taekwondomeow
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Dear Cathe,
I discovered your workouts 6 months ago and I have been in love with them ever since! My first purchase was Drill Max, shortly followed by Kick Max and Boot Camp (+ME), and more recently Power Hour and IMAX3. I love all these workouts and I hope to eventually collect all of your DVDs (I believe Butts and Guts is winging it's way across the Atlantic as I write this). I have never been this fit in all my life and I have you to thank for that!
One question I would like to ask you is about how to proress with weights...I have done cardio in various forms for about 10 years now but have only recently begun to lift weights. 3 months ago I began doing a whole body workout 3x per week (either ME or Karen Voight's Great Weighted Workout). In the last 2 weeks I have done Power Hour 3x week and have seen a huge difference in my physique. The only problem I feel is that at the moment I can match your weight for the leg segements of all workouts but I have to lower the weights for most of the upper body exercises (esp. biceps, triceps and chest). Consequently, I feel that my legs need more of a challenge but my upper body is being worked to it's max and I was wondering what would be the best way to deal with this....would it be best to increase the weights on the leg segments of Power Hour or would it be better to start a 4 day split, doing Butts and Gutts twice a week
and an upper body workout twice a week? If a 4 day split is best, should I (i) stick with doing just the upper body workout from Power Hour, (ii) combine the upper body workouts from Power Hour and ME, or (iii) perhaps move on some heavier workouts like Gym Style? (I intend to get the Gym Styles eventually but I'm not sure when I should start these considering I have not been lifting very long!)
Sorry this is such a long post but I couldn't think of a way to ask my question more concisely!
Sally
PS - thankyou thankyou thankyou for your wonderful, effective and inspiring workouts!!!
I discovered your workouts 6 months ago and I have been in love with them ever since! My first purchase was Drill Max, shortly followed by Kick Max and Boot Camp (+ME), and more recently Power Hour and IMAX3. I love all these workouts and I hope to eventually collect all of your DVDs (I believe Butts and Guts is winging it's way across the Atlantic as I write this). I have never been this fit in all my life and I have you to thank for that!
One question I would like to ask you is about how to proress with weights...I have done cardio in various forms for about 10 years now but have only recently begun to lift weights. 3 months ago I began doing a whole body workout 3x per week (either ME or Karen Voight's Great Weighted Workout). In the last 2 weeks I have done Power Hour 3x week and have seen a huge difference in my physique. The only problem I feel is that at the moment I can match your weight for the leg segements of all workouts but I have to lower the weights for most of the upper body exercises (esp. biceps, triceps and chest). Consequently, I feel that my legs need more of a challenge but my upper body is being worked to it's max and I was wondering what would be the best way to deal with this....would it be best to increase the weights on the leg segments of Power Hour or would it be better to start a 4 day split, doing Butts and Gutts twice a week
and an upper body workout twice a week? If a 4 day split is best, should I (i) stick with doing just the upper body workout from Power Hour, (ii) combine the upper body workouts from Power Hour and ME, or (iii) perhaps move on some heavier workouts like Gym Style? (I intend to get the Gym Styles eventually but I'm not sure when I should start these considering I have not been lifting very long!)
Sorry this is such a long post but I couldn't think of a way to ask my question more concisely!
Sally
PS - thankyou thankyou thankyou for your wonderful, effective and inspiring workouts!!!