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Cathe Body Weight & Bands clocks in at just over 43 seconds.  This is a dumbbell free  workout.  Instead, this workout uses various resistance tools and your own body weight.  The DVD Menu is as follows: Getting Started Play Chapters Basic Premixes  (total 10) Timesaver Premixes (total 7) Scrambled Premixes (total 6) Bonus (Calorie Crush, 6 Pack ABS #2, Pyramid Pump Triceps, Extended Stretch #2) Audio Settings The resistance tools used are loops, bands, and tubings.  There is a standing segment and a floor segment.  The only body weight exercise are the push ups. One of the exercises, uses both the band and  the loop.  Throughout the workout, Cathe would vary the rep pattern. She also throws a few bonuses at the end of some exercises.  In the past, I have not cared for tubing/band workouts but I thought this one was okay. Other equipment used in this workout include a mat and Cathe was also using lifting gloves. ...

Metabolic Blast is a total body workout that clocks in at under 41 minutes.  In this workout, Cathe targets the lower and upper body by combining moves into compound multi-joint exercises. Cathe uses relatively light weights with higher rep counts.  There are two sections, a standing segment which is around 25 minutes and a floor segment about 15 minutes in length.  The standing segment contains a lot of 4-limb movement.  The floor segment is primarily focused on core/abs. Cathe combines two compound exercises together. You will perform the group back to back for a couple of run-throughs and then you move to the next group of two compound exercises. The workout moves quickly and there is not much of a break between exercises. The DVD Menu Getting Started Play Chapters Basic Premixes  (total 10) Timesaver Premixes (total 6) Scrambled Premixes (total 6) Bonus (Calorie Crush, 6 Pack ABS #2, Pyramid Pump Back Extended Stretch #2) Audio Settings 4 ...

Strong Body Stacked Sets: Upper clocks in at just over 35 minutes.  This workout follows the same concept as the lower body version.  In the upper body version, Cathe is stacking 5 to 6 exercises one-on-top-of-the-other. There are three groups.  Round 1 groups triceps and chest Round 2 is shoulders Round 3 groups biceps and back Each grouping gets repeated twice.  Cathe varies the rep count, rep pattern and rep tempo depending on the exercise we are doing.   This workout flies by and I like that. It is a get in, get it done workout.  The equipment used in this workout  include step, mat, and dumbbells.   DVD Menu Getting Started Play Chapters Basic Premixes  (total 9) Timesaver Premixes (total 10) Scrambled Premixes (total 5) Bonus (6 Pack ABS #2, Pyramid Pump Lower Body, Extended Stretch #2) Audio Settings 4 stars

Strong Body Stacked Sets:  Lower clocks in at just over 38 minutes.  This workout uses the giant sets concepts meaning you are doing several exercises back-to-back with very little rest.  Cathe calls this stacking the exercises one-on-top-of -the-other. In this workout, there are two rounds.  Each round contains 5 exercises. You do all 5 exercises and then repeat the grouping before moving to another group of five exercises. The workout moves fast. There is very little rest. I definitely had a cardio effect going on.  The rep count varies.  The equipment list include barbell and dumbbells.  Good soundtrack. DVD Menu Getting Started Play Chapters Basic Premixes  (total 6) Timesaver Premixes (total 6) Scrambled Premixes (total 5) Bonus (6 Pack ABS #1, Pyramid Pump Shoulder, Extended Stretch #1) Audio Settings 3 & 3/4 stars

Rev'd Up Rumble is one of only two "aerobic" workout in the LITE series.  Rev'd Up Rumble is a kickboxing routine that clocks in right at 41 minutes.  The warm up is just over 9 minutes, which I thought was a bit long because I almost forgot we were still in the warm up, until Cathe said "let's move on" 😉. During the warm up, Cathe takes you through the standard punches, jab, cross, hook, and uppercut. You do a series of squats and practice your kicks.  The main part of the workout consist of kick and punch drills, boxing combos, and cardio drills. There is a little bit of impact but as the name LITE implies, it is low impact. Towards the end, there is a brief cool down before Cathe takes you through the stretch. The DVD Menu Getting Started Play Chapters Basic Premixes (There are 10) Timesaver Premixes (There are 9) Scrambled Premixes (There are 5) Bonuses (Calorie Crush, 6 Pack ABS #1, Pyramid Pump Shoulder, Extended Stretch #1) Audio...

Cardio Party is part of Cathe's LITE series. LITE stands for Low Impact Training Extreme. This workout clocks in at 39:04. Cardio Party features different cardio disciplines splice together for one high energy workout. Different types of cardio include - boxing, hi/lo, and blasts.  The blast were mostly drill based. For each segment, Cathe teaches the segment and you repeat the moves for a series of reps and/or your repeat the segment with the opposite lead. I like this work out. I liked it more than I thought I would because from the clip, I did not think I would like it a quite as much as I did. The DVD Menu Getting Started Play Chapters Basic Premixes (There are 6) Timesaver Premixes (There are 13) Scrambled Premixes (There are 7) Bonuses (Calorie Crush, 6 Pack ABS #1, Pyramid Pump Chest, Extended Stretch #1) Audio Setting (Normal Mix, Vocal Only Mix) Chapters breakdown as follows: warm up Boxing 1 Hi /Lo 1 Blast 1 Boxing 2 Hi /Lo 2 Blast 2 Boxing 3 ...