[Genisis]

Hey I'll take advice from the fitness pros. Thats why I asked. I'll do my best to incorporate whatever ideas you guys come up with but if at all possible I need to at least keep the present weight added when I dance. What do you guys think of the weight vests they carry at sporting goods stores? Do you think it would help if I transferred the weight from my hips to my torso? Or from the hips to the ankles? (Reminder: I am not in this for Cardio.)

Also have you ever heard of the "Shovelglove" technique? If so what do the fitness pros think about that? This is the first womens list that I've been on where anyone has given me the "Nono" on the weights. Compared to some of the women that I've posted about this topic with I am really not doing a lot. Would it be too much to ask what the negative and positive impacts would be on a female body? And is this a "nono" for everybody or just a "nono" for people in fair to moderate condition?

I hope you don't think that I'm over here just ripping my body to shreds. I dance and stretch for hours every day but lately I'm just not feeling like I'm getting anything out of it. No muscle fatigue or joint pain or really any sensation that lets me know that I'm doing anything at all. Maybe that means that I'm doing it right? Or maybe I have reached the point where dance and weight training won't do it anymore. I have absolutely no idea where to go from here because I can't do serious cardio.

I eagerly await your reponses. (I still like the Saidi idea...)

~*Genisis*~