Slow and heavy and pure strength questions

[andieje]

Hello


I have the slow and heavy series and the pure strength series. I love slow and heavy as it is very tough and I really feel like I have worked out. I am not too keen on pure strength because I feel i have to use weights a lot lighter than i normally use to go as fast as the workout and I do not feel like I have worked out at the end. I try heavier weights at first and then switch when i get tired but the pace is too fast for me to do that.


Is it ok to keep doing slow and heavy for six weeks? On the dvd cathe mentions only doing it for short intervals

Does anyone have any ideas how i can get more out of pure strength workout?

Are there any other good upper body dvds? The pyramid systems looks good but I am used to exercising a body part for about half an hour at a time. If I do less than that I do not feel I have challenged it.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Andrea

 

[clareMc]

It is fine to continue with Slow & Heavy for longer periods of time if you are enjoying it and if it still produces reaults for you. Go ahead and have fun with it. Cathe answered a question on this earlier this year and this was her exact response.

I never use the Pure Strength series even though I own it, apart from the Legs tape and I just go as heavy as possible. I definitely feel worked out by the end, especially is I do several sets of the sit n'stands with a 50 pound barbell! But I agree with you I have never felt the upper body exercises on Pure Strength to be any slower than the same exercises on her other endurance tapes, so I have never felt theese workouts to be of much use to me personally. I hope others may have ome advice for you here.

The PUB and PLB will definitely get you by the end, just go as heavy as you can. How can you not feel worked out with these workouts? They never let up, especially the PUB! Most people confess to having fried arms by the end, including Cathe herself. Try it and see!

You can play around with the Pyramids, I always do, especially with the PLB since my lower body is way stronger than my upper. For example, I may start leg presses with 30 pounds, then do 35, then 40 and if all is going well, I may decide to see out all remaining reps at the 40 pound weight. I do this with all the lower body exercises: I pyramid up and if I have the energy and strength, I will stay at the heighest weight to see out the remaining reps.

See ya,

Clare

 

[Runcrazy]

I have used S&H for longer periods of time just mixed up how I was doing it. So for example, if you're always doing Triceps & Biceps on the same day, after 3 weeks I switched to Chest & Triceps. If it's working for you and you're doing it, do what you want!!

Jo

 

[cjbate]

I am using PS right now and what I am doing is fewer reps than she does, and go slower. Then Cathe and I get done about the same time and I don't have to pause it. I stick to 8 reps and am able to go heavier and take more time. I also keep the remote handy anyway.

Yes it is a little fast. I hope Hard Core is slower.

I can't do SH more than 2-3 weeks in a row because it just gets to me, mentally. Lose my focus. I am going to try speeding up my reps in SH though and ignoring her beat, to see if it works better for me and I can keep it for longer stretches.

Jen

 

[dsa3]

I am so glad this question was asked. I am in my second week of the Pure Strength and am LOVING it. I have done it before but this time I am really into it. I am doing each tape once a week along with Cardio and Weights in addition to an hour of cardio every day. I dropped a couple pounds after the first week. Prior to doing PS, I experiment a few week of doing cardio and Lotte Berk/Bar Method/Callanetics. While I slimmed a bit, my body REALLY missed weight training. My plan is to do PS for 3-4 weeks - then a couple weeks AWT and then I would like to try Slow and Heavy.
Let you know my progress!