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11-11-10, 02:27 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Atlanta
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Anyone Gone Back to Heavy Weights After Barre?
Just wondering. I collected a score of barre workouts and have done nothing but low weight/hi rep for the last year, but I'm craving muscle definition and more strength, especially now that DS weighs about 30 pounds.
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11-11-10, 02:58 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: On Canada 💗
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Did you have a new baby? Asking as new pic. Congrats if so. I have been doing only very light weights for a while now and have just started doing Cathe's 4 Day Split.. so heavier weight work now. I like the change. I would say do a mix.. try some heavier weight work along with your barre workouts. I got great definition doing only light weight work.. but i do mix it up. If you want more strength try going more heavy 3 or so times a week.. and then have a light day too.
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11-11-10, 03:02 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Georgia
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Me, me! Although I wouldn't say I'm doing heavy weights. But after 2 plus years of barre using nothing heavier than my 5s, for the most part, I'm now doing "heavier weights" with the Firm, Tracie Long, KCM, etc. I still like high rep/low weight in there too and will use Jari and Slim Series along the way too.
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11-11-10, 04:40 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Twin Cities, MN
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When I worked with a trainer years ago, she had me switching things up every week -- heavy Cathe one week, only cardio the next, Firm the next, light weights/high reps the next, etc. I think I was in the best shape of my life then - with the most muscle definition.
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11-11-10, 04:49 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Colorado
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Oh yeah, I've been going back & forth every few weeks/months for the last three years since I got my barre. I'm doing P90X now and the barre workouts are gathering dust ... but I'll get back to them. It's like you say: I start to crave the feel of a different type of workout.
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11-11-10, 05:18 PM
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11-11-10, 05:26 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Indiana
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Beautiful.......congrats!!
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11-11-10, 05:35 PM
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11-11-10, 05:46 PM
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