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Your trainer is correct. On the treadmill I power walk for 6 miles at a speed of 5.4 mph on the treadmill. Because my walking is an inefficient method of moving at this speed, I therefore burn more calories than if I were running at this speed because my body is actually working harder due...

The ball work on GS legs is excellent, but you have to work the whole body to stabilize yourself in order to complete the moves. This is partly why this is an excellent method of exercising because you work the stabilizers in addition to the targetted lower body muscles. As with any exercise...

I would say that the answer depends upon your body type. If you gain muscle easily on the upper body, then the rep speed on PS will be amenable to you lifting heavy weights and building muscle. If, however, you are a hard gainer, as I am, then only the S&H will really do the trick. In which...

Thanks for the hormone update Autumn. Definitely worth knowing. And it's good to see you back again. Sounds like you have had a busy few months. I'm glad your hubby is OK. Maybe your Xmas will be a peaceful one? Let's hope. Stay well! Clare

"She's got a ticket to ride" by The Beatles. Love that song! I grew up listening to the Beatles because my sister is 10 years older than me and played the stuff to death! In the US, it was "Mrs. Brown, you have a lovely daughter" by Herman's Hermits. WTF?!?!?!?!?!?! Clare

Hey Nancy, love the new picture by the way. You look great. Must be your new relaxed approach is working for you. Either that or the ice cream diet! Clare :)

Yeah, exactly! Go Nancy!!! Don't give in to this kind of wheedling. No it isn't some new trend by parents. If some gift giver were to ask me what they could get my child, then OK, I can make suggestions, but I would never presume they would buy my kid expensive electronics stuff. I...

Lori: You understand your daughter well. You know her best. I applaud your goals for her. It is not just a question of grades, it is a question of attitude. Grades come and go, but the wrong attitude will impede learning, and over the long run, you are right to be concerned about the...

You will feel it in the tricep to some degree. However, the main emphasis is in the delts. To really feel this you must retract the shoulders before lifting the weights back behind you. This retraction helps to isolate the targetted muscles. Try it on one arm only intitially and use the...

In agree with above poster if you can afford it. Get both. S&H gave me the best definition ever. But I do not use the S&H legs w/o. I would definitely recommend GS Legs instead. It is a mixed bag of medium to heavy weight with band and stability ball work thrown in for endurance and...

Gym STyles, all 3. S&H upper body work. Step Blast. Imax 2. Low Max. Clare

Used to subscribe to the following but let them run out: --Oxygen (they cancelled on me) --M&S Hers (ditto) --Oprah (got tired of seeing her on cover every moth and tired of the same old, same old pop psychology) --More (how many articles on anti-aging face creams can we read?)...

I have never ever: --eaten cuisses de grenouilles (frogs legs) but I was treated once to escargots and managed to get them down in polite company --had a boob job --seen the attraction of boob tubes (spot the fixation :7 !) Clare "the ray of sunshine"

A box of homemade Xmas pastries?!?!?!?! Clare }( }( }(

Olive, the Other Reindeer. (As in "All-of-the other reindeer, da da dee da dee da dum") A dog called Olive, voiced by Drew Barrymore, gets convinced by her pet flea that when Blitzen was injured and Santa stated on the radio that he might have to cancel Xmas unless "all of the other reindeer"...

Cardio HIts every time. Better moves, less cheesy, better music, more challenging. I can't bear to do some of the Classics workouts, they are either too dull or too cheesy with awful country music and cutesy arm movements. If you can do low max choreography you might like to move on to Step...

RE: Which Cathe dvd gives the best BACK workout? r/o..... Except that it can be useful to add on the rows, both barbell and one armed with dumbells, from the Gym Style DVD. I especially like the GS ones on which I can go heavier and with the weight going a little further forwards than usual...

I think the entire upper body gets "puffed out" with this one and by the time you get to biceps, you are ready to scream anyway!!! I can match Cathe and usually do, it becomes a mental challenge by the end. Concentration and focus are the key and don't let yourself flag when Cathe erupts...

Love pullovers, one of my favourite exercises ever! I find it helps to focus mentally on the targeted muscle group, and also to contract those muscles as the weight reaches the furthest piont over the head, just before you bring it back over again. This then keeps the focus on those muscles...

Eyes in the back of her head, she knows where the scotch tape is, she didn't have her thinking cap on!!!! All so true, all of it! Damn funny, thanks! Clare