Kelly,
You are correct. The point of endurance tapes (high reps, lower weight) is to give you the staying power to endure your longer cardio workouts. It is like a different type of conditioning. I love to rollerblade, I do it every now and then, but lets say I wanted to go into speed skating and compete. Well, it would not only be important that I have signigicant strength in my legs, but I would also need to have the "muscle endurance" in my lower body to go through an hour of fast skating without tiring. The high reps low weight just gets you used to this kind of a demand. Of course, this kind of working out is only important if it applies to you. Muscular endurance workouts, to me, lose their importance with the average exerciser not looking to compete in a specific sport. If you are doing adequate cardio, you are getting the aerobic training. If you are training for stregth, you are getting stronger. In everyday life, it seems to me, that muscular endurance workouts are not really important. I do them so that my rollerblading sessions will last longer and when I want cardio and weights in the same day, but other than for those reasons, those kind of workouts have fallen from the pedestal for me.
After I moved to Cathe videos from the Firms I realized that I didn't need all the reps and I could just go heavier with the weights and need less reps. I have found my results to be better with less chronic "aches and pains", which probably just translates into more rest. Of course, I do cardio as well. Muscular endurance is not for "building mass", so if you are looking to be noticeably muscular I wouldn't do more than one muscular endurance tape a week. That way, when you go to do your cardio, you will see some benefit from doing your muscular endurance tape as well...Just my take....Janice
