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.
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: 5938
Runtime:
66 min.
Region:
0
Street Date:
11/22/2010
Certified instructor description: A gym-style program that uses heavy weights and lots of equipment. This is “serious” body-sculpting — you'll optimize results by working every muscle to its absolute limit. Cathe suggests a weight level that's 70% of maximum — the heaviest weight you could lift just one time (but that's not essential; lighter weights are also effective). The moves range from squats, lunges and curls to push-ups, dumbbell flies and dead rows. Each set is repeated twice, once for 16 reps and again for 12. But Cathe's focus is on form — she wants high-quality moves, not the most reps. Requires several sets of heavy dumbbells, a step bench, a resistance band and gliding discs (paper plates will work). Cathe uses a barbell and a barbell rack. ©2010.
