spyrosmom
Cathlete
RE: I need encouragement from someone who finally
Ah, yes interval 5!!! OMG!!! The 1st time I got all the way thru number 5 (clicking my heels all the way). I had to pause the dvd and run outside and tell my hubby!!! My legs were so numb/wobbly that I tripped up the stairs and wound up with a doozy of a bruise on my knee. So much for success, huh?
But as for this workout, its a doozy, but also my favorite (I'm slightly nuts) Having been an inter/adv floor cardio exerciser, I decided to try Cathe and step out of boredom with my current routines that were getting too easy. I bought a step and Basic Step to learn step, which was easy cardio-wise, but I needed to get a feel for step. So I thought IMAX 3 looked fun and bought it. That was NOT a good idea. I almost died. Took me a few time thru doing just the step combos to get the steps down, which was frustrating and took a lot of backing up the dvd and re-watching. The blast were tough, but not un-doable cardio wise, but I did have to take breaks for a bit and not too bad on the choreography.
I still always end up facing the wrong way on #1, I can't get that turn down without tripping to save my life, but it doesn't mess up the workout, I just either go at it facing the wrong way, or just put myself in the right position. 2 seconds out of a killer workout is not going to break the bank.
I did find that doing this workout on a regular basis - I do it maybe 2x a wk - will def strengthen your leg muscles, leg endurance and springiness in your jumps, as well as greatly enhancing your cardio endurance. I would say to learn it in bits and pieces and once you've got it, maybe only do half at a time, its A LOT of high impact if you're not used to it, and you may cause your joints some unneccassary pain or hurt yourself. You need to ease into this one. But hang in there, it'll come and its wonderful when it does!
Nan
Ah, yes interval 5!!! OMG!!! The 1st time I got all the way thru number 5 (clicking my heels all the way). I had to pause the dvd and run outside and tell my hubby!!! My legs were so numb/wobbly that I tripped up the stairs and wound up with a doozy of a bruise on my knee. So much for success, huh?
But as for this workout, its a doozy, but also my favorite (I'm slightly nuts) Having been an inter/adv floor cardio exerciser, I decided to try Cathe and step out of boredom with my current routines that were getting too easy. I bought a step and Basic Step to learn step, which was easy cardio-wise, but I needed to get a feel for step. So I thought IMAX 3 looked fun and bought it. That was NOT a good idea. I almost died. Took me a few time thru doing just the step combos to get the steps down, which was frustrating and took a lot of backing up the dvd and re-watching. The blast were tough, but not un-doable cardio wise, but I did have to take breaks for a bit and not too bad on the choreography.
I still always end up facing the wrong way on #1, I can't get that turn down without tripping to save my life, but it doesn't mess up the workout, I just either go at it facing the wrong way, or just put myself in the right position. 2 seconds out of a killer workout is not going to break the bank.
I did find that doing this workout on a regular basis - I do it maybe 2x a wk - will def strengthen your leg muscles, leg endurance and springiness in your jumps, as well as greatly enhancing your cardio endurance. I would say to learn it in bits and pieces and once you've got it, maybe only do half at a time, its A LOT of high impact if you're not used to it, and you may cause your joints some unneccassary pain or hurt yourself. You need to ease into this one. But hang in there, it'll come and its wonderful when it does!
Nan
