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    *sigh* static lunges-WHAT am i doing wrong??

    ok, about 4-5 months into working out with cathe now, after a year+ of "the firm. im almost up to speed with all the weights and exercises but static lunges are still impossible. my back leg's calf hurts SO bad i have to stop. the only way i can do them is to keep my back leg straight...
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    Terminator

    oh, the terminator workouts are MUCH harder they are much longer and the combination of weights with imax 2 segments is very intense the "viper" is my absolute favorite cathe workout--its 4 step segments from C+W, 4 IMAX2 segments and weights from muscle endurance. its like an hour and 20...
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    Does anyone beleive in future telling?

    i could "predict" that you are going to win the boston marathon or the nobel prize for physics, but until it comes true what difference does it make? what was accomplished by her "predictions"? how many of her predictions for other people have come true? why can't she "predict" the stock...
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    Does anyone beleive in future telling?

    i could "predict" that you are going to win the boston marathon or the nobel prize for physics, but until it comes true what difference does it make? what was accomplished by her "predictions"? how many of her predictions for other people have come true? why can't she "predict" the stock...
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    frequent "head rushes"

    i find that since i started working out a lot--like 1 1/2 years ago, starting with the firm and recently moving on the cathe about 3-4 months ago--i get a LOT of "head rushes", almost whenever i get up from any seated position. ami i just moving too quickly because i have more energy than ive...
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    London bombings

    we were not "foisting our way of life" on iraq until SADDAM HUSSEIN invaded our ALLY kuwait, with whom WE had a treaty of defense. he was defeated, and signed CEASE FIRE agreements which he REPEATEDLY broke. we were justified in reentering iraq at any time after he threw out the inspectors...
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    She lost weight eating at McDonalds

    at least two people have done this and documented it example: "Ms. Whaley, true to her plan, kept her calories low -- on average she consumed 1809 calories per day -- resulting in a weight loss of ten pounds over the course of 30 days. To maintain her starting weight, she would have had...
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    ebayers beware

    i make back-up copies of all dvds that i purchase (there is a one time personal use backup copy "fair use" provision to the law) and keep all my originals wrapped up safe in their cases so that i never risking hurting the expensive damned things. cathe's dvd's arent even copy-guarded, i cant...
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    for anyone inclined to answer a heart rate question

    hey thanks a lot i knew it couldnt be too bad, because i could talk and was not uncomfortable so much to learn! dana :)
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    for anyone inclined to answer a heart rate question

    even when i just do the lowmax step only premix my heart rate stays really high the whole time, like over 200 a LOT. ive been working out over a year with the firm and cathe and im in pretty good shape, though still a little overwieght, 5'7" 150lbs 35 i dont feel any discomfort or...
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    Looking for workout similar to The FIRM

    i was a firmie for about two years when i discovered cathe, i still love the firm workouts and rotate them in as "easy" days--like i usually follow a really high impact cardio day, like IMAX3 or "the viper" from "terminator" with a firm cardio workout the next day, AMAZING to me they used to...
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    BEST shoe for high-impact step aerobics?

    i love my black ryka rhythms and this ebay seller i got them from http://tinyurl.com/7eve2 has GREAT prices and she shipped them to me SO fast i couldn't believe it good luck with your shoe search :) dana
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    interval training--my HR always over aerobic?

    hey thank you all for the responses! i got my estimated heart rate off of my HRM, i also calculated it on several websites--maybe its not right, my HRM is a little cheap i feel great during the workouts and never really feel that gasping for breath feeling for longer than a bit at the...
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    interval training--my HR always over aerobic?

    so i did low max tonight with a HRM for the first time and my heart rate was really high thru the whole thing, it did fluctuate up and down but never into the aerobic zone like its supposed to. my target zone is 120-157 i never went below 169 and spent most of the intervals 1-4 premix over...
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    step only imax 3 segments hi or lo?

    thanks cathy wow if that only burns 140 cal. then i am GROSSLY misestimating my calories burned! ive got to get an hrm
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    step only imax 3 segments hi or lo?

    hey! thanks a lot i kinda figgered that again when i did it right after i posted this so fun! dana
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    step only imax 3 segments hi or lo?

    real quick q for you fitness supergeniuses here :-) if i only do the step portions of imax 3 would it be 31 minutes of hi impact step aerobics or low? need to know for the websites that tell you how many calories you burn, too po' from buying cathe dvds to buy a HRM! thanks for...
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    HELP! static lunges

    thanks a bunch for the help i think its mostly fear of this move for some reason--sounds like i have the form right so ill keep plugging along, my quads are getting too built up anyway, im getting that tight-jeans-around-the-thigh-still-loose-in-the-waist thing :-)
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    HELP! static lunges

    hi everyone! im fairly new to cathe, tho ive been using the firm for about a year now i LOVE LOVE LOVE cathe, but i find im having a VERY hard time with the static lunges. i THINK i have the right form, but i find i can barely do them at all with weights, its odd because i can do squats...
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