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Cathe Friedrich's Kick, Punch Crunch & Legs & Glutes |
 Great workout when you're having a "fat day" |
| I love Cathe. I've been working out with her for 3 years now and KPC was one of her first workouts that I tried and it has been a go-to favorite of mine since 2009. I overindulged a bit too much on sweets at Easter and woke up and it just felt like a "fat day", so I reached for KPC. Cathe starts you off with through warm-up, introducing you to the kicks and punches you'll be doing (there is a short tutorial at the beginning of the workout though), you get warmed up, do some light stretches and move into lower and higher intensity conditioning drills. Then you move into kicking and punching combo's, ab work on the ball and a nice stretch segment. By the time I got to the ab work, I was so sweaty that I could barely stay on the stability ball without slipping and sliding! Needless to say, after I did this workout, I felt like I'd already dropped a few pounds! This is a timeless classic. I've never done Legs and Glutes, I'll have to give it a try sometime. Cathe's lower body workouts are superior, I love Butts and Guts and the legs workouts for STS are fantastic, especially Plyo Legs. I feel like I'm getting cardio and weights together in one workout. - posted by Amanda on 4/9/2012 |
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| Outstanding still after all these years! |
| It's 2011 and this is still one of the best kickboxing DVD's I own. I also love her legs & glutes dvd too. It has so much variety and the music is great. I love all the music from her body blast series. Both workouts are outstanding and she offers a number of premixes to combine the two for a kickboxing/leg day. I have no complaints on this one at all. - posted by HugeCathefan on 11/6/2011 |
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| Way Fun! |
| One of my favorite workouts. It's not as grueling as some of Cathe's other workouts, but still challenging and a lot of fun to do. I never get tired of the kickboxing, and the ab section on the ball is a nice change and very effective. Intermediate or advanced exercisers will love this DVD. - posted by Tina on 6/23/2011 |
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| fantastic workout |
| I have almost all of Cathe's workouts and they are all great, but this one is one of my favorites, not only do you get a great workout, but it is easy to learn and lots of fun to do, the music is great and the option to make the music louder is a nice feature, the workout blender is nice too, because you can customize the segments, and of course the amount of premix options are fabulous, you can even do premixes with both workouts together, this is a workout you will be coming back to over and over again, I have had my copy for several years and I still enjoy this workout just as much if not more than ever. I always get a great workout even if its a day that i have to push myself to workout. you will not be disappointed with this workout, great advanced workout, but can easily be modified for those that are intermediate. - posted by carol on 6/4/2011 |
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| ONE OF CATHE'S BEST: Kick, Punch & Crunch/Legs & Glutes |
| I started working out way back in the '80s when the ":20 MINUTE WORKOUT" with Bess Motta was on TV weekdays in the very early morning. Although Cathe Friedrich pioneered step aerobics in the late '80s, I unfortunately did not "discover" her until recently while watching FitTV. I ordered Cathe's KPC/L&G and was stunned at how well and how hard she works you. This is no amateur workout by any means. THIS DVD IS ABSOLUTELY WORTH INVESTING IN. It is the best kickboxing workout on the market, bar none. There is no way anyone will finish KPC without breaking a major sweat. The hardest part of this workout I found to be the pikes on the ball - a killer. L&G is equally as good. It will work every part of your lower body to the extreme. My favorite exercises on L&G are the standard leg presses on the high step (very effective because you have to lift your entire body weight), explosive plie squats with curtsey lunges (ouch), sculpting drills with "Jeannie" arms (harder than it looks), explosive lunges, and outer thigh/glute sweeps (hard!). I guess I am now an official Cathlete. - posted by DENISE on 5/1/2011 |
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| Fitness Junkie |
