Edge Booty Extreme Vol 2

Cafelattee said:
Reminds me of a vacation to maui 15 years ago. We went on a hike and at one of the inland fall everyone was jumping in naked. He was all bug eyed and enjoying the show until a very older lady stripped. The younger men all jumped out :rolleyes: and left
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LOL! That is funny. Smart lady though, she got the whole pool to herself. I guess it's true, with age comes wisdom. Thanks for the great story!
 
You are right about not liking heavy weights for lower body or for upper body either at this time. But I did like STS and completed it twice. It was CLX I didn't care for tho might have been more Chalene than the actual program. So you are probably right about Ingrid. Was just tempted to change it up. Plus you can always go lighter.
Right now I have been looking into Rachel McLishs books and VHS tape. Old school.
 
Phyllis- have you tried Linda Wooldridge and her Barlates Body Blitz workouts yet? I think you would love her. I've been using shorter segments of some of her workouts as ways to either pre-fatigue my lower body before EBE2 or to burn out the muscles after. She gets SO deep into the muscle with the exercises she uses and the way she sequences them. I've started to get in to her core workouts, too, and plan to try one out today. The Total Core section on her Barre Ball Blast dvd is awesome! I do HoCo regularly and yet I still got DOMS from just that 19 minute segment. She is da bomb. :) I have her 2 dvds https://www.totalfitnessdvds.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=Linda Wooldridge, bought some of her downloads http://www.workoutdvdworld.com.au/workout-downloads/download-categories/ and she has a youtube channel with TONS of free, but really good, workouts https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGmJMvoQfsmXgnnsmfF95PA. Highly recommend!
 
I like following programs so I loved STS. At that time I was into lifting as heavy as I could so I did the 1 rep max etc. Gained a great deal of strength. I followed that with CLX and I know some don't agree with this but I gained bulk.
My clothes didn't fit my arms or my quads and I was not happy. Also I got tired of this idea of micro loading.
If Chalene screamed go heavy or go home one more time........
Now I am more into being fit and flexible than concentrating on how much weight I can press, squat, curl etc.
My focus has simply changed.
Yes Linda's workouts look good and I have had my eye on them for awhile. Thanks for the heads up.
Right now I have been doing Namaste Yoga first thing in the morning followed by a Pilates based arm or leg segment using light weights and lots of reps. I plan on adding Rachel McLish strength workouts later in the day using her book.
 
PhyllisG said:
I like following programs so I loved STS. At that time I was into lifting as heavy as I could so I did the 1 rep max etc. Gained a great deal of strength. I followed that with CLX and I know some don't agree with this but I gained bulk.
My clothes didn't fit my arms or my quads and I was not happy. Also I got tired of this idea of micro loading.
If Chalene screamed go heavy or go home one more time........
Now I am more into being fit and flexible than concentrating on how much weight I can press, squat, curl etc.
My focus has simply changed.
Yes Linda's workouts look good and I have had my eye on them for awhile. Thanks for the heads up.
Right now I have been doing Namaste Yoga first thing in the morning followed by a Pilates based arm or leg segment using light weights and lots of reps. I plan on adding Rachel McLish strength workouts later in the day using her book.
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I actually got bulky shoulders to the point of not being able to wear my shirts while doing CLX. I've haven't done that with any of Cathe's stuff. I believe her routines are more balance at least for my body type.

I'm a mesomorph and gain muscle easily but even when my shoulders were "bulky" to me they were not noticeable to anyone else kwim. So in the since of bulking like a body builder they were not that big ;)
 
@ PhillisG
Thanks for replying to my question.

You are looking to change things up embarking on Rachel Mclish program. She is a bodybuilder.
Bodybuilding is definitely based on hypertrophy. There is litterally no light high rep stuff.
Are you not concerned to re-gain the "bulk" you gained in the past? Just asking cause I am puzzled!:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

As to the "bulk" gained in the past, have you maintained it or it was a "temporary bulk"?:eek::eek:
 
Cafelattee said:
I'm a mesomorph and gain muscle easily but even when my shoulders were "bulky" to me they were not noticeable to anyone else kwim. So in the since of bulking like a body builder they were not that big ;)
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What is wrong with well defined built shoulders, fellow mesomorph?:D:D
I would take that anytime compared to narrow shoulders LOL
Who does want to add shoulders pad to hold a tall and proud posture wearing a pencil dress LOL?
I do not!
 
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LizC7 said:
For those of you still committed to this, what do you do for the cardio? I was thinking of doing Cathe's HIIT.
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this is my plan for this week give you some ideas

BBE weighted legs
RWH Plyo hiit 1 / BBE weighted upper body
BBE weighted glutes
TF 25 min hiit/ BBE weighted upper body
RWH legs
Power yoga

I did the plyo workout only once and decided to not come back to those for a few week and use Cathe's plyo legs stuff. The weighted legs give me doms in the glutes for days so I decided I needed to do a build phase with these workouts. They are obviously hitting my glutes totally different than any other workouts. I guess they are earning the name :)

I will see what works when I start the BBE plyo stuff in a few weeks.
 
LizC7 said:
For those of you still committed to this, what do you do for the cardio? I was thinking of doing Cathe's HIIT.
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I'm doing some Cathe Hiit as well. The program actually calls for steady state cardio after the workouts (20-30 min I believe) and then she has a plyo/hiit cardio workout that she intends for you to use during the final phase/week of the program. I decided to do the program my own way, mostly because I love Hiit and I like to do Horizontal Conditioning too.

