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I think that most of the weight workouts could be modified to suit you. I don't own a barbell, use a step stool to do step ups, and just lie on the ground on a workout mat for prone exercises like chest press. Every once in a while a DVD will do an incline move of some sort, but I just do a...

Also not Cathe. :) I've just started back to working out in the past few months. I did not buy any of the beginner DVD's because we're saving money and I tend to like the more complex choreography. I also like having DVD's that I can 'grow' with so that I can use them for a long time. I...

Oh Cathe, thank you so much! I have a shorter step and I think that will help tremendously! I know it'll be harder in the workout, but when I did a couple of practice reps the shorter step was much more comfortable and I felt like I was able to 'drive' with my hamstring and glute more...

Clare - That's a good idea. I'll end up in a heap when I try to do those slow lunges though! :) Thanks again for your input.

Thanks for the input everyone. I have to admit that I think I feel the exercise more in my back than in my glute and hamstring, although it's sort of hard to tell. I think a lot of my problem might be that I'm pushing from the wrong angle - I tend to push 'away' from myself (with my foot at...

I've really been enjoying the GS Legs workout, although I'm a beginner/intermediate so I'm working my way up on some of the exercises. I had a question about the glute raises though - whenever I do this move, I feel it in my thighs and glutes, but I also feel it a lot in my lower back. The...

I have to say that I love the music from the Intensity series... especially in IMAX2, usually by interval 7 or 8 I am sooo tired, but I keep gong just so I can hear 'Pina Colada'. I love the super-fun song at the end of each workout (I think there's one on Boot Camp as well, but I don't...

RE: OT/ What do you coffee drinkers put in your coffee?... I'm inching towards the 'dark side' slowly but surely. :) I used to drink only foamy latte's and coffee with lots of sugar and cream, but just in the past month or so I've started taking my coffee with only sugar-free syrup in it and...

Oooh, when I graduated from college my mother and I took a trip to Europe and traveled through Italy (Rome, Florence, Radda in Chianti, Milan) and to Paris. We did it semi on our (ie, not with a tour group), but we got a lot of help from a company called Arts & Leisure Tours...

Nancy, I didn't reply in the first place because I didn't have any advice, but I just wanted to say that I admire you for what you did. It sounds like you said all the right things and had the confrontation in a loving but firm manner. Sounds like you definitely did the right thing in the...

A long time ago I asked for some form pointers here on the forum, and figured out that during a LOT of my shoulder work (especially side lateral raises) I was tensing my traps and shrugging my shoulders as sort of a cheat. I had to decrease my shoulder weight and really concentrate on keeping...

I'm definitely not the most educated person to answer this question, but here's an interesting link to an article about interval training. http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/kurilla1.htm I think the basic punchline is that when you are doing low-impact, low-intensity exercise a higher...

Clare, Hi! I wanted to tell you thank you so much for your heartfelt reply to my post! I can tell that you really do understand the stresses of graduate school very well. I took the first line of your post to mean that you're in graduate school AND raising a child/children... if so I have...

Hello everyone! I just wanted to get some good 'expert' advice about my new journey into actually watching what I eat. This board has so many people who seem to have had great successes and are incredibly helpful that I figured it was a great place to get practical answers. I posted this...

Thanks Cathy! :) I really appreciate it. Amanda

Hi, I was just wondering if you would mind to post some more info about the article... I've been trying to find it on PubMed or the journal site and haven't been able to pull it up. Knowing the title and authors would be great. Thanks! :) Amanda

Cathe, Hi! I just wanted to say thanks for the Intensity Series... my boyfriend completely surprised me by getting me Volumes 1-3 on DVD and a stability ball for my birthday, and I have just been enjoying these workouts sooo much. I've just started doing your July rotation, and I hope to...

It's definitely not a Cathe suggested rotation, but for a while I only had the CTX series and MIS on video and made a rotation so that you didn't have to rewind too much. I put it up on a thread on page two (in July). I really enjoyed the rotation, but had to cut short doing it because of...

Ooooh.... just wanted to say that I'm a HUGE Terry Pratchett fan, although my collection is not up to snuff.. he's too popular to find at Half Price Books here. :) I'm not sure I've ever read the phrase headology, but I can picture exactly what it would mean. :) :) :) I'm actually taking a...

You made a really good point when you mentioned your brothers... children go through hormonal and growth changes at different times, and some of them carry a bit of extra fat in an in between stage. That doesn't necessarily mean that they are doing anything 'wrong' in either their diet or...