Kickboxing Question

[krisfitness]

Ok, I have a question. I love Cathe's kickboxing workouts. I have made my own mish-mish that I have used since last Nov. Here it is

K, P, C intermediate - high intensity conditioning drills
KM blast challenge
BC cardio only [2x]
K, P, C kicking & punching combos
HSC cardio segments #2, #5, #2, #4

Here is my question. Has anyone tried doing the warm-up and then the blast challenge from KM? I tried it the other day, but didn't really feel like a got a good enough warm-up to head into the drills. When I do my original workout, I always feel I get a better start because I get a better warm-up. Please let me know what you think. I certainly do like the high intensity stuff, I just don't want to injure something. Thanks,

Kristen
"work work"

 

[Zora]

About how long is this mish-mosh?

 

[JennieR]

Kristen, have you tried doing the warm up from KPC and then the other work out from KM? Just a thought.

 

[Melclear]

One of the pre-mixes on KM does that -- the warm-up followed by the drills, then the combos (it's called the BootCamp Challenge). Personally, I like it. I don't feel that it's too much after the warm-up (although I admit that I put more effort into the warm-up when I do it this way). And by doing that first, I get it out of the way (no dread factor) and keep my heart rate up higher during the combos. So overall, I think I get a better workout this way.

 

[krisfitness]

I agree. That is why I gave it a shot. Actually, I gave it a huge shot. See, I am into creating my own workouts using cathe. In anticipation of here upcoming DVDs, I created a kickboxing-bootcamp cardio workout. (Different from my original. Here it is.

KM warm-up
KM blast challenge 2x through
HSC cardio #2, #5, #2, #4
BC cardio only 2x through
HSC cardio #2, #5, #2, #4
KM combo #2 combo #4

I haven't actually done this workout as is, but I have done this in a different order. It looks tough, and it is. But that is why I wondering if any one got a good enough warm-up.

** I don't know, this might acutally be a little too high intensity?? I'll have to try it out a couple of times to see.

 

[kimyenchu]

Hello,

I know what you mean about jumping straight into the KM blast after a warm up. I don't do that either, instead I created a mish mosh of KM like this (I don't have a multiple disc DVD player so I work with one DVD at a time:

KM warm up
KM combo 1
KM combo 2
KM blasts
KM combo 3
KM combo 4
KM blast (again)

You can then add another workout if you want like BC. Then add on the abs from BC and ME that DVD.

Yen

 

[krisfitness]

Thanks for the suggestion. The only combos I like from KM are #2 and #4. I find the others too easy. The purpose of this workout is to be HIGH intensity kickboxing/bootcamp style. It is more a "cardio" workout rather than kickboxing workout. I have also created a "cardio kickboxing" workout with K,P,C + S,J,P + Step Blast. My cardio kickboxing is a little less intense, but still challenging.