Cathe Friedrich's Kick Max DVD
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Description of Cathe Friedrich's Kick Max DVD
Warm Up (12 minutes).....A nice extended warm up which will incorporate the basic kick and punches into movement patterns plus incorporate new movement patterns designed to enhance your balance and flexibility. Kick and Punch Combo's (22 minutes).....Similar to the format of KPC's segment, you will now do 4 combinations which feature a punching combo combined with a kicking combo. The first combo is more elementary and each one after that will gradually become more intricate to keep you challenged and working hard. As I tell all of my students during these types of combo's "you get out of it what you put in to it" so be sure to really "punch the punch" and "kick the kick" Btw, we'll have our hands wrapped for this segment but this is not required. Kickbox/Bootcamp challenge (15 minutes)......Here you will do 10 high impact conditioning drills (some more intense than others). You will recognize most of the moves in this segment since the purpose is to quickly "see it and do it". This segment provides the bonus burn for those who are wanting a hardcore, calorie burning, challenge. Good news for those who are not interested in this segment....simply skip to leg conditioning drills and you still get a close to an hour kickbox workout. Leg Conditioning Drills (18 minutes)....."OUCHIE", best describes how you will feel during these drills (Don't worry, it gets just a little easier with each and every workout. This segment is designed to shape your legs while enhancing your kicking skills and flexibility. The more skilled and flexible you become, the more efficient your future workouts will be. You will do conditioning drills for the round/side kicks and hip flexor and front kicks. You will also do slow motion side, round, front snap, and front thrust kicks to really get a feel for them. A chair is required for this segment. Stretch.....a 6 minute relaxing stretch will complete this challenging workout.Sports reviews of Cathe Friedrich's Kick Max DVD
Customer Review: good workout
Sport shop rating: 4 Stars
I was looking for a more advanced workout with both cardio and sculpting. The kickbox/bootcamp challenge is my favorite part for a great cardio workout. The leg conditioning drills are also a great leg workout.Customer Review: kickbox portion is not the strong point
Sport shop rating: 3 Stars
I consider myself at an intermediate level of fitness.
Cathe as an instructor is alright for me, neither love nor hate.
My number one thought through this workout is: Why did they title this kick max? They probably had the least focus on kicks.
Secondly, they should have titled this jump max with all the jumping jacks, jump rope, jump in place you do.
Overall, I found the kickbox combo sections awful. For me, the moves were messy and awkward and I barely broke a sweat. Hardly any cuing but you can pick up the basic punches and kicks since the combos are repeated quite a lot.
The plyo/cardio segement was HARD and high impact. Jump, jump, jump. This is my second Cathe workout and I notice you probably need to double up on your sport bras for Cathe's workouts (I say this with a very modest bra size.) I think Cathe is really in her element with this style and cuing and moves flowed much smoother. Not a huge fan of high impact, tho.
At this point, I was ready to donate this workout, but then came the kick drills with the chair. Excellent burn and good for working on form. Keeping this DVD on the strength of the kick drills segment. I can use the plyo/cardio + kick drills as a workout and skip the kickbox segments.
Customer Review: Mediocre workout
Sport shop rating: 3 Stars
If you want a fun, intense, interesting workout this isn't for you. The choreography was definitely lacking. After doing it twice I felt like I had done the workout a hundred times. The kickbox sequence hardly got my heartrate up and the 'blast' was too much jumping, which was hard on the joints (and, I'm only 23), boring and repetitive.
However, this is the only workout I've tried of hers, so I gave it an average grade of three stars in hopes that her other workouts might be better.
(And, the price! Ouch!)
If you want a good workout try Karen Voight's (not the yoga or pilates, boring!). I just did Burn & Firm the other day. It's a great, fun, whole body workout.
Customer Review: Great for beginners, not-so-much for the advanced exerciser
Sport shop rating: 3 Stars
I bought this video with high expectations after reading all the glowing reviews. I was really disappointed. The video is well-made and great for the beginning exerciser, but I did not find it challenging at all and hardly broke a sweat except briefly during the bootcamp segment. I usually workout with either Billy Blanks' Get Ripped Advanced Tae Bo series or by taking kickboxing classes at the gym. Compared to these, this video simply doesn't cut it and is much too slow-paced for the advanced level exerciser.Customer Review: Disappointed in this workout!
Sport shop rating: 3 Stars
I couldn't wait to receive this DVD in the mail. I was looking forward to doing something different that would really challenge me. Unfortunately it fell short. I would recommend this to a beginner. For someone who is looking for a real challenge, look somewhere else. I will be sending this one back.