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I'm a skin care slut as well, Dutchgirl!!! :P But my favorites are Cetaphil (soooooo gentle for my sensitive skin), Trish Mcevoy, and Philosophy. And of course, facials every few months :7

Hi there! Power Yoga will certainly tone your arms! In fact, maybe working your upper body in a different way than you are used to will help you even more because your body isn't used to it. You're going to get some toned legs too!!!

Cathe uses stablity balls, I believe, in a few of her new workouts. Other than that, most of the good stablity ball videos I know of are pilates inspired... not classic weight/resistance training like Cathe.

Hi everyone! I'm about to go away for the holidays, and want to continue my pilates matwork that I've been practicing. I now know the exercises well enough that I think I will be able to do them on my own at the hotel's gym, but my problem is how to choose which exercises to do and in what...

I think that because each individual person is built sooooooo differently, there is not one answer to this. Personally, on my short frame, I think I'd look much too bulky looking like Cathe, however, I think Cathe looks absolutely gorgeous because her muscles look healthy and right on her...

Oh boy... yes I bought my first stability ball from Sports Authority and that was a huge mistake. I found that it didn't retain it's air for even 5 minutes. Very dissapointed! I have just ordered a ball from Collage video and hope that will be MUCH better...

I think if you're a beginner at pilates you should try Stott Pilates. Her new matwork video Level 1: The Secret To Flat Abs is fabulous and very detailed. And no, it doesn't only work your abs! You're arms and legs will also get a workout. Good luck with those awful migraines!!

Thanks Susan! I'm a dancer, so I'm looking to strengthen my core for my dancing, improve my flexibility, and create long, lean muscles. I had been weight training for a few years, and I know women can't bulk but I still felt like my body wasn't the right shape for dancing. Pilates and Yoga also...

Hi everyone! I've replaced my weight training with yoga and pilates and I'm thrilled with the results! I've been doing 3-4 days a week but would like to increase to 5. So now I'm wondering whether it's ok to do either yoga or pilates a few days in a row. Thanks!

You may also want to try working some pilates into your rotations. I have recently starting pilates and yoga to lengthen out my muscles from so much weight training and I'm happy to say that I feel and I think I look leaner and longer. Even one session a week might be enough to help if you stick...

Like you guys I find that I need about an hour between a meal and a cardio workout at least! But for strength training maybe half an hour. And before yoga or pilates I leave even more than an hour. However, I find if my stomach is too empty or I haven't eaten in a while I have absolutely no...

Wow! Is it just me or does EVERYONE in the crew including Cathe look even more toned and gorgeous?!

RE: A Jury of one Jane... when you go back to strength training and continue pilates and cardio how many days of each are you going to do? I cant figure out how to fit everything in!

wow my profile says i'm a male?! didn't know that. definetely a female!!!! u can't find anyone more girly :-)

RE: NO Thanks for your advice "momincharge"!! You're right... when I had some private pilates sessions we did use light weights, stability balls, and do pushups. Believe me, I felt the burn! I'm finding that the key to the answer to my original question is all in the instructor, video, or types...