Cathe Strong & Sweaty Cardio Slam - Review

Cardio Slam clocks in at under 51 minutes.  There are three rounds of cardio . The first round is called floor cardio, the second round is called mat cardio and the third round is step cardio.

In all the cardio segments Cathe intermixes high impact moves with low impact moves. Usually for the high impact moves, you are doing those moves twice through changing leads the second time through. The low impact exercises are only performed one time through.

Some of the cardio exercises use light weights (3 or 5 lbs).  Cathe offers modifications on some of the higher intensity moves as she moves you through the workout.

The mat cardio uses a standard yoga mat and mostly you are using the mat as a marker; working around it or across it. You will use the mat in the vertical and horizontal position.

The step cardio segment uses just the platform of the standard step which is 4 inches.  All the exercises performed are drill base in that you are doing a particular exercise for a certain amount of reps. So the cardio is not a step routine.

My favorite segment was the Step Cardio segment.  There is a pretty good soundtrack with this one.

On all the 5 main Strong and Sweaty DVDs, you have the following DVD menu options:
Play
Chapters
Basic Premixes - (There is 3)
Timesaver Premixes  - (There are 7)
Mishmosh Premixes - (There are 4)
Bonus Abs
Getting Started (shows a list of equipment)
Audio Settings - There are two selection. With music and voice only.

3 & 1/2 stars 
 

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