Looking for DVD recommendations given my limitations

[Bobbi-B]

Hi all,

I'm new to Cathe's workouts -- what took me so long?! She's my new favorite! So far, I have Low Max, Low Impact Circuit, and Butts & Guts. I'm a little overwhelmed by the number of workouts Cathe has available, and I'm hoping for some recommendations from those of you knowledgeable about her entire collection. I "need" more Cathe!

I have a feeling I'm going to eventually amass a huge Cathe collection, so I'm really looking for suggestions about what makes sense to buy NEXT, given my current limitations:

1) I'm almost recovered from a right deltoid injury, and I'm not working my shoulders right now, and limiting my upper body work in general, until the shoulder is good and healed. This might be another month or two, grrr. 2) I need to keep my cardio low impact due to some knee and back issues -- I keep injuring myself when I go higher impact so I'm avoiding it for the time being. (I think when my core gets stronger I'll be able to safely go higher impact.)

Thanks in advance for any thoughts or suggestions you have for my next DVD purchases!

 

[Davidj]

Some lower body workout DVDs

Bobbi:
I hope your shoulder heals quickly.

I find Cathe's aerobic DVDs too advanced for me (especially the step tapes). But I use all of her strength DVDs -- they are the best on the market.

It sounds like you can start doing lower-body DVDs. I recommend

1. Pyramid lower body
2. Pure strength: strong legs and abs
3. Slow and Heavy: legs and shoulders (don't do the shoulders part!!)

and there are probably others that I missed.

I just posed this:
http://www.thecathenation.com/forum/showthread.php?t=275070

which you might want to read after your shoulder heals.
-- David

 

[Bobbi-B]

Thanks for the recommendations, David!

 

[regina]

I hope your shoulder heals quickly! I reccomend for lower body workouts.
1. STS- Meso two legs DVDs
2. Leaner Legs ( part of CTX series)
3. 4DS -legs
4. Pure Strength-Legs
5. Gym Style Legs

 

[2121]

Bobbi, I am recovering from a shoulder injury also. I just started using weights again, 1-3 pounds. I did the standing part of butts n guts without any weights and really felt it the next day. I was surprised. Also, I am using the floor work from gym style legs and butts n guts. I am not suppose to use heavy weights for legs either.

As far as upper, I did the upper body premix on muscle endurance with the 3 pound weights for bi/tri/chest and 1 pound weights for shoulder (no over head presses) and just an empty barbell for back.

As much as it was frustrating to use hardly any pounds, I really focused on my form and recruiting specific muscles. Part of my problem is, I up my weights to quickly and end up using my shoulder instead of the correct muscle I am suppose to be using.

 

[Bobbi-B]

Bobbi, I am recovering from a shoulder injury also. I just started using weights again, 1-3 pounds. I did the standing part of butts n guts without any weights and really felt it the next day. I was surprised. Also, I am using the floor work from gym style legs and butts n guts. I am not suppose to use heavy weights for legs either.

As far as upper, I did the upper body premix on muscle endurance with the 3 pound weights for bi/tri/chest and 1 pound weights for shoulder (no over head presses) and just an empty barbell for back.

As much as it was frustrating to use hardly any pounds, I really focused on my form and recruiting specific muscles. Part of my problem is, I up my weights to quickly and end up using my shoulder instead of the correct muscle I am suppose to be using.

I share your frustration! Thanks for the reply. Right now I am doing shoulder exercises with no weight, which is an improvement over not doing them at all. Just getting my range of motion back is slow going. I'm using low (2 - 5 lb.) weights for other upper body exercises, and I have gone up in weight too fast and tweaked my shoulder out several times. In fact, I can feel it today, because last night I think I pushed it too far with 5 lb weights! It's so frustrating, I need to just be patient.

Thanks to everyone for the good wishes and suggestions. It's nice just to have some camaraderie around recovering from an injury. I'm going to focus on lower body and cardio. Love the Butts & Guts!