Instructors & Video's Comparable to Cathe?

[mbschneider]

Hello,
I would appreciate your thoughts on instructors/videos that are comparable to Cathe in terms of great quality of instruction, great intensity, etc. What instructors do you rely on to mix up your Cathe workouts? I see so many alternatives (Jari Love, CIA, Amy Bento...) but don't have any sense of the quality.
Thank you!!
MB

 

[endorphin_junkie]

My workout collection is predominantly made up of Cathe's fine work. It's peppered with a little Christie Taylor, Mindy Mylrea, Amy Bento, Jari Love, Karen Voigt.....I use the other workouts sometimes for a change, I did Christie's Happy Hour hi/lo yesterday and added on Cathe's SJP hi/lo premix. Christie's great, good cuing, good choreo but not the intensity we're used to. Amy Bento is giving it her best but is definitely a 'work in progress' as far as her cueing, presentation and banter go, she is obviously inspired by Cathe but hasn't found her own stride in my opinion. Mindy has the intensity but the cueing is choppy and at times non existant and her banter can be annoying. I guess my point is that Cathe is the WHOLE package, she's got it all going on and her workouts stay fresh because her banter is so natural. So far as quality goes she sets the bar higher and no one seems to be able to get it all going on like she does.

The TLT workouts have good quality but they never really clicked with me, folks around here love Tony Horton and the P90X series but I haven't done those ones.

There's lots out there but I'm tired of ordering workouts that promise intensity and consistently come up short. Janis Saffell comes to mind, lots of show but not much 'GO!' Good Luck weeding through it.

Take Care
Laurie

 

[LauraMax]

As far as intensity goes I think Amy Bento & Tony Horton are the only 2 who even come close. In fact I'd even go so far as to say Amy's stuff is even more intense than Cathe's, but her cuing & sequencing are, as Laurie said, a "work in progress."

Tony is great though, less complex, high intensity, & very easy on the eyes. ;-)