Rotation Help!

lucyloo45

Member
Hi everyone -

I'm still relatively new to Cathe but not to working out. I only own the Rhytmic Step/Interval Max/MIC DVD and I've only done Rhythmic Step three times so far. I haven't done step in years and I've had a few weeks of no working out!:-( So, I'm working on getting my endurance back up again. My goal is to lose about 20 pounds and of course keep muscle definition.

I'm trying to design a rotation incorporating only a few workouts at a time. I'm a bigger fan of consistency than variety at least for right now. I was thinking of getting Low Max and Body Max 2 or Low Impact Circuit. Can these circuit workouts be done everyday? Basically what I've been doing over the last few years is Debbie Siebers' Burn it Up and Slim Series. I'm not sure if anyone is familiar with that but it's a lot of low weight, high rep resistance training done at a cardio pace that takes you just to the edge of overtraining and that's why you can do them everyday. Since I build muscle very easily, I prefer endurance training to strength training and I also prefer routines that incorporate both cardio and weights in the same workout.

Do you recommend Body Max 2 or Low Impact Circuit? I was thinking of a rotation something like this:

Day 1 - Low Max
Day 2 - Body Max 2
Day 3 - Rhythmic Step
Day 4 - Low Max
Day 5 - Body Max 2
Day 6 - Rhythmic Step

I would love any thoughts you Cathe experts have!;-)
 
I am like you -- prefer consistency, and varying the ones I know well and feel comfortable with rather than a different workout every day of the week.

However, I have heard others on this site say that 6 days of step is really hard on the joints. Also, using the same instructor [I know we are partial to Cathe, she's the BEST!] can possibly cause injury due to overuse of the same muscles -- since she likes to use the same moves a lot.

Can you do some other sort of cardio a few days a week? I have a Rec center that I can go to and use the elliptical, which I love. I also recently purchased Kick Max, and I hope to incorporate that into my rotation very soon.
 
I hear what you're saying about the same thing over and over again, but I think that takes some time before that happens. I was thinking of going back to my Debbie Siebers stuff after awhile, but right now I'm so bored with it. That's why I'm switching over to Cathe.

Which workouts have you been using? Have you been seeing good results?
 

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