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BelovedHeather
Cathlete
My Rotation and Menus
Tygra:
I am glad you bumped this up because I do not usually see threads after they roll off the first page.
For the first 3 weeks of the year, I was doing:
cardio on Monday morning
total body weights on Tuesday morning
cardio on Wednesday morning
circuit training on Thursday morning
stretching on Friday morning
kickboxing plus abs and core on Saturday morning
rest on Sunday
These were all Cathe’s workouts by the way. I did an unofficial progress check after 3 weeks. I was down 10 pounds but only an inch in my waist, an inch in my abdomen, and an inch in my hips. My chest was down an inch too. My thighs were stubbornly refusing to budge. Leaner Legs to the rescue. I switched from a total body workout to a 2-day split with cardio plus Leaner Legs on Monday morning and cardio plus Pyramid Upper Body on Tuesday morning. I also started doing kickboxing twice a week. At the same time, I increased my fruits and veggies to 8-10 servings a day and started eating fresh fruit and nuts instead of Larabars. I still enjoy a Larabar for a weekly treat, but not every day. I am avoiding Clif Bars, Luna Bars, and Odwalla Bars for now. I have a lot of food allergies and sensitivities and see better results when I avoid soy as much as possible. In 10 days, I shed 6 more pounds and 4 more inches in my waist, 4 more inches in my abdomen, and 2 more inches in my hips plus an inch in each thigh! My chest stayed the same. I do not restrict my calories. I eat intuitively clean. In other words, I eat when I am hungry until I am satisfied and eat moderately clean (but not competition clean). I do not deny myself my favorite foods. If I want pizza, I fix it with a whole wheat pita, organic pasta sauce, and string cheese. I analyzed several of my menus for a friend who was curious (because I pack my meals and snacks the night before and can easily do so). I average 1,800 calories a day. I am in awe of people who can keep up with Cathe on less than 1,500 calories a day. I would pass out! I am a carb queen too. I eat a lot of carbs, but they come from steel-cut oats, brown rice, whole wheat pasta, whole grains, potatoes, beans, legumes, fruits, and veggies.
Here is a generic version of my current rotation:
30 minutes of cardio plus lower body every Monday morning
30 minutes of kickboxing plus upper body every Tuesday morning
step or interval step every Wednesday morning
circuit training every Thursday morning
stretching every Friday morning
kickboxing plus abs and core every Saturday morning
rest every Sunday morning
This is what I did this week:
CTX Power Circuit (cardio and power circuits) plus Leaner Legs
CTX Kickbox (cardio and arm drills) plus Pyramid Upper Body
IMAX2
Cardio and Weights
stability ball segments of Total Body Stretching
Kick, Punch, & Crunch plus Kickbox planks and abs
rest day tomorrow
This is what I did last week:
CTX Step and Intervals (cardio) plus Leaner Legs
CTX Kickbox (cardio and arms drills) plus Pyramid Upper Body
Step Blast
Step, Jump, & Pump
stability ball segments of Total Body Stretching
Kick, Punch, & Crunch plus Kickbox planks and abs
rest day
I often do a gentle cardio workout in the evening like jogging in the pool or bouncing on my rebounder for 20-30 minutes. This workout is not intense at all, but it helps me to unwind after a stressful day at work instead of turning to food for comfort. I sleep better at night too. I like to stick with the same weight workouts for 3-4 weeks. I usually change my cardio and circuit training workouts every week. I am focusing on workouts from the CTX Series, Intensity Series, and Body Blast Series for 2 more weeks then I am planning to move on to the Hardcore Series and the new workouts. You did not ask, but I will share a few menus to show you how I am fueling these workouts.
