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I bought imax 3 a while back and sort of put it on hold after a few attempts. It's HARD!! :confused: With so many high impact moves and choreography that confused me half the time, I haven't been very motivated to get back into it. However, seeing this thread makes me want to try putting it back...

the past few years I've been pretty much subject to university health centers, and they're actually quite decent. I remember at my old uni, I had bronchitis and the doc gave me a prescription, but also a care package full of medicines, saline solution, and a couple of gatorades to see me through...

hahaha I'm trying to imagine Russell Brand doing plie jacks and fire-walkers... :p

Best. News. Ever. I've been dying for some more low impact...not only that but barre + yoga?? :D :D Thanks, Cathe!

Just had my first class today. It was AWESOME. Mind you, I almost twisted my foot during the warm-up (shuffling around the room, criss-crossing the legs...and I'm just awful at moving laterally!! I tripped over myself! lol) and I felt very slow when it came to learning the techniques, however...

I just signed up to take jiu jitsu classes at my rec center...mainly because I was looking for something to spend my 50% employee discount on that's allotted to me once every quarter. :p Plus, I've never taken any form of martial arts before, and I've always wanted to. Anyway, I was wondering if...

I decided to make March my GS month, so I did Chest & Triceps for the first time today. Amazing!! Halfway through chest, my muscles stopped burning and just went sort of dead. :eek: Triceps weren't nearly as rough; I think maybe I didn't go as heavy as I should have. Even though the...

Thought I'd do a check-in! I'm just going to paste from my blog yesterday's entry about the challenge: I've completed 10 days of the 21 day yoga challenge from Yoga Journal, and I am proud to say that so far I have done 10 consecutive days of yoga. Establishing a regular yoga practice has...

I have cardio barre ultimate advanced and I really like it. Yeah, the music is kind of lame, and I have mixed feelings about Richard Giorla as an instructor...but on the whole I like this workout for a decent sweat + lower body, plus it's great option if you need a break from high impact...

Hi Melly, Low Max is one of my favorite dvds. I love it because it's low impact, which I need a few times a week ;) but it's still a good workout. Basically the rundown is this: 7 cycles, each cycle consisting of a few minutes of moderate cardio, followed by a few minutes of blasts. The blasts...

Buckeyegirl -- I do think yoga would totally help with your back -- there are a lot of great poses that are both soothing and address back pain. And no worries about not feeling flexible...it's a progression. A few years back I got one of my professors into yoga and he was one of the stiffest...

1. Low Max 2. Body Max 2 3. Low Impact Circuit 4. Butts & Guts 5. Drill Max 6. Gym Style Legs Got to have B&G and GSL for lower body. :D I only got Low Max a couple of months ago and now I don't know how I was getting on without it before!

So I was reading my February issue of Yoga Journal and I came across info on their 21 day yoga challenge: http://21daychallenge.yogajournal.com/ After letting my eating habits and workout routines slowly spiral downwards over the past couple years (combination of graduate school...

I found out about sex when I was 8 years old, because I had asked. My mom didn't go into much detail, except to explain that that's how babies were made, and then she promptly added that the proper way to go about in it is to get married first. ;) There were some awkward moments when I was 11 or...

I'm definitely considering getting a couple of these -- I already have GS Legs and now I want to get the two upper body dvds. I'm curious though about how you all rotate these dvds, to those who already have them. Would you just do each workout 2x/week? I've been alternating b/w upper (all...

I second the Cardio Barre suggestion. I just raved about it in another thread. :) I've been having a lot of knee pain myself lately and CB is great b/c there's no impact on the joints but still very challenging. Any kind of matwork on the ground -- like the 2nd half of some of Cathe's lower body...

Thanks for your reply, Clare! I was thinking they'd probably work fine together, mainly because I've been doing it all for a long time and I'm in fine shape -- but was still definitely curious about different types of exercises working differently/producing different results. Well, in any...

There are workshops available for sure -- does your gym/studio ever host them for instructors? Because you can ask your supervisor maybe about bringing one in if enough instructors are interested in getting certified. (and they often offer group discounts which is a nice bonus) I do think...

I love my Geribody Yoga dvd...but I will admit, it's not for everyone. Good for any level, but Geri (aka Ginger Spice from the Spice Girls :D ) is in it -- not teaching, just in the background..) is a chatty lady and some people might find her annoying/distracting, but I think she's adorable and...

ah ok, it doesn't sound like bikram yoga then but a different type of hot yoga. w/ bikram (or at least where I go) they're like drill instructors. It was a shocker when I first went -- I've taught vinyasa yoga for a while and I (and every other instructor I've ever had!) always had a mellow...