coloradocarol
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I've been doing FIRM tapes for years, and then I discovered your workouts in the past few months (started with the Wedding tape!). I wanted to start collecting your strength workouts, since I had only step ones to date, so I and asked for the DVD with BM, MIS, and PH for Christmas. I did PH one day, and MIS a couple of days later (after previewing BM, I knew I was NOT ready for that one...). Let me give a little important info - I'm in my latter 40's and am overweight (about 30 lbs.), but in what I THOUGHT was reasonably good physical condition. HOWEVER, I waited two days to try another strength training because I was terribly sore and think I tweaked the groin muscle. Today, when I tried a much easier strength tape, I couldn't do it. I could barely lift my arms with lighter dumbbells than I usually use. My muscles were simply so fatigued they wouldn't function, even after 2-3 days!! I started feeling sick and sweating, even though I truly was not pushing myself at all. Could I possibly have fatigued my muscles to the point where they need extra time to recover? Should I have started with something easier on the body than MIS?? I'm wondering if I goofed getting that DVD, rather than something perhaps a little easier, and working UP to MIS and BM. Or is there something easier? I didn't even push it on the weights when I did MIS -- I used a barbell with no weights, and maximum of 10 lb. dumbbells. OMG - what a workout!! I look forward to when I can do this workout and be recovered enough to do it a couple of days later!!!!!! You are unbeatable in the fit vid world.