Hopefully we will be getting this style of workout by Cathe in the future! Cause NO one does it better! In the meantime though I'd like to know which tapes would be the ultimate split tapes with her videos now! Dig deep and let me know what you come up with for a solid hour of each!This should be interesting!Mix and Match time!Take care! Your friend in fitness--Francine
ultimate upper/lowerbody split by Cathe?
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Connie1
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Hi Francine!
Of course, Leaner Legs, PS Strong Legs/Abs and MIS Legs as well as PowerHour Squats/Plie/Lunges are all good lower body splits. The challenge for me is piecing together an upper body split. BodyMax Upper body is excellent, as well as all the CTX parts (I think they total out at more than 1 hour though).
Another excellent, slightly more than an hour upper body split is Pure Strength BBA warmup, Back, Bi, Chest, Shoulder, Tri, and Ab/Cooldown from BBA. I have done this and I subbed the high rows from BodyMax instead of the T-bar rows. T-bars target a special place up around the rhomboids though and I appreciate them. The seated clean and press does something special too and I really love it.
Is this a good start?
-Connie
Of course, Leaner Legs, PS Strong Legs/Abs and MIS Legs as well as PowerHour Squats/Plie/Lunges are all good lower body splits. The challenge for me is piecing together an upper body split. BodyMax Upper body is excellent, as well as all the CTX parts (I think they total out at more than 1 hour though).
Another excellent, slightly more than an hour upper body split is Pure Strength BBA warmup, Back, Bi, Chest, Shoulder, Tri, and Ab/Cooldown from BBA. I have done this and I subbed the high rows from BodyMax instead of the T-bar rows. T-bars target a special place up around the rhomboids though and I appreciate them. The seated clean and press does something special too and I really love it.
Is this a good start?
-Connie
[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON May-30-02 AT 00:17AM (Est)[/font][p]I do two separate upper body splits using the S&H dvd. I start with my own warm-up on the treadmill, incorporating light hand weights, but you could use one of the S&H warm-ups. I start the split with chest; flat bench presses and flys. I then do back; double armed lat rows and rib cage pullovers. Shoulders next; anterior and medial delt flies, then military presses (you could do militaries first or omit them.) Next is triceps; french press and lying tricep extensions. Last is biceps; bicep curls then hammer curls. You have the option of adding core/ab work.
For the second split (in the same week) I go back and do all the exercises that I skipped in the first split, but when I do shoulders I do militaries again. So it looks like this: Chest first; incline bench press and incline flies, then push-ups. Next is back; dead rows, then supermans (I save the planks for a seperate core/ab routine.) For shoulders; military presses, rear delt extensions, rotator work. Then triceps; tricep kickbacks and dips. Lastly, biceps and forearms; barbell bicep curls and forearm curls and raises. Again, ab/core work can also be done.
This is a great upper body split. You'll definitely be feeling toasted. You can alway work your shoulders first, if that is your preference. Also, because the work is split, I'm able to go heavier with the weight on some of these exercises. I use 25# dumbbells for bench presses, and 15# dumbbells for flies. If I do all of the S&H chest work on the same day, by the time I get to the incline presses I'm dropping my weight to 20# dumbbells, and I often find myself lowering the fly weight too. Not so when I split it up. Same with barbell bicep curls; I'm actually able to use a 30# barbell when I split the routine. Really, I can say this about almost all of the exercises; I am able to maintain a heavier weight because I'm splitting the work. Concentration wise, it also becomes more managable. Twelve sets of slow and heavy for the chest can be a bit daunting, but much less so when it's broken up.
I want to experiment some more with S&H. I think that I can increase my poundage on just about all the exercises if I drop a set. Say, two sets of bench presses and flies using 30 and 20 pound dumbbells (20 # for flies might be a bit ambitious,I'll have to microload to get there.) Since I'm going "light" for the summer, this is something that I won't get to until Fall, but it should be interesting.
For the second split (in the same week) I go back and do all the exercises that I skipped in the first split, but when I do shoulders I do militaries again. So it looks like this: Chest first; incline bench press and incline flies, then push-ups. Next is back; dead rows, then supermans (I save the planks for a seperate core/ab routine.) For shoulders; military presses, rear delt extensions, rotator work. Then triceps; tricep kickbacks and dips. Lastly, biceps and forearms; barbell bicep curls and forearm curls and raises. Again, ab/core work can also be done.
This is a great upper body split. You'll definitely be feeling toasted. You can alway work your shoulders first, if that is your preference. Also, because the work is split, I'm able to go heavier with the weight on some of these exercises. I use 25# dumbbells for bench presses, and 15# dumbbells for flies. If I do all of the S&H chest work on the same day, by the time I get to the incline presses I'm dropping my weight to 20# dumbbells, and I often find myself lowering the fly weight too. Not so when I split it up. Same with barbell bicep curls; I'm actually able to use a 30# barbell when I split the routine. Really, I can say this about almost all of the exercises; I am able to maintain a heavier weight because I'm splitting the work. Concentration wise, it also becomes more managable. Twelve sets of slow and heavy for the chest can be a bit daunting, but much less so when it's broken up.
I want to experiment some more with S&H. I think that I can increase my poundage on just about all the exercises if I drop a set. Say, two sets of bench presses and flies using 30 and 20 pound dumbbells (20 # for flies might be a bit ambitious,I'll have to microload to get there.) Since I'm going "light" for the summer, this is something that I won't get to until Fall, but it should be interesting.
Hi Terri. Splitting the S&H upper body work will give you two sessions that clock in around an hour or just a tad longer. Really, it depends on how much of a break you take between muscle groups and if you add core/ab work. I would like to experiment with the two set/heavier weight idea, and trim the time down a bit. I do feel completely worked after both splits though!
Connie, you're right. DVDs are wonderful and Cathe's are exceptional! Please give me your opinion of the split when you try it.
Take care.
Connie, you're right. DVDs are wonderful and Cathe's are exceptional! Please give me your opinion of the split when you try it.
Take care.
