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Hello all! Just wondering which Hardcore workout, if any, is the most like Bootcamp. I'm nearing the end of my pregnancy (8 months) and I'm already thinking of what I'd like to do when I resume exercising. Pre-pregnancy, I was doing mostly Bootcamp, KPC, ME, and HSTA. Thanks all...

Can anyone suggest some ab/core exercises I could do while pregnant? I've been doing the abs mostly from ME, Bootcamp, and KPC but am realizing that (1) my lower back hurts when I'm laying on may back doing some of these and (2) I'm 12 weeks and nearing the point where I shouldn't be on my back...

Hello all! I just found out I'm pregnant, AGAIN, with my 4th child. (This is definitely the last for me.) My DS is 9-1/2 mo. and I've worked so hard to get back into shape. Now that my body is somewhat nicely defined (even my abs), I get pregnant. Oh well. Anyway, my workouts since DS...

Hi Cathe! I like doing the cardio-only premix of Bootcamp and HSTA as an interval workout. Is it bad to sit down between cardio segments rather than staying in motion like doing grapevines or walking back-and-forth? I usually pause for 1 minute before doing the next cardio. I get so winded...

Does anyone watch this show? I love it! I've watched all, but season 4. I was so sad to see Mirna & Charla eliminated last week. None of the other teams respected them. I hate to say it, but I think it's because Charla was a little person. How ignorant! They tried to be nice to other...

For a while now, I've done ME, HSTA (minus the leg presses) and Bootcamp (cardio only) each week (plus FitTV KPC and some other cardio). I decided it was time to mix it up a bit starting this week. So, I did HSTA UB/LB premix (including the leg presses) for my strength and am planning to do...

I did the abs from SJP (taped from FitTV during the Cardioblast marathon) and I love it! I love the music! I'm pretty sure it's pilates inspired. I've never done pilates, but, now, I'd like to try it. Is there a pilates video that isn't too dry and has great music (in the likes of SJP)? I...

Hi Cathe! Could you explain what it means to do an exercise cleanly? For example, in HSTA during the squats segment, you say to clean it up (after doing slow-count squats) by finishing with 8 single count squats. Other examples are doing the clean and press in ME and during CTX kickbox you...

Hello all! I hope someone can help me! Does anyone know how to stop getting underlined text in Explorer? The underlined text links to searches and it's really annoying! Is it a virus/worm? I must have inadvertently downloaded something. I've tried removing suspicious programs in...

Hi Cathe! A couple of weeks ago, I changed up my strength routine a little. I had been doing PH & ME for a long while (I just love them) and switched to doing MIS & ME plus adding HSTA. I noticed that my traps look larger and, quite frankly, I don't like it. I don't really know which...

Hello all! I've done HSTA a few times now..1st time as filmed, 2nd time cardio only, 3rd time as filmed but skipped through all of the leg presses except for the double presses. Initially, I wasn't crazy about this workout. But, after doing it yesterday without the leg presses, I discovered...

Hi Cathe! I know you've defined supersetting as having little rest between exercises. In PH & ME, there seems to be (at least to me) little rest between a lot of the exercises. Would you consider these workouts as a type of supersetting? If not, what's the difference? Just wondering...

Hello all! I've been thinking about this for a while, but why are Americans so concerned about carbs when in so many other countries, carbs (e.g. rice and pasta) are such staple items in people's diets? In Asia, for example, rice is eaten every day with almost every meal...and, it's white...

Hi Cathe! You obviously use heavy weights. How do you (or what do you do to) keep yourself from getting bulky muscles? I mean, you're very muscular, but you're not big. I don't want to add size, just define my muscles. I'm trying to figure out what to do. Should I lift heavier? Stay...

I decided to try working my bis, tris, & shoulders 3x/week. I dug up Cory's Get Hard Arm & Shoulders from my box of videos. I hadn't done this vid in years! I've been doing Cathe exclusively for strength training for several years and I thought GHAAS would be good for variety. Oh my gosh, my...

Hi Cathe! I was wondering if it would be possible for your exercise crew to write another summary about how they prepared for filming the new workouts, their current workouts & diet, and what they've changed since they last wrote for the Intensity Series? When I do your older workouts (the...

Hello all! I was reading the Reducing Cardio thread (FirmNurse) and I was wondering, what is the difference between HIIT and regular interval training? Is it that the breaks between intervals are shorter? I mean, for example, would doing the first 4 intervals in IMAX be considered HIIT...

Hi Cathe! I've been doing both PH and ME each week for about a month. Do you think just switching to MIS and ME is enough change to shock the body? Thanks! -Melanie

Hi Cathe! Could you tell me how the clean and press in ME is supposed to work the back/hamstrings? It seems as if it's supposed to work the shoulders. Maybe I'm doing it wrong. Are you supposed to do the bounce in the legs as you bring the bar up over your head? Thanks! -Melanie

I know this is way OT, but it's the only place where I could solicit opinions from a large group of women. Here's the situation...my DH makes a big mess on our dresser. He comes home, dumps all of his papers, receipts, change, pens, etc. on our dresser and it drives me crazy! I've think...