Anyone heard of KAREN VOIGHT?

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Alana_as

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Ya know, she used to be really good. And I have a couple of her DVD's, not anywhere close to what Cathe has produced. But now it seems as though Karen has fallen from the face of the earth.

Anyone know what's gonig on with her? Just curious.
 
I really liked her, but to be honest, after she got HUGE boobs I had a different perception of her...and, I really don't know why!?!? (Because I usually could care less about things like that...) I guess because she looked so completely different that it didn't seem like the same person. Not answering your question, sorry!
 
She had her boobs done? Oh, that's sad. At her age, why? I have one of her older tapes which was pretty good. She was very popular in the late 80s and into the 90s. Now I found Cathe, so I don't really need her anymore. (although I always thought she had an amazing body -pre-plastic parts of course).
 
Yeah, she was kind of the precurser to Cathe. Not bad stuff for those days. I always thought her body was perfectly proportioned. There was one video that showed her from the back & man that chick was lean. She belongs in the inspirational women thread. ;)

Heard about the implants but haven't seen her lately so can't comment.
 
Jennifit said:
I really liked her, but to be honest, after she got HUGE boobs I had a different perception of her...and, I really don't know why!?!?
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I had a hard time working out with her after she got her boob job. The first workout of hers post-enhancement was such a shock! I saw fitness and implants as rather contradictory (and she didn't do a subtle change, it was 'vavavoom' a bit disproportionate, especially when she still had lower body fat). It took me a while before I could get back to her workouts, and it was always a bit strange going back and forth from pre-surgery workouts to post-surgery workouts. (Also, every time she mentions something about keeping the chest up, or going until the chest touches the floor, I can't help smirking a bit).
 
LauraMax said:
Heard about the implants but haven't seen her lately so can't comment.
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She pretty much went from A to D from the looks of it.

Pre-surgery:
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Arms a bit too gristly for my tastes. (she probably could have gotten some natural breast size from upping her body fat a bit if she was feeling a bit too boyish looking)

Post-surgery:
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(I like her softer look a bit better, at least the parts of it that are real. (arms look better here:
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She actually seems to look somewhat bigger on video--or at least seems to be strapping things down a bit to keep them under control, LOL!)
 
I used to work out with Karen too, but now she's way too easy. I was distracted by the boobs too. But really, by the time she got them, I think I had already moved past her. I think the reason I didn't like them, is because before she had this graceful beautiful dancers body, and after it just looked like she was trying to be somebody she wasn't.

Actually though, come to think of it, she has made one of my favorite workout videos ever. It was the one with Elle Macpherson, in Hawaii. I think it was called Your Personal Best or something. The settings are beautiful, and it was just a laid-back, fun workout. I don't think it was ever released on dvd - anyone know if it has?

dani
 
dania said:
Actually though, come to think of it, she has made one of my favorite workout videos ever. It was the one with Elle Macpherson, in Hawaii. I think it was called Your Personal Best or something. The settings are beautiful, and it was just a laid-back, fun workout. I don't think it was ever released on dvd - anyone know if it has?
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I heard it was released on DVD overseas (in another region code) but not in the US.

I agree it was a fun, laid-back workout, nicely balanced.

One thing about early Karen workouts: she sometimes was soooo serious (maybe nervous?) (though not quite as serious as the early Moira Stout: I had a workout by her, and the one or two times she smiled, it was such a contrast to her oh-so-serious demeanor it was kind of creepy!)
 
NY25 said:
She had her boobs done? Oh, that's sad. At her age, why?
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Not to pick on you or anyone else, but I could never understand why so many people were turned off by the fact that Karen bought herself a pair of boobs. I mean as long as they are not hanging out in my face (like the Firm instructors) I couldn't care less.
 
I love her yoga workouts. I still do them. Yoga Focus is my favorite. I could care less that she had a boob job. To each his own.

I am curious as to why she isn't making workouts anymore, though.
 
kathryn said:
One thing about early Karen workouts: she sometimes was soooo serious (maybe nervous?) (though not quite as serious as the early Moira Stout: I had a workout by her, and the one or two times she smiled, it was such a contrast to her oh-so-serious demeanor it was kind of creepy!)
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LOL! I thought I was the only one who found an instructor creepy. There is one very popular instructor that has a grin that gives me the creeps big time. To me it looks like she wants to eat the camera person or something.
 
