Cathe Friedrich's Low Impact Series: Total Body Tri-Sets [DVD]

Didn't like the dumb cups, used weights instead. This DVD was returned. I am not a beginner nor am I advanced in my workouts, however this was a little to easy for me. I did add weights where she used none and increased my weights in some parts to make it harder and it did give me a good workout. I really just didn't care for the cardio mixed with weights workout. The reason why I started doing Cathe video's is because the DVD my mother let me used was straight weights which I love. This is a combination of cardio and weights, so if you like that than this would be a good video for you.Update 5-13-15I repurchased this DVD for one simple reason, Cathe ran out of all over strength training videos :( however, I will say I updated my stars to 4 instead of 3 because you can easliy make this video harder by adding heavier weights, LOW IMPACT NO MORE! The only thing I really don't like and it's a personal preference is that she incorporates cardio with weights a little more in this video than others. This def is not a favorite because of that reason. When I am doing weights I want to do just weights. But like I said it's a personal preference. All in all it served it's purpose.

Liked the most...I am in my 50s, so I needed something paced at a low impact. I don't feel any knee or joint pains after doing this. The thing I like the best is that is has helped me tremendously with my stamina, posture, strength, and sense of balance. I use the dvd for my stamina and strength training. That said, I do the easiest versions of the sets! For example, I use no step and just use the ground, I do all pushups the same kind...with my knees on the ground. I do not do any of the changes she makes to make them more difficult ( for example, there is tricky move where she has you roll backwards up the ball..I do not do that) I really appreciate that she took the time to make a DVD for low impact. I liked least...the music is really, really, terrible. HOWEVER please know there is an option to mute to music so you do not have to listen to it.

I'm a Cathe fan. Overall, it's a solid workout. What I don't like about it is that the pre-mixes (to get a total body workout vs. doing just upper body or just lower body) jump around from one set to the next, so it's quite choppy. Also, she spends quite a bit of time explaining modifications or how to do the exercise or what to do with the ball. I prefer this to be in an Intro section because while it's fine the first few times you do the dvd, it quickly becomes tiresome and interrupts the flow of the workout. The workout could be 10 minutes shorter if you could cut out those parts, and for a weekday workout that's valuable time. Also, I am not a big fan of electric guitar music for working out. Good workout but not one I'll readily reach for.

I liked this video because you can play upper body workout at one time, and concentrate on lower body on another workout.

Meh. I ended up getting rid of this one. It's a decent workout, but I don't feel that it is strenuous. Of course I can always make it harder by using heavier weights, but there are other things I don't love about it and other weight training discs (even from Cathe) that I like better. The music is pretty terrible and the pacing is slow. There is a lot of time between the exercises in the tri-set in my opinion so I find that I just don't enjoy it. Since I never reach for it, I decided to move it on.As always, the best parts are the premix options, the production value, and the encouraging but low-key Cathe & crew. Good workout for someone looking for a non-cardio weight disc. Just not for me.

When I started this series, I was like, "Really, Dixie cups?" Holy smokes, I hurt two days afterwards! This video will still kick your arse. As I noted in another review, low impact does not equal low intensity. Cathe was right when she said in her video, you will never look at Dixie cups the same way!

Kathy really takes low impact into a high result zone! I love her routines and how I break a sweat with the challenging moves. I don't have the sliders but do alternative moves when she uses them. I don't miss a beat!

This has something for all schedules - I don't always have a ton of time, but want to work out. This has such a great variety of work outs - I can almost always fit something in to my schedule. Also, I have knee problems and this workout still gives me the feeling that I got a good workout in without hurting myself.