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Cathe Friedrich's Kick Max |
 Great All-around Workout |
| I love kickboxing dvds and this is one of my new favorites. The combos are short, but the 10 blasts after really burn calories. I love the leg conditioning section because it helps your kicking form. I would recommend this video to anyone who likes kickboxing. I am new to Cathe dvds, but I love how tough they are. - posted by Colleen on 8/19/2010 |
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| kick max KICK'S BUTT!! |
| Cathe Friedrich is my all time favorite Instructor....I love her moves and her cuing is so on that you can easily follow her... I would recommend All of her workouts to anyone to wants to get fit, stay fit and at times be challenged!!!From one Jersey girl to another...Cathe ROCKS!!! - posted by Jackie on 7/22/2010 |
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| Kick Butt!!! |
| This is a rigorous workout. Great for getting the heartrate up and burning calories. The blast are challenging and difficult to keep up with at first. Definitely a great workout for pumping up the metabolism. Expect to work hard. - posted by Jen on 5/28/2010 |
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 Interesting kickboxing |
| I've had this one in my regular rotation for a while, and you know what? I've never gotten bored with it. Cathe makes each combo interesting and maybe even fun. The workout is not at all repetitious. The workout does get very, very challenging towards the later part, and I always have to modify many of the high impact moves to keep the workout do-able. I really like it. The main reason I give it 4 stars instead of 5 is because of the music. Cathe often has good music, but in this workout it is more like boring background music. - posted by Marianne on 4/1/2010 |
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| Wanted more, this delivered |
| I'd recently gotten hooked on kickboxing and from one of Cathe's combo DVD's, Hardcore Extreme, had previously done the kickbox leg conditioning drills and cardio blast portions of KickMax, but I wanted the regular cardio portion that went along with them. I recently got this one along with 5 other Kickbox DVD's and it's one of the 2 that I've done more than once, already, so far. I love Cathe's combos, she builds them up nicely and they're so doable. - posted by Court on 3/23/2010 |
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| Very disappointing, not very intense at all |
| I bought this workout because I kept reading how difficult it is, how intense it is, and I wanted to challenge myself. I was excited to try it, but it was horribly disappointing. It seems like a lot of standing around. The punch combos didn't get my heart rate up at all. The short, intense bursts after that were over just as I started sweating. I couldn't get into this workout and found it boring. I love Cathe Friedrich, but I have already sold this one in order to find a better workout! - posted by Mary Jo on 1/27/2010 |
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| Smokin'!!! |
| I am in the process of totally changing my workouts for 2010. I've currently been doing Jari Love's DVDs for weight training 3 times a week, as well as the elliptical and Jillian Michael's "Banish Fat Boost Metabolism" for cardio. I've checked out some of Cathe's programs, mostly the step workouts and found the choreography to be way too difficult for me. Then I found her "Kick, Punch, and Crunch" and it was very intense, but I picked up the moves quickly. Then, I just tried "Kick Max" for the first time today and holy moly, I hope I can walk tomorrow! This workout starts with basic punching and kicking in the warmup and moves to four kick/punch combos. Even though this was my first time to do the workout, I found the combo's pretty easy to learn, even the ones where you turn around backwards while kicking. After the combos its time for the scorching kickbox/bootcamp blast challenge. There are 10 different moves, that vary from plyometric moves to jumping jacks, to tuck jumps and the jumping lunges that are a killer! And if your legs aren't totally fried after that, Cathe moves into the leg conditioning drills which are totally focused on gaining flexibility in the legs and hips for improved kicking. You will feel it in the hips and legs! I did the whole DVD, which comes in at 74 minutes and now I see why on the back cover its says "Do this workout once or twice per week". So, now I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of the new shock cardio DVDs that I just purchased!! - posted by Amanda on 12/31/2009 |
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| a favorite |
| I use this workout when I want to give my legs a break from high impact you get a very intense workout, but not so much stress from jumping, or stepping. the toning exercises are a real challenge too, which is what you can expect from her. - posted by Bunny on 12/29/2009 |
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| Jumping Jumping |
| I liked this dvd. I thought there should have been more kickboxing combinations. This really had me sweating. - posted by Ms. G on 12/28/2009 |
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| Solid overall and good workout, but not the best kickboxing routine |
| Cathe's workouts are always well-produced and solid, and this one is no exception. That said, I've done many kickboxing workouts and I was disappointed by this one. Yes, the drills are super intense and I feel that I have had a good workout by the end of the routine. But the energy is lacking in the kickboxing combinations. The way Cathe and her crew perform them, the punches and kicks have more of a dancy "extend your limbs to burn calories" feel, rather than a "punch/kick your opponent in the face" feel. Kickboxing's raw intensity is what motivates me to put 100% into a workout, and this one lacked that power. - posted by neatski on 12/28/2009 |
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