kathryn
Cathlete
1)How about adding an extra warm-up to the DVD's, so that those of us who like a longer warm-up can use the extra one before any of the workouts. I find that as I get older, I need more time to warm up those joints and muscles, and appreciate a progressive warm-up, about 10 minutes long.
2) I enjoy a variety of different resistance training techniques, and would like to see a workout that combines them, to shake things up a bit. For upper body (which I think this would work best for), we would do two exercises for each body part, three sets each. For the larger muscle groups (back and chest), this would consist of three sets of varying weights and tempos (kind of a pyramid workout). Starting with a back exercise (for example) for 16 reps, 1/1 count (but not too fast of a 1/1) with a short rest--enough time to stretch--which can increase muscle strength up to 17% if done right after working a body part--after the set; follow this with a moderate weight set of 12 reps, 2/2 tempo and a bit longer rest; finish with a slow and heavy set ot 6 reps, 4/4 tempo or 3 up/5 down with a good stretch. Then move on to chest with three "pyramided" sets. Then return to back for the second exercise, then finish with chest.
With shoulders/triceps/biceps, stick with higher reps (12-15) and moderate weight, supersetting 3 exercises per body part (including rear shoulder raises, and how about a later raise done while lying on an incline bench), with a nice stretch after each body part.
2) I enjoy a variety of different resistance training techniques, and would like to see a workout that combines them, to shake things up a bit. For upper body (which I think this would work best for), we would do two exercises for each body part, three sets each. For the larger muscle groups (back and chest), this would consist of three sets of varying weights and tempos (kind of a pyramid workout). Starting with a back exercise (for example) for 16 reps, 1/1 count (but not too fast of a 1/1) with a short rest--enough time to stretch--which can increase muscle strength up to 17% if done right after working a body part--after the set; follow this with a moderate weight set of 12 reps, 2/2 tempo and a bit longer rest; finish with a slow and heavy set ot 6 reps, 4/4 tempo or 3 up/5 down with a good stretch. Then move on to chest with three "pyramided" sets. Then return to back for the second exercise, then finish with chest.
With shoulders/triceps/biceps, stick with higher reps (12-15) and moderate weight, supersetting 3 exercises per body part (including rear shoulder raises, and how about a later raise done while lying on an incline bench), with a nice stretch after each body part.