Shock Cardio Circuit Blast

Cathe Friedrich
Year Released: 2009

Categories: Balance/Medicine/Mini/Stability Ball, Circuit Training (cardio and weights) , Step Aerobics


This is a great, tough workout, clocking in at under 45 minutes! There are six rounds consisting of four exercises per round - one straight cardio, one leg focused cardio, one compound strength, and one core exercise, which is either cardio (like squat thrusts) or strength focused (like plank pushups). All of the cardio moves are simple, drill moves like frog jumps, air jacks, lateral jumps, air squats, squat jumps, plyo squats, etc. There are plenty of plyo moves, but I'm sure with some creativity they can be modified into lower impact. The strength exercises were done with weighted, unweighted, and with a band (I used tubing). There were some very creative compound moves and core based moves. So glad there wasn't a single crunch or sit up! I feel like all muscles were hit at least once, except for triceps. Shoulders, legs, and chest (because of the pushups)were hit pretty good. Equipment needed are a step with four risers per side, a medicine ball, resistance band, and weights. You can easily sub the dumbbell for the medicine ball and tubing for the resistance band. Although this is supposed to be a circuit workout, I agree with a previous reviewer that this is better classified as cardio.

Instructor Comments:
Cathe is a little more serious in this workout, although she remains very pleasant.

bubbles76

12/20/2014