01-01-16, 01:10 AM | ||
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Santa Cruz mountains, CA
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KPC is still my very favorite of her kickboxing workouts to date, too.
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01-01-16, 12:14 PM | |
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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I tried Rockm Sockm today and thought it was solid intermediate, and I'm a kickboxing novice. I didn't mind the jumping jack mania as much as I did Cathe's poor cueing. I know I'm beating a dead horse here, but cueing on the move sucks and blurting out "ground and pound" without explaining anything before launching into the move is frustrating. I thought some of the kick combos were way fast, and I never did get the front kick-back kick-air kick thing even after rewinding twice. Oh well.
[ETA: next day, major DOMS in lats, ouch ouch in a good way] I need to try Kick Punch and Crunch to see what all the fuss is about.
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01-01-16, 08:00 PM | |
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Well this is it; I finally finished all the main workouts and I couldn't be happier with my purchase.
Chiseled Lower Body Blast was a total blast: FUN, FUN, FUN! I have a hard time getting motivated to do standing leg work. This is my new favorite standing leg workout. Finally, the vegetables are hidden in the cheese. I got a good workout. I enjoyed the amount of time spent on each exercise and the overall total workout time was just right. Also, I think Amanda did a pretty good job as a modifier in this one. jordan |
01-01-16, 10:05 PM | |
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: The Ocean State!
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I've only tried two of the workouts so far. My first was Rock'm Sock'm and the second was Metabolic Total Body.
I was annoyed with the kickboxing workout, and didn't finish the final drill combo. The endless punching in the warm-up was tiresome, as was the lackluster punches in each of the drills. To me, it was boring but my core did get a good workout. I disliked all of the jumping jacks and other high impact kick moves and felt it was unnecessary. This might be an okay cardio workout, but I was peeved at the lack of modification. And, Cathe cueing on the move (instead of before) was also irritating, but I kinda expected that. What ticked me off the most was that there was very little modification shown. Why rush the series, when this could have made everyone happy with just a little more effort working out details? How hard is it to sub out the moves for those with less or no impact? So yeah, I can modify on my own but I guess I was disappointed that this wasn't planned out as well as it could have been. On the other hand, I loved Metabolic Total Body! I had a feeling I'd like the weight workouts, anyway. Have yet to try the other five workouts, but I know which one is my least favorite---hands down.
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01-01-16, 11:34 PM | |
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Metabolic Total Body
Metabolic Total Body - This was the last one of the ice series for me. This was a really nice and intermediate workout....which I needed today since I was sleep deprived and a bit dehydrated after having a bit of a celebration last night. I was wondering if it wasn't going to completely kick my rump. But, I was able to keep up with Cathe on weight and reps. I kicked up a good sweat but this one had a lot of breaks....many of them much longer than what Cathe typically allows (which I was really grateful for today), so I was able to easily hydrate during the workout. The pace was nice and slow so my HR didn't go thru the roof, but was elevated non-the-less. I liked the slower pace since it allowed me to get deeper into the muscle. The blast portion was definitely high impact but was doable, although I didn't really enjoy the jack combo at the end....just not a jack fan, but did it anyways. Doing the original workout with the blast was 60 minutes total.
These workouts will be perfect for days like today where I want a good workout and not waste my time....but still am not prepared for a Cathe kick butt w/o. I wasn't at my best today, but doing this workout made me feel accomplished, worked out, and not wimpy......and afterwards still had the endorphin rush. So glad I bought these workouts, as they will be part of my routine rotation. Now, I just need to go back and do some of the meltdowns that I missed along the way along with core #1. As a side note, I did notice that Cathe was pretty sweaty in these and had moments where she was gasping for breath too. It actually made me feel pretty good.....is that wrong??? |
01-02-16, 01:16 PM | |
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Alberta, Canada
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I did RockM SockM on Thursday. I liked it, but am admittedly a relative kickboxing newbie. (I really need to check out KPC too!)
I found it intermediate. The last flurry section was quite intense - enjoyed that! The interesting thing to me is I have DOMS throughout my core. I rarely get DOMS of any kind, and have never had it in my core like this! Wow! I think I need to add kickboxing into my regular rotation. I am still enjoying ICE. I am going to do my Muscle Meltdown Premix today. eta: I ended up doing the Metabolic Total Body (still working through all the workouts). Metabolic workouts are normally not my favorite, but I loved this one! Feel pleasantly worked out. This is a workout that will only get better as I perfect the moves.
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01-02-16, 02:18 PM | |
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: The Ocean State!
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Today I did Low Impact Sweat and loved this one! This will be the "conditioning" work I need to get in shape! A good mix of drills with upper, lower and total body exercises, sometimes using weight to kick up the exercises.
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