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Cathe Travel Fit - Thoughts

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Cathe's Travel Fit is approximately 50 minutes in length and it is a total body workout that uses a stretch band to get the job done. The workouts contains cardio burst in between the various resistance sets. I put this workout in my rotation because I knew I would be traveling and staying at a hotel. The workout does not require a lot of space so it work well in the hotel room. Most of the cardio is done in place and the only thing of concern there is some of the moves you are hopping or doing little jumps - so the people beneath you may not appreciate you depending on how much noise you make. I quite enjoyed the resistance sections (more so than I did the cardio burst). Most of the resistance exercises are isolation exercises. There are only a couple of times where I would say Cathe does a compound type move. Also, for the resistance sections, Cathe mostly uses a pattern of high reps to get the job done. There are a lot of 7 in 1, 15 in 1, and 3 in 1 pulses; and you do s...

Michelle Dozois Peak Fit Challenge Anywhere Anytime No Excuse Workout - Thoughts

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Clocking in at about 42 minutes in length, is Anywhere Anytime, No Excuse Workout . This is the Peak Fit Challenge System's "Travel" Workout; and if you don't have a DVD player with you, Michelle includes a Take It With You guide of all the exercises she includes in the video. My problem with this workout being a traveling workouts is that if you are staying anywhere where you have people below you, you are going to annoy the heck out of them because there is quite a bit of jumping in the workout. So there workout starts with a 5 minute warm up. Then there are two 5 minute Ascent levels that are done back to back. This is followed by a series of "metabolic circuits" that consist of Base camp (level 1), Climb (Level 3) and Peak (Level 4). Now in the Climb sections, the first portion is plyo/power work (i.e. jacks or squats), this is followed by leg endurance strength (lunge variations), and then you go down to the floor for some type of push up/pl...