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Cathe has targeted a very real need and filled it perfectly with her LMR series. I am a healthy physically fit 53 year old who exercises regularly but my aging body has limitations. I feel like Cathe really understands the needs of an older adult who wants a limber strong body and who wants a challenging workout while staying safe and injury free. She gradually eases your body into each new exercise, allowing muscles and joints to comfortably go into deeper movements. Cathe finds the sweet spot for tempo, weight and reps to make the workouts both safe and challenging. The pace is just right- slightly slower so that I don't feel rushed or prone to hurt myself but still gets my heart rate going. There are interesting new compound movements that work all kinds of muscles in a way that is applicable to how we use our bodies in everyday life. Rest assured, this is not just a workout series for those who want to take it easy. Some of the exercises are VERY challenging. These workouts also open joints, lengthen muscles, improve posture, and break up/prevent scar tissue formation. My body feels incredibly limber and pain free after doing LMR Mobility, Yoga and Pilates workouts. Cathe, I can't thank you enough for this series. It is a life changer! You have given me the answer to fitness in my 50's!
I will be watching your Cathe Live videos for any additional content like this series as well as Low Impact Cardio options. I love #503 Cardio Mobility Mix. Thank you for being my workout partner since 2001! -Koryn
 
Koryn said:
Cathe has targeted a very real need and filled it perfectly with her LMR series. I am a healthy physically fit 53 year old who exercises regularly but my aging body has limitations. I feel like Cathe really understands the needs of an older adult who wants a limber strong body and who wants a challenging workout while staying safe and injury free. She gradually eases your body into each new exercise, allowing muscles and joints to comfortably go into deeper movements. Cathe finds the sweet spot for tempo, weight and reps to make the workouts both safe and challenging. The pace is just right- slightly slower so that I don't feel rushed or prone to hurt myself but still gets my heart rate going. There are interesting new compound movements that work all kinds of muscles in a way that is applicable to how we use our bodies in everyday life. Rest assured, this is not just a workout series for those who want to take it easy. Some of the exercises are VERY challenging. These workouts also open joints, lengthen muscles, improve posture, and break up/prevent scar tissue formation. My body feels incredibly limber and pain free after doing LMR Mobility, Yoga and Pilates workouts. Cathe, I can't thank you enough for this series. It is a life changer! You have given me the answer to fitness in my 50's!
I will be watching your Cathe Live videos for any additional content like this series as well as Low Impact Cardio options. I love #503 Cardio Mobility Mix. Thank you for being my workout partner since 2001! -Koryn
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Very well said! I think of LM&R as "feel good" workouts for myself. Cathe is the best!
 
aqua girl said:
How are you viewing OnDemand? Laptop (computer, etc. thru the website or thru the
app? Thru the app, after you sign it, at the bottom you will see “shared” workouts.
tapping that will show your blender workouts you have created. BUT…you can only
use the blender to actually blend workouts thru their website…..From home page,
click on streaming, click my account & sign in…..then you will see the option for
workout blender at the top. Click on that & you will be in the blender and can begin
to blend workouts….after you finish, give it a name & save…. Then if you go to your
device that you use the app with, open that & click on the shared workouts, the blender
workout that you created will be there. There is a tutorial on her website explaining
how to use the blender. HTH…
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Thank You! I was using the app, and Roku, and could not see it there, but see it now on the website.
 
I’m in a difficult place right now. At the last minute I cancelled my LMR preorder because I’ve been doing Pvolve for the last month or so because it’s all I can physically and mentally handle right now.

My hysterectomy is Wednesday and I’m looking at a 6-8 week recovery. I did RWH upper body circuit and tomorrow will do lift it HIIT it legs and then it’ll be awhile before I can workout again. But I was amazed at how much better my balance was after a month of Pvolve. My doctor is doing some things they do when cancer is suspected but she hasnt told me in detail about it. I have an ultrasound at 8:30 tomorrow because i haven’t had any pain in 3 months, not that anything has changed but at least they can look one more time before an incision is made.

I’m planning to take the next 6 weeks to recover and take care of me and then resume my CNA job search. I have to take care of me before I can take care of others.
 
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snowlover said:
I've done the Pilates Fusion, the Core Fusion and the Upper Body workouts. I enjoyed all of them--especially loving the functional fitness aspect. As someone stated earlier, they are excellent for when a gentler workout is needed and that fits the bill right now while I pick and pack orders at the warehouse for our Christmas rush. I can also see them as excellent recovery workouts after some heavier training. Of course, at some point, I will up the weights for more challenge when I feel inclined to do so.
One of my coworkers who is unfamiliar with Cathe and is not as 'hardcore' as many of us, purchased the series. It will be interesting to hear what she thinks.
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I'm curious to find out what your coworker thinks of the series. I hope you'll share that. I was thinking the same thing about some of them being great for recovery workouts, especially the shorter bonus segments. I need to be careful not to overtrain, as I can get a bit obsessive about my workouts. LOL
 
ashaw said:
I’m in a difficult place right now. At the last minute I cancelled my LMR preorder because I’ve been doing Pvolve for the last month or so because it’s all I can physically and mentally handle right now.

