Any Cathe beginners?

Pam:
Great job with Rhythmic Step this morning! I might try it out in my next rotation. Just keep trying with KPC - I hope one day to get through it without having to modify. Thanks on the pounds lost - it's nice to see it moving downwards for a change. :) Hope you have a great day!
 
Checking in with Pyramid Upper Body completed. Definitely feeling it in the shoulders. Looking forward to attempting Low Max tomorrow.
 
Nancy-- Nice job completing PUB! That's another one that I haven't done in ages. Good Luck with Low Max tomorrow morning! I'm doing the first 4 intervals of that one on Monday. I hear you on the scale, too! Keep up the great work.
 
It is a gloomy, cold and windy day here! I just spoke with my brother who lives just north of Toronto and they had snow.:eek:

Last night i completed Basic Step + Stability Ball Abs. I went for it and added the riser to the step just to change it up a little and challenge myself a little.

Pam: I don't have Rythmic Step but i will definitely add LoMax and KPC into my next rotation.

Phoenix130: I don't have Pyramid Upper Body. Do you have any suggestions on a substitution? I do have Muscle Endurance and 4-Day Split. Do you think either of these would be a good sub?

I hope everyone else is having a great weekend.

Elle
 
Pam:
I will be doing Low Max shortly - I'll post back when I've finished to see how it went.

Elle:
It is gloomy, cold and windy here (same as yesterday) too - I looked out this morning and there are sprinkles of snow on the grass. :(

Woohoo on adding the riser to Basic Step and completing Stability Ball Abs too!

Muscle Endurance and 4 Day Split would both be good substitutes. If you do 4 Day Split, I'd probably do the 'All Upper Body Weights' premix since it combines all the upper body workouts.
 
Happy Mother's Day to any Mom's we might have here! Hope you have a wonderful day.

Just finished Push Pull this morning. I am not ready in any way to try those shoulder presses that the crew does off the step, but some day...

Elle-Snow, huh? We are having some interesting weather, too. It's not snowing, but it is pretty cool for May and the wind has been CRAZY! Nice job adding the extra riser. I know I should probably do that, too...but I'm procrastinating.

Have a wonderful Sunday! See you all later.
 
Checking in with Low Max completed!! I did the full workout and it was tough! I was able to do all the step combos and blasts 1 & 6. For all other blasts, I had to take a break halfway through them to catch my breath. My goal next time is to be able to do 1 or 2 more blasts in full without breaks.

Pam:
Looks like we were posting at the same time this morning. Great job with Push Pull!!
 
Hope every one had a great mother's day! This weekend has been CRAZY!!!! We have had some horrendous winds here in Ohio and Friday at lunch I decided to walk 2.5 miles. That was a workout in and of itself as I was walking up and down hills, but I completed it in 40 minutes!! Whoohoo. By the time I got home on Friday, I was way too tired to try any of Cathe's routines, but luckily I added risers to my step routine all week long so I was able to get through everything at 6 inches--think I will keep it at 6 for a while.

Unfortunately, I was so busy this weekend, I didn't get my Stretch Max completed on Saturday, but I was able to buy the correct size stability ball so I am looking forward to using it in my Stretch Max later this week. May go home tonight and take a looksie at KPC and if I get a wild hair up my badootie, I may even try some.

GREAT JOB to everyone who stuck with their routines and was able to make strides--you rock!!

Has anyone tried STS Ab Circuit? I think my next Cathe purchase is going to be Low Impact Step and Body Sculpt and depending on what you all say about Ab Circuit I may get that or do you think Butts and Guts would be better? You all who have Rhythmic Step Interval Max and Cardio--tell me how you like it as I may treat myself to that first. Also, for those of you who are sculpting--are you just using heavier weights or do you actually have the bar and weights? I am not interested in investing in the bar and such as I don't have that much room to store things, so could I modify it using heavier dumbbells?
 
