Lower body endurance

Hi Lisa, a couple of clarifications questions so people can make suggestions to meet your needs...

1) are you referring to endurance-type weight lifting as in lower weights/higher repetitions? (Or more cardio endurance like step workouts?)

2) do you have Cathe's On Demand to try out various workouts or are you looking to purchase DVDs/downloads?

3) Are you open to Cathe LIVE workouts?
 
Sorry!! I would prefer a weight based I suppose high rep style workout . I was thinking a barre type workout could possibly work. I have several of Cathe’s videos and am willing to purchase any i would need including the live workouts
 
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No need to feel sorry- just wanted a little more idea as to what you're looking for. Coincidentally, I did a little barre rotation with Cathe's dvds this summer. These are mostly bonus workouts, so I'll provide the times too. You may have some of these dvds already.

Kickmax Leg Conditioning Drills ~18 min. Has a Low Impact premix that includes some of the Boxing combos (has some jumping jacks included but I just modified them to LI).

Lower Body Blast - leg conditioning chapter ~17 min.

Xtrain Legs - bonus barre ~15 min

Lean Legs & Abs - bonus barre ~13 min

Great Glutes -bonus barre ~8min

Low Impact Series - Turbo Barre - this is a Total Body but the Lower Body part is about 30-40 min.

Fit Tower Legs, Glutes & Core - has numerous premixes.

Fit Tower Total Body - has a Lower Body premix.

Killer Legs -bonus barre ~18 min.


I recommend the Fit Tower Legs, Glutes & Core due to it's premixes, you have a number of workouts from one dvd.

The bonus workout that gave me the best DOMS was from Killer Legs due to the use of the loop and yoga ball.

Of course there's the yet to be released Lift, Move & Restore - I'm looking forward to the Barre Fusion and the Pilates Fusion too.
 
Does anyone have the issue where endurance legs hurt their knees more than heavy weights? I'm not sure if it's the quick movements or what but it's frustrating and I do like leg endurance workouts!
 
randidiane said:
Does anyone have the issue where endurance legs hurt their knees more than heavy weights? I'm not sure if it's the quick movements or what but it's frustrating and I do like leg endurance workouts!
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I read an article recently on barre squats and knee issues. It said to keep your heels down instead of raising them to protect your knees. I've also found it helpful to do sumo-like squats (toes pointed out some instead of straight ahead) when they're doing parallel squats - it activates the glutes more and helps to stop the quads from compressing the knee.
 
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aqua girl said:
Thanks, need all the help I can get for my ole knees! :)
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Seems lots of people have knee issues. Prevailing notion for knee issues is to strengthen the quads, however, this may actually worsen knee issues by causing the quads to put more pressure on and compress the knee. So if you notice your knee issues worsening, try lightening up (don't give up) on weights used for quad work and focus more on strengthening the glutes. This worked better for me, but may not work for everyone. We're all an experiment of one. ;)
 
Oh, in addition, when stretching your quads, be careful to not over-compress the knee by pulling your foot to your glute (or beyond) - instead hold the foot keeping your knee in line with the other knee & then contract your glutes to feel the stretch in your quads. Hope that makes sense.
 
randidiane said:
Thank you for that! I just really have to be careful doing lunges squats it takes me awhile to get in correct stance without my knees hurting. That’s why I can’t keep up in endurance legs:(
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Yeah, lunges seem to be the worst. I no longer do alternating lunges - I switch them to stationary. Or I do regular squats. Or I sub in deadlifts or those squat-to-deadlifts. I do what I can, it's still something, which is better than nothing.
 
Debinmi said:
Oh, in addition, when stretching your quads, be careful to not over-compress the knee by pulling your foot to your glute (or beyond) - instead hold the foot keeping your knee in line with the other knee & then contract your glutes to feel the stretch in your quads. Hope that makes sense.
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You can also
-- start by tensing that quad, pause in it then release and then stretch
-- tuck your pelvis while actually stretching to enhance that stretch without engaging the knee in further backward movement
 
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