ok, what weights are you using for the lat pulls? she says to use heavy and i can get about 3 reps in with 8lb weights but i can do them all with 5. she's crazy!

I've been using 8lbs. I love that exercise!

I'm burning an average of 300 calories each workout. I'm 5'1 and 151 pounds.

Moving on to # 5 today for the first time. Proud of myself for completing phase 1. Must say a little scared of what's in store after reading the posts above. Gonna stick it out though and see what I can accomplish. Good luck to all of you moving on to weeks 7 & 8.

you can do it! i did workout 5 for the third time today and while it's still challenging, it is NOT as bad as the first time i did it. the cable punches are what get me. btw, i'm burning 278 cals for workout 5.

Just did my first wrkout from Phase 2. Wrkout 5 man my arms are killin me but I made it thru even though I thought my arms were guna collapse. That wrkout isn't a joke.

I definitely don't have all the moves down! I need someone to tell me if, on those one legged squats with a fly, I'm bending at the waist or truly squatting with my knee. I really can't tell. It would be fun to have a group of people doing it together!

OMG I feel the same way about the one legged squats! It's sort of impossible not to bend at the waist at some point!

Thank God...its not just me. Started workout 5 today and that was the worse exercise. If she did them earlier in the workout, I'm sure I'd be able to do them but I was so spent by that time I had a hard time just standing on one leg, nevermind trying to squat down :grumble:

Wow! Workout 6 made me sweat like crazy. I burned 324 calories today per my HRM (5'4" and 166 pounds)and used my 5 and 8 pound weights but I was dripping with sweat. This workout didn't really seem that hard, but it made me sweat more than all the others. Did anyone else feel like this?

Okay, question for those of you already in phase 2. I'm almost done with phase 1, and it's bugging me that a few exercises in workouts 3 & 4 are still kicking my butt. Particularly the plank-ups and the hollow man. I also tend to give out before I'm done with the last few surrenders. I do try to push myself farther with each workout, and I'm pretty good at some of the other moves; I'm using 8 lb dumbells for most of the weighted moves. I'm wondering if I should try doing another week of workouts 3 & 4 to get better at certain exercises, or if I should just move on to phase 2, do my best at workouts 5 & 6, and quit fretting over not doing everything perfectly???

Okay, question for those of you already in phase 2. I'm almost done with phase 1, and it's bugging me that a few exercises in workouts 3 & 4 are still kicking my butt. Particularly the plank-ups and the hollow man. I also tend to give out before I'm done with the last few surrenders. I do try to push myself farther with each workout, and I'm pretty good at some of the other moves; I'm using 8 lb dumbells for most of the weighted moves. I'm wondering if I should try doing another week of workouts 3 & 4 to get better at certain exercises, or if I should just move on to phase 2, do my best at workouts 5 & 6, and quit fretting over not doing everything perfectly???

I would move on to phase 2. I still had trouble with some of the exercises in workout 3 & 4....the plank ups suck and I had to force myself to get through them on the last time I did them. By moving on to phase 2 you are still getting work on the muscles, but in different ways. Like in workout 5 you do push ups and then raise one arm to the sky (can't remember what she called it) and they are hard, but not as hard as plank ups were for me.

My plan is to do the full 90 days as scheduled on the calendar and then probably start at the beginning and do them all again.

Thanks! That's what I was thinking I should probably do, but I feel better hearing it from someone who's already in the next phase. It should be interesting to see how much easier some of the moves in the earlier workouts are after completing the entire program!

I have a question. Does it Matter if you do the DVD in the morning or late afternoon?

I slapped myself in the leg twice with the cable! It hurt so bad! It was during the move in workout 6 when we use it for bicep curls and it just slipped from under my foot. I just started using my dumbells instead. My back is really hurting this week...it's definitely a step up from Phase 1 but I am loving it!

I did that too. I think tomorrow I will use my dumbells instead of the cable. The chest fly's with the cable really freaking hurt too...lol

just finished Cardio 2 man am I sweatin bullets

I just finished week 1 and am feeling good. Now I'm nervous for week 5 & 6...LOL.

I start phase 2 tomorrow! I am so excited and scared to start it. Little worried a out all of the push ups. No upper body strength at all, but then again, guess that's why I'm doing it!

I started Phase 2 last night, and I was surprised that workout 5 wasn't as bad as I expected. It was still hard and the cable punches kicked my butt, but I was able to do a lot more than I thought I would. I guess I got even more out of Phase 1 than I thought!

Day 2 of phase 2. Holy crape those lat pulls/sit ups are insane! I did them all but am sure feeling it now! Cardio is tomorrow. And I am a little worried...