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Nancy--Nice job on Low Max! That's great. I'm doing the 1-4 premix tomorrow morning and looking forward to it. Keep up the great work and you will definitely achieve your goal. We'll see how I do tomorrow morning. I'm sure that there will be resting involved. :p

Jatbdp--Sounds like you were moving at a pretty good clip on that walk, especially with all of the wind. I know it's just about time to add a set of risers to my platform, but I think I will wait until I finish this week. I know I will be much more winded, but that's supposed to be a good thing, right? I don't have the STS Ab Circuit, so I won't be of any help to you there. I do have Rhythmic Step, and I just did it for the first time in ages yesterday. It's a good step routine and fun, but the foot work is a little tricky. Nothing a few more run thru's can't cure, though.

Guess that's all for now...see you tomorrow!
 
Yesterday i completed my scheduled workout: Upper & Lower Body tubing routines from the BS DVD. I really need to get out of the mindframe that if i don't do cardio i didn't get a good workout. I worked up both a good sweat and burn with that workout.

Today i did Stretch Max (all 3 routines) I originally had stability ball abs but they are sore from Friday so i decided to skip it.

A friend from work brought me her Turbo Jam DVD to try since it came up in conversation when she was asking me some fitness advice. I took time today to watch it to familiarize myself with the moves.:eek: Since it's a 30 minute workout, my plan is to sub it in for Basic Step this week since that's already boring me after week 1.:p Looks like it will be a challenge but i'll give it a go.

My scale did not budge at all this week!:mad: I didn't eat super clean but i did eat pretty good so i'm not sure what gives here. I'm going to continue to move forward and really be mindful of what i'm consuming this week. Do any of you subscribe to Cathe's nutrition program? Is it worth paying for?

Phoenix: Way to go with LoMax! Those blasts are tough and that workout is long! You deserve a gold star for that effort. And yes, there were some flurries here this morninng!

Jatbdp: I don't have Rythmic Step but i do have Butts & Guts. That is one tough workout!!!!! I won't be adding that in to my rotations for the first few months but there are lots of premixes and it definitely lives up to the name!

Pam: Good job with Push/Pull! Keep it up!

Have a great Monday Everyone!
 
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Good Morning everyone.

I just completed the 1-4 premix on Low Max. I did use only the platform, but I am feeling pretty confident that I could complete same workout on a 6" step. Have to remember that for next time.

Elle-I have Turbo Jam and I've done it a few times. It was pretty fun, but I think I just prefer Cathe. But it's good to shake things up, especially if you're getting bored with a w/o. Congrats on completing all of Stretch Max. I hope you were feeling relaxed after that!

Sorry about the scale, but I'm trying to remember that it's about more than just the numbers. It's a hard mindset to change, though. I have my WW weigh in tomorrow, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that my rotation is going to help me see some movement on the scale. I use a notebook to keep track of what I eat. I find it really helps keep me accountable. I'm sure the Nutrition program here is great, but I don't think I would pay for it, personally.

Have a great day everyone!
 
Elle_p: I agree with you, I have a hard time realizing that I can still get a good workout even if I don’t do as much cardio as I think I should—I think that is why I try to do a step routine 4 to 5 times a week. I’m looking forward to doing the Stretch Max with my new stability ball. I purchased Turbo Jam after a friend was telling me about it, but I watched the first couple of minutes of it and haven’t attempted to do it yet so let me know how you like it! I don’t subscribe to Cathe’s nutrition program; however, I did look at it. My biggest problem is I think it would be way too cumbersome for me with my schedule, plus I only grocery shop one a month.

Walkingchick: Good luck with your weigh in tomorrow at WW—keep us posted!

Walked 2.9 miles at lunch today in 50 minutes, so I think I will do the Upper body portion of Body Fusion tonight instead of the lower body section and I might try KPC tonight instead of Basic Step on 6” step—see that really bothers me to change my routine mid-way through. . . gotta work on that one some! Hope everyone had a great Monday!
 
Hi everyone!

Checking in with Stretch Max (all 3 segments) completed tonight. It felt really good to stretch out especially after spending most of the morning unpacking stuff and moving into our new office space.

