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Originally Posted by mercedes
I love Jill but I believe her to be more of a "eating your veggies" before anything happens rather than "dessert" - after IT happens..jajaja I tried her elbow sequence when I had tennis elbow and I swear I felt like I was thrown back to square one every single time I did it
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Perfect analogy, Mercedes! And I can appreciate your issues with Jill's elbow sequence. I had an underlying shoulder condition that only became known after numerous diagnostic tests. Following the injury that prompted the diagnostics, I bought Jill's shoulder workout--and I was appalled. Never did I divest myself of a DVD so quickly. If I'd attempted to do that workout at any time in the previous 5+ years, I'd have ended up on the operating table. J.B. Berns, on the other hand, saved my shoulders.
One thing about Chantal Donnelly's exercises in Strong Knees--I've used them as substitutes for moves (such as Pretzel) that I can't do in barre/Callanetics-type workouts. As other posters have noted, the Strong Knees moves are comparatively easy, but when done with Callanetics-type high reps, they tone as well as rehabilitate.