Circuit Training

[shaan]

I have 2 questions if any one of you can please help.

1. Which one of Cathe's workouts would you consider it to be a circuit training workout? My definition of a circuit training tells me that Body Max, SJP, MI-S, PH are all circuits because there is very little rest between each muscle group. BM and SJP probably burn more calories because of the cardio routines in between. What do you think? I don't own any of her newer workouts but have ALL the old ones upto and including the release of the Body Blast series.


2. How many calories do her workouts burn anyway? I know it depends on your weight, age and on the intensity level but a ballpark would be great to know. I purchased heart rate monitor that tells me how many calories I am burning but I can swear it is not accurate. Then I found a website that tells me according to my age and weight I am burning 678 calories if I workout 60 minutes, doing high intensity floor aerobics - that sounds kinda high hence this question.

Thank you for your responses.

 

[Aquajock]

A circuit-style workout is any workout that intersperses traditional cardio cycles (cardio can be hi/lo, step, kickbox or athletic boot-camp drills) with resistance cycles using weights or bands. With that definition, the following are circuit workouts in Cathe-Land:

Body Max has a 20-minute power-circuit segment that intersperses cardio step with dumbbell and barbell leg circuits;

SJP has a hi/lo-circuit segment that intersperses 4-5 minute hi/lo segments with compound weighted resistance cycles;

Circuit Max (hi/lo, kickbox, step-kickbox and traditional step interspersed with compound upper / lower body resistance cycles using dumbbells)

"Gauntlet" and "The Viper" from the "Terminator" dvd; each of these incorporates interval or traditional step (and in "Gauntlet" Boot Camp cardio drills) with single-muscle and compound weighted drills

CTX's Power Circuit, which has, like Body Max, a 20-minute leg power circuit segment with step and step-kickbox;

Boot Camp, which has cardio and targeted lower, upper body and core segments; this cycle "theme" repeats itself 8 times;

High Step Training Advanced and High Step Challenge, which incorporate step cardio and targeted lower and upper body segments;

Hard Core Extreme (I forget which workout) takes footage from several Hard Core cardio routines and other footage from Hard Core resistance cycles into one new glorious circuit mish-mosh;

(There are probably others in Cathe's more moderate-intensity offerings but I don't have those.)

I don't believe there is even a "ballpark" estimate of caloric burn for any of these, or actually any workout on the market. Caloric burn is far too dependent on variables such as: the individual exerciser's body composition, height, current exercise capacity (including leg power, skill at the mode in question, cardiac output and O2 uptake, age, resting heart rate, etc.), and environmental factors during the exercise bout.

HTH -

A-Jock

 

[shaan]

Awesome! Thank you!! Your response helps me a lot. Now I can start shopping at the cathe store - I wanted to add more circuit DVDs in my home collection.

Cheers!

 

[Aquajock]

IMHO, the Gotta-Haves for circuit-style workouts are:

Circuit Max (along with the Cardio Kicks workout; check out dem power drills!)

Terminator (which has my beloved Gauntlet workout)

The Cross Train Express ("CTX") Power Circuit workout

Body Max for its power circuit routine

HSTA

Oh crumbs . . . get 'em all. (But get Circuit Max first.)

A-Jock

 

[shaan]

Okay! Added 10 more videos to my home collection.
Thanks for your suggestions! CKSALES are pretty good with
shipping them so I decided to buy in bulk! LOL!!