Jennifer:
We had some crazy winds here on the weekend too. Great job completing the 2.5 miles including hills and in that crazy wind! I have STS Ab Circuit but haven't tried it yet so can't say too much about it (same with the others you mentioned). As for sculpting, I started off just using heavier dumbbells and then bought a basic barbell from Sears because the price was right. But any move that uses the barbell, you can modify to use dumbbells if you don't have one or don't want one.

Pam:
Woohoo - great job completing Low Max premix 1-4!!

Elle:
Great job with Upper and Lower Body! I know what you mean about the cardio mindset but I always think of it as I will do a few cardio workouts a week and see how that goes. Then I can increase them if needed. I also know that if I do cardio and strength training on the same day, one of them suffers because I don't have anything left for the second one. I'm doing 3 cardio workouts and 3 strength (1 being circuit so cardio+strength) and that seems to work for me so far.

I have all the Turbo Jam workouts and they are fun. I dug a few out a month or so ago to try again but I have been spoiled by Cathe. :) The Turbo Jam ones are good workouts and they are much shorter so they work well when you don't have a lot of time.

Don't worry too much about the scale - it's not always a direct reflection of what you have or haven't done. It could be a number of things - your body adjusting, water retention, etc. Just keep doing well and moving forward and it will eventually be reflected on the scale. I use Cathe's nutrition program but there are a lot of free ones out there that are good (or maybe better depending on what you are looking for). The one thing I like with Cathe's is that it has the report card which is different but it is pricey. I'm not sure I will renew it when it comes up because there are free ones out there that have more features. I'll see how it goes.
 
Alright, I decided to try KPC and talk about a workout without the step. For never having done anything like this before, I managed to make it through the warm-up and the intermediate section. Watched the advanced section and moved along with Combo #1. Have decided it is going to take me a really long time of repetitive reviewing before I attempt to do any of the jump kicks . . . :(

Then for shits and giggles, I decided to try my "new" stability ball--first, it was kind of cool how big it actually gets and second, HELP!!! Definitely more difficult than it looks and you can forget the planks and pike, hell, I couldn't even get my feet up on the ball in the proper position to properly do the planks and I value my neck too much to even attempt the pikes! Anyone have any advise on the best way to position myself on top of the ball so I can work on achieving the planks? :confused: Needless to say, you all were right, this is a good DVD to invest in and it allows us less coordinated to strive to be able to achieve (if not perfection) then at least a sense of accomplishment! So, this is now my new DVD workout on Tues & Thursday and with the grace of God, perhaps I will eventually be able to work through KPC in its entirety.

Hope everyone has a great night!
 
I stuck with my plan and did Turbo Jam (fat blaster) + Lower Body from BS. I never fully enjoy doing a new workout the first time when i'm not familiar with all the moves but it was still a lot of fun and the time went fast. I'm certain i will learn the routine quickly since it's not a complicated workkout.
I plan on subbing it in for BS for the rest of the week.

Pam: Good job on the LoMax Premix. I always feel i get a good workout with LoMax and i like all of the premixes on it. If you feel ready to increase the step, go for it!

Jennifer: Getting in a walk during lunch is a great use of time! I applaud you for doing KPC. I only attempted KPC once i think. I'm definitely going to give it another shot and work up to doing the whole thing. My problem with it was i felt a bit clumsy since i'm not really used to kick box type of workouts but i think it's a matter of just learning the routine. I think you will get used to your stability ball the more you use it too.

Phoenix130: Cheers to you for doing StretchMax! Doing the whole StretchMax workout is a great way to relax and unwind. I do all three routines when i don't feel up to doing my whole yoga routine and i feel just as good as i do after yoga.

I hope everyone else is having a good week.

I just wanted to say a big thank you to all of you for the encouragement and inspiration. You made the first week so much easier than if i was on my own.

