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Cathe LiTE Body Weight & Bands - Thoughts

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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. ...

Strong By Zumba 20 Min Demo - Thoughts

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Bonus 20 Minute Strong By Zumba workout is a bonus workout included on the Strong by Zumba DVD.  Strong by Zumba is  High-Intensity Cardio & Tone workout that is set (choreograph) to the beat of the music.  The instructor is Ai Lee Syarief. The 20-Minute Demo is just a brief version of the 60-minute class. It includes its own warm up and cool down. The warm up was about 2 minutes and 15 seconds in length and the cool down is around 3 minutes. The 20-Minute Demo workout is chaptered. It also contains the Fired Up and Push Your Limits quadrants. Between the quadrants you get a recovery period. Each segments features two additional cast members but as the workout progresses, the cast members change in and out. There is NOT a modifier for the bonus workout. The moves are similar to the moves in the longer version of the workout.  I like the shorter version just a little bit better than the longer version. Oh I forgot to mentioned when I reviewed the 60 m...