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Cathe Friedrich's 4-Day Split Cardio & Weights |
 worth every penny |
| Love love love this set. It offers so much variety you won't get bored. You can combine pretty much everything for a varied and advanced workout - or you can keep it simple and just workout for 30 minutes. - posted by hugecathefan on 9/14/2011 |
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| Higher Intensity Step Review |
| I tried Higher Intensity Step this morning for the very first time and I was able to keep up with most of the moves. I did watch the routine several times through to get a feel for the workout. The workout consists of a warm-up, some light stretches, 3 step combos followed by 3 cardio blasts, the finished product where you put all 3 combos together and then a cooldown/stretch. The warm up is relatively easy to follow, then after some stretching you move into 3 combos that progressively get more challenging, both physically and mentally. The last combo was really tricky, but I watched it again later this morning and think I've got most of the footwork figured out. Cathe says its lots of fun once you learn it. My only complaint about this combo is that there are plenty of challenging moves that don't require one to be turned around with their back to the TV. I can't look back over my shoulder at the TV to try to see what's going on. I know that once you learn it, you know it and what's going to come next. The music was good and catchy and the blasts were tough even choreography wise. I liked the around the world box thing at the end where you start out with one knee, straddle, then two knees, turn, three knees, straddle, four knees. The lunges around the step were fun too. Overall, I enjoyed this workout and plan to do the Double Cardio Premix from time to time which puts both step workouts together. I've also done all the weight work, kickbox and boot camp workouts from this set and love them all. I'm currently doing STS and about to begin my last mesocycle, so once I'm through with that I plan to take a break, go back to my other Cathe weight workouts and maybe do another rotation of STS later in the year. - posted by Amanda on 5/20/2011 |
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| Lower Intensity Step Review |
| I am trying Cathe's step workouts for the first time and I finally got the hang of LIS today! I've had the 4DS series since last summer, but only used the kickbox, boot camp and weights workouts from it. I decided that I wanted to try the step portions too. Lower Intensity Step starts out with a easy to follow warm-up and some stretches, then you move into 3 step combos each followed by a cardio blast. The first combo has step sweeps (which took me forever to get the hang of when you're on the other side of the step), tap reaches and a outer thigh raise where you turn, face the step and shuffle back and around. A cardio blast on the floor follows. Combo #2 is a mambo front/mambo back with a little jumping jack on the step followed by a outer thigh raise to the front where you go to the front and back of the step. A blast follows this one too. Combo #3 was the hardest one for me to learn. It starts with a mambo to each side of then you go over, walk around and do it to the other side. Then there's this little knee repeater with a double jump. Once I got the footwork #3 was fun! The music is good and catchy. A blast follows combo #3, then you do the "finished product" and put all 3 combos together with outer thigh around the world's and jump shots in between each one. This took me more time to catch on to, but it was worth not giving up on! I can't wait to try Higher Intensity Step tomorrow! - posted by Amanda on 5/19/2011 |
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 Very Versitale, Tough Quick Workouts |
| This is the second Cathe DVD I have purchased and I am much happier with this one! The first one is good, but I need to get familiar with Cathe's moves and style and this DVD is perfect. I love the kick boxing and low intensity step. Haven't tried the other two cardio work outs yet, but will soon. The strength sections are good so far, and I really like the way you can pick and choose the segments. Other dvds have that feature but this one seems easier to manage and the workouts stand on their own better. - posted by Jennifer on 4/7/2011 |
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| Lots of Versatility and Variety! |
| I recently purchased this DVD because I liked the idea of having cardio and weights together in one workout, complete with stretch and cool down, as well as ab routines in two of the workouts. You are getting 4 workouts on 2 DVD's: High Intensity Step w/chest & back, Lower Intensity Step w/shoulders, calves and core work, Kickbox w/ Legs and Core, and Boot Camp w/ Biceps and Triceps. I did all four workouts last week, only substituting two other Cathe cardio workouts for the HIS and LIS, I simply don't have the room in my workout area to safely do either of these step routines. What I did was use the express circuit premix to Cardio Core Circuit in place of HIS, then went on to do the weight work, and did HIIT 40/20 and 30/30 in place of LIS. This made for a great workout as I still did about 30 minutes of cardio, but was able to mix and match from two different programs to tailor the workout to my needs. Bootcamp and Kickbox were the only two cardio workouts I did due to a smaller workout space and they were both fantastic. Cathe hit the ground running and the cardio didn't let up. I love the Bootcamp drills and enjoy the Kickbox program a lot, it was shorter, very intense (you start