Are sliding discs necessary for LIS?

[Davidj]

Ok, I am ready to start buying some of Cathe's LIS videos. I noticed that sliding discs are used a lot. Is it necessary to buy these to enjoy the videos? I used paper plates for a few of the exercizes in STS.
-- David

[Peaceful Rainbow]

While you can do these workouts with paper plates, I feel like the disks are sturdier, and more comfortable to use. Especially for the moves where you are using two of them. I use them on carpet and I'm finding they slide much better than my paper plates did when I used them in the past. I think they are well worth having for the ease of movement they allow and I really feel more confident using them than if I had paper plates for the types of exercises in this series.

[Gobias]

I've never used paper plates, but I used to use "moving men" (those disks you use to move furniture). The moving men worked really well but now that I received Cathe's disks, I just use those. They work very similar to my moving men (I am on carpet), however they are much bigger than my moving men and seem to slide a bit easier, which causes me to use my core more to prevent over sliding.

I know the disks are used in the majority of her new DVDs for many exercises (not just 1 or 2 exercises).

[Traildoggie]

I've used paper plates but ordered the glide disks. As Peaceful Rainbow said, especially when you use two disks at once, you will appreciate the glide disks. I could not do those dual foot moves with paper plates. they are tricky at first no matter what, and the disks move more smoothly than plates.

[Pedmom]

I also agree that the discs are worth getting. They enable you to do a lot more because of the sturdiness and size in my opinion.

[tsagona]

Another thing about the disks that is helpful is the fact that they are cupped on the edges unlike the "moving men" that are just flat. I also used the moving men during STS and they worked fine. They would still work fine but I find the cupped edge helps me. If you have the "moving men" just try them out. If you have to buy something anyway, I would buy the Cathe disks. I don't think I could comfortably use paper plates here.

HTH

[tiletha444]

Originally Posted by Peaceful Rainbow

While you can do these workouts with paper plates, I feel like the disks are sturdier, and more comfortable to use. Especially for the moves where you are using two of them. I use them on carpet and I'm finding they slide much better than my paper plates did when I used them in the past. I think they are well worth having for the ease of movement they allow and I really feel more confident using them than if I had paper plates for the types of exercises in this series.

I completely agree!!

[dbclark44]

On another note, you can do all the moves without the discs and still get a pretty good workout. Not as intense as it'd be with the discs, but it is possible to follow along the moves and modify doing them without the discs. I did Slide & Glide this way yesterday and sweated buckets.