Hi
I wasn't sure which thread to join, as there are lots that sound like they'd be great accountability threads. I am not a newbie, but in many ways I am. I did Cathe workouts back in like 2005-2006 timeframe.... But, you know how they say, life gets in the way. In my case, it was my back - I had always had issues with it since I was little, but it got super bad around 2007 and I have only been able to do the occasional advanced kind of workout. Finally found out it is degenerative disc disease (I'm in my early 30s, but back problems run in my family so maybe that had something to do with it). Anyways, due to some amazing products I am taking, I am now nearly in zero pain on a day-to-day basis (I had been living in chronic pain - probably a 7/10 was just my norm, and then when it would flare to 10/10 I would go to the chiro, which could take 1-4 or more appointments until I was back to that 7/10 level that I had just gotten used to as my life. I just celebrated 1 whole year of not needing to go to the chiro (I have appointments set up now every 6-8 weeks just as maintenance because it's good to do so). So I sold all my Cathe DVDs because I honestly had no hope that I would ever be able to exercise like that again. But now that I'm feeling better, I am more optimistic about my fitness future.
I'm going into this quite cautiously (I'm actually quite scared to be honest - even though I'm feeling good, it's still terrifying to do something that you know would have crippled you/sent you to bed and taken many weeks to get some sort of normalcy back). But I'm also excited. I'm sure I'll have to modify a ton of things in workouts (like abs - I pretty much don't have them, haha, which I know if my abs are strong that will just be bonus for my back, but I also need to be careful with ab work on the floor).
So I don't have a ton of things (compared to all of you) to work with, but I like what I have and like the variety.
Programs I have now and have been using (to varying degrees):
Oxycise (most that they've made)
T-Tapp (most that they've made)
Callanetics (AM/PM, and the original one just called Callanetics)
Bar Method (beginner, sculpting II, advanced dancer)
NYC Ballet Workout II
Ballet Beautiful (cardio fat burn; sculpt and burn cardio blast)
PowerFit 10 (not sure if I love this one, but it's an option I have, and they're only 20 minutes)
Ballet Conditioning (do you sense a theme here, haha)
Mash up Conditioning Tempo (don't love this one so I'll probably try to sell it)
an old VHS of Kick, Punch, Crunch (but haven't done it since 2005)
I also love my Bellicon and Cellerciser.
What I just bought, but haven't used yet:
Beachbody's P90 (sooomeday, I'd like to maybe try to do P90X3, but I can't even imagine that right now at all) (got on their sale so it didn't ship yet)
Beachbody's Les Mills Combat Ultimate Warrior (also got on the sale)
Cathe Hiit DVD
So it's nice to be here and you all inspire me as I begin to get started again on my fitness goals and make the rest of 2016 awesome!
