I was very excited when Cathe announced this Live workout because I love her new Low Impact Sweat workout from her ICE fitness program so much. And this is a good workout, but I did not love it nearly as much as Low Impact Sweat. It’s not nearly as intense and it is not completely low impact either. None of this makes it a bad workout. At 35 minutes it is a good little cardio workout and I will probably return to as a doubles workout, but neither is it an “awesome” workout. My heart rate never got super high but I did burn 249 calories according to my Fitbit–so not a major burn, but decent for 30 minutes. The workout starts with a lot of low impact moves that use the mat as a marker on the floor then halfway through you put the mat away and use dumbbells. That’s when the intensity goes up a bit higher, IMHO. She uses a lot of the non-step moves from Low Impact Sweat, but a lot of other moves as well. And as I mentioned above, there is jumping in this workout. No tuck jumps or burpees, but there is impact.
Crush it: Low Impact is 35:30 minutes long; 5:30 minute warm up and 4:30 minute cool down. You need a mat and some dumbbells. Cathe used 3s and 5s, I used 5s and 8s. It aired live on 1/07/16 and here is the video clip. As soon as the warm up is complete, open up your mat so it is straight out in front of you (lengthwise).
- Wide steps across the mat, traveling to the top of the mat and back to the end where you started;
- 3 side lunges into an abductions, you lunge across the mat; 7 reps each side;
- L slides around corner of mat (you are using the mat as a marker and just making the shape of an L as you step);
- Squat digs;
- L slides on other side;
- Squat digs;
- Sumo pulse walks (use mat as marker, straddling and holding DBs under chin) (Cathe uses 5# DBs, I used 8# DBs);
- (change position of mat so it is now horizontal in front of you) Circle jumps w/ knee up (circle arms and jump with one foot on corner of mat then bring outside knee to opposite elbow 7 times, alternate sides);
- (put mat away) Shot put throw (hold 5# DB in one hand, shuffle forward then punch DB forward, shuffle back);
- Ice breakers;
- Shot put throw (other side);
- Pivoting apple pickers (she is actually jumping);
- Forward pick up lunge (lunge forward and place DB on floor, stand and raise knee at top, lunge forward and pick up DB) (Cathe uses 5# DB, I used 8# DB);
- Squat press squat lunge (Cathe uses one 5# and one 3# DB held in one hand, I used one 8# DB);
- Long reach lunges;
- Dynamic explosive side lunges (Cathe uses one 5# DB, I used one 8# DB);
- Lateral jumps holding the same DB from #16;
- Pull and pound (while in lunge, jump while pulling down with both arms, then jump again while pounding down fist with one hand);
- High/low jabs with little jumps;
- High speed squat abductions;
- Alternating side leg abductions;
- Do leg abductions faster with overhead arm movements but all to same side.
