Other cardio workouts

[kli]

Hi everyone,

I love Cathe's workouts, and have all of them. The problem is I have to ease on them, because they are high impact, and I am getting problems in my knees and hips (I am afraid overweight has a leading part to play in it !). I don't want to stop all Cathe's cardio workouts, but replace some of them by other ones, less impact, but with the fun factor of Cathe's ! Could anyone suggest me the other cardio workouts of my dreams ??

Thanks in advance,

Karina

 

[betho]

Hi Karina,

I have found the same thing with regard to impact lately. I need to cross-train with some lower impact stuff. For me, some of Cathe's are pretty easy to modify, some others not so easy. Recently, I got CIA 2K01 with Gay Gasper (has a hi/lo workout, and a Step & Strike workout) - I like it and it has much less impact. I also like Christi Taylor - she always has lower impact modifiers. I have heard that Charlene Prickett is good for low imapct yet good/high intensity. If you like kickboxing, I heard that Aaron Lankfords Power Kicks is great for an intense but low impact workout too. If you find one, let me know, cause I'd love to get one ! You can find out more about these and others at videofitness.com. It actualy took me a while to convince myself it's OK to do other instructors besides Cathe - almost felt like I was cheating on her!!!

HTH,

Beth

 

[getnfit@39]

For low impact/high intensity I like: Charlene Prickett, TaeBo and PowerStrike primarily, but there are also random titles I've found that are pretty decent, but more low impact/medium intensity like Aaron Lankford's PowerKicks, Christi Taylor's Still Jumpin', CIA's Power Aerobics, several Gilad cardios such as his Step On the Beach and Fat Burning Workout.

Donna

Fitness~ It's a journey, not a race!

 

[Stacy]

Charlene Prickett's Low Impact High Intensity

Powerstrike

Donna Richardson's Donnamite

Kathy Smith's Power Step

I'd also recommend adding a yoga routine once a week to stretch your muscles. I have a bum knee and have really noticed a difference in my flexibility which has secondarily helped my hip/knee tightness.

Stacy

 

[kli]

Hi Beth, Donna and Stacy,

Thank you for your answers, I am going to print them, they help me a lot.
I think I will try Charlene and Christi, these sound great ! And yoga seems to be a good idea for restoring flexibility.

Thank you all,

Karina