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Maximum Intensity Strength is a solid old school Cathe strength workout, circa 1998. It is the third workout on the Power Hour + workout DVD that contains 3 workouts. Body Max and Power Hour have already been reviewed on this blog. Maximum Intensity Strength looks dated, but it is an excellent strength workout. It is … Continue reading Cathe’s Maximum Intensity Strength
Power Hour is a 62 minute strength workout; 6 minute warm up, 46 minute strength training, 6 minute ab work and 3 minute stretch. Power Hour is one of Cathe’s older workouts included on her multi-workout DVD that also includes BodyMax and Maximum Intensity Strength. BodyMax was the first workout I did from this DVD … Continue reading Power Hour
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
Edited 12/28/12 (scroll to the end for edit) BodyMax is a 91 minute cardio + strength workout by Cathe. It’s an oldy, too--2001, and apparently it was originally released on VHS. I got it on a DVD that has 3 of her older workouts on it: Power Hour, Maximum Intensity Strength and BodyMax. The other … Continue reading Cathe’s Body Max
Athletic Training is a very eclectic cardio + strength workout and though I loved it, I can how see it will not appeal to everyone. More than other instructor's workouts that I've done, Cathe’s workouts tend to require a lot more equipment. I’m okay with that. I make substitutions where I have to, but I also … Continue reading Cathe’s Athletic Training
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
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
Get Extremely Ripped 1000 Hardcore is 74 minutes; 5 minute warm up, 64 minute training period and 5 minute cool down/stretch. You can also split the workout in half so that you have two 42 minute workouts. In addition, you can do cardio only (48 minutes), or weights only (43 minutes). I have only done … Continue reading Jari Love’s Get Extremely Ripped 1000 Hardcore
Peak 10 Cardio Strength is 59 minutes long. There is no warm up. Training period is 52 minutes long and cool down is 7 minutes. Michelle’s Peak 10 workouts are based on a structure she calls “metabolic blueprint” which consists of a base, an ascent, a climb and a peak. This workout is a cardio … Continue reading Michelle Dozois’ Peak 10 Cardio Strength