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Originally Posted by fuzzie
That's my understanding as well. I guess the methods could be combined if that's what one prefers, but I would be careful not to overtrain - BB might use light weights but it is designed to exhaust the muscles so Leah recommends the traditional 48-hour rest per body parts. So it might be best to, say, substitute BB for a Cathe workout rather than alternate Cathe and BB workouts on consecutive days.
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I second that understanding and also second that Leah doesn't recommend working the same body part two days in a row, so it might be hard to do both Leah's upper body work AND Cathe heavy-weight work. Leah is not against heavy weights and recommends them during the 6-week "breaks" from Ballet Body training, so maybe try Ballet Body for a while, and then go back to Cathe. You won't lose as much as strength as you think. I've done it and didn't feel like I lost that much strength.
And I believe the "he-man" comment was in response to people asking Leah why she didn't work the biceps. Her response was that she focuses more on the tricep and rear shoulder because that produces the elongated look that she is after whereas working the biceps creates more of a "he-man" look. I'm not sure I agree with that comment, but that was the context.