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Cathe Friedrich's Body Max 2 |
 This One Has It All! |
| If you're looking for a workout DVD that has it all, then look no further than Cathe's Body Max 2. Tough, but fun and easy to learn step aerobics? Check. All out cardio step blasts combined with weighted legs and glutes exercises? Check. Intense upper body training with weights? Check. An ab workout to finish you off? Check. I've been doing this workout, but only doing the 3 step combos, the cardio step/step blast (no leg weights), and the abs as I have been doing STS for the past 3 months. It was a good choice as I not only mastered the step moves, but it gave me a great cardio workout to include on cardio days during STS. Today I finally did the whole thing and I was spent at the end. The workout is pretty straightforward. You do an extended step warm up and go into 3 easy to learn step combos. That is followed by 4 cardio step combos, followed by a cardio step blast, then ending with weighted leg and glute exercises that require a barbell or dumbbells. The weighted leg/glute exercises are: barbell squats, front/back/the top lunges, barbell plie squats and static lunges. Your legs will be fried. Then its on to the upper body weights workout. You'll need a mat and stability ball for this one and you do (in this order) Back, Chest, Shoulders, Bi's and Tri's. Cathe uses 15's and 5's and I thought I could go heavier, but quickly found out that I was too spent from all the stepping and blasts to do that. The push-ups were killer. You do a fun, unique ab workout, stretch and you're done. And you get all this in a 90 minute workout! The music is good, upbeat and not annoying. Cathe's cueing is superb. I would like to know just how many calories I burned on this one. I think it was close to 1000! If you're gonna indulge and have a cheat day or for heaven's sakes, a cheat weekend, do this on Monday and reverse some of the damage!!!! 5 stars all the way! - posted by Amanda on 6/27/2011 |
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| BEST STEP VIDEO EVER AND MY FAVORITE |
| I've done this many, many times and it is my all-time favorite step video. I will never get tired of it. It is so much fun and the music is great. I like many other Cathe DVDS, but nothing compares to this. - posted by Laura on 5/13/2011 |
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| one of my Cathe favorites |
| I really enjoyed this one. I am an upper-intermediate exerciser and had to modify down some of the moves...but that was not too difficult. And it gives me something to reach for and challenge me. I think this is going to be one of my favorite Cathe dvds (and I have 20 of them). The step was fun, challenging, and had some terrific steps. Cathe was very good on her cuing and her attitude. I think sometimes in her more recent dvds (say 2009 on) she seems a bit stiffer and not as real-though she is still great. However, since this is 2006 she seems more at ease and happy and as if she is really enjoying herself. Needless to say, this is contagious. The upper body is a burner and the lower body is worked in all the step. I loved that it was about 90 minutes long. I will probably try to do this whole thing once a week for my blast out day. The thing about Cathe's dvds is that there is usually great value with all the pre-mixes, as this one has so you can tailor it to be what you want. - posted by Tracy on 3/24/2011 |
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| Great total body workout! |
| This workout was great. You get cardio, leg work and even upper body and ab work at the end. I used an 8 inch step which really kept my heart rate up high throughout the workout. Great music and as usual Cathe cues amazingly. I'm 5'3 and 133 pounds and with the bonus 6 min cardio I burnt 1035 calories! Amazing and I felt like my whole body was worked out. Love it! - posted by Amber on 3/1/2011 |
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| Great Music, great choreography, and great fun! |
| I have recently started working out with Cathe's DVDs over the past year. So far, this is my favorite! I just did it for the first time today. The step routines were intricate enough to keep me interested, but not so complex that I had to keep hitting the pause button on the DVD player. I was definitely sweaty and short of breath after this one. It gave me that wonderful endorphin rush and satisfied feeling. The best part for me is the music. I cannot stand working out to DVDs that have the same techno beat style music in the background. This was a 10 out of 10!! - posted by Rebecca on 9/19/2010 |
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 Not a big fan of this one |
| Am a BIG Cathe fan, but this one I didn't like. The step portion was really boring to me, not as much fun as hers typically are. The toning was good, which is why I'll keep it for my low-energy days, but otherwise I wouldn't keep it. Not a fan of the hurry-up abs, but eh, it works. - posted by W on 9/13/2010 |
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| Love it! |
| This one is always in my rotation. The premixes are great. - posted by Robin on 8/8/2010 |
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| cathe friedrich's Body Max2 |
| Amazing but hard! - posted by liz on 6/11/2010 |
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| AWESOME workout! |
| This one is tough! I love Cathe's workouts, and this is one of my favorites. The step routines are fun and fast paced. It's higher impact but can be modified when my creaky knees are acting up. I use a 6-inch step even for this DVD even though I use an 8-inch step for other videos (even other Cathe step videos, like Low Max, which I also love.) The stability ball segment is a nice change of pace for an upper body workout. The premixes means I can use this one DVD for may different workouts, especially since I don't usually have 90 minutes to work out. I find Cathe very motivating, friendly, and fun. I can't say enough good things about this workout. If you are advanced and looking for a challenge, this is a great workout! - posted by Bobbi on 5/7/2010 |
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| not bad |
| I love many of Cathe's workout videos and was hoping for one as good as the first Body Max. I'm not a fan of the repeat short step routines but the upper body, weight training segments and use of the ball are great and make it worth having. - posted by Nancy on 4/8/2010 |
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