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For me, I don't think the upper body work in STS cardio is enough to go down to 1 full body workout/week. However, your legs will get a ton of work with all of the plyo moves. I would suggest doing one full body weight workout/week and then doing another full upper body ONLY workout to...

Its great to see so many others that brave the cold to get their runs in! I'm glad to hear too that you all agree its much harder to run in snow!! I thought I was just being a slacker!! :) One more thing I've noticed is that w/ running in the snow my hip flexors and lower core are...

Kathryn nailed it right on the head! Just wanted to add that if you are strength training really hard, you will definitely retain water for a bit. I always weight 2 lbs more 2 days after a hard core leg workout.. I know this now and try not to take the number on the scale too seriously...

Hi- I run outside in the cold ( I live in Michigan). If there isn't much of a windchill, I will run to about 3 degrees F. Last year I got a pair of Yak Trax pros.. they are these coil type cleats you can slip over your running shoes to be able to run on snow and ice. They are the...

Hi- I go in spurts w/ using protein shakes ( usually use them when I've decided its time to clean up my diet!) and here's the ones I've found are pretty tasty. Isopure (ready to drink) Green Tea 40 gm protein for 170 calories Syntha 6 chocolate peanut butter- 22 gms protein for 200...

Hi Pam- If fat burning is your goal, then you should do cardio first. If strength gains is your priority do weights first. I've heard ( and I believe Cathe has said the same thing) that you should do whatever is most important to you first so that you are fresh and focused for that...

Have you upped your exercise from what you were doing previously? Sometimes if you do that you will retain additional water from the muscles swelling that will make your scale number appear higher than it officially is. ( Like maybe 1-3 lbs) Don't be discouraged.. sometimes it takes a while...

Hi- For me, I like to do both every day, or otherwise I don't feel like I've worked out. If I'm short on time, I'll just cut down how long I do both. Admittedly, I love the endorphin buzz from cardio so if I don't get my "fix" I'm just not right! :) However, if I absolutely can't do...

Hi- I have the Insanity series and I like to run and lift as well.. For me, I found that it worked best to do just 1 of the Insanity workouts/week as my cardio so that I could run on my other cardio days. Insanity is really high impact and I found that when coupled w/ running I starting...

Hi- I did this one yesterday! I liked it too! I thought when I started it might be too easy, but I changed my mind pretty quickly about 20 minutes into it. I don't usually care for circuit workouts but I loved this one bec. the circuit work is abs stuff and it is so original! It was...

Hi- Yep, P90x is the series for you if these are your goals. All of the chest work done in this series is based on pushups, there isn't any chest press or fly work in the series. Can you do pushups on your knees? That is the best place to start. The nice thing about doing pushups on your...

I'm watching the series too, but I'm behind 2 episodes. I LOVE Joss Whedon stuff too! I agree w/ you Kathryn on Eliza Dushku's acting range..slim to none. I would have liked to have seen another one of Joss's favorites, Charisma Carpenter ( aka Cordelia) play that role. Victor is my...

Oh, the challenges on trying to run when you have DOMS in your legs!! Its amazing how much more difficult it is trying to run on legs that feel like somebody has tied bricks to them! :) For me, if I have bad DOMS in my legs from weight training , I try not to run on them the next day, but I...

Hi- Just a thought... when is the last time you've switched up your exercise routine to something totally different? Sometimes doing something totally different for a few weeks will shock up your body enough to help make the scale go down. Lynn M.

Hi- I have Insanity and if you are OK with really high intensity, high impact workouts these are for you! From what the other posters have said, they have gotten amazing results from it, which I'm not surprised.. they are tough and very different from what is currently on the market for...

Hi- I'm 42 ( and a half!) and I've been doing Insanity for the last month or so.. However, I am not doing it every day and following the rotation. I've done all of the workouts and have decided to do them no more than 2x/week. Mostly because I like to run 3x/week for my cardio and if I were...

I'm not a big fan of them on their own, but if you mix them equal parts of candy corn to salted peanuts..ooooh man!!! Kind of like a PayDay candy bar but better. If I have some of that, I can't stop until the cup/bowl/trough of them is gone. Lynn M. PS.. sorry in advance if I just enabled...

Hi- Embrace it, embrace it.. it will do very nice things for your body, really!!! :) Several years ago, I used to be a firm believer that you needed to work each bodypart at least 2x/week. Then, when Slow and Heavy came out, I tried doing one bodypart from each of those workouts + a cardio...

Hi Kim- That is the way I like to put circuits into a rotation. That way you give those muscles a little bit of rest when you are doing a cardio only day. I also like to make sure the cardio I put in between the circuit days isn't the same kind as what I'm doing on the circuit days.. That...

Here's a Pumpkin Soup Hi there- Saw this thread and thought I'd contribute since Pumpkin season is just about upon us. Love this one..its easy, healthy and different. Enjoy! Lynn M. Pumpkin Vegetable Soup 1 lg onion, chopped 2 Tbl. butter 4 cups chicken broth 4 med. potatoes, peeled...