Do I need GS Legs?

mabdoo

Cathlete
I have B & G, Pyramids, Low Max and Legs and Glutes (Fit Tv Version) for lower body workouts. Is GS really that much different. I will be honest, I rarely use B and G because it bothers my back so much. I love PLB and L & G. I don't want to spend the money if it is the same exercises as the ones I already have. Thanks.
 
http://www.shopcathe.com/Hardcore_Series_Gym_Style_Legs_DVD_p/644.htm

I love GSLegs (if by "love" I mean, I did it last week and couldn't walk for a few days!). The band work is fantastic and the ball work makes me feel my legs in a way no other leg workout can (thank goodness). If B&G bothers your back (the kneeling leg work?) this one likely won't since your back is either supported by the ball or your back when you're doing floor work.

And just a tip: toward the end Cathe uses 5lb dumbbells; you know that means you should run away if your legs still work!! :p

HTH
 
Love/hate relationship

I have a love/hate thing going on with Gym-Style Legs. I hate how long it is, I hate the floor work (but do it anyway), and I hate the DOMS that hits me for days after.

However, I love the improvement that it's making in my legs... especially since I've been doing it every week for a while now. I'm kind of bottom-heavy, so toning up that lower half is a huge goal of mine.

So you'll work hard and probably suffer throughout the workout, but I don't know if Cathe has a better lower-body workout than this one.

Hope that was helpful and didn't scare you off!
 
Catherine my legs shake just thinking of those things.

LOL I remember the first time I did the workout... I saw Cathe had 5lbs and I went running into the back room to tell DH. :) He got scared for me!!! :D
 
I think GS legs is the best lower body routine cathe has released.

The standing work involves moderate weights with varying reps speeds and different types of lunges, not just the barbell lunges with low ends that Cathe favours on other DVDs.

But it is the floorwork that is superlative on this DVD. I got injured with runner's knee in the Summer. I am just finishing up my fourth week of PT and I have to tell you that today my therapist and I devised a whole set of exercises that I can do at home that substitute for the leg press, glute machine and hamstring machine at the gym, and guess what? The suggested exercises for glutes and hams are almost identical to the ones on GS legs. I didn't used to do the floor routine because it bores me, but boy do I wish I had bothered. I might have saved myself an injury. I will now be spending more time on these type of exercises --with stability ball, resistance bands and some pilates moves-- than traditional barbell and dumbell moves because the exercises for rehab are the same as those for preventative care.

GS legs, if you do any sport or run or even just enjoy your cardio and want to keep doing it injury free, is a must.

Clare
 

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