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I just wanted to chime in and say that I don't agree that simply being overweight is a health risk either. There was a study published last year in the New England Journal of Medicine studying which factors were the best predictors of death in a group of men followed over 6 years. The first...

Umm... I am FAR from an expert, but when I asked for advice (about my shoulders) a few weeks ago I learned that I was actually using too much weight and so I was recruiting my trapezius instead of isolating my delts when I did my side lateral raises. Could the same thing be happening to you...

Wanted to edit this and post what I'm actually plannign to do this next week. I'm trying to develop some sort of intermediate-level rotation that I can do using my videos. 1: CTX All Step (cardio + shoulders + abs) plus MIS leg section 2: CTX 10-10-10 (cardio + triceps) plus MIS back...

Francine, Wow! Thanks!! :) I'm going to copy this whole thread and save it for future reference... I've got enough information on lunges to last me for at least a year. :) It will be interesting to try all the different variations. As far as how I do my lunges right now, the answer is...

Hi Cindy, You've gotten lots of encouraging responses here, but I wanted to throw in my 2 cents as a fellow beginner. I have been working out with Cathe for a while, but I keep being on again, off again, so I haven't made as much progress as some of these ladies. I think MIS is a really...

Francine, I just wanted to say thanks for you detailed reply. I could feel how enthusiastic you are about lunges... it almost makes ME excited to do them (not quite yet, though). I really appreciated all the variations that you presented. It gives me quite a few to try out. If you have...

Deborah, It was really nice to hear from someone else with tricky hamstrings as well. They seem to be so much better this time around, but it's still frustrating. It's nice to hear the problem will go away eventually. :) Thanks! Amanda

Oops, yes, I'm planning on doing the cardio and weights. I only have VHS, so it's much more convenient for me to do a video from beginning to end. Amanda EDITED to add: The way I have this planned right now, I'll do all the parts of MIS in consecutive order, so I'll be able to just pop it...

Hi all! I just took my first stab at planning a rotation all by myself, and I wanted to hear what everyone thought of it... I've just gotten back on the exercise wagon in the past month after slacking off for the past 4 months. Before I think I was intermediate at cardio, probably beginner at...

Hey all! I recently rearranged my living room so that I was able to set up a mirror to look in while I did my exercise videos, and got a bit of a revelation about my form. Almost every time I start back into working out I pull a hamstring while doing lunges. This time I have been very, very...

I was one that moved to Cathe from doing the Firm, but I just wanted to give you my opinion for what it's worth. I have only been working out with Cathe for about the last year, but just love her videos. I think you're right that the strength side of things will be no problem, and in fact...

How expensive will this be? I was just wondering whether or not you had to buy a whole lot of specialty food to participate in this program? I am a poor graduate student, and probably can't afford to buy tons and tons of specialty foods. The idea of getting to eat a lot is appealing to me...

Hi. I don't have any personal experience with this sort of situation, but my heart goes out to you. This must be so very hard. Just remember that he is lashing out at you, but that this addiction is his problem not yours. There is a Christian radio show that I listen to a lot that seems...

Any experiences with the spray kind? I have the unfortunate kind of skin that doesn't tan very easily and fades very quickly as well. I tanned some during high school, but when my tan lines were COMPLETELY gone by early September (after a summer of running around in the sun) I decided I don't...

Hello punky, roe and Kathryn, I just wanted to say thanks once more for all your helpful advice. I did CTX All Step today and I applied your advice during the shoulder section, and I think it really helped. I tried very hard to concentrate on not shrugging my shoulders during my side lifts...

Punky, I think you got it right on! :) That's what I was trying so unsuccessfully to say. I guess I just wanted to make sure that I'm hitting the origin (on the top of the shoulder) when I exercise. I know that you can do various types of bicep curls to hit different areas of muscle, and I...

I just wanted to say thanks one more time for all the helpful advice. I had no idea that lateral raises should be done with light weights, but today I was much more careful and I think I could feel the difference - my trapezius was less involved for sure. I don't think I look like science...

Kathryn, Thanks so much for replying to my post! I think I'm gonna try to describe the location of the 'saddlebag' a little bit better. If I'm standing with my arms at my side, then on the back of my arms would be my triceps, and in the front would be my biceps. Then someone like Cathe...

Hi all! I'm a fairly new to weights and Cathe (restarting after a 3 month hiatus, probably got up to intermediate level before I stopped). I have a question about my deltoids and working my shoulders. I'm a typical pear with very small narrow shoulders and I'd like to bulk those muscles and...

LAST EDITED ON Oct-22-02 AT 02:31AM (Est)[p]I've just been thinking over the past couple of days how amazing you really are. I don't have nearly so many of your videos as the average poster here, but I really enjoy every single one that I have ( I want more, but graduate school budgets require...