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Cathe Lift, Move, & Restore 2 Elevated Upper Body Elevated Upper Body clocks in at just over 48 minutes. After a thorough resistance cord warm up, Cathe take you through a series of upper body core inspired exercises.  There were several exercises where you felt your core working as well as the upper body muscle group.  While the resistance cord was used in the warm up, the main part of the workout mainly used dumbbells and body weight. Sometimes, you were working with just a single dumbbell. The rep count range was between 8 and 24 reps. Cathe gave weight recommendations as she moved through each exercises and she gave her typical tips and encouragement. 3 & 3/4 stars

Elevated Lower Body from Lift, Move, & Restore 2   Cathe has release her new series called Elevated.  It is an 11 workout series that you can purchase on DVD, download or access through her On-Demand Act. Elevated Lower Body is a 52 minute workouts. In this workout, Cathe uses a high step, dumbbells and fabric loop to work the lower body.  There is less rest between sets and Cathe explains a little less than in the LM&R Functional Lower Body workout.  Cathe does take brief water breaks throughout.  Cathe gives you a range of weights to use for each exercise; telling you a selection if you are going light or if you are going heavy. I like this workout. 3 & 3/4 stars

February 2026 Workout Schedule   Sundays - Treadmill & Mobility Stretching Week 1 - Cathe's Lift, Move, Restore Functional Fitness workouts Week 2 - Cathe Lift, Move, Restore 2 Elevated workouts Week 3 - AeroPilates workouts performed on the Pilates Power Gym Week 4 - AeroPilates workouts performed on the Pilates Power Gym

 January 2026 Monthly Workouts And the Winter Cut First week and 1/2, was dedicated to Pilates Power Gym workouts.  I have had this machine and these workouts - probably 12 years now, I have never done them or really used the machine.  This year I have decided to use the machine much more.  Winter cut starts Sunday January 11 and goes to Saturday January 31.  It is a 21-Day (3-Week) cut. My goal will be to lose 5 pounds during the three week cut. I will be doing M4:3 for my eating protocol.  M stands for modified. There will be four up days and three down days per week during this cut. For fasting, I will do IF and will fast 16 to 18 hours per day during the cut. Workouts Sunday - Cardio Coach Treadmill workouts Monday - Cathe PHA workouts Tuesday - Cathe Boot Camp workouts Wednesday - Cathe Total Body workouts Thursday - Les Mills Combat workouts Friday - Ilaria's BodyStrike workouts Saturday- Cathe Mobility workouts

Stamina clocks in at around 27 minutes.  For this workout, Autumn uses just one weight selection throughout the whole workout. So there is no changing in and out the bands. Other than the selected band, Autumn uses the core ball in the first two exercises. In this workout, there is a foot block, an upper block and a core block. Autumn performs the exercises on one side of the body and then she repeats the same exercises on the other side of the body. There is a bonus exercise at the end.   This workout does include and warmup and cool down. 3 & 1/2 stars  

 Glutes & Guns clocks in just under 40 minutes. The workout's primary focus is exercises that target the glutes and biceps.  The glute exercises target hamstrings and quads as well, but the upper body exercises are exclusively bicep based.  The weight is moderate and the reps are between 12 and 16 reps.  3 stars