My hysterectomy is Wednesday and I’m looking at a 6-8 week recovery. I did RWH upper body circuit and tomorrow will do lift it HIIT it legs and then it’ll be awhile before I can workout again. But I was amazed at how much better my balance was after a month of Pvolve. My doctor is doing some things they do when cancer is suspected but she hasnt told me in detail about it. I have an ultrasound at 8:30 tomorrow because i haven’t had any pain in 3 months, not that anything has changed but at least they can look one more time before an incision is made.

I’m planning to take the next 6 weeks to recover and take care of me and then resume my CNA job search. I have to take care of me before I can take care of others.
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Good thoughts for you with your surgery tomorrow. Hugs!
 
Wow, I haven’t been on this forum for 8 years! Anyway I got the LMR workouts at just the right time. I have most all of Cathe’s workouts. I’m kind of a retired marathon runner and just recently I had a bit of a tweak in my inner left knee. I had been running 4 days a week, walking the other 3. Also doing some of Cathes weight workouts too. Love the Pyramid workouts. I’m 65 and as I’ve been taking care of my knee, it got bad, I quit running and walking. But these new workouts really helped. So I’ve tried quite a few. The Upper and Lower body, Total body, Pilates fusion, Core fusion. Love the new moves! I had to get the mini yoga ball, the 36 inch foam roller and some other things. The pain in my knee has almost completely gone! Along with Cathes Kickbox workouts and Low Impact Step I’ve been feeling really good. I have no idea if I’m posting in the right place. But after reading the posts I remember some of you!
 
Mckmain said:
Wow, I haven’t been on this forum for 8 years! Anyway I got the LMR workouts at just the right time. I have most all of Cathe’s workouts. I’m kind of a retired marathon runner and just recently I had a bit of a tweak in my inner left knee. I had been running 4 days a week, walking the other 3. Also doing some of Cathes weight workouts too. Love the Pyramid workouts. I’m 65 and as I’ve been taking care of my knee, it got bad, I quit running and walking. But these new workouts really helped. So I’ve tried quite a few. The Upper and Lower body, Total body, Pilates fusion, Core fusion. Love the new moves! I had to get the mini yoga ball, the 36 inch foam roller and some other things. The pain in my knee has almost completely gone! Along with Cathes Kickbox workouts and Low Impact Step I’ve been feeling really good. I have no idea if I’m posting in the right place. But after reading the posts I remember some of you!
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Hi Carole! Welcome back! I think I actually recognize your pic from when I used to lurk on this forum years ago. I'm a non-lurking newbie here now so just now getting to know people. I'm 61, so we are in this active aging lifestyle together! I also used to have painful knees, but since I've strengthened my legs & the muscles supporting them, my knee pain is completely gone as well. I also went through 3 years of 3 shoulder surgeries. The first rotator cuff surgery went well, but during PT, it tore again behind the repair, so surgery #2. Then in PT, I felt a really awful pain & an MRI showed the entire repair tore. So, surgery #3 was a reverse shoulder replacement. I didn't go back to PT, but started rehab on my own at home. Once everything started to settle down, I started to exercise again. With Cathe, I have slowly gone from no weights to 10 lbs. I now have as much mobility as the replacement will allow. I landed on Rev'd Up Rumble & after a few times with that one, I was actually able to speed bag! It's been over a year now & I feel awful when I can't do some form of exercise every day. I also LOVE the new LM&R series! It's always amazing to me how creative Cathe is! I love using the foam roller, mini yoga ball & balance discs! Anyway, I look forward to seeing more posts from you & your experience with the new series!
 
