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    My knee has healed and I am back doing KPC t g

    Hi Everyone, I gave my knee the recommended two weeks and did KPC yesterday. I feel great! I was still able to do BC w/ some substitutions but KPC is my favorite. My husbands profession is karate and he told me to be careful pivoting. It was definately the hammer punches at the end of...
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    Hurt knee doing KPC, not sure how

    Hi Everyone, If some of you remember, I am the girl who did Bootcamp every other day and was looking for a non step aerobically challenging workout. Many of you recommended KPC. I ordered it and fell in love. Alternating it w/ BC. I have never had any knee problems. Today I can't do a...
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    Muscles more defined but I lost strength..what gives!

    This summer I spent a lot of time doing GS rotations in between my cardio days of Bootcamp. It was challenging but I could do the entire workout, including band work. This Fall I decided to completely stop GS to focus on alternating cardio days w/ S&H's. I ended up doing them for 8 weeks...
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    Bootcamp Plateau, need another workout please

    Hi Cathe, I have recently switched from running 3x's per week to Bootcamp. My intention was to replace cardio for cardio. It's been 6 weeks now and my body has had an incredible response. Thank you for creating such a fantastic workout. I am concerned that I will reached a plateau soon...
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    Anotther workout video similiar to Bootcamp

    Hi Everyone, I was hoping someone could suggest a workout similiar to Cathe's Bootcamp. I love it and have been doing the workout 3x's per week. I would like to try another. I love the way she mixes it up w/anarobic, cardio and strength. Any suggestion would be great. Thanks guys Chrissy
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    Help...I've developed extremely sore elbows

    Hi everyone, I was doing lying overhead tricep extensions a few days back and had to stop. Near the top of the dumbell raise my elbows shot pain and I couldn't completely straighten them to finish the raise. Yesterday when I did the chest GS workout, I noticed how it hurt some when I...
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    Feet on the step bench or off?

    Hi Cathe, My two favorite DVD's are GS's and S&H's. I have noticed that in S&H during chest and tricep exercises when lying on your back you have positioned your feet on the step. I noticed in GS's your feet are on the floor. Any particular reason? Personally i like my feet on the...
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    I finished my first Triathalon today....what a feeling

    Hi Everyone, I did it! It was unbelievable. 2000 women all together. I am so pround to be a woman. Everyone was so nice and Danskin did a super job organizing the event. They divided us up into 20 seperate heats. Each wave of woman wore a different color swim cap and started every 4...
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    I'm a little sad, husband got a vasectomy yesterday

    Hi everyone, Yesterday my husband had a vasectomy. We have two boys and I've been on the pill now for 15 yrs on and off. I just got a little sad thinking I will never have another. I have two beautiful healthy boys and really don't want another but still I got a little sad especially when...
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    Tomorrow is the Danskin Triathalon and I am nervous

    Good thread on "are you secretive about excercise". Yes,I've gotten some looks when a few people heard of my triathalon. Tomorrow is my first tri and I hope I can complete it. My goal is not to walk during the 3rd seg, the 3.1m run. I have always been a runner and we have a pool so 6...
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    Can anyone recommend a good health insurance company?

    Hi Everyone, I'm leaving the company I've worked at since I graduated college 15 yrs. ago. My husband owns a karate studio and has no insurance. I have always provided the family insurance through my company. I am going back to school for Nursing this September and need to get us...
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    I think I pulled my groin muscle

    I'm hoping someone know what this is and how long before it goes away. Yesterday I did Cathe's S&H Chest,Back then I did a bunch of laps in my pool. This morning I woke up to a muscle twinge in my groin area. The weird thing is, I'm just sitting inactive and it starts up. I was still able to...
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    Has anyone here done a triathalon?

    Hi Everyone, I am doing my first triathalon July 31st (Danskin). I was hoping to get some advice on what to wear for the swim portion and then how best to transition into the bike portion. I was just going to wear a sports bra and bikini bottoms and keep that on for the bike ride and run...
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    Give up on Low Max?

    I need some advice. I love Cathe's GS's, S&H's, Pyramids & Bootcamp. For my cardio, I run. Anyways, I thought it would be nice to get some cardio in w/ a step workout so I ordered Low Max. I just put it in today and quit 1/2 way through the warm up. I went out for a heart bursting 25 min...
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    Is combining GS w/ S&H's okay?

    Hi Everyone, I have been rotating the GS uppers and have been seeing great results in my upper body. I also do P lower and run for cardio. I still want to increase muscle size and definition in my arms so I ordered and just received the S&h's I was thinking of doing one body part per day...
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    Has anyone read "Iron Dolls"

    I went to the Ms. Fit website and read the highlights of Iron Dolls. Sounds like Sessions really knows what she is doing. Has anyone purchased this e-book? Is it worth the $ ~Chrissy~
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    Amy B...I am getting great results w/ GS uppers 2x's a week

    Hi Amy, I think it was you who mentioned you were going to try to get in the GS uppers 2x's a week. I have been doing this now for two weeks and am seeing great results. I also am running 4x's per week, doing 1 lower pyramid, 1 Bootcamp and 1 Core. In 6 weeks I will have to mix that up but...
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    Thank you my 10 yr old son

    Okay, today is one of those "raw" New England days. No sun to be found, occasional sprinkles and only 50 degrees. I started to whine that I didn't want to do my run and my 10 yr old say "Mom what would you rather do...a 1/2hr quick run or Bootcamp", I had to laugh and said "Thanks, Gage..you...
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    Whats the advantage of 40/30/30

    Hi guys, Every morning I have my omelette consisting of 1whole egg and 3 whites w/ a slice of 25cal. smartbeat fat free cheese. I sprinkle some Mrs Dash and voila a healthy breakfast. I noticed in my mag that most lifters make sure carbs are in there too. I just started to add 1/2 cup of...
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    Monica Brant hasn't worked her arms in 2 years!?!?

    Hi Everyone, Did anyone else read Monica's article in July's Oxygen mag? I quote "i haven't worked out my arms in two years". Yet she looks utterly fantastic! She does tons of cardio (6-7 X's a week) and twice a week strength trains. She is on a maintenance schedule. Does this mean that...
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