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Low Impact Cardio and Metabolic Conditioning were the next set of workouts I did as part of Cathe's FitSplit series. Low Impact Cardio contains a series of drill based athletic cardio moves. The rep count varies from exercise to exercise but for most exercises you are doing 2 sets - changing the lead side for the second set.  Last half of this workout uses a disc or rag. I typically don't care for Cathe's low impact workouts but this is by far my favorite of her low impact workouts (well not counting Low Impact Circuit - loved that workout as well). Metabolic Conditioning is an upper body lower body compound workout. There are some isolation exercises but for the most part Cathe combines exercises so you are working the lower and upper body at the same time. There is quite a bit of plank work and along with dumbbells you are using a gliding device.  This DVD has three basic premixes, four timesaver premixes, and 4 scrambled premixes. I did the Just Low Impac...

All Out Low Impact HiiT is approximately 39 minutes in length.  It features a warm up, three Low HiiT rounds and a cool down. The three low HiiT sections are divided into a floor section ,  a step section and a sliding disc section. The exercises in the floor section are: Sprint Shooters Squat Kick Squat Lunges Weighted Sumo Squats Double Pulse lunge Explosive Side to Side Lunges Hammer Punch Into a Front Kick Clime Rope for three and then elbow strike Long Reach Lunges Shuffle Drop Down Switch Kick Lunges The exercises in the step section are: Uneven Weighted Sumos on Step Swim Lunges on Step Drop Squats into Box Step and Cha Cha Tap Abductions on Step with Arms Swinging Overhead Windmill Side Kicks on Step Step Slams on Step Super Sonic Running Man The exercises in the disc section are: Disc Mountain climbers Disc Swim Lunges Disc Scissors Disk Jacks I like this workout. Thus far, it is my favorite of the set.  It moves quickly and the soun...