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Kathy Smith Lift Weights to Lose Weight DVDs Review |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 01 November 2009 )
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Introduction The program of lifting weights developed by Kathy Smith is a system that essentially goes back to basics. It is a system that allows you to do exercises that primarily call on weight resistance while at the same time doing them in a way that is unique when compared with previous weight resistance exercises. It is a fitness program that allows you, not only the conventional wisdom of the past, but also the innovation of the future. That is probably why it is such a popular exercise program right now and why it looks as though this system will be around for some time to come.
The PremiseThere are two systems included in this particular exercise routine. The first is one that focuses on fundamentals, allowing you to use the weights to push through stretching exercises in your muscles that will make them leaner and meaner. The second system is one that will allow you more flexibility in sculpting the rest of your body to whatever shape you’d like it to be. These two systems work together in order to create the excellence of the overall system and that is one of the reasons why a lot of people have begun to gravitate towards this particular set of exercise routines.
Things We LikeThe length of time that it takes you to get through the first workout as a beginner is about 20 minutes. Even when you get to advanced stage of the workout, you are going to be able to dispense with all of the exercises you need to do in a day in less than one hour. There are many other programs out there that require a heavier commitment for what appear to be the same results, so this can certainly be put on this program as being one of its main advantages.
Another advantage to this program is that Kathy Smith has included a workout that you can do without weights. Even though this program bills itself as being a program that uses weights, there is an exercise workout in here that you can do with a stability ball instead. This allows for a fair amount of variety in the workouts that you do. Variety is something that can only be good over the long run provided that the workouts are effective. All of the evidence suggests that the workouts in this DVD set are indeed effective.
Things We Don't LikeThe program advertisements like to say that this is a program that is available to people of all ages and skill levels. This is not entirely true. The fact of the matter is that Kathy Smith’s program is relatively physically intensive. This means that senior citizens trying the program out might get to a point where they find out that even the most basic of the exercises might be physically trying for them. There is no question that the program will work for people that can get through it entirely, but it is important to point out that not everyone will have that particular ability.
Final ThoughtsThe majority of people that try this program out will find that it is a program that suits their needs. Most of the people that are actually willing to go from start to finish in this program will get the results that they want. However, this is something that can be said about most programs out there. The question that is more important has to do with the likelihood of completion. People that are absolute beginners might want to look elsewhere on that point because completion is something that might be difficult to do.
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