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Hard Strikes is an outrageous boxing-infused cardio workout that mixes basic boxing combos with intense cardio work. The punching combos are fun and easy to learn, but by no means easy to do. Some kickboxing is included in this section but the primary focus is on boxing. Once the cardio segment is complete, you’ll continue with boxing specific conditioning drills that will make you look and feel like a champ. A bonus heavy bag section is included with the premixes for this workout to enhance your boxing experience as well as give you the means to strike even harder and more effectively.
You’ll see us wearing 12-ounce boxing gloves during the entire cardio boxing segment (in addition to the Bonus Heavy Bag section.) While it is perfectly fine to do the cardio boxing segment without gloves, I strongly encourage you to wear them. You’ll be amazed at how this ramps up your boxing efficiency and overall workout intensity.
As with any workout, you get out of it what you put into it so follow our lead and strike hard!
Cathe Friedrich's XTrain: Hard Strikes
Cathe Dot Com
Level: Advanced
Beginner: Just starting out, very overweight or haven't exercised in over six months.
Intermediate: Active in sports, dance or any regular exercise (2 to 3 times per week).
Advanced: Very active in sports or consistently work out four or more times per week.
Aerobics Impact: Higher
Lower Impact: Both feet never leave the ground at the same time. This minimizes stress on your knees.
Higher Impact: Includes movements like jumps, hops and skips. Very high-impact is called plyometrics.
Mixed Impact: This alternates or combines the above styles.
Aerobics Choreography: Basic
Basic: The easiest to follow. It ranges from simple walking-style marches to sports and athletic movements.
Complex: More intricate combinations and patterns. They're ideal for people who like to dance.
Moderate: More interesting than Basic, less dancy than Complex.
Toning Emphasis: Abs
Upper body: Arms, chest and back.
Lower Body: Legs, thighs, hips and buttocks.
Abs: Abdominals (stomach), core and sometimes lower back.
Total body: Tones all three of the above muscle groups.
Toning Emphasis: Upper Body
Upper body: Arms, chest and back.
Lower Body: Legs, thighs, hips and buttocks.
Abs: Abdominals (stomach), core and sometimes lower back.
Total body: Tones all three of the above muscle groups.
Instructor: Cathe Friedrich (Instructor Profile)
SKU: 6362
Runtime: 47 min.
Region: 0
Street Date: 01/03/2013
Certified instructor description:
A boxing-style workout that features amped-up versions of classic fighters' moves. It's a non-stop fat-burner that keeps your heart rate up with total-body engagement. The upper-body combos are endlessly changing — from jabs and punches to hooks and upper-cuts (nearly always boosting the intensity with core and shoulder motions). The lower-body exercises are equally varied. They range from boxers' shuffles and slides to high-impact jacks and hops (“let's get a little airborne”). The toning segment includes arm-focused dumbbell exercises and boxer-inspired floorwork (e.g. sit-up/jab combinations). Requires 3 to 10 lb. dumbbells. Weighted gloves, or actual boxing gloves, are optional. ©2012.
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