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Eight days a week ... Hey Emma: Six days a week is a whole lot of workouts! Just remember that your biggest obstacle to getting good results is -- LACK OF REST! So if your body is telling you it's tired, listen! You'll actually get firmer quicker. Did you know that your body builds muscle...

So cute He's a sagger, not a drawbridge! Cathe, your Eric is just beautiful. I could stare into those big blue eyes forever. Do you ever feel like you have to pinch yourself because you are so happy? I still feel that way when I look at my 2 little kids. Thank you for sharing your...

Me too, Lynne I always have trouble feeling chest work in my chest. My arms and shoulders get tired first. I do what Aimee suggested with keeping my shoulder blades squeezed together and it has helped a little. I also take Aimee's good advice to think, chest, chest chest. Despite all...

Use EZ Curl for everything <center><font size="1" color="#ff0000">LAST EDITED ON Sep-15-00 AT 03:47PM (EST)</font></center> I went to Fitness Warehouse and had a knowledgeable salesman/personal trainer work with me to select the most comfortable bar for ME! I ended up with an EZ Curl...

Opposing groups: 2 day split Here's what I've done for the last 2 weeks and I love it. (Like someone else here, I wanted to try a different split from the PS split.) Day 1: CTX Chest & Back w/optional legs from CTX Power Circuit Day 2: No strength work -- either rest or all cardio or all...

Not old hat at all How wonderful for you, Sarah. Babies truly are a miracle. And I still get misted up over listening to my babies' heartbeats: and they are 3 and 5 years old.

Hey Lorrayne! I just did Leaner Legs for the 2nd time this morning. WARNING: Those static lunges at the low end don't get any easier. I think they're so tough because your rear quad gets exhausted on the first set, then when you switch legs, your energy is really depleted when that rear leg...

Barf Bag Help Line! Hey, Susan, like you, I'm heading back onto BCPs for the first time in 10 years. I've been doing lots of reading about perimenopause and I'm pretty satisfied that all the good stuff that BCPs can do for me will more than balance out any potential (very rare) side effects...

I can't tell you how much I love these new short workouts. My strength training was starting to really get uninspired, but boy the CTX series has changed that. I got my new videos on Friday, did Leaner Legs on Saturday; Step & Intervals and 10-10-10 on Sunday; Power Circuit and Kickbox...

No bites Unless you're a Double Stuf or a Devil Dog, you're safe around me, Carola!

Hmmm ... not sure Maybe YOU should tell me, Erica! I've done all of the CTX except All Step/shoulders. So I'll definitely do that. Then I might have to tack on the abs work from Power Circuit, since I haven't done that yet. That will make 20 minutes of abs. I love working abs, but I don't...

It's like a LONG circuit, Nancy That's how I thought of it: Step & Intervals cardio S&I -- chest (killer push-ups) S&I -- stretch 10-10-10 cardio 10-10-10 -- triceps (love the overhead press/kickback sets!) 10-10-10 -- stretch Kickbox -- abs & stretch only I think it lasted about 1 and 3/4...

Me too, Val Just had to smile about your "late to work" comment. Step Heaven and Hi/Lo Heaven have had me showing up 5 minutes late for the last month! I always think I'm only going to do one stage -- but who can stop? I really love all the options we're getting from our instructors. I love...

My quads were sore The day after doing Meaner Legs, my quads were sore, but not REAL sore. Today (2 days later), the glutes have kicked in. The good kind of sore, where you're aware of the muscle, but you're not stiff or anything. I don't get sore easily. PS Strong Legs almost never leaves...

I LOVE my CTX tapes! I haven't been checking in here much, due to guilt over my neglect of my Cathe tapes. My cardio has all been my other favorite instructor, running, spinning & live classes at the gym. Strength has been mostly MIS and PS, but I REALLY needed some new routines, I was...

Erica -- I used MIS weight Actually, I went even lighter than I do with MIS. For Meaner Legs, I used 34 pounds. I would recommend going light on your first attempt. Cathe says she is using 35 pounds. For the first 20 minutes or so, my barbell felt GREAT! Then, the static lunges took me...

Cathe? Or her evil twin? Cathe is such a sweet person, I know that she would never want to really hurt me or anything. But -- somewhere during that set of static lunges at the "low end," followed by the slow 4-count down, 4-count up, 5,000-count up, 4-count down -- I started to wonder. And...

Cathe, UPS informs me that my new videos are on my doorstep right now. I've decided to do a rare (for me) evening workout, starting with Leaner Legs. I want to be totally prepared -- do you recommend Advil, Tylenol or straight morphine afterward? Never mind -- I think it's going to be...

Trapezius Hi Lynn: I'm not Cathe, but since I know she's buried under thousands of new videos right now, I am jumping in with my layman's understanding of this. You are right. Shrugs and upright rows both develop the trapezius muscle that runs from neck to shoulder. Fifteen pound...

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