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Hi Cathe -- I don't have an indoor bike, but was just wondering if Cycle Max could easily be modified for other cardio equipment - - like if I used my treadmill, I could raise the incline for hills when you do hills on the bike or slow down/speed up as you do on the bike. I'm just trying to...

Cathe -- I'm super excited! Thanks for sharing the date. If you come to Seattle, I'm planning to go there for sure! If not, it will be San Diego.

llp -- Here's the e-mail: Hi Everyone, Thank You Road Trippers We hope everyone had a really great time and we look forward to seeing you again next year – Thanks for coming! We have already posted a few pictures on Flickr and will continue to post a lot more Road Trip pictures as the...

That's true, but many of us (even those much younger than us in our 40s) are finding our bodies injured or re-injured due to high impact and torquing in moves. So the point of this thread is to get some clarification on how much impact is in each workout so we can be better informed before...

I agree, Nancy. As much as I like the idea of having a modifier for drills and high impact intervals, I think that with intricately choreographed moves, it's better to do what Cathe has done so well before. She usually shows a more basic pattern first and tells us to just stick with that one...

I think the idea of a modifier isn't to make the workout less intense (to an intermediate or beginner level), but less impactful. I was reading between the lines of Cathe's workout descriptions of drills, athletic moves, etc. as having a lot of high impact. That's why I didn't pre-order...

True -- but it's been awhile since she's made a Rhythmic Step/Step Blast type routine, so I'm really looking forward to the 2nd step workout on her step dvd. I feel like she's making one of each to help please everyone -- phew! -- a tough order to fill!

I haven't started STS yet (and haven't even gotten my pull-up bar out of the box yet!) but I was planning to do bent-arm hangs if I couldn't do a pull-up. When I was younger and the schools had the Presidential Fitness Award, they'd have you either measure how many pull-ups you could do or do...

Great suggestions! This sounds fun to get more use out of Plyo Legs than just saving them for the last Mesocycle.

I can understand the music being off for the heavier lifting Mesos, but was hoping at least Meso 1 would be more like Power Hour, which was perfectly in sync with the music. I find that motivating. I did notice the warm-up being off beat too, which is distracting (and doesn't seem to have the...

Good question! I'm anxious to hear what Cathe has to say.

I agree with Jacque. I know people say that women don't bulk up with going heavier, but I think it's individual. I slim down with muscle endurance weights and my clothes get tighter (especially in my thighs) when I do Gym Styles and Pyramids (they slim a bit with 4DS though -- not sure why).

This is interesting to hear because I did an STS-like rotation last year with the Cathe dvds I already had with some other women on a VF check-in and we felt the same way with Meso 1. We couldn't do 60% of our 1RM for most of the muscle endurance workouts because of the speed of the lifting and...

Hi Cathe -- I was planning to start STS this week, but got sick, so I'm looking at starting next week instead. Just wanted to say that it's great that you're so in touch with everyone's feedback on this thread. It's very motivating (and fun) to read (as I eat my Kashi cereal and berries for...

Wow! 3:00 in the morning IS early. I get up sometimes in the 5:00 range, but never that early. I'll probably try it both ways -- hopefully it's only a few times that the music is off. I have read reviews that it's in some other dvds too though. Maybe I'll be too focused on what I'm...

I previewed the first dvd and think I'm going to use the Music-Off option mainly because a lot of the moves are not on beat with the music (as I'd hoped like in Power Hour -- love how that's choreographed just perfectly with the music). Anyway, I'm just wondering if anyone else has using...

Thanks for the tip. I was previewing disc one last night and was just envisioning my wrist pain from all the push-ups. I usually use dumbbells too and have found that the Reebok ones they sell at Target are great because they have square ends and don't roll. But the softness of the yoga mat...

I took all of mine out and put them in a dvd binder so I wouldn't have to worry about cracking a dvd or the case each morning. The biggest problem with them is that the clear plastic middle doesn't release them nearly as easily as the regular dvd cases. (I put some of my other Cathe workouts...

Very cute! But you know we won't let you off that easily. We want more cardio to go with STS! :)

(I got my old User Name to work -- I'm not a junior member anymore -- yay! :)) I guess it is more like having a personal trainer who can continually adjust the workouts as opposed to other periodization rotations where we'd use the same set for 4 weeks. I just wonder if I'll like something...