55 minute workouts in total/suggestions please

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kristieschultz

Cathlete
I am starting a full time job in 2 weeks and I really need to shave my workout time down to about 55 minutes total including stretch. Can you please give me some good suggestions for this amount of time. I typically like to do abs on my cardio day but I am open to doing them on my weights day. I remember seeing a couple months ago that someone had posted 45 minute workouts with the new series. These would work good with just adding on abs, but I don't know where that thread is. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thanks.
 
Definitely check out the premixes, as there are often shorter (yet still effective) workout options available on most of Cathe's DVD since the Intensity series.

If you're looking for non-Cathe suggestions as well, you might want to post this in the Open Discussion forum too.
 
Hi - go to the Rotation forum and check out the index to Cathe's rotation. I glanced at December of 2005 - looks like these are shorter workouts.

HTH
 
Off the top of my head I know that Step Blast is 54 minutes and I think Leaner Legs clocks in around 45. :) I agree that you can find many options with the premixes.


Jo
 
Push/Pull is only 45 minutes and Supersets is 53 minutes.

The Gym Styles have timesaver premixes which are about 35 minutes. I really like these and even though she might cut out a set here and there, I still find them to be very effective workouts.

Drill Max Cardio Blast premix - 39 minutes

Warm up
Drills 1-6
Stretch

Drill Max Scrambled Cardio Blast - 46 minutes

Warm up
Drill 1
Drill 3
Drill 5
Drill 4
Drill 2
Drill 6
Drill 5
Drill 2
Cool down/stretch

Drill Max Total Body - 52 minutes

Warm up
Squat & curl
Military press
Overhead press with hip rotation
Plie squats
Scapular retractions
Bomb diver push ups/core plank push ups
Lunges
Wall squats
Bicep curls on the ball
Firewalkers
Glute squeezes on the ball
Push ups on the ball & rear delt raises on the ball
Walking lunges with lateral raise
Front/side/rear delt work on the ball & rear flys
Forward/back reaching lunges power scissors
Triceps dips on ball
Seesaw push ups on the ball
Side plank p/u with weights
Cool down stretch

Body Max 2 Timesaver Cardio - 43 minutes

Warm up
Bonus cardio
Repeat bonus cardio
Power circuit #1 (step & blast)
Power circuit #2 (step & blast)
Power circuit #3 (step & blast)
Power circuit #4 (step & blast)
Stretch

LIC

Cardio Blast timesaver 48 1/2 minutes

Warm up
Combo 1 step w/ blast
Combo 2 step w/ blast
Combo 3 step w/ blast
Combo 4 step w/ blast (bonus)
Stretch

Lower Body Circuit 56 minutes

Warm up
Combo 1 step, blast, side lunge w/ overhead press
Combo 2 step, blast, back lunges w/ bicep curls
Combo 3 step, blast, balancing squats with various leg angles
Combo 4 step, blast (bonus)
Stretch

Upper Body Circuit 55 ½ minutes

Warm up
Combo 1 step & blast
Shoulders- lateral raises, overhead raises, & external rotator conditioner
Combo 2 step & blast
Biceps- BB curls with band, BB curls no band
Triceps- straddle push ups, lying extensions, kickbacks
Combo 3 step & blast
Chest- positive push ups, negative push ups & uneven push ups
Back- lat pull down, scapular retractions, double arm standing rows
Combo 4 step & blast (bonus)
Stretch

Upper Body Sculpt 31 minutes

Warm up
Shoulders- lateral raises, overhead raises, & external rotator conditioner
Biceps- BB curls with band, BB curls no band
Triceps- straddle push ups, lying extensions, kickbacks
Chest- positive push ups, negative push ups & uneven push ups
Back- lat pull down, scapular retractions, double arm standing rows
Stretch

Total Body Sculpt 47 minutes

Warm up
Compound- side lunges & military press
Shoulders- lateral raises, overhead raises, & external rotator conditioner
Compound- lunge & bicep curl
Biceps- BB curls with band, BB curls no band
Triceps- straddle push ups, lying extensions, kickbacks
Balancing squats
Chest- positive push ups, negative push ups & uneven push ups
Back- lat pull down, scapular retractions, double arm standing rows
Abs/core
Stretch

Blast Off 9 ½ minutes
All four blasts- an add on

B&G

Standing Glutes & Abs timesaver 49 ½ mins.

