Feedback on the new 8 videos

[gamber]

I love the new videos. They are all great. Great music, set, cueing, and very challenging and interesting. I have done all of them about 4 or 5 times now and want to tell everyone, fwiw, the few things I wish were different for future videos. First, I would really appreciate a graph of some sort on the cover that tells the total number of minutes for warmup, cardio, weights, cooldown, and total time like many other tapes have. I have had to write it all down on a piece of paper I keep in the boxes. Secondly, please tell the weights that will be used right from the beginning of the tape, like in MIS, so that I can get them ready and know what to expect. I had to write all that down somewhere also because it screwed up my first few workouts when I suddenly had to go "create" a 30 pound barbell or guessed wrong on what Cathe was using. Lastly, a couple of the warm-ups require an unreasonable amount of floor space. It is kinda hard to modify. Maybe this is not a problem for everyone, but it is for me. I love the tapes though. I have worked around the problems and these are just suggestions.

 

[meredith]

I agree with most of what you say. Did you notice that the side of the big box that all the tapes come in has the min.s broken down for each tape?
Also, I have a question for others. Is it really enough to only work each body part once/week? I had always thought you needed a least two a week to see good results. Let me know if you're seeing results. Thanks, I am loving these tapes.

 

[gamber]

Side of the box

Wow! I did not notice the side of the box. I'm kinda embarassed to say I just glanced at the box and read a few sentences and figured it was all marketing blurbs. Well, that is helpful, but I'd still like to request a total. Yes, I can do the math, but it's nice like they have it in Collage, with a little "timeline" for the workout and a total minutes for the tape. The six-pack, as you know, goes from 45 minutes to 59 minutes, the 59 minutes ones might as well be an hour, so I need to reserve them for days I have more time. I workout after work, after a snack, and don't always have time for an hour.

 

[honey]

>Also, I have a question for others. Is it really enough
>to only work each body part once/week? I had always
>thought you needed a least two a week to see good results.

Many body builders only train muscles once per week. You can do a web search on High Intensity Training (HIT) to find sites that explain that philosophy. Quality HIT sessions use very intense lifts and require long recovery times.

A number of the guys I work out with use HIT and they look amazing. Stunning definition, mass and form. They seem to agree that focusing on a muscle only once per week requires focus. They don't slack on their lifting technique.

I don't have the CTX tapes(yet) so I can't comment on CTX results. From what I've seen once per week can be plenty.

 

[Cathe Friedrich]

Hi Gamber! Thank you for your suggestions. Your feedback is invaluable to us. We enjoy "aiming to please" as much as possible. Sometimes we are able to honor suggestions and sometimes we are not, but in any case, we really do welcome everyone's feedback. Thank you for posting and I have written your suggestions down.

 

[Cathe Friedrich]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Nov-13-00 AT 09:36PM (Est)[/font][p]Hi Meredith! Yes, if the "one body part per day, once per week" strength training program is thorough, intense, and focused, it can be very effective and provide wonderful strength improvements. In the case of CTX, I have incorported a short, hi-rep, medium to heavy weight program, which, for the advanced strength training exerciser, will encourage more muscular endurance improvements rather than greater strength gains. However, if you are new to fitness, deconditioned, and/or returning from an injury, the CTX workouts would certainly encourage and promote noticeable strength gains.