Cathe’s Muscle Max

Muscle Max is a 68 minute strength workout by Cathe Friedrich. 4 minute warm up, 59 minute training time and 5 minute stretch. 10 minutes of the training time is abdominal work. Although the initial workouts that got me hooked on Cathe were strength workouts, due to the fact I did 90 days of Body … Continue reading Cathe’s Muscle Max

Cathe’s Cardio Core Circuit

Cardio Core Circuit is a 51 minute cardio workout; 5 minute warm up, 39 minute training time and 7 minute cool down. Another amazing, intense cardio workout that I am in love with! Has it displaced Crossfire as my favorite? Not quite—but close! The last 3 Cathe cardio workouts I’ve done: Crossfire, Cardio Supersets and … Continue reading Cathe’s Cardio Core Circuit

Insanity 60 Day Total Body Conditioning Program

Insanity is a 60 day program that consists of 11 workouts, a nutrition plan, fitness guide and workout calendar. If ordered through Beachbody.com you also get a bonus workout Fast and Furious (this workout is also available individually). I, of course, got the deluxe set which includes 3 more workouts and a body fat tester. This … Continue reading Insanity 60 Day Total Body Conditioning Program

Jillian Michaels Body Revolution

Overview: Body Revolution is a 90 day cardio + strength workout program. It comes with 15 workout DVDs, a fitness guide, a Fat Burning Meal plan, a 7 Day Kick Start, a resistance cable, a 90 day journal and a book mark. You also get 30 days free to the Jillian Michaels online program. The … Continue reading Jillian Michaels Body Revolution

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

Cathe Friedrich’s Cardio Supersets

Edited 8/18/12 Cardio Supersets is part of Cathe’s Low Impact Series. I have had a lot of interest in Cathe’s Low Impact Series for a while, but have held off on purchasing any workouts in that series because a part of me thinks “low impact” equals low intensity. But since I’ve recently become obsessed with … Continue reading Cathe Friedrich’s Cardio Supersets

The Firm: Bootcamp Maximum Calorie Burn

Bootcamp Maximum Calorie Burn is a 51 minute cardio + strength Firm workout led by Alison Davis. 8:30 minute warm up, 38 minute training period and 4:30 cool down. The training period includes 5:30 minutes of abdominal work.  I really enjoy this workout and yet I never do it. I remembered there was a reason, … Continue reading The Firm: Bootcamp Maximum Calorie Burn

Tae Bo Extreme

Tae Bo Extreme is a 56 minute cardio + strength  kickboxing/step workout. 4 minute warm up, 48 minute training time and 3:30 minute cool down. To be honest, I hesitate to label it as having strength work, but I have to remember that there are all kinds of strength work and just because it is … Continue reading Tae Bo Extreme

Gin Miller’s Simply Interval

Simply Interval is a 42 minute cardio/HIIT workout; 5 minute warm up, 33 minute training time and 4 minute cool down. This is another oldie but goody—I had forgotten how much I enjoy Gin Miller’s workouts. She is motivating, she creates solid workouts and her cuing is excellent. Plus—she has great hair! Especially in this … Continue reading Gin Miller’s Simply Interval

Cathe’s Cardio Kicks

This is another Cathe workout that has multiple workouts on one DVD. And I LOVE that. However, because I am currently doing Jillian Michaels’ Body Revolution for my strength work, I can only do the cardio workout on this DVD. So for today, you only get a review for the Cardio Kicks workout. Circuit Max … Continue reading Cathe’s Cardio Kicks