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Cathe's Metabolic Total Body is one of seven workouts that is part of the ICE series. Metabolic Total Body clock in at 47:53. Almost all of the exercises are compound multi joint exercises where you are working both the lower body and upper body simultaneously. The awkwardness was kept to a minimum.  I say this because depending on the combination of the moves, the compound exercise can be cumbersome to do. But the exercises in this workout flowed pretty well with each other. Because of the exercises are compound in nature, there is a cardio effect however the pace of the workout was moderate I felt the tempo of most of the exercises slower than I am used to with Cathe workouts. There also seem to be more time between the exercises and more stretching after an exercise. There are seven basic premixes, four timesaver premixes, and six mishmosh premixes. The bonuses are ICY Core 1, Muscle Meltdown Chest and a Blizzard Blast. Of the seven main workouts in the ICE series, ...

Finally got around to doing this workout. I have had the workout schedule at least three times and life kept interrupting me. So Turn Up and Slim Down is a 70 minute workout led by Patrick Geoudeau.  Along with Patrick there are two other cast members.  The workout contains a warm up and cool down plus 6 ten minute workouts. Three of the workouts are cardio based and 3 are body weight exercise based. I found the body weight workouts super challenging.  In all the workouts Patrick is layering moves – piling it on I thought. In a couple of the Body weight segments I felt the final sequence of moves quite complex.  If you look at the spread sheet I created for the exercises you will see I list the exercise as “into” or “add” and that is because Patrick makes changes or modifications as he moves through. You might get 4 shots at the base exercise before he adds on. Patrick uses a mat in all the workouts.  The only other equipment you will need is a ...

March 2014 Monthly Rotation Emphasis on Metabolic Conditioning and High Intensity Interval Training Rotation Breakdown Sunday - Kickbox Cardio Monday - Metabolic Conditioning Intervals Tuesday - High Lo Cardio Wednesday - Metabolic Conditioning Intervals Thursday - High Intensity Cardio Intervals Friday - Cardio Sculpt Intervals Saturday - Rest Instructors Cathe Amy Dixon Michelle Dozois Patrick Goudeau Kristen McDowell & Heather Corndorff

To The Max is 54 minute metabolic workout. The workout is made up of several different sections that come together to give you a total body workout. The workout breakdown is: Warm up - ~5:50 Solid Step - ~7:40 Step Tabata - ~ 5:15 30/20 HiiT - ~ 14:15 Compound Leg Work - ~ 7:00 Core with Upper Body Focus - ~ 7:30 Stretch - ~6:10 There is a bonus Low Impact Slide n Glide Tabata that is 4:50 in length and there is also a bonus Fitness Tabata that is 4:40 in length The solid step section is not a step routine or a mini combo. It is more a series of moves done in a drill based fashion. In fact, the first part of this section is reminiscence of Low Impact Series Athletic Training. During any of the Tabata sections you are doing 20 seconds of work and you get 10 seconds of rest. I like the Tabata sections. When I got to the 30/20 HiiT sections where you are doing 30 seconds of work but get 20 seconds of rest, the extra 10 seconds in the HiiT section seemed long to me. None of the ...

Cathe's CrossFire is just over 55 minutes in length. This is a metabolic conditioning workout. There's lots of cardio sets and even the weight segments have a cardio feel to them. The workout breaks down as follows: Warm up - ~6:30 CrossFire Fitness Blast - ~8:50 Firewalker Tabata - ~4:55 CrossFire Circuit Blast - ~22:45 Stretch - ~ 6:45 You also get a bonus core section which clocks in at ~9:10 and bonus Low Impact Cardio Tabata which clocks in at 4:40 There is quite a bit of equipment used: Firewalker Loop, Dumbbells, Slide and Glide Disc, and tubing. The firewalker loop is a band style loop. Cathe uses it to increase the intensity on the lower body. During the CrossFire Circuit Blast, Cathe alternates cardio sets with sculpting sets. Between the sets she gives you brief breaks. During the tabata section, a clock shows up that counts down as you do the exercise. For each tabata that you do, you get 20 seconds of work and 10 second of rest. Cathe has also brought back th...