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    Breathing-

    Neat! I had never thought about the core strength part of it. Now I've got to make a mental note to pay attention to my breathing patterns on the slower lifts. Thanks Cathe! Elena
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    Breathing-

    Hmmmm.... Well, I have the same "problem" you do... if the reps are too fast, I feel awkward trying to breathe in rhythm with the reps. Maybe it's all the years of singing lessons, but I tend to take longer, slower breaths anyway. Point being, I think (if I remember what I've read correctly)...
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    carpal tunnel syndrome

    Yoga and wrist pain I don't have CTS, but I do have fairly severe, chronic tendinitis in my wrists. The pain in my case is in the back of the hand, radiating down into my fingers and up into my forearm on bad days. I never have any numbness. The original poster's symptoms sound like they...
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    muscle mass and body weight

    Same here (longish post, sorry) I'm 5'4", and in my adult life (since college), I've never weighed less than 125. I was way too thin then -- skinny-flabby, no muscle tone. Since I started working out seriously, I feel like my best "fighting" weight is about 135. This is pushing the top range...
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    yoga

    Yoga Zone I'm a low advanced exerciser as far as cardio/weights, but I'm still beginner/low intermediate in yoga (although I'm quickly becoming addicted to it.) I thought for the longest time that yoga wasn't for me, because the tapes I tried were either boring or too difficult (in my opinion...
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    Karen Voight in Person

    Karen Voight and advanced tapes Wait a minute... did KV actually say she's not making "advanced" tapes because HER body doesn't need heavy weights or heavy cardio? What about OUR bodies? Aren't *we* the ones buying the tapes? That just sounds weird to me. Or maybe I'm misunderstanding...
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