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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Lund, Sweden
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About 7 years ago I had honest-to-goodness amazing weightloss and strength results with one of Joyce's more intense mix-it-up plans, the eating plan from her Bottoms Up book, and lots of walking. I lost about 10 kg in 12 weeks, and have have never had results like that before or since. This was despite several years with Cathe and The Firm.
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07-01-14, 01:42 PM | |
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: St. Louis MO
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Wow! Some very interesting and encouraging responses here! Thanks so much to all who have responded, and looking forward to more!
To thos eof you who have lost weight with JV workouts, which do you think is the best, fastest acting for weight loss? |
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i have trained in the gym using index cards.... i've often considered transferring her sequences to cards. i'll bet that you get the moves memorized after a few sessions. my question to those who used her books with success - did you do it at home, and what were your heaviest poundages for DBs? i asked because i don't want to lift heavier than 15# for each dumbbell because i don't own racks at home, and i don't want to go to the gym to work out. Joyce says repeatedly in her books that you don't need super heavy dumbbells, and has even stated that 5# DBs in each hand and body-weight type exercises will yield muscle definition (you contract your muscles intensely during the moves). when i did a CLX rotation, i had to switch to bands because i hurt my back just getting the heavier DBs into position (again - no racks at home). i squatted to pick up/put down the weights too, and even then, i had to be careful. i have a weight bench at home too, but no rack for very heavy bench press. i can bench press 45 pounds with a rack and a spotter.
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07-01-14, 02:03 PM | ||
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The heaviest for me three years ago was 5, 8, and 10. I have a different set of dumbbells now and recently have worked up to using 5, 7.5, and 10 (yes, I'm a weight wimp ). I lighten up on weights if I'm doing a full pyramid routine and lifting relatively fast to my own music (Definition, for instance). My goal is to get up to 10, 15, and 20. I believe Joyce says in one (or more) of her books that it's not necessary to go heavier than that with her routines.
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07-01-14, 02:06 PM | ||
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07-01-14, 02:28 PM | |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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I did WTME book workout for 8 months a very long time ago. It pulled me in in all the right places. Two guys who live on our road hit on me. Never did JV regularly after that.
I also got injured but it was my own stupidity because I was new to lifting. I'm still paying the price for that. I think it was with a video but it was so long ago I don't remember. If you do the work the workouts will work for you. |
07-01-14, 04:00 PM | ||
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No barbells or spotters needed. In one of her books (Definition, maybe?) Joyce said that she didn't go higher than 20 pounds. Numerous people on this forum have said that they got their best results using Joyce's workouts. You don't need much equipment or space, and they're time-efficient.
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