jumping and don't stop!) and liked the fact that it was a lot of kickbox moves and only one easy to follow combo at the end that is very physically demanding. The weight work had great variety with several rounds, each one a different concept like supersetting. The time flew by, the calories burned and I felt like I got a thorough weight training workout in a shorter amount of time. I believe that weight work is more quality over quantity....One really doesn't need to do a ton of exercises, sometimes it can be overkill when you're trying to build muscles. I just tried to lift as heavy as I could while maintaining good form throughout. Then also consider that there are 23 premix workouts between the two discs adding almost endless workout possibilities. One of my favorite premixes is the Cardio Power, which is the Kickbox and Boot Camp cardio combined. The workout is very well worth the price and I hope one day I have the room to try the step workouts, they look like fun. I especially loved the music in the beginning of the chest/back workout! This is a great program, especially when you're short on time or you just want to totally shake things up! - posted by Amanda on 8/16/2010 |
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| Cardio Power Premix Rocks! |
| I am trying out different workout DVD's for my active recovery week and I just tried the Cardio Power Premix and this workout rocks. I burned 421 calories in 51 minutes. Cathe just doesn't stop in this routine which is the kickbox and boot camp cardio segments combined. I really liked the format of the kickbox portion, it was different that Kick Max or KPC in that you warmed up, but mainly did kickbox style drills some kicking some punching, but you never slowed down. It wrapped up with a punching combo and some standing ab moves. Then onto Boot Camp. Whoa, this workout picks up speed and doesn't quit. You do 12 drills, such as straddles on the step, lateral moves, the suicide runs where you run back and forth picking up weights and bringing them back. I wish had I had more room to do that one b/c its killer. Then you do forward/backward hops over a resistance band, butt kick hops over the step and the final killer is the running in place with the drop push-ups. For the first time in a long time, I didn't know if I was gonna make it thru that one! I can't wait to try all the heavy weight training segments. I don't know if I'll do either of the step aerobic workouts simply because my workout space isn't big enough. But Kickbox and Boot Camp are fantastic workouts and each one alone is around 30 minutes. They might be shorter, but they're highly intense! - posted by Amanda on 8/3/2010 |
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| Endless possibilities! |
| At first you might think this is a set of four workouts, each including a short cardio segment and a targeted strength segment. But it's SO MUCH MORE! The 23 premixes means you can use this 2-DVD set for almost anything. Want a quick cardio workout? Four different premixes for that. Want total body weights? Premix for that. Only upper body? Check. Cardio with only upper body? Yep. Low impact circuit? There's a premix for you. High intensity circuit? There's a premix for that, too. In fact there are four different circuit premixes. I think you get the idea, there are more ways to use this than I have even had time to do yet. The workouts themselves are fun and challenging, with the quality and advanced level you'd expect from Cathe. I love the low intensity step, I think it's my favorite cardio segment, but the kickboxing is really fun too. The weight segments are tough, and the reps are low enough that you can lift heavy, which I like. I prefer low impact workouts, so I modify the high intensity step and some of the bootcamp plyo moves. At $80 this was initially an investment for me, and I thought about it a lot before I bought it. But it's turned out to be the best bargain. It's incredibly versatile, and solid in every respect. - posted by Bobbi on 5/15/2010 |
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| Tough Does Not Even Begin to Describe! |
| This was my 2nd purchase of a Cathe workout. Every workout is tough, the choreography is challenging in the Step portion for me, although Cathe is an excellent instructor, she explains the next move very well in every one of the workouts. I enjoy the Bootcamp DVD best. The workouts are challenging and will get you in great shape! - posted by Debbie on 4/29/2010 |
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| INDEED, WORTH EVERY PENNY! |
| This dvd is fantastic and the workouts are so great when you are short on time!! There is SO much variety on here - and 23 premixes!! I haven't tried the high intensity step yet (admittedly, kind of afraid to, LOL, not much of a complex choreography lover here), but the fact that it is only 30 minutes gives me hope that I can hang with it! I absolutely LOVE the k/b section - it is SOOOO much fun!! I enjoy the bootcamp cardio a lot too---suicides reminded me of relay drills from my High School days! :) I used the weight workouts in my own Cathe rotation recently and felt these really helped me reach for heavier and heavier weights. I can't wait to do her 4DS rotation as recommended. I enjoy BM2 & LIC's music a tad better than in this series, but overall, a great product from Cathe! 5 Stars!! - posted by MRS on 8/7/2009 |
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| Solid Cathe |
| Solid Cathe production. Bootcamp was the weakest workout for me. Felt there was a bit of time wasted in it. - posted by luli on 3/4/2009 |
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