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Cathe Friedrich's Imax 3 |
  Excellent high-intensity cardio, but not my favorite |
| I'm an advanced exerciser and a fan of Cathe's work, and this one contained the usual elements of a Cathe workout- excellent cuing, solid attitude, great production. But while this is certainly a very well made, extremely high-intensity workout, I find it torturous and not very fun. In addition (and this may be just a matter of taste), I don't feel that I get enough return for my effort since it is purely cardio. I'm a fan of interval workouts that challenge my whole body and work my upper body and abs for maximum energy expenditure (like Cathe's Body Max 2), but while this one had me gasping for air, there was no muscle burn. That said, Imax 3 is still an excellent workout, and if a purely cardio challenge is what you're looking for, you can't go wrong with Cathe. - posted by Yonit on 12/28/2009 |
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| Another GREAT one by Cathe!! |
| This is a seriously tough workout, not for the faint of heart! I love the intervals - they really get your heart rate up! I'm an advanced level exerciser and am left breathless at the end of this workout. Her cueing is phenominal as always and the moves are challenging - you can't get bored with this workout! The pre-mixes are fantastic when you're short on time. Highly recommend this video! - posted by Stephanie on 6/12/2009 |
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| A Very Fun and Hardcore Workout! |
| I have not done the entire DVD, but rather a remix (cardio step only/no blasts) and can say that it is really fun! There are several premixes for those short on time or are looking to customize a workout to fit their needs ie: No blasts, some blasts, ect. The moves were fun and flowed together very well. I have watched the blasts and have done similar ones on other DVDs of hers and can honestly say it kicks your rear up all over the place! They make for great lower body work! This is one DVD that you will not regret buying! After my knee heals, I plan on getting this and several other Cathe DVDs out and using them on a regular basis! Your heart rate and calorie burn will be high with this one! And as always, Cathe is an excellent cue-er! - posted by Julia on 1/27/2009 |
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| Seriously hard, seriously great! |
| This is the hardest, most densely packed work-out I own (I have LOTS). I'm an advanced exerciser and I save it for days I want to challenge myself but don't want to spend 90+ mins. I'm always beet-red after. It's a definite keeper! - posted by Elizabeth on 1/27/2009 |
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| Wow what a workout |
| I have stepped my workouts up the past few months. I am in Jari Love's Ripped advance workouts and I decided to try one of Cathe's step videos for my cardio day. I thought I was in great shape but WOW did she wake me up. This video is WOW. I still need to learn the step combos and I know once I do it won't be as challenging but the high intensity intervals are wow wow wow. Much higher than Jari's in Ripped 1000. This is worth the try. It just takes practice:) - posted by Char on 12/20/2008 |
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| Very Tough But Fun |
| I just did this DVD for the first time today, and I have to say it's one of my favorite Cathe workouts. It's definitely tough. I consider myself to be in pretty good shape, but there are a couple of blasts that I couldn't do all the way through. She says at the beginning of the DVD that the blasts get progressively harder, but I didn't find that to be the case for myself. I found some to be harder than others. The very first blast, for example, I found to be really tough. If you want an extreme cardio challenge, I definitely recommend this one! - posted by Tracey on 3/19/2008 |
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| No fun factorI |
| I loved Imax2 but when i got this workout and did it i was dissapointed. There are times when you are pushing yourself so hard you get a little crabby. I swear i saw this in cathe to. To me she has more fun in Imax2 just like i do, but if you want a killer workout this is it just watch out for your knees. - posted by Delores on 3/6/2008 |
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| Calorie Killer |
| I would just like to add that this workout will burn a lot of calories for you in under an hour. I depend on it to offset days when my calorie consumption is higher than usual. - posted by L.Rain on 2/20/2008 |
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| I LOVE IT!! |
| This is definitely high impact and intense. There are some complicated moves but nothing too hard if you are used to Cathe's style. Don't be scared to try it. If you can't do some of the moves, you can always modify. There are so many fun moves, I couldn't believe it was over. - posted by Cindy on 2/5/2008 |
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| Tough.. But LOVED every minute!! |
| This workout is one of the most intense aerobic workouts ever. I was really nervous about buying this one b/c of how hard it sounded, but I wanted an extreme challenge and didn't mind if I had to put forth a little effort to learn the moves. I think that's part of what keeps me coming back to a video. I think they did a good job of pairing the steps with the blasts. The steps were complicated to learn but I watched the video clips on cathe.com about 3 times before I got the video which helped a lot. The clips show pieces of all 10 intervals/blasts. Once I got my video I was prepared for some of the moves and picked up on them by the 2nd time. There are a few tricky little steps during the blasts(not many) that sneak in when you're really winded that might take time to learn but I don't think it matters as long as you are where she wants you to be for the key movements in the blasts. Yes- the blasts are extremely hard and high impact but they are fairly short and are over just when you need them to be and you move on. Some reviewers thought this to not be as fun as other workouts, but I thought it was as fun as could be expected for something so intense. You wont hear a lot of chit chat b/c this is hard-core stuff for cathe too. But she is never crabby and I thought she was very pleasant and smiling. Sure, she's probably not as chipper as she is in some of her lower intensity videos but neither am I when she starts into the plie jacks and air jacks. Just try to master the key moves and the other's will eventually fall into place- you will still get an awesome workout b/c the intensity will come with the blasts which are easy to learn-hard to do! It is definately a one-of-a-kind video. If you don't mind high impact and are OK with not "mastering" the video on the 1st try you really need to give this one a shot! - posted by Amanda on 1/31/2008 |
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