Tabatcise is part of Cathe‘s Xtrain series. For more info on the series as a program see My Intro to Xtrain. Holy cow! This workout was incredible! Intense! I’ll be honest. When Cathe first posted information about Xtrain many months ago, Tabatacise and the 100 Rep Challenges were what caught my eye. I love tabata/HIITs … Continue reading Xtrain: Tabatacise
Category: 20 Minute Workouts
Xtrain: All Out Low Impact HIIT
All Out Low Impact HIIT is a 39 minute cardio workout; 5 minute warm up, 31 minute training time and 3 minute stretch. This DVD also includes Bonus Core #1, Burn Set Chest, Burn Set Shoulders and 100 Rep Challenge Scarecrows. These bonuses will be reviewed at the end. Equipment needed for the main workout … Continue reading Xtrain: All Out Low Impact HIIT
Xtrain: Burn Sets
Burn Sets contains two upper body strength workouts in which you lift heavy weights. The two main workouts are Chest, Back & Shoulders, and Bi's & Tri's; however, these muscle groups are also put together in all different ways--see the many premixes below. So this is an excellent split series--designed to be used however is … Continue reading Xtrain: Burn Sets
Xtrain: Legs
Legs is a 52 minute strength workout; 6 minute warm up, 41 minute training time and 6 minute stretch. It also includes Bonus Rear Delts, Bonus Barre and 100 Rep Challenge Hip Thrusts. The bonuses will be reviewed at the end. Equipment needed for the main workout: dumbbells, stability ball, Slide N Glide disks, dixie … Continue reading Xtrain: Legs
Cathe’s Core Max
Core Max is part of Cathe’s Hardcore series. It is a multi-workout DVD and contains 3 core workouts. One that uses no equipment, one that uses a stability ball and one that uses a medicine ball and a stability ball. They are all approximately 20 minutes long. Even though I liked these workouts (well, I … Continue reading Cathe’s Core Max
Cathe’s Lower Body Blast
Lower Body Blast is an amazing lower body strength workout by Cathe. Not sure exactly how to classify it. Obviously strength, but maybe strength + cardio? The warm up is actually a cardio step routine and then throughout the floor work (which makes up the majority of the workout) there are “blasts”--plyometric cardio drills. In … Continue reading Cathe’s Lower Body Blast
Cathe’s Stretch Max
Cathe's Stretch Max is a lovely little stretching DVD. It contains three 20 minute stretch workouts, perfect to add on to the end of a workout when your body is already warmed up. I love to stretch, but I have a really hard time working it into my workout schedule because I put priority on … Continue reading Cathe’s Stretch Max
TurboFire
Overview: TurboFire is marketed as an “intense cardio conditioning” program created by Chalene Johnson. The base kit/program comes with 11 DVDs that contain 13 workouts. You also get a lower body band, a toning band with handles, a fitness guide, a class schedule (calendar) and a nutrition plan. I got the advanced system that includes … Continue reading TurboFire
TurboFire Greatest HIITs
Greatest HIITs is a short high intensity interval training (HIIT) workout. It is part of the TurboFire workout program created and led by Chalene Johnson and sold by Beachbody. Unlike Insanity’s Fast and Furious 20 minute bonus workout, Greatest HIITs is not a good example of what to expect with the TurboFire program. Yes, TurboFire … Continue reading TurboFire Greatest HIITs
Insanity: Fast and Furious
Fast and Furious: 22 minute cardio/interval workout; 6 minute cardio warm up, 3:30 stretch, 11 minutes of training time and 2 minute cool down/stretch. There are various ways to get this Insanity workout. It is offered as a bonus workout when you purchase the Insanity program through Beachbody.com, or you can purchase Fast and Furious … Continue reading Insanity: Fast and Furious