Level
Beginner: Just starting out, very overweight or haven't exercised in over six months.
Intermediate: Active in sports, dance or any regular exercise (2 to 3 times per week).
Advanced: Very active in sports or consistently work out four or more times per week.
Aerobics Impact
Lower Impact: Both feet never leave the ground at the same time. This minimizes stress on your knees.
Higher Impact: Includes movements like jumps, hops and skips. Very high-impact is called plyometrics.
Mixed Impact: This alternates or combines the above styles.
Aerobics Choreography
Basic: The easiest to follow. It ranges from simple walking-style marches to sports and athletic movements.
Complex: More intricate combinations and patterns. They're ideal for people who like to dance.
Moderate: More interesting than Basic, less dancy than Complex.
Toning Emphasis
Upper body: Arms, chest and back.
Lower Body: Legs, thighs, hips and buttocks.
Abs: Abdominals (stomach), core and sometimes lower back.
Total body: Tones all three of the above muscle groups.
Level: Advanced
Beginner: Just starting out, very overweight or haven't exercised in over six months.
Intermediate: Active in sports, dance or any regular exercise (2 to 3 times per week).
Advanced: Very active in sports or consistently work out four or more times per week.
Aerobics Impact: Higher
Lower Impact: Both feet never leave the ground at the same time. This minimizes stress on your knees.
Higher Impact: Includes movements like jumps, hops and skips. Very high-impact is called plyometrics.
Mixed Impact: This alternates or combines the above styles.
Aerobics Choreography: Basic
Basic: The easiest to follow. It ranges from simple walking-style marches to sports and athletic movements.
Complex: More intricate combinations and patterns. They're ideal for people who like to dance.
Moderate: More interesting than Basic, less dancy than Complex.
Toning Emphasis: Total Body
Upper body: Arms, chest and back.
Lower Body: Legs, thighs, hips and buttocks.
Abs: Abdominals (stomach), core and sometimes lower back.
Total body: Tones all three of the above muscle groups.
Instructor:
Cathe Friedrich (Instructor Profile)
SKU: 5796
Runtime:
87 min.
Region:
0
Street Date:
12/21/2009
Certified instructor description: High Intensity Interval Training — three ultra-tough, no-nonsense workouts. You'll burn fat with flat-out, super-challenging cardio “blasts,” then barely catch your breath in the follow-up “rest” segments. But don't be fooled — this entire workout is intense (even Cathe struggles to breathe and talk at the same time). Each program challenges your body with a different blast/rest format: 30/30, 40/20 or rotating “pyramids.” 30/30 has 30 seconds of blasts followed by 30 seconds of rest. 40/20 is 40 seconds of cardio and 20 seconds of blasts. The pyramids program increases, then decreases, the blast/rest intervals. All the moves are pure athletic drills, not “choreographed sequences.” They range from power scissors and plyo-jacks to “power squat lunges” and “three jumps forward with a jump turn.” The first two workouts mix on and off-step aerobics, so they requires a classic step bench. ©2009.
