06-24-21, 05:52 PM | |
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Arizona
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Jessica posted a promotional video on her you tube channel. The video shows some testimonials from people who used it.
https://youtu.be/NT82acVI7Bs
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06-25-21, 06:36 PM | |
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Montreal
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I made it through three weeks of it and then decided to set it aside and do it in the summer when I'm off work. I was liking the program though. I felt like my body was moving better and benefitting from all the functional moves. But I found myself needing more of a warmup (it was March and I live in Canada), and I was already wondering how I'd squeeze 50 minute workouts in, so tacking on another 10 minutes for a warmup was kind of the last straw I realized what I really wanted was a Walk Strong 4 program from Jessica: 30 minute workouts with lots of variety (I really like her fusion workouts) and preferably a smidge more challenging than WS3. So I made my own Walk Strong 4 program. I used her WS3 rotation as a guide but then substituted a 30 min Cathe workout whenever I wanted more of a challenge. I had wanted to get more use out of Cathe's Perfect 30 set anyway, so I used those for some days, but I love ICE so I swapped some of those in as well (sometimes using premixes to get the length down). For the Total Body Strength workout, I used Jessica's Straight Up Strength on YouTube. It was a fun rotation, actually!
I'm planning to start Lift & Shift up again tomorrow though. I'll admit that I like Cathe's weight work better, and I plan to use Cathe for the cardio days, but there's something about Jessica's slow pace, all the functional and balance moves, and the way she has you work on the smaller stabilizing muscles. I feel like I need that. I just wasn't getting stronger with Cathe. I generally use 50-60% as much weight as she does and I realized I haven't really been progressing in this last year, despite nearly daily workouts. I think I must have some muscle imbalances or something that are affecting me. I admit Jessica's long circuits do feel a little like taking my medicine. I wish she had more motivating music and I wish there were easier ways to shorten the workouts. She says you don't have to do all 16 or 20 reps, but I find myself doing them all because it seems easier than fast forwarding to the next exercise. (She did add a 15 second forward/backward button though, so maybe that will help. But obviously chapters or premixes would be even better). So we'll see! I feel pretty motivated because I read the first group's final checkins and so many of them mentioned how much stronger they had gotten and how they were sleeping better and they had fewer aches and pains. That all sounds like exactly what I need right now! And there seems to be a pretty motivating checkin group going on for the next round and Jessica's there responding to just about every post. I did Cathe's Xtrain last summer and I felt like 10 weeks would have been the perfect length for that rotation. Lift & Shift has even fewer workouts in the rotation, so I'm worried I'll get bored. But I'm telling myself I already did 3 weeks of it, so if I only make it through 9, I'll still kind have completed it. Right? |
06-25-21, 08:29 PM | |
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Arizona
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Anne, that's a good description, I felt like I was taking my medicine, lol. I definitely agree about the sleep, I slept really good on the days I did a strength workout. I was out like a light once my head hit the pillow.
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06-26-21, 12:42 PM | |
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: The Ocean State!
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Yes Alta, it's not available on DVD.
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