Re: Project You - What's the Story?

[Guest guest]

I really like PY!  The cardio, pilates and yoga workouts are more beginner, though the last cardio tape is of more normal intensity. The strength workouts are GREAT!   I never used the walking cd.

She does have her " shrill " moments and the background exercisers are pretty phony and rehearsed but all in all it's a good program! 

 

Since I very seldom buy DVD's that aren't available from Collage or Total Fitness, I don't know much about Kathy 's Project You.  Was it a good series?How many DVDs are available?  Is it a beginner, intermediate or advanced workout?  Is Kathy good or is she shrill (in some of Kathy's later tapes she seems off and shrill).  

Anyway, any information is greatly appreciated.  Used copies are available all over the web...Thanks,Catlin

[Guest guest]

That Pilates dvd is not a beginner workout in my opinion! I'm a beginner, I've never done any other pilates except for Kathy's PY and I had a very hard time doing it. The yoga tape was hard for me to because I'm used to how Tony and Chalene does yoga more than how Kathy does it. I agree the first two cardios are more for beginners but I haven't done the last one yet. The Upper Body/Abs and Lower body/abs are pretty much beginner maybe lower intermediate level. I haven't done the full-body one yet so I have no opinion on that

one. If you can find PY cheap why not buy it? It wouldn't hurt to have new workouts to do. And NO she's not shrill in this set. Jen

Since I very seldom buy DVD's that aren't available from Collage or Total Fitness, I don't know much about Kathy 's Project You. Was it a good series?How many DVDs are available? Is it a beginner, intermediate or advanced workout? Is Kathy good or is she shrill (in some of Kathy's later tapes she seems off and shrill).

Anyway, any information is greatly appreciated. Used copies are available all over the web...Thanks,Catlin

[Guest guest]

How many different DVDs are there and what are they titled?Thanks,Catlin

[Guest guest]

BB -

Project YOU - Core/Flex - Pilates Core

BB - Project

YOU - Core/Flex - Yoga Flex

BB - Project

YOU - Foundation

BB - Project

YOU - Full Body Circuit

BB - Project

YOU - Lower Body/Abs

BB - Project

YOU - Long Lean

BB - Project

YOU - Power Push

BB - Project

YOU - Steady Strides - walking cd

- Project

YOU - Upper Body/Abs

Subject: Re: Project You - What's the Story?To: exercisevideos Date: Sunday, March 4, 2012, 3:00 PM

How many different DVDs are there and what are they titled?Thanks,Catlin

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your help - I caved and bought a used copy of Fat Burning, Core Flex, and Strength.  It was a bargain for $3.61 total.Thank you again,Catlin

[Guest guest]

Oh no problem. Do you want harder workouts or easier workouts? JenSubject: Re: Project You - What's the Story?To: exercisevideos Date: Sunday, March 4, 2012, 5:07 PM

Thanks for your help - I caved and bought a used copy of Fat Burning, Core Flex, and Strength. It was a bargain for $3.61 total.Thank you again,Catlin

[Guest guest]

I'm interest in the harder workouts - but I'm not interested in any yoga or Pilates workouts.  I just don't care for Pilates and I'm interested in Tai Chi, not yoga - Tai Chi is like the yoga of China.  The first time I saw pictures of the Chinese doing Tai Chi in the park I wanted to learn Tai Chi.

Thanks,Catlin

[Guest guest]

> How many DVDs are available? Is it a beginner, intermediate

> or advanced workout? Is Kathy good or is she shrill (in some

> of Kathy's later tapes she seems off and shrill).

hi catlin!

project you is pretty good... beginner to intermediate.

definitely not advanced.

kathy is ok... kind of cheerleader-ish. she kind of annoys me

at times, but she is more annoying in some of her other videos.

kind of like denise austin, kathy makes me laugh unintentionally

becuase of her enthusiasm. but she is a solid trainer who knows

her stuff.

kathy always has great backgrounders, which is important, and

PY is no exception, although they are allowed to talk during the

workouts and they say some cheesy stuff. i dont know if jen has

noticed this, but in one of the weight workouts, i think that it

is upper body, kathy sticks her butt right in andre's face, like

two inches from his nose!! OMG i laugh so hard at the look on

his face!

anyway jen and i have posted over the last 2 weeks about the PY

workouts we have done so far, pls check out the message archive

for those comments.

the workouts are:

Foundation

Lower/Abs

Walk

Upper

Pilates

Yoga

Power Push

Full Body Circuit

Long Lean

included in the set are two guided walking audio workouts for use

outside or on the treadmill. ive used those and a couple of

other kathy walking audios in the past, they are pretty good,

especially for just starting out a walking regimen.

also be aware that beachbody and kathy smith changed the

marketing of the set to appeal to type 2 diabetics in 2008.

now called 'project you type two'.

i think that the workouts are the same, but im not positive.

also there seems to be much more documentation included...

cookbook, etc.

jen and i are using the original set from 2005. you should not

have to pay very much money for either set.

:*carolyn.

[Guest guest]

How ever did I miss THIS?  I think Andre wants to be Kathy's slave boy. I agree the backgrounders in this one say the dumbest things!  They are great workouts though!

 i think that it

is upper body, kathy sticks her butt right in andre's face, like

two inches from his nose!!  OMG i laugh so hard at the look on

his face!

