Cardio Step Challenge
Cathe FriedrichYear Released: 1992
Categories: Step Aerobics
Warm up: 10 min.
Step: 44 min.
Cooldown: 7 min.
Stretch: 3 min.
This video was my introduction to Cathe Friedrich. I
consider myself an "advanced-beginner" stepper,
but I did not find this workout much of a challenge,
despite Cathe's claims that it was definitely going to be
one. By the third time I did this tape, I could include
the arm movements. (Gives me encouragement to try her
newer productions.) I agree that this 1995 tape is more
intermediate than advanced because, if this is advanced,
I'm emboldened to try her other videos. The inferior EP
recording is unfortunate, but it didn't interfere with
the workout for me.
What I did not like:
I did NOT like the constant whooping and hollering in
(mostly) the first half of this tape!! It seems to lessen
as you get to the second routine, however. I don't know
how long I can endure the extraneous whooping/shouting
before I either learn to tune it out or put this on the
exchange.
During the warmup, I felt there was way too much
"unnecessary" arm movements before getting the
body moving. I cue this tape up to bypass most of the
beginning arm movements, so I can get to the *real*
warmup quicker. (I also find arm movements like clapping
and "one potata, two potata" silly -- I want to
get my *body* warmed up.)
I did not care for the cool down. After getting all
worked up, standing there to tap my toe on the step is
BORING. After the second step segment, I hit rewind and
do my own cool down and stretches.
What I liked:
I liked the two stepping segments. I found there was just
enough instruction before moving on.
I liked the fact that there's 44" of aerobic
activity on this tape.
Despite the above-mentioned dislikes, the 44" of
actual workout are effective. I get a good sweat going
with this tape and feel I've completed a beneficial
cardiovascular workout. If you can tune out the
enthusiastic whooping, this may be a good Cathe Friedrich
video to cut your teeth on -- it gets you moving around
the step without being too advanced, in my opinion.
07/01/1997