KICK, PUNCH & CRUNCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Okay, I'm back with another "Carol" review of the next tape in the Body Blast series I just finished !!!!!!!!!!! All I can say is ...
WHEW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cathe, you kicked my butt!! LOL!! I LOVE this workout !!!!!!!!!!!!!! It moves quickly, but not so quickly you can't keep up or have to pause it to grab new weights. You just keep doing new things all the time, so there's very little repitition ... which translates (for this girl, anyway) to no time or opportunity to ever get bored!! The impact is just high enough to keep my heart rate up there, but not so high I feel like I'm working anaerobically. Either that or I'm just getting so much stronger I didn't notice! LOL!! I know my arms and shoulders will be sore from this one tomorrow!! I did ONE pike on the stability ball - YIPPEE!!! Not one I'd want anyone taking a picture of, mind you, but I did get one out of it! The rest were attempts at pikes, but I was able to do the knee pulling thing without a problem. I LOVE doing crunches on the ball!!!! I really felt them!! I used my 8 pound medicine ball in place of the 8 pound dumbell Cathe and her crew used, and that felt more "stable" to me than holding the dumbell for whatever reason. The stretch at the end is AWESOME!! I love the asanas that are incorporated into it!! GREAT JOB, Cathe!!!! I don't know how you do it - keeping them all so new and fresh like this - but I hope you never stop!!!

I also have to share this with all of you. My daughter who is turning 13 worked out with me yesterday. We did CTX Kickbox, and she got through it, but she needs to build up her endurance. This morning, she weighed herself and we took measurements. She wants me to make her a chart like I have, so she can keep track. Tomorrow when she gets home from school, she wants to do Pure Strength Strong Abs & Legs with me. It's so wonderful to see her getting serious about this! She LOVES Cathe's workouts! She never wanted to do any of the Firm with me. She was bored by them, but she loves doing Cathe with me!!

Thanks for letting me share again!!

Carol
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Carol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Girl, here you go with them exclamation dudes again!!! :)

I LOVE reading your posts about your workouts -- they make me picture you in a head cheerleader's outfit with this huge, infectious smile on your face. (But when I say "cheerleader", think high school and pom poms, not Dallas Cowboys, ya know? ;-))

Now, that said, I hafta tell ya again, if I didn't love ya I'd hafta kill ya because you are making waiting for these DVD's TORTURE!!!x( x(

Can't wait for today's review and an update on that beautiful girl of yours! How wonderful that you've demonstrated to her such a powerful example of self-love and determination and total healthiness (is that a word? :) With you at her side she's well on her way to becoming a healthy, strong young woman in every way!

http://e4u.deltait.com.au/sport/sport23.gif Kathy S.
 
RE: Carol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Carol, way to go.....I'm so happy to hear your daughter is getting into fitness with you what a wonderful way to 'bond' with your daughter. :) :) :)

I'm jealous that you have somebody at home with you that will do those workouts with you, keep you going and of course, MOTIVATED!! :)

Good luck to you and your daughter.

Cheers, Marcia.

P.S. Let's see a picture of the dynamic fitness duo! :) Maybe doing those pikes? :)
 
RE: Carol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Exclamation dudes are my FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Would you believe I was never a cheerleader?? It's true ... I was a total geeky klutz in high school!! Nik gets off the bus in two hours, and I just woke up from working last night. We shall see if BOTH of us are ready to tackle PS/SL&A in about two hours!! LOL!!

Carol
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RE: Carol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL! First, I have to be able to properly DO the pikes! Nik probably can!! You know how kids are ... they seem to be able to pull off amazing feats of gravity-defying moves!!

Carol
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Wow Carol, you have such a fantastic way with words. You just make me want to jump out of the screen and give you a high five. So glad you kicked some butt and what a great idea to substitute the med ball for a dumbbell. I actually do this at times myself, and agree that it feels great. Double high five on getting that mighty pike out. It's the EFFORT that makes you fit not the number.

How wonderful to hear that you now have your precious daughter joining you as a fitness partner. Way to go mom! I love that you are sharing the importance of exercise with her. It is even better to hear that you two will be exercising together so that you can teach her proper exercise technique as well overall exercise safety. Have Fun!
 
Cathe, you do jump out of the screen and high five me every time I workout with you ... you just don't know it! LOL!

Yours are the only workout tapes I have that Nik will do with me! When I first got the Intensity Series she was still home for summer vacation, and we did "Boot Camp" together. She loved it! Nik has the typical pre-teen diet thing of soda and pizza going, and she's unhappy with how disproportionately her clothes fit. It was buying the dress last week for her upcoming 13th birthday night out that finally helped her see if she was unhappy with the way her body looked, SHE was the only one who could change it. When we tried on our long, spaghetti strap dresses, she was admiring my arms - LOL! She was unhappy with the way her abdomen looks in her dress, even though it basically fits well (she has a gut on her), and she said, "Mom, I want to look like you. I want to workout out with you." I almost cried. We went home and that evening made out a rotation we could share on days she and I would both be home in the evenings, and on the few weekends I'm not working between now and New Year's.

I'll keep all of you posted on how she's doing!!

Carol
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RE: KICK, PUNCH & CRUNCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

Hi Carol -

Based on your wonderful review, I bought Kick, Punch & Crunch today! I had been looking to buy a cardio video from Cathe and wasn't ready to try step yet, so I think this will a good addition to my growing Cathe collection.

Thanks,

Diane
 
RE: KICK, PUNCH & CRUNCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

Diane, I hope you love it as much as I did!! Let us know, okay? Can't wait to hear what you thought of it!!

Carol
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