Upper Box Lower Tone is a YouTube workout from Kelly Coffey-Myer. When Kelly started her streaming service, CoffeyFit Raw a few years ago, she uploaded 6 workouts to YouTube and they were awesome. Then she deleted them. It appears she has returned to YouTube with more workouts. I have been meaning to try them for a while but had not gotten around to it. I finally did this morning and it was primarily because when I saw the picture associated with this workout, I saw a rebounder behind Kelly! So I previewed the workout and sure enough the warm up is done on the rebounder. The workout itself is NOT done on the rebounder and she says that if you do not have a rebounder just do the moves on the floor or get on your stationary bike, treadmill or elliptical to warm up. I, of course, warmed up on my rebounder with Kelly.
This was a very enjoyable workout. It is not super intense but it gives you a nice total body workout with some low level cardio. So I guess it is a cardio + strength workout, though the cardio is not very intense. You alternate punching combos with lower body toning. For the lower body toning she includes some balance challenges. I had a chair nearby because my balance is pretty bad due to having plates and screws in my heels. Kelly uses egg weights for the punching combos. Egg weights are just light hand weights shaped like an egg. You can use light dumbbells or weighted gloves. I used 2 pound hand weights. So your upper body get some strength work with the weighted punching combos and the lower body toning is bodyweight. The exercises are done in pairs. Within a pair each exercise is done for 45 seconds of work followed by 15 seconds of rest. You get a longer rest between each pair. The music was pretty good, too. It was mostly covers from the 1980s but I am pretty sure there was some Duran Duran–either that or a really good cover of them.
Upper Box Lower Tone is 30:02 minutes; one minute intro, 5:30 minute warm up on the rebounder and 1:15 minute cool down/stretch. Weighted gloves or light hand weights are optional.
- 4 alternating front punches + step one foot back and do a single arm jab w/ front arm
- Repeat #1 on other side of body
- Stand with legs wide and toes turned out, lower into plie squat, raise heels, lower heels then stand
- Repeat #3
- Cross punch + duck + hook punch (other arm) + duck (duck=uneven squat)
- Repeat #5 on other side of body
- One curtsy lunge + one low side kick into a high side kick
- Repeat #7 on other side of body
- One hook punch + squat and hook punch (same arm) + one hook punch other arm
- Repeat #9 on other side of body
- Step back into reverse lunge, pivot into sumo squat, pivot back to lunge then bring feet together
- Repeat #11 on other side of body
- Slow jab cross + quick jab hook
- Repeat #13 one other side of body (arms swapped)
- Lift one leg up straight behind you, bring it to side with knee bent into hydrant then push it back out behind you (balance move)
- Repeat #16 on other leg
- In side stance do a jab cross, hop back leg forward so feet are aligned and do one front punch each arm
- Repeat #17 on other side of body
- Raise knee, extend calf out so leg is straight in front of you, bend knee and lower into a front lunge, step feet back together
- Repeat #19 on other leg
For more info on Kelly Coffey-Meyer and other (free) streaming workouts I’ve sampled and reviewed, check out my Streaming page.
