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I listen to her radio show every week and she is so totally opposite to that! She is very warm, funny, caring and knowledgeable. Many people like that Biggest Loser boot camp style. Those same people would probably dislike Margaret Richard for being folksy and relaxed in her workouts. Thank God we have an endless variety of workouts and instructors for all of us vidiots!
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It is interesting how we're all different. I have absolutely no idea why the Pryamids are so popular, especially PUB. By my way of thinking, that is an utterly gratuitous workout, poorly organized and unfocused. My real life, in the gym pyramid style workouts never look like that. No one else's do, either.
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Structure is useful, if it has purpose. I question Cathe's purpose.
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06-11-09, 03:28 PM | ||
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Hmm...I don't have anything to compare the Pyramids to other than strength dvds...and next to most of them PUB feels very organized and direct. I'm curious as to what a gym pyramid w/o would look like? BTW, PUB is my favorite of the two!
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I couldn't get stronger with this method, its just too many reps, and doesn't allow for heavy weights. More likely is 12, 10, 8 or 10, 8, 6, so even if you went back up, you'd end up with 30 or 40 less reps than Cathe. Plus, if you're resting at least a minute (or more if you're working in with a partner) you'd never get in the 400 or 500 reps it seems like there is in PUB. Someone in VF land made this a "real" pyramid workout by resting during the second exercise. Again, in general, pyramids are strength building and not endurance. My personal opinion is that the whole workout is just major overkill, even for endurance. Just doing the pyramid up premixes seems a lot more reasonable to me, but of course everyone has different preferences. Last edited by LynnO; 06-11-09 at 03:54 PM. Reason: Added quotes to real since there is not a real definition of pyramid workouts. |
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06-11-09, 04:14 PM | |
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I'll chime in, too. I had serious issues with Cathe's upper body pyramid workout, because the way she structured it isn't right.
It was me who made this into a true upper body pyramid workout by resting during the second set of each exercise. Cathe turned each exercise into a superset, which you don't see in a true pyramid workout. There are different ways to do your pyramid. You can do a full pyramid, half a pyramid, or a reverse pyramid. I prefer a reverse pyramid. With this method you do half a pyramid and your first set is your heavier set. Your strength gains can be really good using this method.
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