I know I've asked this before, but what is MBF?

I think it is a Beachbody on demand workout. I thought someone mentioned it on here last week?

Yes, it's Beachbody's Muscle Burns Fat.

Yoga
 

Today I did the Upper body workout again and I liked it even more knowing what to expect and which weights to choose. A solid UB workout in 30 minutes.

After I was finished with the UB workout, I did the Yoga workout. Overall, I liked it and the spine stretches were awesome after doing the UB w/o. The only part I didn't care for was the side planks with leg lifts b/c it was really tweeky on my wrists. I'll try it again, but if it's still too much on my wrists, I'll just do a regular side plank and go with that. For the most part I thought it was more of a stretch type of workout than the Yoga I'm accustomed to. It'll be a nice low energy day workout that I'm glad to have in my collection.

The Low Impact HIIT was actually enjoyable and quite doable in my opinion. I recognized the music from Cathe Live! (Side note: I think a lot of this workout was the recent Halloween Cathe Live perhaps?)

The Mobility Basics was kind of odd to me. I think I am spoiled by CS/Ess and the mobility work on Tracie Long's workouts. I felt this workout was a little disjointed and didn't flow as well as Tracie's mobility portions. I feel neither stretched nor strengthened by this one, and I usually feel both with Tracie's.

I wish Tracie Long had a streaming website. I would join! I used to enjoy her workouts a lot!

HI Lori,
This was how I described Cathe's mobility also. I mentioned upthread. It didn't flow for me either. I have done other mobility workouts and they flow from move to move and this one didn't. If she does more in the future, hope she flows them better and they don't need to be long. I get a good mobility workout in 10 minutes.

I need to pull Tracies out again and do hers. I think I did it once and wasn't sure about it but now that I have done others I will need to do Tracie again.

Gigi, not sure if this is what your looking for but it is Tracie streaming

http://www.longtrainingstudios.com/n...p=80ac4zk8lqo8

Yeah, the mobility workout didn't click at all with me. I need to try the yoga flow but I may be getting rid of this dvd.

I should know better. I am also spoiled with Essentrics.

Thanks! I'm sure I will forget again, so I'll tag this thread lol!

Today I did P30 - High Impact Hiit workout. I loved it! It was so fun, challenging and doable. Go Cathe!

I have now been able to do every workout in Perfect 30 including the bonuses. Here are some thoughts.

Hiit I thought the Low Impact HIIT knocked it out of the park on this one. It got my heart rate up, a lot of fun moves, the repeats didn't drag and I thought the music was motivating (except for the warm-up). For me, I was wasn't as excited about the High Impact HIIT. It's possible it might grow on me. But it just wasn't there for me - definitely not on par with the STS or RWH HIITs. The pyramid bonus was okay - it didn't really get my heart rate up that much. It's possible it will be good in a premix, and I was excited that the premixes on this combined all the hiits in various ways. I missed the countdown clock and move alert on the screen with this one.

[B]Weights[B] This one definitely exceeded my expectations. I like both the upper and lower body workouts, and love the bonuses on both. Solid workouts, not too frantic of a pace and really felt the muscles on both workouts. I like the premix options on this one - the upper plus bonus combines them in a layered fashion so that you hit all moves for each body part at once, which is nice.

Mobility/Yoga For me, I agree with LoveVA: So, essentially this was the case. I will say I liked the Yoga more than the Mobility, which kind of surprised me. The stretch only premix was nice, and I like the hip opener section. I did like several of the moves from the Mobility.

Overall Cathe and team were great; Cathe was her usual encouraging self and gave some good form pointers in the weights. Set was bright and cheerful (I liked the plants on the side). The bonuses are great in this series - I *adore* the core bonus. The slow pace is fantastic, and is different enough that I will definitely keep this in my rotation for add on core. I love the extended stretch - and I hope this is something she keeps doing in future DVDs. I love having that option at the end and her extended stretches are great.

Thanks for the detailed review. These comments make me happy!!!:D

I'm recovering from a sinus infection, so I haven't been able to try the workouts. I previewed most of them though. I can't wait to try them!:sun:

Your welcome! I hope you feel better soon! Ugh on sinus infections.

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Mine hit Sydney on Wednesday - hoping for a parcel when I get home today (Friday).

Helen,

Your post and picture made me laugh! Hope you got your DVDs today!

Yes! Me too. I love Dug!

I did Upper Body yesterday and while I like the workout, think it is sorta fun and effective, having to drag out the step, band, 3, 5, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 35, whatever, and the fairly quick changes with the step topper on and off and then slanted and then back on and this weight and that weight....too much kerfuffle for me so I will probably give it away. I would love for Cathe (or somebody) to do a workout that, for example, starts with 20 lb dumbbells and we do back,, biceps, squats, lunges, then we take 15 lb dumbbells and do several body parts with that, etc. I guess this would not completely exhaust each muscle group all at once but I think it would be fun. And I renew my wish for Cathe to do a Firm-style AWT dvd with just 5 s or maybe 5s and 10s.

