Cathe Friedrich Travel Fit Low Impact Resistance Band Workout DVD For Women - Low Impact Elastic Band Total Body Workout DVD - Take It With You When You Travel Or Go On Vacation

I got behind a couple of times because she doesn't always explain what she's doing next. I still thought it's pretty good.

Finding hotel room friendly workouts is so, so much easier than it used to be, but this older workout (early 2000s) is excellent--it requires only an exercise band and a little space and it's a solid workout. Is it the toughest workout? Nope, but it's excellent for making sure you get a good workout in when you don't have access to the equipment, space, and workouts you normally do.

I have been looking for a good resistance band workout on the market, and came across this one. It seemed to garner many good reviews from other consumers, so I purchased it myself, as well as the Dyna-Bands used in the workout (many bands sold retail are far too short for the purposes of this workout; you do need a longer band, minimum 5.5 feet to do some of the moves). I don't really rely on the cardio portions of this workout, as they are pretty spare throughout the DVD, and are probably only included for "completeness" as an all-encompassing travel workout. However, the resistance exercises are challenging enough, and can be made more challenging by using a band with greater resistance; so, one can keep progressing in strength while doing the same moves featured on this DVD. I skip the abdominal and stretch sections at the end (as I prefer to do my own exercises for those series), but I complete about 38 minutes of the workout, which focuses heavily on upper body toning (which is what I primarily wanted a band workout to do). I usually will do this DVD before or after a heavier cardio workout, for the toning benefits and not so much for the cardio work. This is my first Cathe Friedrich workout DVD, and although she is professional in her demeanor and cues well, she seems a bit "contrived" and talks a bit mechanically, almost like a radio personality reading from a script. Still, she is a good exercise leader, as she does all the moves with her crew and you, and moves quickly between exercises while explaining and cuing what comes next. I'm satisfied with this purchase and would recommend it to others looking for a non-weight-based toning workout.

I only have just discovered Cathe Friedrich workouts and they are the best!!! I got one other dvd of hers...a strength workout that is absolutely fabulous!!!! So, I bought this one when I was going to be on a road trip. It is not as good as the other one, but it is still perfect for traveling! I bought the bands and so I can use the light, medium or heavy to get the best workout that I need... and no cumbersome weights to drag along!!! I have so many workout dvds and I think that she is the best so far!!! (way more fun and motivating than Jillian!) Try this!... but get all three bands so that the workout will be challenging for you. Use the light band for beginners and increase as your ability increases. I don't know that this would be challenging enough for an advanced exerciser... could be with the heavy band. I'm in great shape, but only intermediate-advanced.. but I use the medium band most of the time... so I'm not sure.

So happy with my DVD. Great workout using my newly purchased resistance bands

same excercises son every one

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I was looking for something to use for when I'm away from home and came across Travel Fit. What I like about Cathe is that yes she is upbeat but also this is no wimpy workout. For some reason I find her patter not as annoying as say Jillian who is nonstop (no wonder they offer a no talk option) also she does all the exercise without much effort (take a page from her book Jillian!). Suffice it to say it comes down to what you want in a video and I do want them to call the change without having to constantly looking at the screen. Though Cathe sometimes will forget to call a change this is not a long video and you can anticipate the next segment.