Pure Strength Vol. 2: Chest, Shoulders, Triceps

Cathe Friedrich
Year Released: 1999

Categories: Upper Body Strength


I pre-ordered this video last summer, and was quite disappointed at what I got for the $30 Cdn that I spent. There are no advanced techniques such as pre-exhaust supersets or pyramiding (even the "drop set" is not really a drop set); this whole video is mostly 2-3 straight sets of each exercise, and I am not even fond of the exercise selection.

The Chest workout is mostly presses and more presses, which have some involvement of the anterior deltiod. Then for Shoulders, the Arnold presses and seated clean and press concentrate even more on the front deltoid muscle. A few side and bent laterals did not alleviate the "lopsided" feeling I had. In fact, while doing the close presses for triceps, my front delts were trembling instead. The triceps work is otherwise good, though it includes too many mass-building exercises for my goals.

I appreciate that Cathe performs the reps slowly enough, with longer rests between sets, so that heavier weights can be used. But so does Cory Everson in her Basic Sculpting System: Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps, and that video has a better variety of exercises, and cost me only $10.

Instructor Comments:
Cathe is always motivating and fun.

Serena Schlueter

11/30/-0001