DeannaTS said:
Hi Carole! Welcome back! I think I actually recognize your pic from when I used to lurk on this forum years ago. I'm a non-lurking newbie here now so just now getting to know people. I'm 61, so we are in this active aging lifestyle together! I also used to have painful knees, but since I've strengthened my legs & the muscles supporting them, my knee pain is completely gone as well. I also went through 3 years of 3 shoulder surgeries. The first rotator cuff surgery went well, but during PT, it tore again behind the repair, so surgery #2. Then in PT, I felt a really awful pain & an MRI showed the entire repair tore. So, surgery #3 was a reverse shoulder replacement. I didn't go back to PT, but started rehab on my own at home. Once everything started to settle down, I started to exercise again. With Cathe, I have slowly gone from no weights to 10 lbs. I now have as much mobility as the replacement will allow. I landed on Rev'd Up Rumble & after a few times with that one, I was actually able to speed bag! It's been over a year now & I feel awful when I can't do some form of exercise every day. I also LOVE the new LM&R series! It's always amazing to me how creative Cathe is! I love using the foam roller, mini yoga ball & balance discs! Anyway, I look forward to seeing more posts from you & your experience with the new series!
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Thank you Deanna. I’m glad to share the active aging lifestyle with you. I’ve been very blessed with my knees after all the marathons I’ve run. You have gone through a lot with your shoulder surgery’s! I’m so happy you are on the mend. Rev’d Up Rumble is one of my favs! Rock Em Sock ‘Em is another one. I’ve been doing my own form of Physical Therapy on my knee. My PT is a good friend and as my knee feels almost healed he told me to see him if I have any more issues. Most of the injuries I’ve suffered through my running career is always some kind of tendinitis, yes an overuse injury! I like to do some exercise everyday myself. I agree the LMR workouts are great. I did the total core fusion and bonus today, wow an awesome workout. I’ll have to check out more of the forum to see what’s going on. Years ago I used to post a lot.
 
Figure I'd drop back in as a follow up to having used LMR pretty thoroughly. I did the 8-week LMR-only rotation as listed in the user's guide, then after that I did the 8-week custom STS 2.0/LMR rotation that Cathe shared earlier this year.

I'm starting in on a modified XTrain rotation now, and my immediate observation having stuck with what I'd call a "predominant LMR rotation" for what equates to about 16 weeks, o_O is that my cardio capacity has taken a major hit.

I'm not upset about it, thankfully - I've been exercising long enough to know my body will adapt and bounce back. But it was definitely eye-opening for me, and I thought I'd share this experience for anyone considering doing something similar to what I just did.

My first two workouts in my XTrain rotation really had me thinking "oh, crap" - because they're workouts I've done in the past that, yes, made me breathe a bit heavy, but I had always equated as being perhaps intermediate in how challenged I felt by them. This time, though - just wow. I felt like a newbie exerciser.

I suggest pausing and thinking about a predominant LMR rotation if maintaining your cardio capacity is important to you. Even the full- and lower-body workouts in the STS 2.0/LMR rotation were apparently not enough (or not frequent enough) to maintain--let alone improve--my cardio capacity.

(Conversely, STS 2.0 by itself, when I followed that series' 12-week rotation, didn't diminish my cardio capacity at all, which was just amazing to me because there were no cardio workouts in that series. The heavy weight work, especially the full- and lower-body workouts in that rotation were frequent enough not to cause my cardio capacity to backslide.)

I'll clarify here, too, when I'm talking "cardio" I mean something that elevates my heart rate above what I'd experience taking a leisurely walk.

I maintain that LMR is absolutely a great beginner series, or something to fall back on if you're recovering from a medical issue. I suppose, as well, it's a good, safe series to use for those in the "actively aging" demographic that this series was mostly targeted at. At the very least, it gets you to do something more than just sitting on the couch.

If you want to maintain some cardio capacity, I'd suggest following one of her mixed rotations in its user's guide that include cardio (ie: LMR + LIC rotation).

For my future use of the workouts in this series, I pretty much plan to only use them on recovery days/weeks. Definitely not ever again as a full-on, multi-week rotation. While I said I wasn't upset about my diminished cardio capacity, I'm not exactly happy about it, either. I like to enjoy my workouts - some heavy breathing and panting is okay by me. I do not, however, like to feel tortured by them because my heart and lungs are out of shape.
 
I’m doing the STS2/LMR Cathe rotation, and I am adding cardio to the easier days, the stretching workouts. Overall, I also find LMR less challenging than I need. I am giving it a second look, and it’s a very nicely done series, as we expect from Cathe, but on its own, yes, it would be a step backwards in my fitness.
 
Seems like it comes down to the principle of "use it, or lose it". If you break a bone and are in a cast for 6 weeks, the muscle atrophies as the bone heals. Same could be said for any aspect of fitness. If I only do cardio - then I'll lose muscle tone & strength. Only lift weights?- then lose aerobic capacity. Never work on balance, flexibility, mobility? - well then expect a deterioration. Don't keep my brain challenged - well, ok, ... we get the picture.

I may never do a full rotation of LMR by itself again, unless recovering from a medical issue, after an extended break in my fitness routine, or for a recovery week. Same could be said for both STS series, (which I love). But I will use them all in a mix n'match manner as I attempt to follow an all-encompassing rotation so I can work on all aspects of fitness as appropriate to me today.

Today my goals, needs, wants are to maintain or improve:
my bone density,
my lean muscle mass,
my balance,
my flexibility and mobility, and
my cardiovascular fitness.

Other people's goals, needs, wants may be different. What I want/need, may not work for others. Thankfully Cathe tries to give us a variety of workouts that we can mix n'match to fit our individual preferences. I know I will continue to use LMR & STS2.0, just not as stand-alone series.
 
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