Cathe Workouts for Freestyle training

marymac

Cathlete
I just got the book and am going to try Freestyle with my Cathe workouts. Does anyone else follow this and what dvds are you using. I have almost all of her dvds, except butts and gutts and gym style legs. Now I'm thinking I might need to purchase them. Plus I have all 4 Jari Love DVDS. Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks
 
Here is a freestyle rotation with Cathe workouts that I have followed. You could use any of Cathe's leg workouts as long as you decrease the weight to about 70% of what you normally did. As freestyle is about low weights and high reps. In this rotaion I also did my upper body more than freestyle suggests for upper so you can take those exerises out if you are just focusing on legs. ..HTH...

WEEK 1
Mon: HSTA, walking lunges
Tues: GS Floorwork, leg extensions, leg curls, abs, 4 mile run, MM shoulders, bi's and tri's
Wed: GS standing legwork,walking lunges, Imax2, MM chest & back
Thurs: Freestyle exercises from book, abs, 4 mile run, PUB shoulders, tri's & bi's.
Fri: PLB floorwork, leg extensions, leg curls, abs, 4 mile, Bodymax chest & back, interval run
Sat: PLB standing, walking lunges, KPC, PH shoulders, bi's and tri's
Sun: long run 10-15 miles

WEEK 2
Mon: Circuit with SS legs, and Circuitmax cardio only, walking lunges, abs
Tues: L&G floorwork, leg extensions, leg curls, abs, 4 mile run, GS shoulders, bi's & tri's
Wed: L&G standing legwork, walking lunges, Imax1, PLB chest & back
Thurs: freestyle exercises from book, abs, 4 mile run, Bodymax shoulders, tri's & bi's
Fri: PS floorwork, leg extensions, leg curls, abs, 4 mile run, PH chest & back
Sat: GS standing legwork, walking lunges, Cardio Kicks, abs, MM shoulders, bi's & tris
Sun: Long run 10-15 miles

WEEK 3
Mon: High Step Challenge, walking lunges
Tues: PHH bun shaper, leg ext, leg curls, abs, 4 mile run, PUB shoulders, bi's & tri's
Wed: PLB standing legwork, walking lunges, Imax3, PUB up only chest & back
Thurs: freestyle exercises from book, abs, 4 mile run, GS timesaver shoulders, bi's & tri's
Fri: PLB floor legwork, leg ext, leg curls, abs 4 mile run, Bodymax chest & back
Sat: L&G/KPC long premix , walking lunges, MIS shoulders, bi's & tri's
Sun: Long run 10-15 miles

WEEK 4
Mon: SJP, walking lunges
Tues: L&G floor legwork, leg ext, leg curls, abs, 4 mile run, MM shoulders, bi's & tri's
Wed: GS standing legwork, walking lunges, MIC, MM chest & back
Thurs: freestyle exercises from book, abs, 4 mile run, CTX shoulders, bi's & tri's
Fri: GS floorwork, leg ext, leg curls, abs, 4 mile run, PH chest & back
Sat: Leaner legs, walking lunges, Taebo workout, ME shoulders, bi's and tri's
Sun: long run 10-15 miles

Running is my main cardio, but you can sub any cardio for the running. With freestyle I think you only need to do 5 days with a 30 min cardio workout.

My freestyle exercises include, calfs, rear lunges, front lunges on a step, squats, plies squats and walking lunges. I normally do 4x20 reps.

Since freestyle focuses so much on lunges whenever I do a Cathe workout with leg presses, I sub rear lunges for the leg presses. You can sub any weight workouts for the ones I do. I work my upper body different than freestyle suggests for upper. Most of the time I go heavy on upper and try for shoulders, bi's & tri's 3 times a week and chest & back 2 times with the exception of the circuit workout I don't go heavy in those. I try for abs 5 times a week and calfs 4 time a week.
 
for those doing freestyle, does it incorporate upper body as well? also, do you recommend getting the book?
 
The Freestyle Method book is the latest and combines the info from the other 2 books. This is the one I'm following. It has lots of exercises and how to do the program. FYI, I'm selling my copy now on Amazon if you are interested.

Mary
 

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