Recent content by Ines

RE: Question: Lean Muscle vs. I agree with you Dani regarding the ideal look. Here's my ques>>>>>don't you need to do Pilates and Yoga to have a Pilates and Yoga body??? I used several of Cathe's Step and weight training tapes to lose my 60 lbs of post partum fat. Am now as fit as i...

Cathe and/or anyone who has experience in this matter: I am loathe to do most of the high impact because inevitably my knees and shins start to kill me. I am at the stage where where I don't feel as challenged keeping it all low impact while doing Body Max and Step Jam. (I am probably not...

RE: Hi Flex! (Looong) I just read the article posted before me and it's totally wrong about there being no national training standards. There is an international Pilates guild of instructors who have graduated from very demanding coursework all taught by teacher trainers who have been...

RE: Hi Flex! (Looong) Pilates was originally developed as a form of physical therapy so, properly done, it can really help you recuperate from an injury. I have done Pilates one-on-one with a certified Pilates instructor for the last four years. I can't speak highly enough of it...

RE: SLOW HEAVY TRAINING Thanks guys. i saw that same NYT article--in fact that's where I got the references for those books I took a look at. I with you on variety--I know I definitely thrive both mentally and physically on varied my exercise. I guess that should be good enough for me!

RE: SLOW HEAVY TRAINING Does anyone have any wisdom on how to sort thru all these weight lifting theories? i recently read Jorge Cruise's book which is all about 30 minutes of working out a week using this slow and heavy technique. I also took a look at two other books (Jim Kakas and some...

I think it's a great idea. Certainly many would benefit from it. My only issue with it (and I think this may just be specific to me) is that I have a hard time visualizing exercises while reading them. I also have ZERO exercise memory. What does this mean? Well maybe someone will post...

Stacy, Thanks so much! I would have never thought of the gloves!! This really helps!

Regarding modifications: choreography and impact are two very distinct issues. There should be no need to break down choreography for the simple reason that a video or dvd can be replayed as many times as you like until you get the move. In fact it's annoying if the instructor spends too...

Stacy, I am going to jump on the bandwagon here since I am new and have a strength related ques: What dumbbells should I purchase? I have 2,3,5 right now. They are definitely too light. Also how critical is the barbell? Is it pretty easy to modify so you can use dumbbells? Thanks!

Hi Lori, What do you mean by Pilates style? Are you talking about the sidekicks series in the mat work or Pilates style of working with weights, i.e. light weights, very slow reps. Thanks!

Thanks so much guys! Wendy, I am printing out your post to keep it handy!! With regards to the step workouts, it appears from watching the video clips that some like Step Jam are less high impact than the step sections of Power Max as an example. Any thoughts on which ones have less...

RE: Newbie Ques: How does one Sort Through these Tapes... thanks guys. I actually started out on videofitness--that's how I found this website. However, videofitness doesn't review a lot of cathe's more recent videos. Like there are no reviews for the intensity series. I have about...

I apologize if this is an incredibly goofy ques but I have roamed a bit on the home page and am having trouble sorting through all these different tapes. The descriptions are not very helpful and while the video clips are, some tapes don't have the right video clip and the video clips take a...

You can actually choose the sex of your baby. There is a private clinic in Virginia that specializes in this. They have a much higher rate of success for girls. (female sperm are bigger and easier to isolate.) They take your husband's sperm, dye them and then sort by weight. You are...