog, and back to plank. It is a great upper body move that I love!

You can find the original workout and details here. Here are my modifications:

  • Warrior Lunge  x 15
  • Praise the Sunset x 10
  • Heehaw with a Twist x 15
  • Warm Hug x 15

I repeated this sequence for a total of 4 rounds, with minimal rest between moves. This took me about 30 minutes to complete all 4 rounds.

The Sunset Workout is nice for low- to moderate-intensity days, or as an add-on to my other workout routines. I would like to try some of the other Tone It Up workouts on my weekend rest days (with some additions if needed).  Ciao for now  : )

Post Image Source: toneitup.com

 

Filed Under: Workouts Tagged With: exercise, Fitness, low impact exercise, low intensity exercise, Sunset Workout, Tone It Up, total body workout

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Comments

  1. Kate M says

    July 1, 2012 at 5:21 pm

    I’ve been adding even just 1 round of the Sunset workout to the end of my weights workouts to finish it off. This was the first Tone It Up workout I’d done but I might check out some of the others too! Thanks for bringing new sites to our attention! I’m always looking to shake it up a bit… I’ve been doing BodyRock.TV for a couple of years now on my in between weights days as well as Zuzka’s new workouts so it’s good to see her getting a good review 🙂

    Reply
    • FitBetty says

      July 1, 2012 at 7:35 pm

      Thanks Kate! I love to hear about other people’s favorite workouts. I am definitely going to try more workouts from around the web!

      Reply
      • Kate M says

        July 1, 2012 at 8:57 pm

        No probs…. Have you tried LovingFit.com? Tatianna has some brutal workouts on there….

        Reply
        • FitBetty says

          July 1, 2012 at 9:02 pm

          Haven’t tried it yet, but it looks good!

          Reply

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