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Completely agree. We now have a "no food" policy at our school. You can't have any food for any school parties or birthday celebrations or anything ever for any reason except school lunches. There was some craft project recently that in years past we've used Cheerios on (not to eat, mind you...

Lorrie -I didn't realize the hard soled shoe thing was controversial. I thought that was conventional wisdom in the weight lifting world. I don't have any but keep meaning to switch out my cross-trainers and see the difference for myself. I've read several times that a big part of weight...

I'm thinking MIS is like that. It's been ages since I've done it though. I'm sure somewhere on the site you can find a breakdown of the weight workouts. If not, the Firm ya-ya's site has a video review section that breaks down most of Cathe's workouts.

Since there's no rest between the sets, and such a high number of reps (52, if my math is correct, or even more for the supersets) I think technically it's an endurance workout. But as other posts have noted, it's a very flexible workout. It would be pretty easy to stop the workout for a rest...

Evelyn - they make a door attachment for bands that you can use. I think I got mine on Amazon (or you can just google "door attachment" and "bands" or something). It doesn't affect the hinge - it just rests above it (although I suppose if you pull down hard enough it could hurt it - maybe...

Thanks for mentioning this - I hadn't even noticed that option. I will definitely use it. The music is a bit of a problem in places.

When you have big weight plates they can hit the floor before you get down far enough. I've never had that happen, but I stand on the step anyway. Go figure ...

Obviously not Cathe here, but wanted to mention that I've read about this problem before (and have it myself) and the solutions usually suggested are (1) use straps, (2) use an alternate grip for deadlifts (one palm faces forward, the other backward) and (3) keep at it til your forearms...

I use Pace Weights and a heart rate monitor at the same time with no problem.

More importantly, I think that you have to be an educated consumer of all of this training specific research (or any research for that matter) and question how big the test group was, what body type did they have, what was their fitness level to begin with, how old were they, etc. etc. It is...

I have one too, and have never had a reason to doubt its reliability. It's always seemed about right to me. I suppose you could just do a manual count (take your pulse at your neck or wrist) at some point during a workout and see if that is what the Polar says.

Kathryn - I looked into getting the Iron Gym but found that it didn't work with my doors. The moulding around the door has to be a certain size - and of course now I can't remember what it is (although I imagine you could Google it, since that's probably how I got the info). My door mouldings...

It sounds like the only real problem you're having here is that she is causing your workouts to take twice as long as they would if you were working out alone. And so the question is do you consider that enough of a problem to say something to her? If it is, then the next question is do you...

This is an interesting question. I can't think of a reason why doing one part a day would be counter-productive. Possibly it would be better because you'd be coming to each body part fresh. I did a one part a day rotation a while back, and I enjoyed it. I only did it for a month or so...

Do you mean you're not able to complete all the reps in a set with that weight? I think that you have the right weight if you are able to complete at least most of the reps. I've wondered about that too - how when you do your tests you're not already on your 3rd set or whatever like you...

Not Cathe, but for what it's worth I thought I'd mention your diet -- I find that I feel a lot more tired by my workouts if I'm not getting enough nutrition. Since you're pushing harder than normal, maybe you need to increase fluid intake too. Or get a bit more rest. I don't think it's...

That's a good question, and I've wondered about that too. I've usually done a 3 on/1 off split, so most muscle groups end up being worked 2 times a week. But I have done a rotation where I worked each group just once a week, and I think because I was really focused on pushing the muscles to...

I usually burn in somewhere 250-330 for the GS upper body workouts (depending on if I do the whole thing or a premix, how much weight I use, how much extra resting I put in, etc.). I don't know about the others.

I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but maybe it'll help. It describes a do-it-yourself way to hook your band onto door hinges. http://www.dietandfitnessresources.co.uk/home_gym/reebok-resistance-tube/door-attachment.htm

Isn't this a military press, where the bar comes down in front of the face? It's for the shoulders.