CARDIO DAY:
Breakfast: Uncle Sam cereal, organic strawberries and blueberries and blackberries, almond milk
Snack: organic celery, natural peanut butter, organic apple
Lunch: corn tortillas, organic pinto beans, organic brown rice (steamed), lettuce, salsa
Snack: organic yogurt smoothie, organic banana
Dinner: baby lima beans (steamed), broccoli (steamed), Parmesan cheese, pink navel orange
WEIGHT TRAINING/CIRCUIT TRAINING DAY:
Breakfast: steel-cut oatmeal (steamed), natural peanut butter, raw honey, organic banana
Snack: organic raw almonds, organic raisins
Lunch: potato (baked), cottage cheese, cucumber slices in raw vinegar
Snack: cottage cheese, pineapple
Dinner: romaine lettuce, iceberg lettuce, red cabbage, carrots, broccoli, cucumber slices, organic egg (boiled), homemade honey mustard dressing (raw honey, yellow mustard), ak-mak whole wheat crackers, navel orange
WEEKEND (which includes treats):
Breakfast: organic Barbara’s Breakfast O’s (fruit juice sweetened), organic strawberries, almond milk
Snack: ak-mak whole wheat crackers, natural peanut butter, organic banana
Lunch: lasagna (organic whole wheat lasagna with milled flax seed, organic pasta sauce, fat free ricotta cheese, string cheese, Parmesan cheese), salad (romaine lettuce, iceberg lettuce, red cabbage, carrots, cucumber slices), homemade honey mustard dressing (raw honey, yellow mustard)
Snack: almond macaroons (unsweetened coconut, honey, egg whites, natural almond flavor), clementine
Dinner: corn on the cob (steamed), extra fine green beans (steamed), navel orange
I hope this helps!
Blessings,
Heather B.
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us” (Hebrews 12:1 NIV).
Tygra:
I am glad you bumped this up because I do not usually see threads after they roll off the first page.
For the first 3 weeks of the year, I was doing:
cardio on Monday morning
total body weights on Tuesday morning
cardio on Wednesday morning
circuit training on Thursday morning
stretching on Friday morning
kickboxing plus abs and core on Saturday morning
rest on Sunday
These were all Cathe’s workouts by the way. I did an unofficial progress check after 3 weeks. I was down 10 pounds but only an inch in my waist, an inch in my abdomen, and an inch in my hips. My chest was down an inch too. My thighs were stubbornly refusing to budge. Leaner Legs to the rescue. I switched from a total body workout to a 2-day split with cardio plus Leaner Legs on Monday morning and cardio plus Pyramid Upper Body on Tuesday morning. I also started doing kickboxing twice a week. At the same time, I increased my fruits and veggies to 8-10 servings a day and started eating fresh fruit and nuts instead of Larabars. I still enjoy a Larabar for a weekly treat, but not every day. I am avoiding Clif Bars, Luna Bars, and Odwalla Bars for now. I have a lot of food allergies and sensitivities and see better results when I avoid soy as much as possible. In 10 days, I shed 6 more pounds and 4 more inches in my waist, 4 more inches in my abdomen, and 2 more inches in my hips plus an inch in each thigh! My chest stayed the same. I do not restrict my calories. I eat intuitively clean. In other words, I eat when I am hungry until I am satisfied and eat moderately clean (but not competition clean). I do not deny myself my favorite foods. If I want pizza, I fix it with a whole wheat pita, organic pasta sauce, and string cheese. I analyzed several of my menus for a friend who was curious (because I pack my meals and snacks the night before and can easily do so). I average 1,800 calories a day. I am in awe of people who can keep up with Cathe on less than 1,500 calories a day. I would pass out! I am a carb queen too. I eat a lot of carbs, but they come from steel-cut oats, brown rice, whole wheat pasta, whole grains, potatoes, beans, legumes, fruits, and veggies.
Here is a generic version of my current rotation:
30 minutes of cardio plus lower body every Monday morning
30 minutes of kickboxing plus upper body every Tuesday morning
step or interval step every Wednesday morning
circuit training every Thursday morning
stretching every Friday morning
kickboxing plus abs and core every Saturday morning
rest every Sunday morning
This is what I did this week:
CTX Power Circuit (cardio and power circuits) plus Leaner Legs
CTX Kickbox (cardio and arm drills) plus Pyramid Upper Body
IMAX2
Cardio and Weights
stability ball segments of Total Body Stretching
Kick, Punch, & Crunch plus Kickbox planks and abs
rest day tomorrow
This is what I did last week:
CTX Step and Intervals (cardio) plus Leaner Legs
CTX Kickbox (cardio and arms drills) plus Pyramid Upper Body
Step Blast
Step, Jump, & Pump
stability ball segments of Total Body Stretching
Kick, Punch, & Crunch plus Kickbox planks and abs
rest day
I often do a gentle cardio workout in the evening like jogging in the pool or bouncing on my rebounder for 20-30 minutes. This workout is not intense at all, but it helps me to unwind after a stressful day at work instead of turning to food for comfort. I sleep better at night too. I like to stick with the same weight workouts for 3-4 weeks. I usually change my cardio and circuit training workouts every week. I am focusing on workouts from the CTX Series, Intensity Series, and Body Blast Series for 2 more weeks then I am planning to move on to the Hardcore Series and the new workouts. You did not ask, but I will share a few menus to show you how I am fueling these workouts.