So my rotation has looked like this:

1st week
Sun: Weighted Legs
Mon: Rest
Tues: Weighted Upper Body
Wed: Hiit Cardio (Cathe)
Thurs: Weighted Glutes
Fri: Rest
Sat: Horizontal Conditioning (Volume or Hardcore Club)

2nd week
Sun: Weighted Plyo Legs
Mon: Rest
Tues: Weighted Plyo Upper Body (oddly there is no plyo in this workout however)
Wed: Hiit Cardio (Cathe)
Thurs: Weighted Plyo Glutes
Fri: Rest
Sat: Horizontal Conditioning (Volume or Hardcore Club)

I'm alternating the weeks like that and am starting in with my 3rd week this week. I always precede the EBE2 lower body workouts with a Cathe warm up and short Hiit or tabata (less than 10 min usually). I also have used lower body sections of Linda Wooldridge's Barlates Barre Ball Blast or Resista-Barre dvds either before to pre-fatigue or after to burn out the muscles when I have time. I don't always get the chance to do this, but if I have a day off or it's my Sunday workout I have tons of time to add on stuff. :)

I'm in my 3rd week and am already getting results from this program. :D My lower body responds to heavy weights by slimming down and tightening up and EBE2 is taking my results further. I had major improvements in my lower body when I started Cathe's workouts but the progress had stalled a bit. I was pretty happy with the way my lower body was but I must stay I'm noticing a nice improvement in the shape of my legs and glutes with this program. My pants are fitting looser and I was able to dig out some smaller sized pants that I had put away a more than a year ago after slowly gaining a few pounds. I LOVE IT! :p

ETA: I haven't decided if I will do this program for 4 weeks or 6 weeks. I was thinking I would take a yoga week to stretch things out after my rotation, but I'm starting to think I may want to do like Ingrid recommends and have a week of cardio/Hiit to lean out even further before delving into the rest week. Instead of using the same EBE2 cardio dvd, though, I'll use a lot of Cathe that week instead.

ETA 2: I also plan to sub Cathe's upper body for the EBE2 UB workouts going forward. I like the EBE2 UB workouts, but they are a bit short and light on back work for my taste. Ingrid makes the most out of the 30 minutes devoted to upper body with the superset format, but I like a little more. :D
 
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@cokonkel

Your rotation is great with a second day recovery just before Horizontal.
Great strategy:)

Ps Congratulations on your gain--- Breaking a plateau bring happy motivating feeling. well done:)
 
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Rachel uses medium weights and fewer sets as far as I have seen on her VHS tape. Also Cathes newsletter this week addresses this. Building strength without increasing the size of the muscle. Heavy weights with much fewer reps.
I really am enjoying doing yoga first thing in the morning again. I had done this for many years. Follow it up with a 2 mile hike thru the woods with my dog. Evening a paper strength workout.
 
Ok, coming back to edit my previous post. I did weighted legs yesterday. This workout is killer,(with heavy weight) loved it. My glutes are still screaming. Still can't get past Ingrid, so I mute the dvd, and play my own music. But it was a very good kick butt (literally) workout. Muting the sound, and playing my own music worked great. If the rest of the workouts are like this one, it's a butt kicker series. Glad I have a mute button.
 
@ PhillisG,

I have read :):):)cathe's newsletter with great interest. This article is one of cathe's best in terms of putting ladies mind at
ease dealing with this "bulking myth" IMO. I know low reps helping to gain strength, without increasing size,
is not what the VHS tape was designed for. The VHS is for two sets of 12 reps. Low rep is definitely less than 8reps.
That being said I wish you the best of luck gaining whatever you are looking for :)
 
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Yea but that is OK. One thing i have learned over the years is how to modify. How to make a workout your own. I started lifting weights when there were only paper workouts. Started with Cathe on VHS. In the beginning I felt I had to follow the workout exactly. It took me a while to get past that. So I think using Rachel as a guideline might be a good thing at this time. I have gone off weights for awhile concentrating on barre, fusion etc. This might be a good way to work in some strength training using weights.
 
PhyllisG said:
Yea but that is OK. One thing i have learned over the years is how to modify. How to make a workout your own. I started lifting weights when there were only paper workouts. Started with Cathe on VHS. In the beginning I felt I had to follow the workout exactly. It took me a while to get past that. So I think using Rachel as a guideline might be a good thing at this time. I have gone off weights for awhile concentrating on barre, fusion etc. This might be a good way to work in some strength training using weights.
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BTW, I love hypetrophy but I do aim for a balanced routine within a period of time. I have learned to love
cardio and like my stamina to be spot on. When I started Cathe I didn't know I would enjoy high intervals and
complexe choreography. I love hypertrophy to gain definition but will properly try out strength with low reps
in future to maintain gains. I do do light and moderate weight too.:):)
 
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PhyllisG said:
Yea but that is OK. One thing i have learned over the years is how to modify. How to make a workout your own. I started lifting weights when there were only paper workouts. Started with Cathe on VHS. In the beginning I felt I had to follow the workout exactly. It took me a while to get past that. So I think using Rachel as a guideline might be a good thing at this time. I have gone off weights for awhile concentrating on barre, fusion etc. This might be a good way to work in some strength training using weights.
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I agree PhyllisG. I have been working out for so many years, it's become second nature to make my own workouts. I bought Rachel's books and video years ago. I also have the Arnold competition video, with Rachel competing. A trip down memory lane. Very old school. May have to dig those out again. Have fun with Rachel, I started my lifting when she was the rage. I thought she was gorgeous! Probably still gorgeous.
 
PhyllisG said:
Yea but that is OK. One thing i have learned over the years is how to modify.
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There is no harm in modifying and adding variations. I have consistently worked out and gained knowledge, not a lifetime
but long enough to set health and aesthetic goals for myself. I then set my rotation, add variation , modification to my daily
routines accordingly.
 
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