Have a great day,
Elle
 
Let me apologize to you all for my absence over the past week. I went 6 days without exercising, and after my daughter's 1st communion festivities were over, I became overwhelmed-exercise didn't happen, needless to say I didn't feel motivated to post here that another day went by where I didn't work out. I ate bad things- and I am in grad school part time, and this evening is my final exam- just more stuff to stress about.

I took today off to study, and made a point of doing LIC, telling myself that I would modify anything too difficult to I wouldn't kill myself. I did it on 6", was very gentle on myself during the last blast, and was out of gas by the time the ab work at the end came up. I was pleasantly surprised that I could do this, and feel motivate to get back on the wagon.

It is difficult for me to turn off the "stay in bed" voices in my head when my alarm goes off in the morning, especially after failure, but I feel I have accomplished something today, and I am back!

I didn't read all the new posts, we have a few new members, welcome! I look forward to posting with you all again!

Bridget
 
Ugh...I'm not sure if I will get in my workout tonight. A very long day at work combined with almost 2 hours to drive home because of an accident. Tonight is supposed to be Pyramid Lower Body so I might try it in a little while or add it to Low Impact Step tomorrow. Hmmm...I think I will do it because I know I will feel better. Ok I will after I post this. :)

Jennifer:
Glad you enjoyed KPC! It does take getting used to - the advanced drills are tough! I modify them a lot as well as the jump kicks. And aren't those planks and pikes on the stability ball just insane?? I can't even balance on the ball to even try. I thought it might have been because mine needed more air so we'll see next time I try it if it helps.

Elle:
Great job with TJ Fat Blaster and Lower Body!

Bridget:
You don't have to apologize - we all have those days and go through the same thing. Never be afraid to post!! Great job on LIC today and feeling re-motivated! Sometimes it helps to have a few days like that to get you back on track.
 
Just finished Pyramid Lower Body - it seemed tougher than usual! But it is done and I do feel much better for getting it done.

Jennifer:
I think the stability ball work just needs practice. I apparently need more because I find some moves even in PLB hard to balance on the ball.
 
Hello Ladies,
Yesterday was a scheduled rest day and Turbo Jam + Upper Body is on the agenda for tonight. Even though the scale is at a standstill i'm already feeling better so that is progress and motivation to keep going.

Bridget: High Five to you for getting back on track.:D I agree with Phoenix, you don't need to apologize for not checking in. I understand the feeling of not checking in when you feel you have nothing to report. I've been there and done that but sometimes that's when you need the support the most and that's what we are here for. Realistically we will all have periods like that for one reason or another and that's when we will need each other's support, motivation, and inspiration the most.

Phoenix: You got it done! It probably seemed tougher because you were considering not doing it....but you did! That's when it's toughest isn't it? Having a tough day or a long commute home and you just want to chillax and tell yourself you will make up for it tomorrow and for me sometimes tomorrow keeps getting extended.;) You knew you would feel better and you did. I think that's what being healthy and fit is really about. Having a healthy lifestyle and being able to feel better even after a rough day. You did something for yourself and i think that's great.:)

Hello to everyone else and have a great day!

Elle
 
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Nancy: Thanks for the advise on the stability ball--I will continue to give it a whirl and with any luck I will manage to at least stay on top of it instead of under it. Great job on finishing Pyramid Lower Body even though it seemed tougher. I think there are times when we are just a little out of sync and therefore, the things in our life appear a little tougher and rougher--but you overcame that and at least were able to complete the workout. Good for you!!

Elle: Good job with Turbo Jam and Lower Body!

Bridget: Great job on making it through LIC yesterday! Sometimes we get so caught up in the events of our lives that we simply forget that we need some time to ourselves. I wasn't able to work out yesterday because of an event I had to attend last night for work. I had a couple of drinks, but ate reasonably. This morning I slipped from my norm and now at 9:10 am I am feeling out of sorts with myself and condemning myself for going off my normal schedule. We just need to realize that things like that happen in life and make the commitment to get back on track! So don't feel bad, we all do it--what matters is making that decision to make it right again and congratulations on feeling re-motivated. I plan on being right there with you tonight!
 
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