are these hard to master?I have a hard time step workouts that have tricky moves.I like body max and found it easy to learn are these along that line or harder.How would you rank all of cathe's step workout's as far as you can catch on fast if some one could make a list that would help alot.TIA
The cardio classics dvd
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ivorygorgon
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I have the Classics and find they are easier to learn than say, SB. My favorite, and I think probably the easiest to learn, but not easiest to do, is Step Max. I can't stand Step Jam, because at the beginning there is an endless series of basic steps with just different arm movements. It seems like it goes on forever and I get really bored. I may have to check it out again and see if I still feel this way. I thought Step Heat was too short. But I do recommend this DVD for folks newer to Cathe. I bought it to help me learn her style and names of moves and it really does that. Plus, Step Max is now one of my absolute favorites and I do it almost every week.
In order of complexity I'd say the easiest to learn is Step Max, followed by Step Heat and Step Jam. These workouts paved the way for me to learn the more complicated stuff she put out later. They are a bit dated, Cathe does some whooping and the music isn't that great, but if you're a Cathe addict these are a must. I still do them from time to time for nostaglic reasons. And they do keep my heart rate up.
Another option you might try is the Cardio Hits DVD. This also has three early step workouts on it. I haven't tried the other two yet, but PowerMax is AWESOME and broken down to make it easier to learn. Since learning that one, I have been able to go on to some of the more complex workouts, like Step Blast, and I consider myself choreographically challenged!!
Good luck,
Marie
Good luck,
Marie
"...if some one could make a list that would help alot.TIA"
There is a heading called Updated "Ultimate Guide to Cathe's Workouts" at the beginning of this board. Here's a link for ya..hope it works!
Julie
http://69.0.137.118/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=3&topic_id=46835&mesg_id=46835&page=
There is a heading called Updated "Ultimate Guide to Cathe's Workouts" at the beginning of this board. Here's a link for ya..hope it works!
Julie
http://69.0.137.118/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=3&topic_id=46835&mesg_id=46835&page=
If you go for cardio Hits rather than the Classics, you will have more to grow with and a greater intensity challenge.
Step heat will not challenge you for long and I agree with a previous poster that Step Jam breaks the moves down way too much and is extremely boring. I viewed it once and immediately sold it.
Cardio HIts includes an easier workout to start with, Step Fit, then Powermax and Step Works to grow with for a greater challenge.
The choreography of all 3 workouts on the Cardio HIts is just like that of Body Max. Body Max and Step Works were filmed at the same time I believe.
Cardio Classics will be a waste of your money if you already do Bodymax. They will be a walk over.
Clare
Step heat will not challenge you for long and I agree with a previous poster that Step Jam breaks the moves down way too much and is extremely boring. I viewed it once and immediately sold it.
Cardio HIts includes an easier workout to start with, Step Fit, then Powermax and Step Works to grow with for a greater challenge.
The choreography of all 3 workouts on the Cardio HIts is just like that of Body Max. Body Max and Step Works were filmed at the same time I believe.
Cardio Classics will be a waste of your money if you already do Bodymax. They will be a walk over.
Clare
kathryn
Cathlete
I'd like to put in a good word for Cardio Classics. I've been using these workouts as my "morning workout" once a week, when I do weight training in the afternoon. I'm not a morning person, and the less complex choreography (though not all simple moves) works great for me! I like the lack of torquey moves (in general). The Cardio Hits workouts contain more ricochets (which I have figured out how to modify for me to a non-torquey move) and flying angels and other 180-degree turn, fast recoil moves that I don't like at all (but, again, I modify them).
I may not the the typical Cathe step exerciser, because I often like athletic moves over complex choreography, and I don't get as bored by the repetitive up-up-down-down type moves at the beginning of Step Jam, for example. I just use this as an opportunity to really hone in on form and posture and range of motion, and I can do these on an 8" step and get good intensity (higher intensity than the non-blast segments of IMAX2 and 3, at times, but lower intensity than the blasts).
And I like the music! I much prefer working out to unrecognizable mostly-instrumental music than top 40 music from any decade (unless it is a soundtrack made up of MY favorite tunes, which will happen only when I make a video, LOL!).
As to your original question: these are less hard to master than subsequent workouts, as some moves are introduced here for the first time and broken down, and Cathe often previews moves before she has you join in (quite a bit different from her current technique). Once you learn the moves, you can join in with her as she previews.
I've been using Cathe's step workouts since Step in Motion 3 (around 1992?), and have found that working through them in order has made each subsequent one easier to catch on to. I think that's still true: I didn't keep Step Blast from the BB series, and there are some moves in Low Max and IMAX3 that were introduced in that workout that would have been easier to catch on to, IMO, if I had done Step Blast more than once!
I may not the the typical Cathe step exerciser, because I often like athletic moves over complex choreography, and I don't get as bored by the repetitive up-up-down-down type moves at the beginning of Step Jam, for example. I just use this as an opportunity to really hone in on form and posture and range of motion, and I can do these on an 8" step and get good intensity (higher intensity than the non-blast segments of IMAX2 and 3, at times, but lower intensity than the blasts).
And I like the music! I much prefer working out to unrecognizable mostly-instrumental music than top 40 music from any decade (unless it is a soundtrack made up of MY favorite tunes, which will happen only when I make a video, LOL!).
As to your original question: these are less hard to master than subsequent workouts, as some moves are introduced here for the first time and broken down, and Cathe often previews moves before she has you join in (quite a bit different from her current technique). Once you learn the moves, you can join in with her as she previews.
I've been using Cathe's step workouts since Step in Motion 3 (around 1992?), and have found that working through them in order has made each subsequent one easier to catch on to. I think that's still true: I didn't keep Step Blast from the BB series, and there are some moves in Low Max and IMAX3 that were introduced in that workout that would have been easier to catch on to, IMO, if I had done Step Blast more than once!