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Hi, Wastewitch, I personally like the Timesaver workouts. I think the Body Blast series is one of the most enjoyable sets of workouts Cathe has produced. When you do the Timesaver workouts, you get 5 workouts that are all about 40-45 minutes long. Each of the first 4 have both cardio and upper...

Melanie, glad the Turnstep.com website is helpful to you. Good info for people who are beginning to learn step routines... Lea

Hela, Regarding the ricochet: With the jumping jack after it, it is done to 8 counts. To learn it, try doing the move on the floor without the step (as you do the move, just imagine where the step is). The first time through, you are on the side of the step near the TV. On count 1, you step...

Hela, in interval 9, is it during the A-step that you end up on the wrong side or is it on the ricochet that is done after the A-step? Again, using your slow-motion to watch the movement slowly really helped me to learn moves I was having trouble with. Lea

Hela, It can be very helpful to use the slow motion on your DVD player so that you can watch the move you are having problems with in half time. Can you be more specific about where you are having trouble? Is it in the warm-up or in which interval? As the previous person said, when...

Hello, You do need to use your imagination a little to translate images like "a deck of cards" into a food that is a different shape than that. One thing that can help is to look at a package of food like turkey slices or a can of salmon and see how many ounces are in the package. For...

Jill, Here are some links to previous discussions about improving your ability to do push ups. http://69.0.137.118/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=2&topic_id=51691&mesg_id=51691&listing_type=search...

Another Minnesotan here, thanking Cathe and forum members for your thoughts and prayers. I am amazed that so many people walked away from this tragedy. I, too, am grateful for the response of the Twin Cities metro area. Annette, your post was well-said... Lea

Cathe, I like the format of the menus for the new DVDs, but find them hard to read. The white print, skinny letters, drop shadows behind the letters, and low contrast with the background make them hard for these over 50 year old eyes to see easily. It may be that they will be easier to see on...

Lizlyon65, I have sometimes needed to repeat practicing moves 10-20 times on multiple days before I get them. I personally think LowMax has difficult choreography compared to several other workouts There is a lot of turning and pivoting, so it is hard to see what they are doing and then...

See the thread ""In need of advice on a step DVD to begin with............." just a few threads below this one...

RE: In need of advice on a step DVD to begin with......... Hello, 1. This is a bit long, but several choices come to mind. Low Impact Step is said to be a good workout to learn Cathe's style of step choreography. I don't have that workout myself. I can give suggestions through experience...

RE: Question for SNM - Original Health Club Step (Toppe... Fitness Wholesale Online at http://www.fwonline.com/stp.htm has the Original Club Step platform for sale alone for $41.15. It is toward the bottom of the page, and is the gray (they call it silver) step top. Shipping is listed as being...

Hello, Janice, congratulations, As an RN for many years now, I think getting some experience working as an RN would be invaluable for future positions. The longer you wait to begin putting your knowledge into practice, the more challenging your transition to working as as RN will be...

If you like kick-boxing at all, you might find the Kick, Punch and Crunch/Legs and Glutes DVD to be a good choice. The kick-boxing is intense cardio, working the upper and lower body along with the core. It also includes a good abs workout before the stretch. Legs and Glutes is a good lower body...

Rachael, To comfortably be able to do some of the moves off to the sides of the step, I would think you would need a minimum of 10 feet width. For depth, I have about 7 feet, and often wish I had another foot or more. This means open floor space, not counting the space from the front...

IMHO, Low Impact Circuit would be a good next workout for you. The step portions are moderate in intensity and complexity. The weight work is often compound moves, which work upper and lower body at the same time while keeping the heart rate up. A resistance band is used for several of the...

Not sure which DVDs you mean. C&W: Cardio and Weights is a workout on the same DVD as IMax2. BF: ?Body Fusion, on the same DVD as Basic Step. Are these the ones you mean? Lea

Low Impact Circuit is done with a similar format to Cardio and Weights, but instead of having compound weights followed by upper body weights after each step combo, LIC has lower body weights followed by upper body weights after each step combo. Obviously, it is low impact compared to mixed low...

I am having difficulty lifting my hips off the floor for hip lifts or "rocket shoots". ;( When I was trying to learn how to do pikes on the ball, a message on the forums suggested thinking of a string pulling the hips up toward the ceiling. That visualization helped me to be able to do the...