Collage Video Review: Cathe's NEW Low Impact Series: Athletic Training

This review comes from my favorite Fitness DVD distributor- Collage Video! As always, I am super excited to work with Collage Video! In addition to Cathe's new Low Impact Series: Athletic Training (review below) I received Cathe Freidrich's AfterBurn, also from her Low Impact Series. BOTH dvds are on SALE at Collage Video right now for only $21.99!! Thats a super bargain! And you know your Collage Video orders always come SUPER fast and their shipping is FREE on most items over $25.00 and cheap on anything else. For example, I just ordered a foam roller (yay!) from Collage Video and the shipping was only $2.99- way cheaper than anywhere else I looked! And my order came in just a few days. And Collage guarantees ALL of their dvds- even on ones you have opened! Thats customer service!

Today's Review: Low Impact Series: Athletic TrainingCathe Friedrich, 2011 ***** (5 of 5 stars)
This is a 56 minute dvd that offers plenty of premixes & is chaptered very well. Cathe works out with 4 exercisers in a nice open set. You will need a step, dumbbells, tubing, loop band, and gliding discs for this workout. Cathe takes you through a warump, a short step routine, and then strength work- much of which wil keep your heart rate up.
After a w/u exercises include: bench knee pulls, straddle & touch step, repeater knees, touch step -knee up, front swings, hip abduction off step &  arm swing, shoulder tap pushups, disc dips & bi curl, band & dumbbell curl, tri dips w/ 1 leg disc slides, lying tricep work, standing loop donkey kicks, deadlift variations, seated band delt fly, crunches, reverse crunches, plank knee drops & concludes with a c/d & stretch. 
I rate this is a high intermediate/ low advanced workout- it is simple choreo but nonstop heartpumping cardio and strength work. The first portion of the strength kept my heart pounding. This is a lighter/ medium poundage workout that moves at a fast pace but is not high rep.  I really love the low impact but high intensity & simple but not boring choreo- this is definitely a unique, fun & effective video. I look forward to more from this series! I received this video to review. 
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Today's Tip: Muscle weight vs fat weight"A common comment when looking at the scale is that ‘muscle is heavier than fat,' which is misleading," Dolgan says. "A pound of fat weighs the same as a pound of muscle, however thevolume of muscle is denser than the volume of fat, and therefore heavier." When you start tochange your body composition with your workouts—by building more dense muscle mass and decreasing your body fat—your scale weight may increase, while your body fat percentage may decrease. These changes happen over weeks and months (not hours or days) so the scale is useless when tracking them, Dolgan says. Read more on Shape.
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