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Low Impact Circuit is a results-driven workout, packed with interesting step choreography, dynamic lower body intensity drills, and challenging weight work. Fueled with fun and great music, this high energy program focuses on burning fat, gaining strength, and building endurance.
You won’t believe how the time flies while doing this workout! After an active warm up, you’ll do three step combos, each followed by cardio-based lower-body-shaping blasts. After each of these blasts you will go right into weight work for the upper and lower body. A core routine and final stretch will complete the workout.
To do this workout, you’ll need a standard step, a set of light dumbbells, a barbell of moderate weight, and a medium-tension resistance band.
DVD has programmable chapters and premixed alternate workouts.
Cathe Friedrich's Low Impact Circuit
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: Lower
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: Moderate
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: Abs
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: Upper 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: 7701
Runtime: 71 min.
Region: 0
Street Date: 11/01/2006
Certified instructor description:
A “classic” Cathe workout, it features a non-stop series of intense aerobics-and-toning intervals. Very challenging physically, but never mentally “tricky,” it uses easy-to-follow step combos and proven body-sculpting routines. Each of the three circuits has four segments — step aerobics, a super-fast step “blast,” then blended upper/lower-body toning and an all-upper-body series. Cathe's superb cuing maximizes the interest with lots of movement variety (e.g. rhythm changes, equipment rotations, pulses, body position options). Includes an 11-minute step-aerobics bonus program plus optional “premixes” for shorter workouts. Some vocal music. Requires 3 to 15 lb. dumbbells, a barbell and a 6-foot resistance band. Includes a 9-minute bonus cardio segment. ©2006.