Warm up
Standing glute work-
Walking lunges
Forward thrusting hammer punch lunges
Squats w/ barbell
One legged squats
Side to side thrusting hammer punch lunges
Free standing lunge/squat combo
Firewalkers
Low pulse lunges
Abs- bonus stability ball section
Stretch

Leg Blast 47 ½ minutes

Instruction to warm up insert card
Walking lunges
Lunge/squat combo
Walking lunges
Leg presses
Forward thrusting hammer punch lunges
Leg presses
One legged squats
Side to side thrusting hammer punch lunges
One legged squats
Firewalkers
Walking lunges
Firewalkers
Walking lunges
Lunge squat combo
Low pulse lunges
Lunge squat combo
Stretch

Floorwork & Abs - 49 minutes

Warm up
Outer thigh raises
Glute squeezes on the ball
Hamstring roll ins (repeat)
Glute squeezes w/ ankle weights using the step topper
Inner thigh raises
Hamstring/ glute/ outer thigh (repeat)
Abs section on main workout
Stretch

Cardio Fusion

All Step Cardio 48 minutes

BM2 warm up
BM2 bonus cardio
LIC bonus cardio
BM2 power circuits (cardio no weights)
BM2 stretch

Mixed Cardio 41 ½ minutes

BM2 warm up
DM cardio drills 1-6
BM2 stretch

Sorry for the long post.

Marcy
 
Today I was pressed for time and did the following from BMax2 & it was actually a REALLY good workout:

step warm up
(skip regular step combos)
power circuits (step, blast, legs)
abs
stretch

I think this clocked in around 45-50 min.

You could also add on bonus step combo, which i was going to do, but didn't have time, and it would be about 1 hr.



rose2boys

Keep smiling & sweating!
 
Kristi, here are some mish-moshes I cooked up for Sooooooooooooosan a few months ago; I believe they're mostly cardio but they leave time for ab work. In fact, the running time on these mish-moshes is probably more in the 35-40 minute range including warm-up; however, abs and cooldown stretch would be added on, so they should be good for your timetable. I'll add some more on in a sec; my response to Sooooooooooooosan was in at least two different posts.

Also, check out my "Hard Core Faux CTX Rotation" on the Rotations forum; the workouts are mostly an hour, and follow the CTX format of 30-40 minutes cardio, weight work then stretch. I think my "Blast From The Past" rotation on the Rotations forum might give you some good ideas as well.

HTH -

A-Jock


I-Max 3 warm-up and blast only premix (warm-up about 9 minutes; blast-only premix 24 minutes) then cooldown

Rhythmic Step warm-up (~9 minutes)
Body Max power circuit segment without the squats/lunges (just hit the "next" buttoon on the remote) (I almost corrected "buttoon" but I like it better that way) (14 minutes)
HSTA cardio only premix (12 minutes) (total of 35 minutes cardio)
Cooldown of choice

10-10-10 warm-up and kickbox (~14 minutes)
KPC high intensity drills (~15 minutes; do start at the "high intensity drills" selection on the Chapter menu)
Boot Camp kickbox premix (~6 minutes {?}
Boot Camp cooldown

Circuit Max warm-up, hi/lo and floor kickbox segments , fast-forwarding through the resistance cycles (~25 minutes give-or-take)
10-10-10 hi/lo segment (~9 minutes)
10-10-10 cooldown

Boot Camp cardio only premix including warm-up (~17 min?)
SJP hi/lo add-on premix (~18:30 min)
SJP cooldown

Rhythmic Step warm-up
Rhythmic Step challenge at the end (all of the previous combos done in a string I think)
Step Blast blast challenge
Step Blast cool down
(running time no clue)
 
Couple more:

Boot Camp cardio only premix (including warm-up)
Kick Max Blast Challenge
Kick Max cooldown

Body Max warm-up and traditional step routine (even though this is steady-state, it still has the whoop-factor); Body Max cooldown

A-Jock
 
Legs and Glutes 51 min
CTX Upper Body 52 min
CTX: All Step 53 min
Supersets 53 min
Pour Hour 54 min
Imax 2 55 min
Step Blast 55 min
CTX: Kick Box 57 min
Pyramid Upper 57 min
Boot Camp 58 min

Premixes:

KPC: Blocks and Kicks 51 min
KPC: Intermed + Combo 2&3 + High 51
High Step Challenge Timesaver #1 51
Supersets Group B 2 Sets 52
Drill Max: Total Body 52
KPC: Intermed + Combo 1&2 + High 53
KPC: Intermed + Combo 1 + High 53
ME Express Workout 53
Low Impact Circuit: Upper Body Circuit 55.5
Low Impact Circuit: Lower Body Circuit 56
Leg Press Mania Cathe Premix 56
Muscle Max Timesaver 56
Drill Max: Cardio Leg Blast 57
 
Low Max Intervals 4-7 44 min
ME Upper Body Split 44 min
Low Max Intervals 1-4 45 min
Drill Max: Scrambled Cardio Blast 46 min
Push Pull Upper Body (2 Sets) 46 min
Low Impact Circuit: Total Body Sculpt Cathe Premix 47 min
Body Max 2: Leg Blast Cathe Premix 47.5 min

add ons:

BC: Boot Camp Kickbox Only 7 min
ME Leg Press Cathe Premix 7 min
Low Impact Circuit: Blast 9.5 min
Bootcamp: Lower Body Only 10 min
Boot Camp Upper Body Only 10 min
Boot Camp Core Only 11 min
 
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