Recent content by munchkin928

I think that most of the weight workouts could be modified to suit you. I don't own a barbell, use a step stool to do step ups, and just lie on the ground on a workout mat for prone exercises like chest press. Every once in a while a DVD will do an incline move of some sort, but I just do a...

Also not Cathe. :) I've just started back to working out in the past few months. I did not buy any of the beginner DVD's because we're saving money and I tend to like the more complex choreography. I also like having DVD's that I can 'grow' with so that I can use them for a long time. I...

Oh Cathe, thank you so much! I have a shorter step and I think that will help tremendously! I know it'll be harder in the workout, but when I did a couple of practice reps the shorter step was much more comfortable and I felt like I was able to 'drive' with my hamstring and glute more...

Clare - That's a good idea. I'll end up in a heap when I try to do those slow lunges though! :) Thanks again for your input.

Thanks for the input everyone. I have to admit that I think I feel the exercise more in my back than in my glute and hamstring, although it's sort of hard to tell. I think a lot of my problem might be that I'm pushing from the wrong angle - I tend to push 'away' from myself (with my foot at...

I've really been enjoying the GS Legs workout, although I'm a beginner/intermediate so I'm working my way up on some of the exercises. I had a question about the glute raises though - whenever I do this move, I feel it in my thighs and glutes, but I also feel it a lot in my lower back. The...

I have to say that I love the music from the Intensity series... especially in IMAX2, usually by interval 7 or 8 I am sooo tired, but I keep gong just so I can hear 'Pina Colada'. I love the super-fun song at the end of each workout (I think there's one on Boot Camp as well, but I don't...

RE: OT/ What do you coffee drinkers put in your coffee?... I'm inching towards the 'dark side' slowly but surely. :) I used to drink only foamy latte's and coffee with lots of sugar and cream, but just in the past month or so I've started taking my coffee with only sugar-free syrup in it and...

Oooh, when I graduated from college my mother and I took a trip to Europe and traveled through Italy (Rome, Florence, Radda in Chianti, Milan) and to Paris. We did it semi on our (ie, not with a tour group), but we got a lot of help from a company called Arts & Leisure Tours...

Nancy, I didn't reply in the first place because I didn't have any advice, but I just wanted to say that I admire you for what you did. It sounds like you said all the right things and had the confrontation in a loving but firm manner. Sounds like you definitely did the right thing in the...

A long time ago I asked for some form pointers here on the forum, and figured out that during a LOT of my shoulder work (especially side lateral raises) I was tensing my traps and shrugging my shoulders as sort of a cheat. I had to decrease my shoulder weight and really concentrate on keeping...

I'm definitely not the most educated person to answer this question, but here's an interesting link to an article about interval training. http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/kurilla1.htm I think the basic punchline is that when you are doing low-impact, low-intensity exercise a higher...

Clare, Hi! I wanted to tell you thank you so much for your heartfelt reply to my post! I can tell that you really do understand the stresses of graduate school very well. I took the first line of your post to mean that you're in graduate school AND raising a child/children... if so I have...

Hello everyone! I just wanted to get some good 'expert' advice about my new journey into actually watching what I eat. This board has so many people who seem to have had great successes and are incredibly helpful that I figured it was a great place to get practical answers. I posted this...

Thanks Cathy! :) I really appreciate it. Amanda