Hardcore: Low Max

Cathe Friedrich
Year Released: 2005

Categories: Step Aerobics


I decided to do this workout because I sprained my ankle a week ago doing Drillmax and couldn't do anything too strenuous. I am an advanced exerciser and wanted something that would deliver with no impact. This workout was somewhere between easy and hard. Notice, I didn't say easy and very hard. I found it to be long, as it has 7 intervals and the choreography is quite interesting and a bit complex and because I had to stop and rewind a few times (this was my first time doing it after watching it twice), my heart rate stayed at the low end and below. I'm pretty sure that if I would've gone straight through the workout with no stopping, I would've stayed low to mid range which is fine for me. She had some very cool moves in this one - stomps; a kickboxing interval, high kicks around the world and the intervals were all lower body (lots of lunges, squats, kicks, etc.) For intensity, I'd give this a 5-6; for fun I'd give it a 6-7 and for complexity of chroeography I'd give it a 7. The workout rates a B in my book and it's a keeper for days where I don't want to kill myself ala drill max, bodymax 2, bootcamp.

Hope that helps!

Instructor Comments:
There's nothing different about Cathe in this workout and I find that in most of her workouts. Her personality is pretty consistent.

Denise Berger

03/13/2007