sonja--how long are the upper body parts

[shelia]

in pyramid upper (min.per section) is it like most of the rest of cathes tapes 6-12 min.And how many exercise per part.What was the most challanging exercise?And have you done boot camp?Mine won't arrive until 1-2 .Which is strange because in most cases if it ships on friday I would have my order on monday.Any way if you could answer these ? for me I would be so grateful.They are the 2 I am looking foward to doing.
shelia

 

[Sonja]

-Sorry it took me so long to reply, we were out-of-town. You'll probably have your tapes before you read this! Anyway, the different sections are 6-8 minutes long, but you are pretty much working the whole time. I believe it was just two exercises for each section. The chest work was the hardest for me because my wrists were really fatigued by the end. I am waiting for a really energetic feeling day before I try Bootcamp. It looks pretty tough!

 

[getnfit@39]

And I thought it was just me, but the chest work was really tough on my wrists as well. Cathe even tells you to shake out your wrist at the end of the segment, mine were quite sore, but I thought it was from having a "death grip" on the weights!
But the toughest was biceps for me! When Cathe said, "I think I'm having an outer body experience!" while doing the 15#'s, I almost lost it completely because I was just barely holding on at that point! They were toughest to me and I used the same weight as Cathe, 10#-12#-15#.

Each section is done in super set form so you do one exercise, like chest flys, immediately followed by chest presses. The only giant set (3 exercises back-back) is shoulders.

Don't underestimate this workout! I actually am going to purchase a pair of 3#db before my next workout. I haven't gone lighter than 8# for anything in the longest time, but I thought my shoulders were going to burst into flames when I tried using 5#-8#-10# for the shoulder giant set! Now I know why Cathe started with the 3's! I use to see 3#db and say, "oh, how cute!" I'll be buying some by Saturday!
I can feel this workout like none other! It really gets in the muscle!
And for Pyramid Lower Body, don't sleep on the deadlifts! My hamstrings are STILL feeling it 2 days later!

Donna
Fitness~It's a journey, not a race!

 

[Gettingfit]

DH & I both noticed the soreness in our wrists when doing the upper body tape. Neither one of us could figure that out! I'm glad to hear others are experiencing the same. I still have my cute little 3 #ers & picked them up for the first time in months (maybe even a year!). I'm thinking this would be a great addition to the tank top rotation!!!!

As for lower body....I have NEVER EVER been sore in my hams until now. Like you, two days later, I'm wondering if I will ever be the same!!! Do you think it's the dead lifts or that danged stability ball leg work? I really had to work on my form there & felt my hams immediately when I got up to walk away.

These tapes are killer!!!!

I'm ready to take the next step! http://www.smilies-world.de/Smilies/Smilies_klein_1/a_smil09.gif

 

[getnfit@39]

I forgot about the floorwork, but I don't have my ball yet so I had to use my own resistance, so I'm thinking it was the deadlifts for me, but I know I've never been able to feel my hamstrings 2 days after a workout. Thinking about it, there are 104 reps for each body part on the supersets, and that's a lot of reps! It really gets in to the muscle big time!

Donna

Fitness~It's a journey, not a race!

 

[Kay]

Shoulders!

I must admit I've been slacking in my weight work the last couple of months & only restarted a couple of weeks ago. This upper body tape toasted my shoulders. I used 3-4-5 pound weights & was frantically looking for 2 pounders!:-tired After the sets were finished I had to pause the tape, breathe, do some rotator cuff stretches on the corner of a wall before I could even get my arms behind my back to stretch! Yikes! Wonderful tape!

Could anyone actually do the ab work on the stability ball? Cathe & her amazon crew make it look so easy, but it is so hard!:-wow I managed the first set but then sat & watched with my mouth hanging open. I think I'll have to follow Brenda next time & see if I can complete this ab section without the ball. I'm not very hopeful.
Kay

 

[clareMc]

RE: Shoulders!

Hey Kay:

I did this tape last night and loved it. I don't have a stability ball yet but completed all the ab exercises without the ball, just as Brenda does. I actually expected it to be tougher than it was, it was just fine. If you can do Cathe's recent planks ab work on the CTX series and PH, you should be fine too.

I also found biceps to be the complete burner that Cathe and her crew also experience!

I loved the chest and tricep series, and was, on this tape, able to push for heavier weights than I normally use. The shoulder eries nearly killed me, that's my weakest spot. Even starting with 3's as Cathe does!

I love these pyraamid tapes!

Clare