Re: Cathe: Back Biceps & Abs + Y4SR Practice for the SI Joint

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Hi ,

As usual, great job. I think I'm pulling out Yoga for Stress Relief tonight or tomorrow - I need to do either the lower back tension practice or the SI Joint practice. I have been neglecting my stretching!Donna

Subject: Cathe: Back Biceps & Abs + Y4SR Practice for the SI JointTo: exercisevideos Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 11:27 PM

I hadn't done this tape in AGES. This was a fun workout, but I prefer Cathe's Slow & Heavy series, which is more intense. This one is from 1999, 46 minutes long, and has a nice variety of exercises. For most exercises you do three sets of 10, but for some of the bicep curls you only do two sets. I used 12 and 10 lb dumbells for the bicep work, and for T-Bar Rows I loaded up the bar to 15 lbs on the bottom and 33.5 lbs on the top end. I really miss doing these on the corresponding machine at Fitness with Noel, as doing them with the barbell like this with one end resting on the floor can be clumsy. I should have put more weight on the bottom end to stabilize it and could have loaded up more in general on this. This exercise is executed more smoothly with a saavy hunky trainer loading up the bar for you, taking all the guesswork out of it, and making you do all the reps at a challenging

workload. For the deadlifts I used a 35 lb barbell, single arm rows a 20 lb dumbell (which was too light, kettlebell work has really helped me out with these and next time I will use a 30 lb kettlbell instead if there are only 10 reps to a set like this) The most unique exercise (for a workout video) in this one was shrugs. I used 12 lb dumbells and because I never do these I really felt them. The ab section at the end was intense and rather like something we do at the gym at the end of Body Pump only harder than Body Pump. If I were still teaching Amp'd Abs I'd probably steal this choreography and use it in class.Cathe ends with a nice stretch and you stretch in between sets, but Tressia and I continued stretching with Yoga For Stress Relief: Practice for the SI Joint which is 35 minutes long and the practice I seem to do around once a week because it feels soooooo good for the back! , I can't wait

til you get this dvd and try it for yourself! I especially enjoy reclined half lotus (which you can also do cross legged). I can really feel my hips open on that!Tomorrow I'll do the Chest, Tricep and Shoulder tape from this same series along with an ab add-on. Knee feels a bit better today! Really hoping I can run on Friday.Hope everyone is having a good evening!