Boot Camp

Cathe Friedrich
Year Released: 2002

Categories: Circuit Training (cardio and weights)


Bootcamp is an interval and circuit style workout, clocking in I believe in just under an hour. There are eight rounds, alternating one minute of very high intensity cardio with lower body work, then upper body, then core. Cathe and the crew used barbells loaded to 35 lbs. There were two guys exercising as well and they went heavier. I don't own a barbell set so I used body bars, adding ankle weights to make them heavier. I'd read that some people do this, but for me in the future I will not. It felt very awkward and even perilous at times for me when trying to remove the bar w/ankle weights after an exercise. If I start to use my Cathe videos on a more regular basis I think I'd invest in a barbell set. Body Bars are a lot thicker then barbells and while I like them, I think a barbell set would be more efficient for a fast paced workouts such as Bootcamp, plus the barbell bar is a much narrower and I'm thinking more comfortable grip.

The fact that each cardio interval is only a minute long is what got me through them. I found them to be very intense and during a few of them I slowed down to a march in place before they were finished. The strength segments were all doable for me, the hardest being the core work, and I rested a few times during some of it.

Overall I think this was a fun and challenging workout and certainly one for me to grow into.

Instructor Comments:
Cathe has incredible stamina and endurance.

Helen K

05/03/2005