what videos/rotations made a change in your body?

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nightowl81

Cathlete
Is there any particular set of videos or rotation that has made a noticeable change in your body? Where after 3 months or so you could see your arms have muscle and your legs are more toned? If you followed a certain diet or kept your current (good) eating habits with the workouts, include that too. TIA.
 
For me, there are two series where I particularly noticed a difference in my appearance, despite no changes in my diet (which I would describe as an okay diet, but not great). Those two series were the S&H series and the 2006 series (Butts and Guts, BodyMax II, etc).

A few years back, I did a three week on/three week off bit of the S&H series for about six months and saw huge improvements in my strength levels. In terms of my appearance, I would say that my arms, in particular, got bigger and showed more muscle. But the biggest impact it had on me was really in terms of my ability to lift heavier weights--something which has continued to impact me positively on other workouts to this day, despite the fact that I don't use the S&H series as much as I once did.

Then this past fall I finally decided to do a full rotation with the 2006 series. I did a five week rotation, and saw a difference in my physique. Overall, I developed a leaner, more toned look. My body shape is one where I don't look lean or toned quite naturally, so it pleasantly surprised me to get those results. And, because of that, the 2006 DVDs rank as my favorite of the Cathe DVDs.
 
nightowl81 said:
Is there any particular set of videos or rotation that has made a noticeable change in your body? Where after 3 months or so you could see your arms have muscle and your legs are more toned? If you followed a certain diet or kept your current (good) eating habits with the workouts, include that too. TIA.
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I really don't have a great answer here, but I will say this....I recently visited my family Dr, she could not stop gushing over the improvements in my posture and body mechanics over the last year....she asked me what I have done differently, I told her I changed my fitness regimine to Cathe, she may not have known who Cathe was/is per se, but her comment of "Whatever you're doing, i want some", indicates to me that no matter the goal, we're in the right place!
 
Ditto on S&H. I had noticeable improvements after doing this 3 weeks on/ 1/2 week(s) off.

Also, the pyramids gave me nice definition too.

However, I will only get good results if I follow a clean diet. For me, this means a protein at every meal, carbs coming from fruits and veggies, very limited starches/grains, and lots of good fats. Low sugar, low sodium. I also learned that beans stop my progress (including coffee). Also, it's hard for me to make progress eating beans because I find them hard to digest and get bloated.

PS. I've heard good things about cathe's bootcamp rotation, but i haven't done this one myself (see rotation forum for details on this).
 
There are a couple that helped me: the "killer plateau buster" from August 2005, the slow and heavy noted above and the "rock bottoms" from June 2006. These are really focused rotations that I pull out and do when I need a boost.....which is all the time
 
CLango said:
Then this past fall I finally decided to do a full rotation with the 2006 series. I did a five week rotation, and saw a difference in my physique. Overall, I developed a leaner, more toned look. My body shape is one where I don't look lean or toned quite naturally, so it pleasantly surprised me to get those results. And, because of that, the 2006 DVDs rank as my favorite of the Cathe DVDs.
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Congrats on your accomplishments! Did you make up your own or use a Cathe one?
 
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Hi,

For me for legs only April 06 (great variety), and overall 4ds, both with a little extra running.


Tracy
 
teddy16410 said:
Congrats on your accomplishments! Did you make up your own or use a Cathe one?
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I pretty much did Cathe's November 2006 Four Week Rotation (except I did it for five weeks because I was having so much fun!) I modify all of her rotations a bit since I only workout five days a week instead of six. I also substituted an aerobic DVD for the 'run' segments she suggested because I was living in Fairbanks, Alaska at the time and, well, running outside in Fairbanks in November/December (when I did this rotation) is impossible due to the cold/ice. I usually substituted in kickboxing (KPC, CardioKicks, KickMax, or the 4DS Kickbox/Bootcamp combo).

I've literally had to force myself not to continually repeat this rotation because I enjoyed it so much. It took me awhile (like a year!) to warm up to these DVDs, but once I did, I became convinced these are some of Cathe's best.
 
CLango said:
For me, there are two series where I particularly noticed a difference in my appearance, despite no changes in my diet (which I would describe as an okay diet, but not great). Those two series were the S&H series and the 2006 series (Butts and Guts, BodyMax II, etc).

A few years back, I did a three week on/three week off bit of the S&H series for about six months and saw huge improvements in my strength levels. In terms of my appearance, I would say that my arms, in particular, got bigger and showed more muscle. But the biggest impact it had on me was really in terms of my ability to lift heavier weights--something which has continued to impact me positively on other workouts to this day, despite the fact that I don't use the S&H series as much as I once did.

Then this past fall I finally decided to do a full rotation with the 2006 series. I did a five week rotation, and saw a difference in my physique. Overall, I developed a leaner, more toned look. My body shape is one where I don't look lean or toned quite naturally, so it pleasantly surprised me to get those results. And, because of that, the 2006 DVDs rank as my favorite of the Cathe DVDs.
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thanks everyone, I'm looking up the rotations you posted.

CLango, is the 2006 series rotation you followed posted some where or if you have the time can you share and post it? I like this series, so maybe a rotation of them would be easy to stick with.
 
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