CARDIO DAY:
Breakfast: Uncle Sam cereal, organic strawberries and blueberries and blackberries, almond milk
Snack: organic celery, natural peanut butter, organic apple
Lunch: corn tortillas, organic pinto beans, organic brown rice (steamed), lettuce, salsa
Snack: organic yogurt smoothie, organic banana
Dinner: baby lima beans (steamed), broccoli (steamed), Parmesan cheese, pink navel orange
WEIGHT TRAINING/CIRCUIT TRAINING DAY:
Breakfast: steel-cut oatmeal (steamed), natural peanut butter, raw honey, organic banana
Snack: organic raw almonds, organic raisins
Lunch: potato (baked), cottage cheese, cucumber slices in raw vinegar
Snack: cottage cheese, pineapple
Dinner: romaine lettuce, iceberg lettuce, red cabbage, carrots, broccoli, cucumber slices, organic egg (boiled), homemade honey mustard dressing (raw honey, yellow mustard), ak-mak whole wheat crackers, navel orange
WEEKEND (which includes treats):
Breakfast: organic Barbara’s Breakfast O’s (fruit juice sweetened), organic strawberries, almond milk
Snack: ak-mak whole wheat crackers, natural peanut butter, organic banana
Lunch: lasagna (organic whole wheat lasagna with milled flax seed, organic pasta sauce, fat free ricotta cheese, string cheese, Parmesan cheese), salad (romaine lettuce, iceberg lettuce, red cabbage, carrots, cucumber slices), homemade honey mustard dressing (raw honey, yellow mustard)
Snack: almond macaroons (unsweetened coconut, honey, egg whites, natural almond flavor), clementine
Dinner: corn on the cob (steamed), extra fine green beans (steamed), navel orange
I hope this helps!
Blessings,
Heather B.
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us” (Hebrews 12:1 NIV).
RE: My Rotation and Menus
Hi, Tygra!
In Jan. I focused more on gaining muscle. So I did cardio 3 or 4 days a week and weight workouts 2 to 3 days a week. Prior to Jan. I alternated cardio/uppper and cardio/lower workouts, so this was a new type of rotation for me.
The first two weeks of Jan. I used mostly the new series for cardio with the occasional Kick Max and Low Max thrown in, and the gym style workouts for toning. The last two weeks of the month I used mostly the Body Blast series, because I just bought it.
Everything was a Cathe workout or a run on the treadmill. I am ready to begin doing more circuit style Cathe workouts for awhile. I like to shock my body with little changes like that, and it keeps things interesting for me too.
Sandra
Hi, Tygra!
In Jan. I focused more on gaining muscle. So I did cardio 3 or 4 days a week and weight workouts 2 to 3 days a week. Prior to Jan. I alternated cardio/uppper and cardio/lower workouts, so this was a new type of rotation for me.
The first two weeks of Jan. I used mostly the new series for cardio with the occasional Kick Max and Low Max thrown in, and the gym style workouts for toning. The last two weeks of the month I used mostly the Body Blast series, because I just bought it.
Everything was a Cathe workout or a run on the treadmill. I am ready to begin doing more circuit style Cathe workouts for awhile. I like to shock my body with little changes like that, and it keeps things interesting for me too.
Sandra
RE: My Rotation and Menus
Heather,
Thanks for sharing your rotation and menu. They look great! As I'm sure you do too!
I have some questions. How long have you been working out? I've been reading alot (trying to learn) about Leaner Legs. Is this packaged by itself or under another title? I hope it's not discontinued.
Heather,
Thanks for sharing your rotation and menu. They look great! As I'm sure you do too!
I have some questions. How long have you been working out? I've been reading alot (trying to learn) about Leaner Legs. Is this packaged by itself or under another title? I hope it's not discontinued.
BelovedHeather
Cathlete
Leaner Legs!!!
