Recent content by Freda

Hi, Just wanted to jump in with a suggestion for night time hot flashes. I used a product called a "Chillow" for several months when my hot flashes were nightly and it helped me go back to sleep right away. It's a device you put inside your pillow case to keep your head and neck cool. While...

Another vote for more ab work on the ball. I would also like to suggest balance work in general as an addition to weight work. I don't want to use lighter weights in order to do the balance work, but see it as an additional feature that could be addressed separately in the workouts. If that's...

Yes, please do post the supraspinatus exercises. This is an area I want to protect so that I can be injury free forever. I know it's very vulnerable, so I would like to work on it. thanks very much. Freda

How about balance? or nutrition? or rest?

I am in the same situation exactly. I can do Slow and Heavy and Pure Strength, usually at Cathe's weights and sometimes a bit higher, but Power Hour completely exhausts me, even when I use no weight at all for the lunge sequence. I always have this problem with endurance type tapes and wonder...

Another vote for all upper body.

I agree with the request for slow rep speed, so that we can go as heavy as we're able. when the rep speed is fast, I don't seem to be able to progress with the weights very much at all. The slow speed lets me really get the form right and feel that I'm improving constantly with the increase in...

RE: Love it as is!!! Another vote in favor of the 2-4 movements per blast interval. It makes it so much easier mentally and physically to get through the entire interval, while still working very hard. Thanks so much for this opportunity. Freda

When I was 48 (two years ago) I had a bone density test which showed significant osteoporosis. The endocrinologist who read the results ordered blood work and a 24 hour urine collection, which showed that I was not losing bone. Apparently I never built enough bone density in my developing...

Check out Kathy Smith's Lean Walk System. It consists of 3 audio tapes. The first is steady state walking. The second has aerobic intervals and the third has anaerobic intervals. There is music in the background, with Kathy coaching throughout most of them. I like them very much, although...

Can we please have floor work for quadriceps too? I always wonder when doing the PS legs floor work whether I'm neglecting the quads. Since a lot of us are concerned about strengthening the muscles around our knees, could you add some quad extensions or equivalent strengthener. Thanks. I'm...

I suggest trying a tape by Margaret Richards, called Lower Body Sculpting. It requires only a chair, no weights, and is a very high rep, approx.one hour sculpting tape. The instructor is excellent and the workout really makes my legs burn, even though I've been doing Cathe's workouts for a...

Here's a suggestion for taking away the fishy taste from canned tuna. Pour the tuna from the can into a sieve and wash it several times with cold water. That a a sprinkle of lemon juice really help. Freda

I have always wanted to know the answer to this question too. The only difference with me is that, when I use the heavier weight that brings me to exhaustion before the end of the set, I usually just stop instead of going to a lower weight. I've always wondered whether I would be better off...

RE: Do you have a resistaball? I recommend Kathy Ireland's ABsolutely Fit. It's in a five day format and has a number of standing ab exercises that were completely new to me. It's an older tape, I think. Freda