Wow, I just did Drill Max Ultra Cardio Blast (63 min.). You do each of the six drills TWICE! It is a real but kicker! It took me a lot of focus to make it through the whole thing. The ball segment was the hardest for me, my arms were screaming. No instructor has challenged me as much as Cathe does. I need a mop to clean the puddle of sweat off the floor.
Drill Max Ultra Cardio Blast
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jillybean
Cathlete
Cardio drill 1 isn't too bad on impact, just traveling hops with a db, but you don't jump very high. Then low pulse squats and line taps - it actually felt like a Low Max blast.
Cardio drill 2 is fairly high impact. You start by doing speed skaters, which aren't too bad, but then there are side to side hops and jumping onto the step.
Cardio drill 3 is almost all low impact. You do hamstring curls on the floor for a bit, but then she does have you do 7 jumps (kind of like airborn jumps but not as high of an impact as you aren't using your arms to propel you up, as you're holding a stability ball the entire time. This drill really works the shoulders as you hold the ball over your head quite a bit. I thought it looked way easy when I previewed it - but it's tough in a deceptive way.}( (But that's our Cathe!)
Cardio drill 4 starts with lower impact step and jacks on the floor, but then she kicks it up and has you do a two feet jumping version of an over-face-in-over and she adds in plyo jacks on the floor, too.
Cardio drill 5 (my favorite) is all high impact. You do bounding forward jumps and then skips. The skips aren't too high impact, but the jumps are very high impact.
Cardio drill 6 (my second favorite) is low impact (low jogs in place, jogs straddling the step), but then she moves into high jogs, and then the impact really takes off as she has you do a squat thrust into a tuck and then you go over the step, back again, and repeat. It's a doozy of an interval!
Overall, I'd say this workout has less impact than any of the Imaxes but more than Low Max or LIC. HTH!
Cardio drill 2 is fairly high impact. You start by doing speed skaters, which aren't too bad, but then there are side to side hops and jumping onto the step.
Cardio drill 3 is almost all low impact. You do hamstring curls on the floor for a bit, but then she does have you do 7 jumps (kind of like airborn jumps but not as high of an impact as you aren't using your arms to propel you up, as you're holding a stability ball the entire time. This drill really works the shoulders as you hold the ball over your head quite a bit. I thought it looked way easy when I previewed it - but it's tough in a deceptive way.}( (But that's our Cathe!)
Cardio drill 4 starts with lower impact step and jacks on the floor, but then she kicks it up and has you do a two feet jumping version of an over-face-in-over and she adds in plyo jacks on the floor, too.
Cardio drill 5 (my favorite) is all high impact. You do bounding forward jumps and then skips. The skips aren't too high impact, but the jumps are very high impact.
Cardio drill 6 (my second favorite) is low impact (low jogs in place, jogs straddling the step), but then she moves into high jogs, and then the impact really takes off as she has you do a squat thrust into a tuck and then you go over the step, back again, and repeat. It's a doozy of an interval!
Overall, I'd say this workout has less impact than any of the Imaxes but more than Low Max or LIC. HTH!
L Sass
Cathlete
Thanks for bringing this to light Gloria - I did it this morning and WOW is it tough! My arms were indeed screaming by the time the repeat of segment 3 was over - OUCH! And I was soooooo glad there were no squat thrust / tuck jumps tacked onto number 6. Overall a really nice cardio workout!
Lorrie
Pain is temporary - quitting lasts forever
Candace Grasso, CC-V-6
Lorrie
Pain is temporary - quitting lasts forever
Candace Grasso, CC-V-6
Well Gloria, I tried this premix this morning and yes it's a keeper. After drill 1 I was already starting to watch the clock. Those million repetitions tapping on the floor really fire up the thighs. The longer I'm sitting here in my chair at work this morning the more my thighs are tightening up. There may be some DOMS in my future....
Lorrie, now that you said it, I realize now that we aren't subjected to the squat thrusts in drill 6. If she had left those in, I think I would have cried! Due to space considerations I can't lift the stability ball completely over my head without hitting the ceiling so I guess I am missing the arm strain on drill 3. Maybe I'll try subbing a 5 pound dumbbell or a medicine ball instead of the stability ball next time.
Lorrie, now that you said it, I realize now that we aren't subjected to the squat thrusts in drill 6. If she had left those in, I think I would have cried! Due to space considerations I can't lift the stability ball completely over my head without hitting the ceiling so I guess I am missing the arm strain on drill 3. Maybe I'll try subbing a 5 pound dumbbell or a medicine ball instead of the stability ball next time.