#mbfa - One Week Review

 #mbfa Muscle Burns Fat Advanced, is a 3-week muscle building program from Beachbody On Demand. For a more detailed product page, please visit my affiliate link HERE.

This program follows the same format as #mbf Muscle Burns Fat, with the addition of the Megan Minute.  After the set, we perform one move for a whole minute.  Is a minute a long time?  YES. 

The workouts are a little longer this time around, with the weight training days clocking in around 40 minutes and the others still around 25-30.  This series is truly an extension of #mbf with the same sounding workouts laid out in the same order every week.  We use the same equipment, dumb bells and a mat for floor work (if you are in the basement, like me) and the Bod Ropes.  These are just a style of indoor jump rope and are not essential to the program, in my opinion.  There are many styles and colors available on Amazon.

This program is definitely a step up from #mbf.  I feel like Megan's entire program could have been one 6-week program, but for marketing purposes was split up in to beginner/intermediate and advanced 3-week blocks.  That said, I really like that aspect.  When I completed the first 3-week portion, I felt so accomplished!  Now that I'm one third of the way through the second 3-week portion, I'm feeling really proud.

I've been pushing myself to continue handling heavier weights than I think I can.  Some of the moves in the EMOM (every minute on the minute) are hard to do quickly like the cast is doing them, but that's okay.  I can only do "me" - not them!  I'm picking up 15lb weights for most leg and back exercises, and that's making me so strong!

I was really tired this week.  One thing that factors in no matter how we try - life.  I received shot 1 of 2 of the Maderna COVID-19 vaccine the day before I started this program.  I felt a little queasy that next day, but I pushed through.  I didn't miss any workouts this past week, but boy was I tired.  My Garmin shows what they call Body Battery - and I wasn't even charging properly during the night.  I was starting the day at 40% power and struggling to make life happen!  I'm glad that I got (partially) vaccinated - but I really hope that I don't react anything like that the second time around!

Very happy with this program.  There are three 10-minute add on workouts - abs, upper body and lower body - but at my fitness level, that just seems like torture.  Maybe next time I tackle this program, I will feel I can handle an add-on - but for now I'm just really proud of myself for doing these workouts at all!