Love cardio? You must try this workout!
I have not felt the love for cardio in while. Maybe it's because I've been nursing some injuries or because I'm burnt out. Well, after doing this DVD, the love is back! Cathe has created a definite winner with CrossFire.
The workout breakdown:
Warm up---6:30
CrossFire Fitness Blast---8:50
Firewalker Tabata---4:55
CrossFire Circuit Blast---22:45
CrossFire Plyo Tabata---5:20
Stretch---6:45
Bonus Core---9:10
Bonus Low Impact Cardio Tabata---4:40
The equipment you'll need:
Firewalker loop
Pairs of 3, 5, 8 and 10 pound dumbbells
One 15 pound dumbbell
Set of slide and glide discs
Tubing for use as a marker.
CrossFire is non-stop cardio; you'll do tabatas, plyometrics, and circuit training. A step is not used in this workout. In case you're not familiar with tabata training, it's 20 seconds of high intensity cardio, followed by 10 seconds of rest. This pattern is repeated...
Another great workout from Cathe
This is one of my favorites along with "to the max". I won't break down the workout as others have done that but it's a good mix of tabata, HIIT, and strength.
It's excellent at keeping your heart rate up but is manageable. Cathe's instruction is good and motivating. I would say it's suitable for intermediate to advanced exercisers. My sister did it with me and she's decently fit but doesn't work out regularly and found it ok, and took breaks where she needed, substituted jumping jacks for some moves etc. The point being to get started, keep moving and build up to it. Things can be modified quite easily. I've been doing it for some months now, once a week or so and find I'm still getting a great workout every time, lots of sweat and feel great afterwards!
The music is better than some other Cathe workouts, like the low impact series, which I appreciate.
As others have mentioned, I don't care for the bonus core as it's too hard on my wrists...
This will kick your butt!
I love this dvd. Excellent cardio intervals to really step up my routine when exercising at home. I love that there are various pre-mixes so you can work out as little as 20 min or as much as an hour. You can even create your own workouts. Great 20 second intervals that get right to the point. Keep in mind you do need to purchase the sliding discs and the exercise bands to use this dvd.
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