Cross Train Express: 10-10-10

Cathe Friedrich
Year Released: 2000

Categories: Boxing/Kickboxing/Martial Arts , Step Aerobics


This is my favorite of Cathe's Cross-Trainer Series. The music, the moves, the intensity -- everything just works. I absolutely love the quick changing cardio sequences -- from kickbox to hi-lo to step. You just don't get a chance to get bored. Also, Cathe seems more pumped up in this video during the hi-lo, which, I might add, is more fun to me than her other hi-lo sequences in the Cross-Trainer series.. It has just a teeny bit of danciness that I just feed off of, like kicks and mambos.

As for intensity -- I like to call this Intense Moves-lite. This is a tough video. Don't be deceived by the beginning kickbox sequence. The hi-lo is really an interval workout. The moves include kicks with a clap under, airborne jacks, and power heel-digs. The step is cute and intense, and isn't a re-hash of all of Cathe's old step moves-- it's got good stuff spliced in with the standard moves, and Cathe doesn't OD on the power 7s and 15s in this one, which is a good thing.

The ending weight section is 15 minutes of triceps. It started to get dull and drawn out to me, for some reason. I don't know -- triceps just don't seem to need *that* much isolation work.

Overall, an awesome little workout for the time spent. I give it an A.

Eulonda Skyles

09/23/2000