weight loss and beginners program recomendation

[soj]

cathe,
I am 40 years old did classical ballet for 16 years and did aerobics and light weight lifting for some years following. However being happily married for 22 years and travelling extensivly, I let my exersize program lapse for a long period and as a result gained about 60 lbs. I have reciently started walking 3 miles a day and trying to eat healthier for myself and my entire family.

I have seen your videos on fit tv and was so impressed, that I had to write. I would love to get myself to that fitness level again. If you did personal training and consultations in my area, I would be your first client. However, I know that you are far to busy for that. So I was wondering if you could suggest a healthy eating program that would help me to loose the weight as well as support an exersize program. Your videos on Fit TV seem pretty advanced,could you give me any advice about how to start a program since I am a novice. One that will help me to loose weight, loose fat and at the same time to get strong/toned and to get to an advanced fitness level. Hopefully to reach a level where I could work out at your advanced level.

Sorry if this was to long, I would really appreciate your assistance and advice.


Sincerly,
soj

 

[stayfit]

Soj Obviously I am not cathe but I want to help you if I can. I do not know diets you can do .For exercise you can start with the basic step/body fusion dvd if you are a beginner . If you are not a begginer and know the cathe's step I recommend you to start with the body blast series dvds ( with lot of great premixes) and the ctx series dvd.Hope this helps.






Mariángeles a spanish terminator junkie.

 

[FirmDancer]

Hello soj!
My background is in classical ballet, too. I danced (non-professionally) until age 40 (that was seven years ago). Then injuries from playing sports too caught up with me.

I'm glad I found Cathe too and believe that's what will get me back into great shape. Here are some tips that I've learned:
-- as dancers, our hip flexors and outer hip rotators muscles are not as strong as our inner thigh muscles. So a lot of squats and lunges can lead to injury (which happened to me). My PT recommended front, back, inner, and outer leg lifts with ankle weights to strengthen all the muscles equally. I still can't do squats with really heavy weights but that could just be a result of my injury.
-- as much as I wanted to, I couldn't do all Cathe at first. I found the Firm workouts were a nice transition. Then try adding one Cathe workout a week and gradually (over several months or more)until you can do all Cathe workouts.
-- you'll probably love the more advanced step workouts since you should be able to pick up the choreography easier.
It's nice to see another ballerina here - good luck!