You know I never noticed the boob thing. I usually just think that I wasn't observant before of her size to take note of a change - now it all makes sense.

I didn't notice when Allie Del Rio or whatever she calls herself now got her boob job until someone pointed it out.

Well - I agree that I always loved her proportions - I always felt that she had the most beautiful body and I wanted to look like that!!! But I also always felt that her cardio (especially any of her hi/lo) was unstructured, unchallenging and somewhat boring. I also didn't like her cueing. Very poor IMO.
 
I had a VHS of hers - can't recall the name, a rather tough hi/lo - very LA Gear looking set. Wasn't easy, but wasn't that fun, either. I felt like a frog in a blender trying to follow along, flailing all over. Then I picked up a cardio DVD - believe it was called "Burn" it was the cardio half of a cardio/strength combo. That was snoozeville easy boring. But I did use it a bit after a knee surgery, so I guess it had its place. She isn't bad, but just never did it for me. If she's mainly doing yoga now, that's why I haven't heard about anything new from her. I've tried and tried and just can't get into yoga.

Nan
 
DEEDEE2 said:
Not to pick on you or anyone else, but I could never understand why so many people were turned off by the fact that Karen bought herself a pair of boobs. I mean as long as they are not hanging out in my face (like the Firm instructors) I couldn't care less.
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NO!!! I didn't want people to think that it is bad or a turn off to get a boob job or whatever...I'm all for whatever it is... But, to me hers were such a radical change that it changed what she looked like COMPLETELY (to me!!)!! (Like that Dirty Dancing star who got the nose job and she didn't look like the same person anymore) Karen just didn't look like the same person to me after it. Most fitness people have boob jobs and it doesn't bother me at all. Just something about seeing her one day and then radically different the next was strange for me.
 
hey ya'll! Sorry it took SO LONG to respond back. I had to SKIP off to work right after I posted that thread. I don't really care that she got the boob job, then again, I might be alittle biased because I NEVER worked out to her when she was big in the 80's/90's cause I was just a little girl! lol

But like some of you have said, her video's are not challenging and I agree a little boring too. I only use her if I am "starting" up again. just to break my body back into the groove of cardio and what not.

I also wonder why she stopped donig her thing. Anyway, talk to ya'll soon!
 
I also used Karen back in the day, thought she was a "tough wo"...then. ot so much now ;). I must have missed the transformation though.
 
I have a few of Karen’s dvd’s and my favorite is Energy Sprint, I still do it and I think it’s a great total body interval workout. I remember seeing her in an interview many years ago when she was asked about her implants, she said that although she promotes changing the body with exercise, she really leaned out and “lost” her breast, she simply missed them and the way they made her feel and look…..being so lean, the only way for her to have breast is to buy them…..so that’s why she had plastic surgery.

I can relate to that….not that I’ve leaned out and “lost” my breast…but I have a great rack and I wouldn’t want to lose it! :eek:
 
Hm. I think the boobs look pretty good. If I had $10-15K to spend on that instead of my house I might consider it myself. ;)

I agree though she does kind of have that "mature woman w/too little bodyfat" look though. Her bod looks great, but her face looks kind of hollowed. And she was a bit too serious, wasn't she? She just doesn't have that sparkling Cathe personality.
 
My only issue with it is that she's someone who is supposed to represent having a healthy body image, and she has never been a chesty girl in the first place. So to be in the industry she is in, and then, so late in her life, go and get the va-va-voom boobs, it feels a little hypocritical to me. At that point in life, you should in theory be accepting of your body. And hers was great. I haven't seen the new boobs, so am only commenting from what others posted. I may be okay with a smaller enhancement, but to go from A to D, especially at her age, it's just....I don't know what the right word is, but it's kind of disappointing. Like it doesn't matter how hard you work and how good you look - it's all about the boobs and the superficial. If she can't be happy with the body she has, who among us can be happy with our own imperfect bodies?
 
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