Product Description Cathe Friedrich's Party Rockin' Step 1 Step Aerobics DVD workout for women and men - This at-home step dvd puts the fun back into your step workout! Mambos, cha-chas, and other creative footwork are taught at a steady-state pace, making this choreography-driven workout one that you'll reach for time & time again. This cardio exercise DVD includes 6 step combination that are each broken down as you learn the elements and are then completed as finished combos. After you've learned all 6 combos you'll be challenged to put all of the finished products together back to back for an added physical and mental challenge! This workout is full of fun, do-able movement patterns along with high-energy music to keep your toes tapping and your heart pumping!!! You'll torch calories, burn fat, increase strength and endurance, and most importantly- you'll have a fabulous time!This step aerobics dvd also includes 5 premixes to give you additional variety and workout length options.Equipment Needed: step with risersWorkout Times:- Warm Up - 6:33- Workout - 41:27- Stretch - 6:02- Total - 53:42 About the Actor Before there was Zumba, Tae Bo, Spinning or even Step Aerobics, fitness video pioneer Cathe Friedrich recognized the need to provide a simple, flexible, affordable and motivating way for Americans to exercise and stay fit. Nearly thirty years and over 200 home exercise workouts later, hundreds of thousands of people have credited Cathe Friedrich for helping them to transform their bodies and their lives with her videos and television shows. Like going through life with a friend, Cathe s followers have grown in their workouts as she has learned and expanded her video offerings, staying focused on her three guiding principles: Professionalism, Passion, and Quality. Cathe is often credited with being the first to bring advanced fitness videos to the home exerciser and helped to shatter the theory that only celebrities could star in fitness videos. As a long-time Certified Group Fitness Instructor, Cathe has taught countless classes at her New Jersey health club and has helped train many of today s top instructors. Since 1986, Cathe has been certified through the American Council on Exercise. Additional specialty fitness certifications include: Indoor Cycling, Body Pump, Kickboxing, Boxing, Prenatal Fitness, Resist-A-Ball, YogaFit, and more. In 2011, Cathe was inducted into the Fitness Hall of Fame along side other profound leaders, such as Arnold Schwartzenegger, Richard Simmons and Kathy Smith. As a leading innovator in the home exercise video industry, she founded Step N Motion Videos in 1988 and in 1989, created one of the first step aerobic videos. Cathe continues to produce fun, intense, and challenging workouts for all body types and fitness levels. Her award-winning workouts have been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Dallas News, Fox Business News, NBC Nightly News, CBS News, QVC and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Health and fitness writers have published articles about her in Shape, Oxygen, Self, Health, Fit, Consumer Digest and Fitness magazines. While appearing on Fox Business News, Cathe shared the story of how she began in the fitness business. At 16, she took an aerobics class and three weeks later, Cathe was asked to teach it and was hooked. A few years later, she was teaching a creative movement class at a fitness studio on the top floor of Carnegie Hall, where she used fourteen inch benches as part of her workout. At the same time, Step Reebok was launching what is now known as step aerobics to the world. Cathe incorporated step into her philosophy, creating her first video, Step N Motion One, which was also one of the first and most influential step aerobic videos of its time. Today, her fitness empire includes all types of workouts and is one of the largest privately-owned fitness video libraries in the world. Collage Video, a source for exercise videos since 1987, says this about Cathe on their web site: Since the early 1990s, Cathe Friedrich s videos have set the standard for challenging workouts. Cathe Friedrich s workout video technique is excellent; her cuing style is very direct. These exercise videos will challenge even the elite athlete! The Dallas Morning News wrote: To say that Cathe Friedrich workout videos are tough is like saying Everest slopes upward. Discovery Channel s FitTV, where Cathe s workouts aired for seven seasons nationally, declared: Cathe is one of the most popular trainers on our network. She is a power-intense cardio-buster, a punch and crunch trainer. Always on the cutting edge, Cathe recognized the power of the internet and was the first to sell fitness videos online in 1997. Today, Cathe Dot Com is one of the largest and most-visited fitness websites and Cathe s pioneering work in this area has inspired other instructors to market and promote their own fitness videos in a similar fashion.
R**H
Who Said That Step Aerobics Are Out?
