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(More customer reviews)Cathe F. is one of my favorite video instructors, and these three HIIT workouts are among the hardest workouts she has put out. HIIT workouts are designed to give you an amazing cardio workout, without catabolizing (eating away) your muscle. Don't let the shortness of these HIIT workouts (or of any HIIT workouts) fool you: these are VERY tough!
According to Cathe's website, the 30/30 workout (30 seconds of work, 30 seconds of rest) is the easiest, the Double Wave Pyramid (interval lengths build up in time, and then build back down) is the middle one, and the 40/20 (40 seconds of work, 20 seconds of rest) workout is the hardest. I definitely agree! While the 30/30 and Double Pyramid weren't crazy, I thought I was going to die when I did the 40/20 workout for the first time!
Two of the three workouts on this disk also require a step bench, along with extra risers (for a total of four on each side). While you can probably modify the workout if you don't have a step bench, you'll definitely get more out of the workouts if you have a step.
I have a tendency towards tendonitis in one of my knees, and, so far, these workouts have not aggravated it. If you have bad knees, though, you might want to preview the workouts on-line since they do require a lot of plyometric jumping.
Another nice feature is that there is a countdown clock for each workout, so you know exactly how much time is left in each work and rest segment. Somehow, it makes it more bearable if you know how many seconds are left in the work sections! Each workout comes in at just under 30 minutes, including a warm-up and cool down stretch.
In my opinion, these are the hardest workouts in Cathe's new STS Cardio series. They are GREAT!
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