Step Works

Cathe Friedrich
Year Released: 1998

Categories: Step Aerobics


Another masterpiece from the queen of step. I love this workout. It is full of tricky trick combinations with a lot of high impact. There are 3 sections to the workout. The video starts off with Cathe demonstrating some moves and showing modifications and how to make things easier if you don't want to do the jumps.

The warmup is has some fun moves to get your body warm. She does a slow basic, tempo basic, and repeater down and then step down repeater up. Then there is some dips off the step and then does a hip flexor stretch. she then does some more stretches for the calves, hamstrings and back. The music is from CIA 9701,9703 and others. But Cathe's tempo is a lot faster so it wasn't so bad

The set has bright blue, white and red in it. Cathe is wearing black and yellow top with black shorts and the background exercisers are wearin blue tops with black shorts.

The choreography is very complex but fun for us who love the challenge! There is so much that I don't know where to begin. My favorites are Figure Eight and also a skip across the step move. There is also a full turn circle which replaces the over the top move.

If you have Cathe's other video's you will notice that Cathe uses alot of the choreography from her other video's. For example, the Pendulum is back from PowerMax and rock press, straddle, 2 knees up from Maximum Intensity Cardio step section and step hop scoop left then turn as you scoop right and then go over the board with your back away from the tv from Step Jam( but she even adds a helicopter move to make it fresh!).

The cool down is very refreshing with some love song playing.

Power Max was my favorite but now Step Works is!! You've got to have this workout.

Instructor Comments:
Cathe's workouts are fresh and alive. Her cuieing is perfect and she is in such great shape. Cathe is a powerhouse with a very muscular physique that it is so motivating to workout with her. Cathe is one of the most healthy woman I know. She just glows with beauty. Inwardly and outwardly. She works hard to give us the best step workouts in the world. Three cheers for Cathe!! Cathe deserves every compliment. She is a role model for every step enthusiaste.

Mandy Lee

09/20/1998