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MIS Cathe's MIS was my 1st of her weight training videos after doing the Firm for a couple of months ( Of course, it was her ONLY weight training video at the time. :-) ) and I thought it was GREAT! It is very different from Firm videos in that you do all of one body part before moving on to...

Step at half.com The price isn't amazing or anything, but it isn't bad. The step itself is $55. The shipping is $15. So you could get one for a total of $70. Here is a link to the item: http://www.half.com/cat/buy/prod.cgi?cpid=1053381294&domain_id=1830&meta_id=7 Good luck! Erin

Step Co. step The step that Cathe uses is by Step Company. In sporting goods stores it usually runs about $80 for the full sized. In my opinion, if you're going to invest in a step, then a full sized step like the Step Co. club size or the Reebok is the way to go. Step Co also makes what they...

I'm so sorry! You have my deepest sympathies for your loss! I know you must have very mixed feelings right now. Given the situation, it would be unusual if you didn't. Please give yourself time and permission to grieve. This is a very difficult time for you. As you have said, just because...

non-Cathe recommendations I'm not Cathe either, but if the Firm is all you've done in the past for stepping, you're lacking in some of the stepping basics you really need to be able to safely enjoy Cathe's workouts. I would recommend Kathy Smith's Step Workout as a good tape to pick up the...

Most of mine came from CIA I got a couple from Collage. Most of mine came from the great deals offered at pre-order time or on one of Greg's sales. With pre-orders you're taking a risk because you just don't know if the videos will live up to their promise, but I've gotten some real jewels...

My faves There is so much variation in the CIAs, you really do have to be careful about what you choose. Also, there are some that are produced by Greg Twombly and sold at the CIA website, but aren't actually CIAs that deserve consideration as well. Here are some of my faves: CIA 9801 with...

Quantity discounts It's my understanding that the S & H video series counts as 1 item, since the videos aren't available individually. Erin

Rotations I don't fit all of my workouts into one week. I do rotations where I focus on 1 basic set of tapes, like the PS tapes. When I do the PS tapes, I also do 1 total body endurance type of workout ( Like Power Hour ) one day as well. Cardio is on the same days as the BBA and CST videos...

I've never heard of that. Maybe it's defective? Good luck! Erin

Very timely! I was just thinking yesterday how glad I was to be fit. My husband and I spent the day taking out a large evergreen tree and a large ( 5 foot tall, 25 years old ) evergreen bush from our back yard. It was a lot of work, especially digging and chopping out the stumps on these...

Do you have Reebok or Step Co? This gets a bit confusing, because originally the Step Co step WAS the Reebok step. Then when Reebok changed to the black and gray step, Step Co starting putting their name on the step and calling it the "Original" step. So there are some steps out there that we...

What player do you have? I think all DVD players do things just a little bit differently. I have a Pioneer DVC503, and when I put in DVDs it usually goes 1st to an FBI warning and then to a main menu page where I can select what I want to do. The family room DVD player is a Sony ( The model...

I find it intense It's not IMax intense for me, but it's definitely on a level with Power Max and Step Fit. I'm always drenched in sweat when I finish it. I love it! I especially love the drop squats into the the pendulums and then drop squats into the cha chas across the board. Boy do my...

No kicks -- How about a hug? :-) Oh, Michele! We all have slumps where we just don't feel motivated to "work out." It becomes this thing with a life of its own and the longer you're away, the harder it is to face. I have to say that I ditto everyone's advice here. The best thing is to find...

Hang in there! We do all have those kinds of days! There are times when I'm so up about my workouts I can hardly stand to stop with just 1. Then there are days when walking downstairs to my workout room is almost more of a workout than I feel up to. Like Nancy said, hormones can be a biggie...

I'm with Nancy! :-) I never would have thought that any weights program would take the spotlight from my beloved PS workouts, but the Slow and Heavies are wonderful! I love the push-pull concept. Basically you're grouping together muscle groups that are opposites from each other, so when you...

We're all "ignorant" . . . when we go outside our own frame of reference! I'd be totally lost if I started trying to kayak, for example. Your questions are very common for someone venturing out of one type of training and into another. :-) People have already done a great job in answering...

Something to keep in mind I agree that starting lighter and working your way up is a great idea! I did want to point out, so that you don't feel bad if this happens to you, that when you increase the weight for one exercise, say chest, you may find your endurance for a later exercise...

Hi, Laura! I usually do the figure 8 in place of the sashay and then an abduction repeater. You could also do a knee corner to corner into the abduction repeater. Another thing I have considered is an over the top around the world into an abduction repeater. I haven't tried that one so I'm...