Cathe Friedrich's Low Impact Step/Total Body Sculpting DVD

This low impact cardio and strength training DVD contains two workouts on one disc: Low Impact Step and Total Body Sculpting.

Low Impact Step is a 40 minute, beginner to intermediate, low impact step routine that is both fun and easy to follow. You'll burn fat and calories, and shape your butt and thighs while doing high-energy, low impact step choreography mixed with challenging low impact blasts. This is a great option for those who do not want any jumping in their cardio routine. This workout is performed on an 6 inch step platform, but any step height lower than 6 inches is fine as long as it challenges you.

Total Body Sculpting is a 30 minute, beginner to intermediate weight workout that will help to shape and tone your muscles while also burning fat and calories. The more lean muscle mass we build the more calories we burn, even while our bodies are at rest. The workout uses a stability ball and 3 pound hand weights to work your upper body and lower body. Be sure to increase your weight selection when the exercises become too easy.

Equipment Needed: step, stability ball, light dumbbells

• Low Impact Step:
  You will only need a step to do this workout

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  Total Body Sculpting
  You will need a stability ball and light dumbbells to do this workout

Premix Number One:

Cardio and Weight Circuit

Total Cardio Step Warm Up
Step Combo One
Blast One
Stability ball squats
Stability ball lunges
Stability ball back extentions and wide rows
Stability ball push ups

Step Combo Two
Step Blast Two (leave in the recovery march)
Stability ball front raises/rear delt squeezes/lateral raises
Stability ball lying extensions/prone double arm kickbacks

Step Blast One
Step Blast Two (leave in the recovery march)
Stability ball preacher curls/ seated hammer curl
Stability ball outer thigh raises
Stability ball frog rolls for inner thigh

Stability ball Ab work:
crunches w/leg on ball...2 times
crunches w/ball in arms while alternating knee raises...2 times
seated oblique twists....2 times

Cool Down from Total Cardio Step


Premix Two:

SOLID SCULPTING (every segment repeated twice):

Warm up (only done once)

Stability ball squats

Stability ball lunges

Stability ball back extentions and wide rows

Stability ball push ups

Stability ball front raises/rear delt squeezes/lateral raises

Stability ball lying extensions/prone double arm kickbacks

Stability ball preacher curls/ seated hammer curl

Stability ball outer thigh raises

Stability ball frog rolls for inner thigh

Stability ball Ab work (repeated twice)
crunches w/leg on ball...2 times
crunches w/ball in arms while alternating knee raises...2 times
seated oblique twists....2 times


Premix Three:

LOWER BODY CARDIO BLAST

Warm Up from Total Cardio Step
Step Combo 1
Blast 1
Blast 2
Squats from Total Muscle Sculpting
Lunges from Total Muscle Sculpting
Step Combo 2
Blast 1
Blast 2
Squats from Total Muscle Sculpting
Lunges from Total Muscle Sculpting
Stability ball outer thigh raises
Stability ball frog rolls for inner thigh (repeated twice)