[Guest guest]

> How ever did I miss THIS? I think Andre wants to be Kathy's

> slave boy.

kathy always flirts with her male backgrounders. for years she

treated that cute little michael carson as her boy toy.

you can tell that andre is trying to be polite and respectful and

supportive (even though he probably isnt feeling much for the

workout)... he lets her touch him and she makes comments on his

physique.

:*carolyn.

[Guest guest]

Ahhh I can't remember which video it was, but she let some of her background

folks teach a step segment and Carson's was always my favorite. ;-)

P

> > How ever did I miss THIS? I think Andre wants to be Kathy's

> > slave boy.

>

> kathy always flirts with her male backgrounders. for years she

> treated that cute little michael carson as her boy toy.

> you can tell that andre is trying to be polite and respectful and

> supportive (even though he probably isnt feeling much for the

> workout)... he lets her touch him and she makes comments on his

> physique.

> :*carolyn.

>

[Guest guest]

> Ahhh I can't remember which video it was, but she let some of

> her background folks teach a step segment and Carson's

> was always my favorite. ;-) P

i think that it is just called 'step workout'... or maybe it was

'power step' ?

i have some of michael carson's workouts... should do them sometime.

he is still cute!

:*carolyn.

[Guest guest]

Whatever that was, I got rid of it because of the backgrounders teaching the segments! I found it horribly distracting, annoying and yucky. I have a hard enough time following simple choreography taught by one instructor but when they start switching off, ugh, I'm done!

Re: Project You - What's the Story?

Ahhh I can't remember which video it was, but she let some of her background folks teach a step segment and Carson's was always my favorite. ;-)P> > How ever did I miss THIS? I think Andre wants to be Kathy's> > slave boy.> > kathy always flirts with her male backgrounders. for years she > treated that cute little michael carson as her boy toy.> you can tell that andre is trying to be polite and respectful and > supportive (even though he probably isnt feeling much for the > workout)... he lets her touch him and she makes comments on his > physique.> :*carolyn.>

[Guest guest]

I had no idea he had his own videos!!! Hmmmmmm ;-)

> > Ahhh I can't remember which video it was, but she let some of

> > her background folks teach a step segment and Carson's

> > was always my favorite. ;-) P

>

> i think that it is just called 'step workout'... or maybe it was

> 'power step' ?

> i have some of michael carson's workouts... should do them sometime.

> he is still cute!

> :*carolyn.

>

[Guest guest]

See and I thought some of them were better than Kathy....

> > > How ever did I miss THIS? I think Andre wants to be Kathy's

> > > slave boy.

> >

> > kathy always flirts with her male backgrounders. for years she

> > treated that cute little michael carson as her boy toy.

> > you can tell that andre is trying to be polite and respectful and

> > supportive (even though he probably isnt feeling much for the

> > workout)... he lets her touch him and she makes comments on his

> > physique.

> > :*carolyn.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Yeah, I think some actually were but I still just found most of it too distracting and annoying (and maybe because some were better than Kathy maybe I didn't want to go back to her). I don't like it when Gin has backgrounders lead either (I think someone does in Step Reebok The Video). I don't mind when someone is leading a long segment and I don't mind it when Kay takes over for (except when keeps talking through Kay's lead, then it is that bugs me most) but the quick snippets in the Kathy workout just bugs me to pieces.

Re: Project You - What's the Story?

See and I thought some of them were better than Kathy....> > > How ever did I miss THIS? I think Andre wants to be Kathy's> > > slave boy.> > > > kathy always flirts with her male backgrounders. for years she > > treated that cute little michael carson as her boy toy.> > you can tell that andre is trying to be polite and respectful and > > supportive (even though he probably isnt feeling much for the > > workout)... he lets her touch him and she makes comments on his > > physique.> > :*carolyn.> >>

[Guest guest]

Thank all of you for your feedback.  I sent away for a Prlject You DVD from Alibris.com - and it arrived yesterday and it was defective and would not play in my DVD player.  Alibris is giving me a refund, but I'm taking it as a sign and forgetting about this series...

Thanks,Catlin

[Guest guest]

> I had no idea he had his own videos!!! Hmmmmmm ;-)

oh he has quite a few where he is the lead and also some where he

is behind the scenes as choregrapher, producer, director, etc.

i have some of his 'get sexy' workouts and a few that he did for

exercise tv.

i like him because he does alot of functional stuff, using

stability ball and weighted balls.

http://www.getsexyworkouts.com/

:*carolyn.

[Guest guest]

That's dumb to think it's a "sign" to give up on trying something because the product they mailed to you was defective....shit happens! Why don't you see if you can borrow it from someone or rent it from the library..? JenSubject: Re: Project You - What's the Story?To: exercisevideos Date: Friday, March 9, 2012, 10:55 AM

Thank all of you for your feedback. I sent away for a Prlject You DVD from Alibris.com - and it arrived yesterday and it was defective and would not play in my DVD player. Alibris is giving me a refund, but I'm taking it as a sign and forgetting about this series...

Thanks,Catlin

[Guest guest]

> That's dumb to think it's a " sign " to give up on trying something

> because the product they mailed to you was defective....shit happens!

easy now jen, that is harsh. PY is a good system but we both

know that it isnt the greatest thing on earth. maybe catlin

read some more of our comments on PY and changed her mind.

thats all. not dumb.... perhaps wise?

:*carolyn.