I appreciate this review. You've saved me from my interest in this workout. I'd be annoyed with such an equipment-heavy DVD.

Dianestjohn I LOVE your word! :D

Monday afternoon: Just phoned to check when it might arrive - and was able to speak to a REAL PERSON! It arrived at the processing centre before 1am this morning, which is under 2 hrs drive from here, but they're still saying 1-6 business days before I get it; but I'm optimistic about tomorrow as she (Jenny, on the call) said it HAS been loaded into a truck for delivery. :D

I haven't even tried my dvd yet for just this reason. Every time I look at the back cover of the dvd and see alll the equipment required I get exhausted and pick some other workout to do. I do have this problem with most of Cathe's dvds though. I guess Cathe and I just done mesh well.

Upper Body - Take Two!

Well, I like it now :eek: Since I wasn't using the same massive weights they were using, I did actually lift to the best of the music. And I modified to suit myself. For example, I did the 3-combo of 5# shoulders standing up instead of down on incline bench, sit up, down, up ....

I was still a little concerned about the straining and no-so-good form some were using on those first bicep curls with the huge weights. Since I wasn't using massive weights, my form was perfect. :D

Although I hate it, I'm used to them spending time back and forth moving weights around for every exercise. I just do extra stretching.

I also lasted about 20 minutes with this one - too many burpees and so many moves were so fast! When I ff’d through the rest of the workout and saw more burpees and then MORE burpees I was glad I had Joni O’d it. I have higher hopes for the low impact workout.

Maybe if you use the premixes that do half and half of the high and low impact, you’ll like it more?

I use a high step for the squat thrust and burpees. It makes a big difference.

I always forget about this! Thanks for the reminder:sun:

I'm glad I'm not the only one who is sick of HiiT. I also have a bee in my bonnett w/ the cheap cases.

I'm still not sure whether I'll get around to the high impact workout, but I will say - I don't even try to keep up rep-for-rep on moves like that. :p I just do what I can.

I did the high impact one this morning. Way too many burpees/squat thrusts. I can handle maybe one set, but it seemed like almost every combo had some form of one. I did use my step to help, but I will probably not use this one again. Haven't tried the low impact one yet.

I’m not much into hiit either but got the dvd, haven’t opened it yet:p

I’ve been focusing more on “fun” cardio like step and kickbox. I hope Cathe comes out with something more fun the next time.

I modified the burpees and squat thrusts by using my high step and then raising my arms over my head coming up on my toes as if I was jumping at the end of the movement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsCzOdZ_kpY

That is one reason why I have even looked at high impact HIIT. all the reviews say there are a ton of burpees, squat thrusts and I don't like doing them. maybe one set and that is it so this is a workout I probably will never do.

I did enjoy the low impact HIIT workout.

I gave the cardio DVD to a friend of mine without even opening it. Cathe cardio is too much for me these days. Knew that when I ordered the set. I've since gotten rid of the Yoga/Mobility and I don't do lower body because of my knees, so I got a somewhat decent upper body workout for the price of the set.

I gave away the Mobility dvd also. It's more of a workout than I want for mobility. I was hoping it would be much more relaxed like a recovery workout.

This! I half a**ed around with this workout a little last night. I think I will do the premix that is the second half and some of the bonus cardio. I especially did not like some of those beginning sets. There was burpees (which I can do) but then there were a lot of changes so between the up and downs and trying to see the other moves she was doing was a little too much for me. I tend to dislike workouts where a move is done a few times and then there is a change. I need more reps.

I’m late to the Perfect 30 party. I didn’t order the cardio DVD because I never do Cathe’s cardio. Here are my impressions of the other two.

Perfect Flow: I bought this one for Mobility Basics because I thought it would complement Lauren Brooks’ mobility workouts on her Playground. It does, and I’m really glad I bought it. I’m meh so far about Yoga Strength & Flexibility (and yoga in general), but I’m sure I’ll be able to use some of the premixes.

Perfect Pump: The workouts aren’t my favorites, but I know I’ll make good use of the premixes. Someone upthread commented on the amount of equipment Cathe used in these. I’ll definitely be customizing my workouts so they won’t require so much stuff!

Fluffy stuff: I love the backdrop! And the workout clothes!

I may be in the minority, but Perfect 30 has been great purchase for me. I enjoy all the workouts in this set.

Now that I've done these a few times, the Perfect Pump workouts seem so rushed. I will use them on and off. I do like the Basic Mobility but I will be interested to see how often I use it. I have yet to try the yoga workouts. The "lower" not "low" impact cardio is quite good. I have not done the higher impact workouts.

I like these o.k. but I've decided they are just o.k. in my opinion. I enjoy some of her lives a lot better.