I have fallen in love

[competition bound]

Cathe, I just had to tell you that I just did Cardio Kicks for the thrid time. I must say that this is one terrific work out!! When I got the 8-pak back in Aug. I tred CK, and I wasn't too sure about it because I wasn't a kickboxing fan. The 2nd time I tried it I had a pulled hamstring and had to stop because the kicks wer too painful. However, I noticed that I followed better due to doing the six pak as my rotation for Sept. Well, tonight I decided to do it again. I went all the way through and all out.It was awesome!!! I was punching and kicking and enjoying myself like I haven't with any other kickboxing video!! I have a give 3 tries rule and I'm so glad that I stuck to it on this one! This is the best kickboxing video on the market in my opion. Nobody can touch the quality of this workout! And as you always say to us, Kepp up the good work!!


Aimee

 

[debmac]

I did it today too, Aimee!

..and it was my 2nd time. I loved it the 1st time, and loved it more this time!!! This time I was more aware of moves that don't feel right to me that I've got to work on my form on....esp. the grapevine, side kick thingy. For some reason that kick just doesn't feel right. When you do that kick, is your upper body more kind of "facing down" than just regular side kicks when your upper body is facing straight ahead but leaning over to the side. I am sure I'm making no sense at all so I am gonna shut up now!!!! Just wanted to tell you, I did it today too and I'm in love too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Debbie

 

[competition bound]

RE: I did it today too, Aimee!

I kinda' get what your saying. When i do it, my upper body is leaning to the side, but I tork my upper body just a little bit so that my chest is kind of diagonal to the floor in front of me. I'm not straight sideways, but I'm not fuuly facing the ground either. Is this making sense?!? It sounds weird even to me and I'm typing it!! Let me know if you get what I'm saying.

Aimee

 

[kristina]

Side Kick technique

I just took a master class on Kick Boxing and thought this was a great teaching aid for side kick form:

lean draw knee kick

1. lean your upper body to the side

side & slightly towards the floor but keep your shoulders in line with your leg--look over your shoulder towards the direction of the kick and at a specific target on the wall you are aiming at with your kick)

2. draw your kicking foot up to your butt

3. pull up your knee with your foot still pulled in towards your seat (it is like a dog doing the hydrant thing....)

4. extend out the kicking foot with force and pull back quickly into the seat (don't lock out your knee on the extend, keep is slightly cocked. you have to tighten up your butt and hams to do this correctly)

5. bring leg down

SOunds complicated but I found it was very helpful and gave me ALOT more power and safety in my side kicks. Hope this helps someone else. Try practicing super slow mo before you start the tape until your muscle memory learns it

 

[Cathe Friedrich]

Hi Aimee! Glad to hear that the tape has grown on you. IMO, kickboxing does take a while to get acclimated to. It requires more skill, greater body awareness, and deeper flexibiliy than most of the other forms of cardio.

Keep up the great work;-)!

 

[Diana]

I could do this tape every day! I have not been this excited about a video since I discovered Cathe a year and a half ago. My fear is that if I do it too much, I may burn out on it and not want to do it anymore!! Cardio Kicks has become my favorite workout tape!

 

[2workout2]

CK and CM are my abosoulute favorite tapes out of the eight pack. I could do these tapes all of the time, I make sure that I do them both once a week. I purchased some two pound hand weights from Janis Safel (unsure of spelling) and did them with CK and it really made the upper body work intense My arms are really worked after doing CK with the hand weights. I hope that there are more tapes similar to these in the future.

Terri