I love Zumba! I love the Firm! I love Plyometrics, Squats, planks (well, not so much), lifting weights, hiking, mountain bike riding, blah, blah, blah. Let's face it. I generally love it all! But sometimes, I just want something basic in moves but still challenging. That is where Cathe Friedrich: Party Rockin Step Workout #1 comes in. Step aerobics is what I used years ago to bring me into shape. I loved it so much, that I purchased another stepper recently after my friend accidentally threw out my first one years ago. I just received this video the other day and have been using it along with my other workout dvds. I usually work out twice per day and like to mix up my routines for maximum results and so that I do not get bored. So don't give up on step aerobics. Sure, it may not be as challenging as some of the newer workouts out there; but it's still fun and still good to incorporate to avoid boredom. One last thing. My friend, who is only 40 years old, lost all of her vision in one eye and most of her vision in the other eye (due to diabetes) at the age of 37. She works out with me now, often complaining that she is not exactly coordinated, which is why we never do Zumba together. However, I noticed yesterday, that she is mastering a great deal of these moves on this video, which is wonderful. I thought this video might be too advanced. Therefore, if you're not exactly coordinated, step aerobics might be the thing for you. This is moderately advanced for most; but you'll get it. And don't be appalled about me sharing my friend's story. She asks me to share her story often to help educate and motivate others. Get this video.
J**N
I've done step for years & always loved it. I saw Cathe's videos came highly recommended ...
I've done step for years & always loved it. I saw Cathe's videos came highly recommended & praised so I figured I purchase this video & give it a try. I could see how this could be a great workout, if she would give a tutorial in the beginning of the tape. However, that's not what happens...the video starts off with a warm-up aka full blown cardio mode & Cathe references moves I have never ever seen or heard of in my entire stepping career. By the time you have rewound the dvd a few times & finally learned 1 of 3 interesting unheard of moves, Cathe has jumped onto the next one. Very challenging especially if you're not a dancer who can pick up steps in a split second...Anyhow, so all in all okay....one day in the future when I have time to study each move, then I might get in a good workout in with this video.
U**I
Tricky, but a great step workout
I gotta admit. The first time I did this workout it was very very frustrating. I didn't think I would ever play it again. I have done step workouts for years, but this was my first Cathe Friedrich workout video. I had never seen any of her "usual" moves before or was use to her style. I decided to give it another shot and after about the 3rd time (with a lot of slow mo playing) I finally got all the moves. She does use some moves that are complicated and that I feel are almost awkward at times, but the time does fly and you really do have fun doing step. If you are looking for a no thinking step workout or not willing to put time into learning the moves, I wouldn't get this DVD.My only other complaint is that I can't believe the lack of adequate cool down. Almost baffling. I have to pause the workout before the cool down and do a little on my own.But overall you do get a lot for your money and I enjoy the workout. There are even bonus step sections and I really like all the premixes.
K**Y
Fun cardio workout
I'm overall pretty happy with this workout. It's nice and choreographically challenging. i really like the audio options where you can have it without vocals, for example. I just wish the track towards the end was better. It's just distracting for me for whatever reason and I end up stopping the workout by that point. I don't usually do that with my workouts, but maybe it's because all her other workouts the music is fun all the way through.
I**
Very challenging. Love it.
If you want a challenge in your workout, this is it. I love it. You burn calories just learning the routine. It fun, get your heart pumping, and burn a lot of calories. I love step aerobics. I wkout 6 days a week, a different wkout ( exercise) every day, and this fits right in. I’m 67 years old, and I can move with the best of them. Anything I can’t do I modify by not using the step or modify the move.Good dvd. Get it if you like to move
W**W
and remember it as being a good workout. I've been doing step for almost 10 ...
I've only done one Cathe Friedrich step video before, this being several years ago, and remember it as being a good workout. I've been doing step for almost 10 years and thought I'd give this video a try for home workouts. Mistake! Several other ladies are working out alongside Cathe, but no one is doing modifications as far as I can tell. I can usually create my own modifications even without an example stepper on screen, but was unable to do so in this case because the moves were so complicated. Cuing is minimal, and she uses names that I've never heard of for some of the steps. I've always avoided twirling/spinning moves because they make me dizzy...and found almost nothing but in several of the workouts. The warm-up was hardly a warm-up -- more like jumping right into full cardio mode. My goal with home fitness DVD's is to be able to jump right in and get a good workout instead of having to rewind or stare helplessly at the screen for minutes at a time. Cathe at one point introduced a new move by stating that the viewer would probably have to rewind several times to be able to understand what was going on. I wasn't able to get through the whole video because it was so hard to follow. This was a waste of money.
M**5
Fun video once you get the steps!
I am an AVID stepper! I love doing step almost 5 times a week. So I get fairly bored with the same routines. I bought this one, hoping I didn’t kill myself trying to do all the new moves.I’m very familiar with Cathe, and it took me about five workouts to feel “comfortable” doing it! However, I love the dance steps once I figured them out!I get a great workout and love the new steps!
