Cathe Strong & Sweaty Ramped Up Upper Body - Review

Ramped Up Upper Body is one of the new workouts in Cathe's new series Strong and Sweaty.  Ramped UP Upper Body clocks in at just under 47 minutes and it is an entire upper body workout.

The workout works one body part at time. After the warm up, it starts with back, then chest, triceps, shoulders, biceps and then the stretch.
Cathe uses various tempos and various rep patterns and sequences to shock the upper body.  For example, for some exercises there are two sets, some three and some there is just one set. If there are two sets, most likely the second time through you are varying the tempo count.

The workouts uses a variety of weights, the step bench, and a sculpting cord (the kind with handles).
Cathe really moves from one exercise to the next for most of the workout. There were times I didn't have enough time to write down my weight or how many reps I did.
Speaking of weight, at the beginning of each muscle Cathe does tell you the weight selection that you will need. So if there are five exercises for that muscle group, she might call out five different weight selections.

On all the 5 main Strong and Sweaty DVDs, you have the following DVD menu options:
Play
Chapters
Basic Premixes - There is 1.
Timesaver Premixes  - There are 12.
Mishmosh Premixes - There are 4.
Bonus Abs
Getting Started
Audio Settings - There are two selection. With music and voice only.

3 & 3/4 stars

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