Cathe moves you won't do...

I too hate strike a pose, hate scoop moves and hate sashays. I am not 9 years old!!!

I sometimes refuse to do a set of push ups because I'm already fried and I don;t think I'll ever master the pikes on the ball because I lack the ambition to master them, they just don't matter to me.

Clare
 
Power scissors. Those warm up lunges to one side then front then other side. Ohhh and windmills. I feel dorky doing those!!!
 
>I can do the rear delt exercise on the stability ball but I
>cannot do the bicep curls, kills my elbows, so I just follow
>Cedie and do the standing bicep curls.

They bother me as well.

I also don't do (with Cathe or any instructor): tuck jumps (unless it's on my rebounder), power scissors at the fastest speed. Any other move I think is risky for the knees.

For strength moves, I don't do: Slow and Heavy lunges (my knees tell me not to), barbell upright rows or any "high" upright rows, barbell overhead presses (I use dumbbells instead and turn my hands so they aren't straight forward: my shoulders like this better), a gazillion genie hops on one leg (I'll do 16 or so, or do power heel digs instead), the lunges in "legs and glutes" with the front foot on a dumbbell (knee trouble in the making, IMO). I also change a lot of the low squat pulses to a two-up/two-down squat move, or make sure I'm pushing "up" on the move so it doesn't go into my knee.

I also refuse to do all the leg presses in HSTA "as-is": too much of the same move with the same range of motion,etc. IMO. I change up each set: some on 12" with a weight, some 14" with no weight, some off to the side rather than back.
 
OHHH!!!! Allison, while I would hate for you to hurt yourself, please reconsider. Ricochets are so Fun!.


Marla
 
For some reason I can't do the Sumo squats in IMAX 2 (Interval #7 or 8 I think)properly. I just can't get my weight over the far leg quick enough, so it ends up a kind of dancy hop-lunge thing. I HATE that interval!!

Nadine

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I'm not crazy about pivot turns either, they make me a little dizzy sometimes. Plus before I started taking glucosomine, they bothered my knees.

But...the only move that I can think of that I refuse to do is the sashe' repeater in MIC. I hate that move! I do figure 8's instead.
 
Charlotte - that move is kind of tough to do, but you can get it. Just keep practicing. I think it took me 3 or 4 times before I got it. And I did fall on my face once. Made for a good giggle. You look like your abs are pretty strong, so I think you can handle this exercise.
 
Hmm, I can't do the leaping lunges (power lunges, I guess is the real name) in L&G, I feel like an idiot and keep thinking I am going to really hurt myself...

Marie
 
This is a great thread! I try to do everything Cathe does but there are some moves I don't do esp. when I have an audience, because I feel so stupid. Like others have mentioned, party arms, strike a pose, and many of the "cutsie" arm movements in her earlier step videos leave a lot to be desired.

I also avoid tricep dips because they're too hard on my wrist. I don't do any shoulder work with a barbell. I sub dumbbells. I sometimes cut out some of the lunges if my knees start to hurt, and I don't do Genie hops! I replace them with power jumps. I also don't jump onto the step with both feet. For some reason that move bothers my back.
 
Donna,

I also do a figure 8's in place of the sashay's.

I don't enjoy triples around the step. I always trip, or feel like tripping.

Laurie Mac
 
I don't know if WON'T is the right word but I DON'T do all the hover squats--my knees will NOT take it & they are usually pretty hardy.

Leslie
 
i refuse to do the squats where you flip from one side to the other by jumping but staying inthe squat postition!

i also refuse to do peg-leg pivots(i stick to peg leg mambos) and genie hops. i won't do any pose striking or partying arms either. when there are "up and backs" i sub a 2 knee repeater.

jes:p
 
POWER LUNGES - I sub with power scissors, where I don't have to bend my knees, but I still keep my heart rate up. There are usually two power scissors for one power lunge.

PLIE JACKS - I sub with a slower plie jack. I do 4 slow ones for Cathe's set of 8 in IMAX2.

POWER SQUATS in IMAX2 interval 10 - I sub with squats going laterally, from one side of the step to the other. This keeps my heart rate up without subjecting my knees to repeated torque.

I can do plyo jacks, airborne jacks and tuck jumps. Just not too many of them. Plyo jacks make my quads work harder, and I feel a good burn on my outer thighs with those airborne jacks.

I used to do Genie Hops until my knees got tired of them. Now I just do a squat with a leg lift or glute raises, whichever mood strikes me. I do 8 sets for Cathe's 16 genie hops. I actually feel like I'm working my legs, not my knees.

Sometimes I keep one foot grounded on the step and do glute raises (like a leg lift, only to the back) instead of power 15s or 7s.

I do not like to strike a pose. I easily get tired of mambos and triple steps but do them anyway because I haven't come up with subs that can match the rhythm of Cathe's choreography.

Pinky
 
Strike a pose makes me feel funny.

Lying on the ball and doing rear delt flys makes it unfortable to breath also but I try to push though it. . .

Too many push ups/leg presses and I will cheat . .

And finally - ricochets. I like them but about three months ago I was doing them and felt a pull in my left achilles. Hasn't been the same since . . .


Dawn
 
Glad to see I am not the only one...! :) I am another one that takes out moves to save my knees.

I do tuck jumps but I don't "tuck" nearly as much as Cathe. I will not do the "power hops" in Cardio Kicks, the interval in IMAX2 that has the power hops across the step and depending on my strength and pain factor that day, I may take out some plyo jacks and airborne kicks. Some days are better than others and it all depends what I have already done that week

Christine
 
I won't do mambos, cha-chas and lunges. She does it ALLLLLLLL the time and I get so bored with mambos and cha-chas easily. Every other instructors do mambos and cha-chas so I'm sick of it. I jog in place of these. Also, sometimes I don't do the jumping jacks Cathe does. I replace it with jump roping. I think jump roping is more fun than jacks anyway. :)

Lisa
 
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