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Hey guys, I’m currently on team ascend. I LOVE ascend don’t get me wrong, but I also have terrible cardio fitness. Like can’t even jog for a minute bad. I keep telling myself just to add cardio to ascend, but it ain’t happening. For open season and maybe next season I’d like to try a team with more cardio baked in so I can’t get out of doing it lol.

Anyone like me who started with poor cardio fitness and made actual progress?

(I did try body and bell a looong time ago and wasn’t a fan of the kb training personally, but welcome to any other suggestions)

Hi everyone, my husband and I are going to defcon for the first time this year. It will also be my husband’s first trip to Vegas. I’ve heard that linecon is the place to be, but it can sometimes take hours and hours just due to the size of the event and setup. Thursday I definitely want to grab our badges, but I’m not sure if it’s “worth” standing in line forever for merch. All I really want is maybe an official t shirt or hoodie. I can typically do a small or medium depending on if it’s women’s or unisex. My husband would rather not stand in line because we have some other things we’d like to do in Vegas since it’s his first time going.

Do the t shirts and hoodies go fast? Is there a chance to get them any other day? I’ve seen past years get put up on the store, not sure if that’s a guaranteed thing or just extras.

Thoughts and opinions for the noobs would be appreciated!!

Hey y’all, my husband finally wants to go to the gym with me. Wow. Amazing. The issue is, I know a lot about programs geared towards women, but nothing about men’s programs…. I would have him use ladder like I do, but he unfortunately has an android and for some reason they refuse to make an android app. I’m just going to have him follow along with me for the first few days but I’d like to get him on something that’s more suited to him and not a women’s bodybuilding program

Can someone recommend an easy to follow gym program for a beginner? Doesn’t have to be free.

Hi everyone,

I’m currently on team ascend and love it but I’m kind of wanting to try a new team or two during the summer series. I have wanted to try to Align but I see it’s targeted towards home use, the problem is, I can’t get myself to do home workouts. Have tried several times throughout the years, I’ve just accepted I’m someone who needs to go to the gym to get in the mood to workout.

Just wanted to know if anyone does align at the gym, do you modify it any? Does it work in a gym setting? Just curious 😊

Hi everyone,

I am looking for some team recommendations, I am currently on ascend, and don’t get me wrong, I LOVE ascend, but I am also someone with a super low cardio fitness and it’s probably something I need to work on.

The problem is, with my work schedule and factoring in recovery and everything, I’m not sure I can continue to do 4 days of ascend, 1 day of a mat Pilates class, and also add cardio in somewhere. I am not a runner nor do I want to be tbh, I have tried several times and have never stuck to it. I’m not really looking for a HIIT style workout either. I don’t mind spending an hour in the gym, but I can’t spend much more than that

Anyway, does anyone have a team they like that incorporates cardio, or a team where the workouts are short enough / less intense where you can add in your own cardio without burning out? Or if you do Ascend and cardio, how do you manage that?

I’m a gal who does a bodybuilding style split at the gym and also does a classical mat Pilates class once a week. This studio does some kind of bastardization of original Pilates and combines it with “sculpt” which I will not be attending, but I do enjoy yoga too and my curiosity got the best of me.

It was simultaneously terrible and great at the same time. It was a “slower” class but the room was 95 degrees so within the first like 5 minutes I was already sweating. Every other girl had one of these giant mat towels and I did not but thankfully I brought a hand towel because damn I needed it. It made everything feel kind of harder than it should have but at the same time the heat and sweat and feeling my heart beat crazy kind of “brought me to the body” as they say. I haven’t sweat that much in a long time and that felt kind of good too. Once I got to the cooldown the endorphins or whatever was happening in my confused body made me feel pretty good. Also at the end in shavasana you got a little cold towel placed on your forehead.

So while I realize it’s kind of gimmicky and absolutely unnecessary to do a heated class it was kind of fun in a sick way. Won’t be doing it regularly cuz it’s kind of an out of the way drive but maybe once or twice a month as a treat.