Cathe, question about running in rotations...

[red_mct]

Hi, Cathe:

I noticed that you tend to include running in most of your rotations. What would be a good substitute for this activity, in general? I realize it depends upon what else is in the rotation, but in general, do you consider running to be a steady-state cardio activity? (See, secretly I am hoping you are going to say YES so I can replace it with one of your step workouts....although I should mention that I probably need to find a 12-step program to deal with my little step problem, lol.)

Any advice on alternates appreciated!

Thanks,
Marie

 

[lindadrobinson]

Hi, I am not Cathe, but....

I don't know if you are a member of a gym, but what about a spinning class? I have found this to be great on conditioning, endurance and a calorie burner. I had to move towards this because the running was geting bad on my knees and back, so I needed something more low impact with the same components of running.

Any of Cathe's cardio videos will do, but just a suggestion if you wanted an alternative to mix in with Cathe's stuff.

Just my two cents.

Linda

 

[singinggoddess]

I am definitely not Cathe, but running is a steady state cardio workout and I believe that the step videos like Step Blast, Rhythmic Step, Step works, the first part of Body Max would all be considered steady state as well. Running definitley works the muscles differently and it is great for crosstraining, but if you are addicted to step, I understand, because so am I.


Susan

 

[Cathe Friedrich]

Hi Marie! Running can be steady state or interval depending on if you add hills and sprints to your run. I usually will write "interval run" if that's what I am wanting it to be.

I like running for the wonderful cross training benefits. Step training is vertical training while running obviously is not. Running uses the leg muscles in a different way (a bit more hamstring recruitment) than step does (more quad recruitment). It's nice to get the benefits of both.