Leaner Legs is a Cathe workout! It is one of my all-time favorite lower body workouts. The Butts and Guts leg blast premix is giving it some serious competition. I like Gym Style Legs too, but Leaner Legs still shrinks my thighs like nothing else. It is part of the CTX Series, which I highly recommend. The cardio in this series is a blast with fun choreography. This series consists of 2 DVDs and is formatted as a timesaver rotation with 30 minutes of cardio plus one upper body part a day 5 days a week and Leaner Legs on another day plus a rest day. It is a very versatile series. The cardio segments are short and intense and can be combined with other workouts. I like to use a CTX cardio workout as an extended warm-up for my weight training workouts. The ab work in this series is fantastic. There is also a special upper body split that combines all the upper body segments in a single workout.
I have been doing Cathe’s workouts consistently for over a year. I love her!
Blessings,
Heather B.
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us” (Hebrews 12:1 NIV).
Leaner Legs is a Cathe workout! It is one of my all-time favorite lower body workouts. The Butts and Guts leg blast premix is giving it some serious competition. I like Gym Style Legs too, but Leaner Legs still shrinks my thighs like nothing else. It is part of the CTX Series, which I highly recommend. The cardio in this series is a blast with fun choreography. This series consists of 2 DVDs and is formatted as a timesaver rotation with 30 minutes of cardio plus one upper body part a day 5 days a week and Leaner Legs on another day plus a rest day. It is a very versatile series. The cardio segments are short and intense and can be combined with other workouts. I like to use a CTX cardio workout as an extended warm-up for my weight training workouts. The ab work in this series is fantastic. There is also a special upper body split that combines all the upper body segments in a single workout.
I have been doing Cathe’s workouts consistently for over a year. I love her!
Blessings,
Heather B.
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us” (Hebrews 12:1 NIV).
RE: Leaner Legs!!!
Heather and Sanrda,
Thank you so much for sharing your routines and your eating plans with all of us!! I did the Aug 2005 rotation in Jan, didn't eat very clean, but saw a ton of increase in endurance, but unfortunately I feel my thighs (lots of lunges and lower body work) increased in muscle size, so just looking now to trim them down. If I ate cleaner, I bet the story would be different....
Thanks again, appreciate the feedback!
Heather and Sanrda,
Thank you so much for sharing your routines and your eating plans with all of us!! I did the Aug 2005 rotation in Jan, didn't eat very clean, but saw a ton of increase in endurance, but unfortunately I feel my thighs (lots of lunges and lower body work) increased in muscle size, so just looking now to trim them down. If I ate cleaner, I bet the story would be different....
Thanks again, appreciate the feedback!
BelovedHeather
Cathlete
Cathe’s Advice for Thighs
Tygra:
My thighs are too fat, not too muscular. If you are looking to lose muscle, you are own your own. Leaner Legs has a ton of barbell squats and lunges as well as leg presses. It is a higher rep endurance workout. It should not increase the size of your thighs. Everyone’s body responds to workouts in a different way. Some people actually get smaller when they lift heavier. You will need to experiment and see what works for you. I looked at that rotation, and I did not see anything that would make *my* thighs get bigger, but your body is unique. You may want to try Butt and Guts too. It has a lot of non-weighted exercises and good floor work. Kickboxing and running might help too. Here are a few threads where Cathe has responded to people who had similar concerns:
http://69.0.137.118/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=2&topic_id=60230&mesg_id=60230
http://69.0.137.118/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=2&topic_id=49643&mesg_id=49643
http://69.0.137.118/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=2&topic_id=23097&mesg_id=23097
http://69.0.137.118/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=2&topic_id=6457&mesg_id=6457
Blessings,
Heather B.
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us” (Hebrews 12:1 NIV).
Tygra:
My thighs are too fat, not too muscular. If you are looking to lose muscle, you are own your own. Leaner Legs has a ton of barbell squats and lunges as well as leg presses. It is a higher rep endurance workout. It should not increase the size of your thighs. Everyone’s body responds to workouts in a different way. Some people actually get smaller when they lift heavier. You will need to experiment and see what works for you. I looked at that rotation, and I did not see anything that would make *my* thighs get bigger, but your body is unique. You may want to try Butt and Guts too. It has a lot of non-weighted exercises and good floor work. Kickboxing and running might help too. Here are a few threads where Cathe has responded to people who had similar concerns:
http://69.0.137.118/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=2&topic_id=60230&mesg_id=60230
http://69.0.137.118/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=2&topic_id=49643&mesg_id=49643
http://69.0.137.118/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=2&topic_id=23097&mesg_id=23097
http://69.0.137.118/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=2&topic_id=6457&mesg_id=6457
Blessings,
Heather B.
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us” (Hebrews 12:1 NIV).
