Thursday, July 11, 2013

Collage Video GIVEAWAY: Cathe Friedrich XTRAIN Hard Strikes DVD

This review comes from my favorite Fitness DVD distributor- Collage Video! We all know  Collage Video is THE online distributor for all your exercise video needs! I had the pleasure of reviewing the new Cathe Friedrich XTRAIN Hard Strikes DVD. As always you know you can get all the info you need in a clear and concise manner on the Collage website.

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And as you may or may not know- Collage Video certified instructors review each & every workout that Collage Video carries. Each video contains a concise description so you can get the low down on the dvd, view the video clip, and read real Collage customer reviews right there on the website. Collage Video orders always come SUPER fast and their shipping is FREE on most items over $25.00 and cheap on anything else. And Collage guarantees ALL of their dvds- even on ones you have opened! Thats customer service! 

XTRAIN Hard Strikes
Cathe Friedrich, 2012

Cathe works out in a brick set with 4 background exercisers to some great new music. You will only need weighted gloves & dumbbells for this 46 min boxing and conditioning workout. The dvd is fully chaptered and contains premixes & bonus segments.

After a warmup, exercises include: fun punch combos - often keeping your feet moving so you really keep your heart pumping, knee pulls, jack rope and scissor drills, jump squats, ice breakers, flurries, shuffle- hook and traveling punches. The upper body Conditioning segment includes: alt military press, bear crawl press ups, balance bi's, side plank shoulder press, tri dips, sit up & punch combos, and a sit up & push up combo. There is a separate cooldown section.

Bonus Core (10 min): sit up variations, crunch variations, V twists, gorilla walk, plank knee drops & knee pulls, plank toe taps, plank hold, & banana roll crunches. This was a tough little ab routine!!!

Bonus Burn Set Tris (14 min): Exercises include tri pushups, lying overhead tris, tubing French press, and kickbacks.

Bonus Heavy Bag (13 min): Wearing weighted gloves Cathe leads you through 4 sets of tabata punches, various punch combos for 20 seconds followed by 10 seconds of rest. I dont have a heavy bag so I just shadow boxed & still got a great workout.

Rep Bicep Challenge (7 min): 100 reps of barbell bicep curls!

I rate this a high intermediate routine in terms of intensity but found the choreo easy to catch on to. Fun routines, with lots of variety, cardio drills, boxing combos, and upper body strength work make this an awesome calorie burner & upper body toner. The time really flew by and I enjoyed the pace & worked up a great sweat! I received this dvd to review.

Entries will be accepted until 11:59 pm on 7/19/13  and the winner will be selected randomly. Contest open to US residents, no PO Boxes. Good Luck! 

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This giveaway will be posted on 3 blogs. One winner total will win one coy total of Cathe's Hard Strikes dvd from Collage Video.  I received a sample of this product to review. I was in no other way compensated for my honest review. All thoughts and ideas expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commissions 16 CFR, Part 255 Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising. I can not be held responsible for user errors in entering this contest, shipping errors, postage errors, damage in transit, or undelivered prizes. Please see my disclosure page for full disclosure.

51 comments:

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