Ectochicks 12/9

[AKirkland]

I've never seen anything like it. The formerly fearsome Firm Standing Legs never got me like LL does.

On the other hand, I think PH may have a similar effect on me, but I haven't tried it in a long time. Seems like a total body workout never fits into my gameplan since it requires a rest day before and after.

As you may remember, I'm not doing any cardio. I may regret it the first time I try the Bootcamp workout. Hmm. Maybe I should pull out my old Firm Tough Tape 2 since I don't have any Cathe cardio.

Angela

[AKirkland]

Congratulations, Julie! What an accomplishment! I'm so jealous. Since I got out of school, I rarely ever do any design work outside of my job. I have an uncle who is an avid watercolorist and everytime he visits, he asks to see some of my work and I have nothing to show. The last time he asked, I pulled out my portfolio and showed him annual reports and brochures, etc.

I love pastel works. Do you have portfolio Web site I could look at? I had hoped to take a pastel class at our local Art Center, but had to cancel. :(

Angela

[Amadeus]

Oh Angela, I would encourage you to keep on trying to take a pastel class. It's really great for beginners because the medium is much easier to keep control of, unlike watercolor and oil. It's also much more like drawing. I'll be happy to help any way I can. ;-)

I had taken one year of commercial art school get this: 20 years ago. Hated the school AND the instruction and quit. Didn't resume any creative work unitl about four years ago. And now I'm just about to finish my fourth painting. I am very slow and very detailed. My work is visually very accurate but not an actual photographic copy of the original.

I've been taking Atelier style classes the last few years. Really neat, it's based on the instruction of the "Old Masters" where you intensely apprentice under an established painter and learn to accurately "see" things using techniques that date back as much as 500 years (Da Vinci).

Alas, I have no website at this time. From what I understand, your work can be blatantly plagerized (SP?) on the web with very little you can do about it. But, if I ever get there I'll let all artistic ecto's know.

Boy, I was feisty yesterday.
Julie

[JamminX3]

Hey, Chicks. So far, so good this week....except I haven't done a cardio guerilla fatblaster thingie yet!!! My legs are just too tired. OTOH, did ya'll see Francine's pictures on Trevor's 'picture' thread?? Francine is the one who originally posted this workout and her photos have made me more motivated to do this more often. Maybe when I'm not doing 2 Firm Classics per day (which I'm enjoying BTW.)

Julie, glad to 'see' you're OK...now get outta that fridge! There's not room for both of us. LOL. You know...I haven't noticed that interval workouts increase my metabolism. At this point, I'm not sure ANYTHING will help. I remember that I walked 2Xday (2 hrs total) when I lost wt. b/w my first 2 babies, and so that's why I'm doing 2 AWT vids per day now. Maybe it's quantity and not necessarily quality(intensity) that helps me. And of course that clean eating nonsense might help *some* BLAH! I hate to see the Christmas season stress folks. It's not supposed to be that way. Take some extra time to relax, OK? (I know that's easier said than done).

Back to the Guerilla treadmill thing. I told ya'll, I did it 3X last week and I was drenched in sweat after 12 min. It was dripping off my wrists. I really thinks it's a fatblaster, but not a muscle waster. Kinda like the BFL theory that shorter (less) more intense cardio saves muscle...like sprinters muscles vs marathoners. (Did that make sense?)

I envy you artist types. Wish I had that gift. Julie, congrats on your picture being chosen. You must be thrilled!

Chat Latah!

Robin http://www.smilies-world.de/Smilies/...n_1/flower.gif

[AKirkland]

"And of course that clean eating nonsense might help *some*"

Hey Robin,

You might find this article interesting:
http://www.dolfzine.com/page302.htm

According to this author, it really is more about diet than exercise - not a popular viewpoint, I know, but worth considering.

Angela

[cookiebaby]

I have been lazy and without my precious tapes!

[cookiebaby]

I have been lazy and without my precious tapes!

[briee]

Angela, I just finished reading that article. It's right on!!! If I just cut the carbs and concentrate on protein for a day or two I drop 2-4 pounds almost immediately and get much leaner more defined. Always have a big salad for lunch,(which I admit I am thoroughly sick of, but it makes my body function MUCH more efficiently. (I can't use dressing so this is really boring, but it makes me feel better.) I loved the recipes and will try them except I'll use soy free veggie protein powder instead of egg or whey powder. And I can't use too much fruit currently so I'll go light on that. Thanks it's a cool site. You also gave me the answer to my pull up question through this site. Great article on how to do pull ups - I'm trying it!!!

Briee

[AKirkland]

Has your friend given you the money to reorder your tapes? Hopefully, it won't take long to get them replaced. You could do some weight training and cardio on your own in the meantime. The current issue of M & F Hers has some great weight training workouts for the whole body, plus cardio and instrux on different training splits.

Angela

[Amadeus]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Dec-13-02 AT 11:30AM (Est)[/font][p]I hope you don't mind me digging up the post for Cathe on the second installment of the "ecto rotation". It looks like she's sort of back on the forum again.

Julie