| I have Cathe complete 'Bodyblast' series...on VHS from years ago. I love the complete series. When I saw that they are now 2 workouts on 1 DVD I just had to purchase my most favorites, and that is the Kick, Punch, Crunch & Legs & Glutes combo. You will lose "ALL" of your body fat with just this one DVD combo. I do it 7 days a week, sometimes back to back or break in up as one in the morning and one after dinner. If you got only 2 weeks for a gig it will work, need longer...it will cut, burn & melt the Fat super fast. - posted by Leghistla on 3/24/2011 |
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 It's worth it for the toning video |
| I wasn't overly thrilled with the kickboxing segment... music was kinda lame, and some of the moves were questionable (grapevines in a kickboxing DVD?!). However, it did get my heartrate up and the core segment at the end was good. I broke a sweat and had a little fun. What I really loved about this DVD is the leg/glute portion- WOW! Works every bit of your buns and legs, is challenging, and has lots of variations. You aren't doing just the same old moves for legs, Cathe incorporates a little bit of jump training and uses the step creatively. Also, I love that it addressed the calves. My legs were sore the next day, and I am looking forward to pushing myself through it again. - posted by Brittany W. on 2/13/2011 |
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| Fun and interesting |
| I love kickboxing, and this workout was fairly low-impact but still gave me a good workout and was unique and interesting. As usual, Cathe has so much energy and really motivates! The first half of the kickboxing did not get my heart rate up as high as I'd like, but was good for an easier day, and the last half was much more intense; all good for a long 68-minute workout as you can use it all or whichever level you feel like that day. The legs & glutes section was really challenging and I loved it. Fun! - posted by Connie on 8/29/2010 |
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| Fun Workout! |
| Kick, Punch & Crunch is a great intro to Cathe if you've never tried her workouts. It is advanced but mostly low impact so not quite as difficult as many of her others. The kick boxing segments move right along and are a lot of fun to do; and the stability ball ab work is quick but very effective. I think this workout is one of the few Cathe workouts I'd recommend to an intermediate-level exerciser whose ready to kick it up a notch, but it's a great, high-energy workout for the advanced-level exerciser as well. - posted by Tina on 7/9/2010 |
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| Brilliant Stuff |
| This was my first taste of Cathe Friedrich and I can now say that I am building a collection of her dvds. I had been working out for a long year and a half and was feeling that I needed more of a challenge in my workouts. Cathe has definitely provided that. I will state that her dvds are correctly classified as advanced, all those that I have so far, are definitely for advanced exercisers only. You need to really love pushing yourself hard to enjoy her workouts and be prepared to sweat, sweat and sweat. This programme starts with a 7 min warm up where Cathe shows you most of the moves that you will be doing in the workout. This is an ideal format for a warm up I think, as she doesn´t have to waste time explaining and running through each new move when you come to it. Next comes the intermediate segment, approx. 6 mins, which starts to get the heart rate up and ready for the higher intensity stage, approx 15 mins. There follows a brief cool down and then into the kicking/punching combos. These are great fun. Combo 1 - approx. 8 mins, Combo 2 - approx. 7 mins, Combo 3 - approx.6 mins. Then another brief cool down and onto the abdominals. I haven´t got a stability ball yet, so haven´t done the Cruch section, but it looks to be a very original and effective set of abdominal exercises. Then there is the Legs and Butts toning dvd. A full 50 mins of hard work, using a high step, hand held weights and ankle weights. A thorough range of movements, but all at Cathe intensity!! Both dvds have pick and mix menus so you can do your own workout. This is so much fun, the music is excellent, Cathe is just brilliant. She sweats too, which you don´t see often in exercise dvds and gets short of breath too. Hardly surprising, I´m sure I couldn´t keep churning out the instructions whilst going at that pace. An excellent workout for those who like to work hard and kick and punch. Although, I think anyone new to kick boxing would have no trouble catching on, as Cathe is very good with her pointers on form and position. You just need a good strong heart and pair of lungs. Definitely for the advanced only. Brilliant. - posted by Sally-Anne on 7/8/2010 |
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