Re: Question on weights/videos for men

[Guest guest]

Hi Carl,

As a general rule, I would say use what weight

challenges you (you should be able to complete with

good form, but it shouldn't be 'easy')- there is a

lady on one of my other lists who uses pimarily Cathe

for her weight workouts and she lifts quite heavy -

I'd say start where you are and just progress from

there.

FIRM tapes are harder to figure out b/c there are so

many compound moves. It is definately harder to know

what weight is appropriate in those situations. If

your new to weights, I'd probably say to go with Cathe

to start and get form pointers and build a base of

strength. The FIRM workouts are fun, and I like doing

them, but it helps to have a base (be aware you may

have to swallow your pride and go lighter with them,

too, because of all the compound moves)

Hope that helps! Glad you got a workout in!

Donna

--- Carl Cope <triviaman@...> wrote:

> OK, folks, I'd like your opinion.

>

> When it comes to videos that incorporate weights

> (many FIRM videos, Cathe Friedrich's stuff, among

> others), what are appropriate weight dumbbells for

> men to use?

>

> , I could use a man's perspective on this, too!

>

>

> ...Thanks in advance,

> Carl

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[Guest guest]

Carl, I've never done videos specifically geared toward weights, but

some of the videos I do have a few weight elements in them. I do

videos mostly for the cardio and I do resistance training separately.

However, when I do a video with weights, I just pick whatever weight

I need to make it challenging regardless of how much weight the people

on the video are doing.