I’m loving the posters for BodyPump 82.
I can attest that this is not false advertising; I’ve seen amazing results in my arms and shoulders from doing BodyPump.
First off, let me clarify for any ladies out there who are scared of a little muscle, my arms only look like that when I’m flexing realllly hard. Most of the time (because as much as I’d love to, I actually don’t walk around flexing), they look like this:
But still, I’m always a little surprised every time I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror during class and see muscles that were never there before. In fact, my arms used to be a bit of a “problem area” and I used to hate wearing T-shirts and tank tops.
Anyway, onto the new release – I found this one a little easier than recent releases so I’m going to use the next few weeks as an opportunity to challenge myself with weights.
Some highlights from 82:
- the warm up is a little different than usual so be prepared to turn your brain on
- one arm elevated push ups in the chest track
- a new grip position for dead rows in the back track, which activates different muscles
- jump squats in the lunge track
- overhead presses in the shoulder track
The hardest track by far is the lunge track (love the music though!). I wanted to kill the instructors (and I mean that in the nicest way possible) when they told us there was a second round of those jump squats.
I love that every new release has something a little different – keeps the body guessing!
Have you tried the newest BodyPump release? Did you like it?
Where have you seen the greatest results from your workouts?
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Gah I really miss body pump. Your arms are looking nice and toned. I really miss strength training and seeing those results.
I’ve never tried Body Pump … I need to find a gym that offers it. I really, really want to try it! I want your arms
Your arms look awesome!
Wow! I would love it if my arms looked like that!
I’m doing the couch to 5k and just finished week 5. I try to lift a little every day, doing my legs on C25K days and arms on T & Th. I’ve noticed the biggest difference in my legs, of course. I wish I had more time for weight training, but I take my kids to child watch and they can only be there 1 1/2 hours. I usually don’t make it to the Y until an hour before they close, so I get as much as I can out of that hour. : )
I only do Pump 2-3x a week so working your arms twice a week will eventually get you results (it took me about 1.5 years to see any significant progress in my arms). That’s amazing that you’re able to make time for fitness as a mom. My sister has a 6-month old so I know how hard it is to find the time – good for you!!
Thanks for stopping by!
You are look fantastic! Who says that Pump doesn’t build muscle
I would love to do a Pump class. Seriously thinking about switching gyms when my current membership runs out. I miss Les Mills classes!
I love Body Pump!!! I never miss a week…because you probably know the soreness that goes along with missing and coming back! Ouch! Love your arms! That is my goal to get nice guns like that! I think they are awesome! I agree, the jump squats are rough, but the squats alternating with lunges in Body Attack are much worse!!! Haha
I just found your blog and am subscribing to keep reading! Great job!
Hi there, thanks so much for your comments! I agree that the plyos in BodyAttack are harder than the plyos in BodyPump – not sure why, but it’s always a lot tougher for me mentally to get to the end of track 4 in Attack than the lunge tracks in Pump.
Thanks for stopping by – always nice to connect with fellow Les Mills junkies