Look Great in 8 list

[bearcatfan]

I have done a bunch of searches and come up with workouts folks say work well with a Look Great in 8 rotation. I have to do this with videos, I cheat when I work out on my own .

These are what I have, but I'm curious what others people think fit into these categories. Please include premixes if needed. And, conversely, if I've got it wrong I want to know that, too.

Circuits:
Weights III
P90 Masters Sculpt 5-6
Cathe's Supersets (certain premixes are proper circuits - which ones??)
Cathe's Bootcamp (upper/lower premix 3x through)
P90 Sculpts

Heavy:
Cathe's Slow and Heavy
P90X
Cathe's Gym Styles
Cathe's Pure Strength

High Rep:
Cathe's Power Hour
Cathe's Muscle Endurance
Slim Series
CTX Upper and Leaner Legs
Great Weighted Workout

Supersets:
Weights II
Cathe's Pyramids
Cathe's Push/Pull
Power Half Hour

[Pam L]

When I did this rotation, I found supersets the hardest to come up with. One thing I used to do, is have one workout in the VCR set to one body part, and one in the DVD player set to the opposing body part, and go back and forth. Like have MIS on DVD set to chest, PS VHS set to back, and alternate sets between them.

For circuits I mainly used Firms that have more weights than cardio, e.g. Tortoise, Firm Strength, Cardio Sculpt, etc.

[Vintage VFer]

Great List, Rose! I forgot about the Fran Gern workouts.

I don't stick to the guidelines *exactly*, but here are some I have used:

Circuit:
Abs Diet (45)
Project You: Full Body Circuit (50)
Leslie 5 Mile Advanced Walk (57)
Leslie WAPX Walk Strong (26)
Debbie Rocker WS&T (59)

Heavy:
Cory Basic Sculpting System (30)
Cathe Pure Strength (40-60)
Cathe Slow & Heavy
Joyce Dynamic Tension (40)

High Rep:
Slim Series (30-80)
Margaret Sculpture (45)
Jari Get Ripped (50)
Chizel-It (30)
Joyce Non-Stop (20 min. split)

Super Sets:
Joyce Bottoms Up Gold (43)
Joyce Non-Stop
Cory GHAS (25)
Power Half Hour (25)

Interval Cardio:
Hiking
Leslie Walk & Jog (25)
Leslie Walk Slim 4 Fast Miles (40)
Leslie Fat Burning Walk 4 Miles (50)
Reebok Intense Moves (40)
George ForemanWalk & Box (35)

Steady Cardio:
Elliptical (45 -65)
Simply Step (51)
Cardio Step Mix (50)
Weight Loss Walk 4 Miles (52)

[Debra]

LGI8 is a great rotation but either you do it in spirit or you have to improvise, rather than just following a DVD. I tried to follow the weight training guidelines but did my own thing with cardio.

I can't work to failure on my lower body at home, so I just followed the DVD (meaning high reps).

Circuit (3 total body wt. circuits w/ failure at about 12 reps):

Cathe's Bootcamp Lower Body/ Upper Body premix (3 times). I only did the lower body segments one time, spreading them out over the 3 circuits.

Heavy (supposed to be a 4 day split w/ failure at 8 to 10 reps).

Cathe's Gym Style doing her 3 day split. I shot for failure at 8 to 10, but also did the band work. I did 3 sets, not 4.

High Rep (supposed to be two 3 day splits in the 15 to 20 rep range).

I used the ME upper & lower body premixes (twice each) & followed Cathe's reps, which are high. Much higher than 20.

Supersets (actually push/pull). Supposed to be a 4 day split with failure at about 12 reps. I did a 2 day split twice, again shooting for failure at about 12 reps for the upper body.

This was my favorite week. I used Cathe's Push/Pull upper & lower body premixes doing the premixes twice each time. Leaner Legs would be a great choice for the lower body split if you're not worried about reps.

Abs - I used Core Max & PS abs.

Push/Pull is such an underrated workout. Cathe's reps are low. It's a very time efficient workout. If you choose the right weight, you will feel this workout.

Debra

[lfcjasp]

I love the variety of LGI8...the chance to change things up every week. I've thought (and am still considering this) about doing LGI8 as an 8-month rotation rather than an 8-week rotation...but this is what I did earlier this year:
Circuits or supersets:
NYC (Kelly Coffey-Meyer)
Supersets, esp. premix #1 (Cathe)

Heavy weights:
Pure Strength splits (Cathe)
For the legs I did CTX's Leaner Legs rather than the legs of PS.

High reps:
Ripped
Push Pull (have no idea why for this week...guess it just fit in with a hectic week...we were preparing to go away...)

Opposing muscle groups:
Power Hour (think I got this mixed up with Push Pull!)
All My Best (Margaret Richard)

Come to think of it...I should check my notes from last year...I did LGI8 all the way through then...vacation interrupted this one this time. But I would still follow this scheme pretty much, whether for a LGI8 in weeks or months...I think Slow and Heavy would be great when I need a break from PS. I didn't do the cardio exactly as prescribed...often just getting it done was a challenge!!!

ETA: I agree...Push Pull is vastly underrated. I go as heavy as I can and am amazed at how tough this little gem is. Short, fewer reps than Cathe's usual, moves right along!!! And she does work every muscle she can seem to think of...even shins!!!!