AngieFitnessTV: Fit Over 40 Cardio Lower Body Sculpt

Cardio Lower Body Sculpt is another workout in AngieFitnessTV‘s Fit Over 40 program. It is the Day 14 workout. This was a very basic but very effective workout and Angie combines all sorts of fitness modalities to work your lower body and give you a great low impact cardio workout. Plus, there are lots of ways to increase the intensity of this workout. The warm up is done on the floor without a step. Once the warm up is complete, the scene changes and Angie is marching in place behind the step. You will perform perform 2 circuits. The first circuit is all cardio done on both the step and the floor. The second circuit is lower body strength exercises using a booty band and the step. These two circuits take approximately 13 minutes. Once you finish, you repeat both circuits a second time. For the cardio you are alternating basic step cardio moves with basic cardio boxing moves. Angie’s step is at 6 inches and she is using a medium strength cloth band. I wore my 6 pound weighted vest, a one pound weighted glove on my right hand (still can’t use any weight on my right), my step was at 8 inches and I used my medium strength Enriq Booty Band. I got an excellent workout and my legs were burning during the lower body circuit. I used one of Angie’s 15 Minutes to Fit workouts as a finisher to round out my hour this morning: Small Band Lower Body Tone, which did a great job finishing off my lower body. Together these made for a great lower body day!

There is a link below the YouTube workout that leads to a webpage about Angie’s Fit Over 40 thirty day plan. The plan itself costs $19.99 but the Fit Over 40 Workouts themselves are free on YouTube.

Cardio Lower Body Sculpt is 37:30 minutes; 5 minute warm up and 5 minute stretch. Equipment: step with risers and a booty band/resistance loop. Angie says you can increase the intensity by wearing a weighted vest, weighted gloves and raising the height of your step.

Cardio:

1. Basic step
2. Jab-cross knee raise (on floor)
3. Alternating step knees
4. Front hook punch + upper cut (on floor)
5. Repeat #1-4 with other lead leg

Lower Body (put booty band around thighs just above knees):

1. Double steps side to side
2. Straddle step and alternate tapping toes to step top
3. Start standing on top of step, straddle step down then back on top
4. Alternating reverse lunges, raising arms overhead when lunging
5. Wide plie squats

Repeat Cardio and Lower Body Circuits

For more info on AngieFitnessTV and other (free) streaming workouts I’ve sampled and reviewed, check out my Streaming page.