Full Backcover Description
Kick Max is an intensely advanced kickboxing-inspired workout consisting of the following segments: Warm Up, Kick and Punch Combos, Kickbox/Bootcamp Blast Challenge, Leg Conditioning Drills and Stretch.
The four Kick and Punch Combos feature a punching combo combined with a kicking combo designed to enhance your coordination, flexibility and endurance. The Blast Challenge consists of 10 high-intensity, mostly kickbox-oriented drills, which burn serious calories and condition the heart. The Leg Conditioning Drills will shape your legs while enhancing your kicking skills and flexibility. It is recommended that you do this workout two times per week or supplement it with your other cardio workouts.
DVD has chapters and premixed alternate workouts.
Cathe Friedrich's Kick Max
Cathe Dot Com
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: Lower 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.
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: 7425
Runtime: 73 min.
Region: 0
Street Date: 03/01/2005
Certified instructor description:
Superbly cued, it's the toughest kickbox program ever. You get three distinct segments — do any segment for a targeted workout or all three for an “extreme challenge.” You'll start with a well-sequenced, well-choreographed cycle of classic kickboxing moves (e.g. jabs and punches, kicks and shuffles). That's followed by high-impact aerobic/anaerobic plyometrics (e.g. jumping jacks, air jacks, tuck jacks — Cathe seems to spend more time in the air than on the ground). Finally, you'll totally fatigue those tired leg muscles with a series of kickbox toning exercises. The DVD's “premix” feature also lets you do pre-selected, shorter versions of the workout. ©2005.
