Recent content by Jessie

I am already replying! So if I do start out with a PS-type workout, how would you work in doing legs 2x week? :) Always open for any suggestions! Jessica

Hi everyone! I am interested in losing about 10 lbs. of body fat. But I joined a gym a few months ago so I have kind of put any videos aside for the moment... Does anyone have any suggestions as to a rotation I can use? I can usually make it to the gym Monday through Friday, and sometimes if...

Hi everyone, Yes, my program is going well. I just got back yesterday from a week long cruise in the Caribbean, and was happy to see that I only gained 3 lbs.! I felt like I gained 40! But actually, I was happy with the food choices I made there, I went snorkeling in Cozumel, kayaking &...

Hi Cathe & Educated Crowd, I have been doing a lot of gym training these past 10 weeks. Yesterday after my session with my trainer, another trainer came up to me and said "You know, those deadlifts you were doing will make your backside bigger." I have talked to this other trainer in the past...

Thank you everyone for your suggestions. I am working with the trainer on my diet as well, as I know what damage I can do to a workout with a badly planned (or not planned at all) meal! Did anyone find that when they first started using heavier weights that they saw a stall on the scale? I...

Cathe, I am almost positive this question has been asked before but I searched and couldn't find anything! :) So I'll ask it anyway! To give you my depressing stats, I am 5'1", weigh 135, and recently was measured with calipers to have a body fat of 33%. Ugh!!! I just started personal...

Hi Cathe, You have been so helpful to me in the past that I thought I would ask this of you (and anyone else!). I have recently joined a gym and am loving the machines there. I am doing upper body alternated with lower body. My question is: how many minutes of cardio is considered good for...

Hi Cathe, You have been so helpful to me in the past, I'm hoping you can help me now!! I have been kickboxing 3x a week for about a year now, and in the last 2 weeks or so I have been bothered by a pain in the area right ABOVE my right ankle. I do have really flat feet, but thanks to others'...

RE: Heartrate Zone Okay, I think I have figured out that my resting heart rate is around 67 right now. So that would make my 50-85% range between 130-174, which seems about right. So as to TIME in zone, I usually use my monitor during a 60 min. kickboxing class. What would be a goal to...

RE: Karvonen Method Thank you Debra! One more question...how do I determine my resting heart rate? I have heard to put on the monitor as soon as I wake up in the morning, but I am usually woken up by a barking dog, panting to go to the bathroom at 5:30 a.m.! Not very RESTFUL! Thanks in...

Hi Cathe (and everyone else!), Thanks to the kind women (and men?) at VF and here I recently ordered a Polar Pacer heart rate monitor. I have been alternating kickboxing 3x weekly (non-consecutive days) with strength workouts (usually PS lately). When you say aim for at least 3 cardio...

Boy did your suggestions help!! Hi Cathe (and everyone else)... I did PS Legs again tonight, and all I can say is WOW! I used my 3 lb. ankle weights, and I was wishing I hadn't gotten such good advice!! Boy did I feel that floorwork in the right spots this time! I hope I can walk tomorrow...

Back up to the top! I know with the release of the new tapes (which I am actually previewing Cardio Kicks as I type!! It looks AWESOME!!!!!!), I know it will be a while before anyone gets to read my message. But I can always hope... Thanks! Jessica

Hi everyone, Can you tell I just started this rotation?? I asked the floorwork question a few days ago and got such a great response! Here goes...tonight I did PS BBA. I have a 4' barbell (Firm) and while I was trying to do the T Bar Rows I didn't feel like I had a long enough range of...

Hi Cathe (and everyone else, again!), I have a question about the floorwork in PS Legs. During the side leg lifts (for outer thighs), I usually get so fatigued in the hip and glute area that I don't really feel it in my outer thigh exactly. I do not have a bodybar, I have been trying to do...