Post your LMR reviews :D
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ashaw
Cathlete
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.
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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DeannaTS
Cathlete
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
DeannaTS
Cathlete
Good thoughts for you with your surgery tomorrow. Hugs!
Mckmain
Cathlete
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!
DeannaTS
Cathlete
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!
Mckmain
Cathlete
Thank you! I remember you.
Mckmain
Cathlete
It’s good. I’m trying to think of the phrase we used to use back then but you came up with the best “combinations” of workout chapters.oh dear, I don’t know whether that’s good or bad!! LOL!.
Mckmain
Cathlete
Mckmain
Cathlete
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.
Kellyro77
Cathlete
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, 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 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,
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.
vivbc
Cathlete
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.
Kellyro77
Cathlete
@Debinmi that's too bad your cardio took a hit with the STS 2.0 rotation. I was pretty floored when my cardio capacity stayed level doing that one's 12-week rotation.
Proof positive that people need to find what works for them and not go by anecdotal evidence.
I agree. Use it or lose it. Period!
Proof positive that people need to find what works for them and not go by anecdotal evidence.
I agree. Use it or lose it. Period!
Kellyro77
Cathlete
Another observation - I threw in LMR Functional Upper & Lower with balance bonuses into my custom XTrain rotation a couple weeks in. I mostly did it as I was suspecting I may need a little extra break/recovery as I get back up to speed with the more physically demanding XTrain rotation.
I found that both presented a nice change-up/challenge and found myself surprised to be feeling a little challenged by them despite the more intense workouts from the previous couple weeks.
With that knowledge, I'm thinking I'll throw in LMR FU/FL/TB as occasional one-offs in the midst of a more demanding rotation. I don't think I'll suffer any loss from doing so. They're added recovery (maybe consider them de-load workouts), and for sure balance practice so long as I include the balance disc bonuses.
I maintain I won't ever use them exclusively for weeks and weeks, though, as that will set me back, especially my cardio.
Thankfully my cardio capacity is bouncing back pretty quickly. I can only credit that to plenty of years of Cathe cardio under my belt.
I found that both presented a nice change-up/challenge and found myself surprised to be feeling a little challenged by them despite the more intense workouts from the previous couple weeks.
With that knowledge, I'm thinking I'll throw in LMR FU/FL/TB as occasional one-offs in the midst of a more demanding rotation. I don't think I'll suffer any loss from doing so. They're added recovery (maybe consider them de-load workouts), and for sure balance practice so long as I include the balance disc bonuses.
I maintain I won't ever use them exclusively for weeks and weeks, though, as that will set me back, especially my cardio.
Thankfully my cardio capacity is bouncing back pretty quickly. I can only credit that to plenty of years of Cathe cardio under my belt.