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| Instructor's name: Cathe Friedrich Type of Workout: Aerobics & Toning (High Impact, Total Body Toning) Fitness Level: Advanced Equipment Needed: Step, Stability Ball, Resistance Band, Resistance Loop, Hand Weights & Barbell Total Running Time: 75 Minutes Release Date: 2006 Region: 0 (Worldwide) | Drill Max is a 72
minute deliciously intense athletic circuit workout that exudes a
hybrid of agility training, boot camp conditioning, and functional
fitness at its best. There is something for everyone in this workout. To
get the job done, you'll need a standard step, stability ball, light to
moderate hand weights, and a resistance band. Since everyone will enter
the routine at different fitness levels, you will have to do the
workout a couple of times to find that perfect weight (when required)
that spikes the heart rate just at the right time. Also, once you found
the perfect weight, try to run through the whole routine with just
enough break to sip water. In other words the pacing of this workout is
critical as one move feeds off the previous move to layer the intensity.
Warm up...Nothing fancy
or complex here, this is your pep talk time....9 minutes of very basic
movements which gradually pick up intensity so that by the time you
start your first drill your muscles are totally ready.
Drill #1
Cardio (4 min.):
(standing
floor)...Grab 5 pounds and lets do a tap reach pattern with a
controlled jump in the middle...this will change to weighted defensive
squats...which layers into "line taps" which are basically double time
defensive squats but you touch down to the floor on every single rep.
Once our thighs are on fire, we stand up and do it again (insert witches
laugh).
Lower Body(1 min.):
Next,
grab 10 pounds and do single low squats with a hammer curl as you go
down. Now pulse down three and send the arms straight up on four for a
few sets. Oh my, thats not easy, make sure you can handle the weight you
chose and keep good form. Ok, my heart rate is beating now.
Upper Body (3 min.):
Let's
calm it down (just a bit) and keep those 10's in our hand and do 16
military presses. Ok, I felt those but now let's really feel them and do
16 more!!
Time for our functional movement pattern. Grab 5 pounds
and do functional rotational lunges combining overhead presses and front
raises. Not feeling it yet?.....keep going til the end :-)
Drill #2..(you didn't take a long rest here, did you? Promise?)
Cardio (2 1/2 min.):
Stand
in front of step and do lateral skaters narrow, then wide, then wide
lateral ski hops, then a jumping transition using the step and a lateral
A step. We will do this pattern until you are ultra winded :-O
Lower Body(2 min.):
Now,
don't rest too long, grab a 10 pound weight and get into a deep plie
squat and pulse down 16 times followed immediately by 16 low plie jumps.
Do three rounds like this. Huffin and puffin now :-)
Upper Body (4 min.):
Ok, we'll cut a little slack here and let the heart rate down a bit for scapular retraction work for the back with the band.
Now
that our heart rate has come down some, take it to the floor and do
inverted bomb diver push ups. These are hard and used in the navy
frequently. We'll then go into core plank push ups. Both of these push
ups are extremely advanced and a substitute push up of your choice is
recommended if you can't perform these. These push ups work the back,
chest, shoulders, triceps and core.
Drill # 3
Cardio (5 1/2 min.):
Time
to stand up and get jumping again. For those of you who want some
hi/lo, this cardio will especially appeal to you. You will do a fun
jumping, jogging, and hopping combo with the ball (the ball adds
additional caloric expediture due to the weight and leverage changes)
Its more of a steady state feeling done for double the time of the
others cardios to keep those calories burning. I found in rehearsal that
the cast would enjoy this slight break here until we repeated it a
second time and I made them JUMP HIGH on the squat jumps. I'll make you
do the same to, and thats an order (insert witches laugh).
Lower Body (2 1/2 min.):
Ok,
keep your ball and walk to a wall in your house for wall squats while
holding 5 pound weights in each hand. Yes, you'll be holding your wall
up for a while so be sure to find that special wall in your house now,
as to not slow you down on your workout day, wink!
Upper Body (2 1/2 min.):
Keep
your ball and come back to the center of the room (there you are, I
missed you, ha) and do bicep curls on the ball with 10 pounds in each
hand. You may need to go lighter or heavier but fight for it with good
form.
Drill # 4
Cardio (5 min.):
We're
using the step for this one. You will do an L-step pattern that
involves jumping jacks and a plyo jack. Then you will add a piece that
involves jumping onto the step. A modification is shown if you don't
want to jump. We will do traveling fast feet drills just because they
work so perfectly with the music there.
Lower Body (4 min.):
Onto
Firewalkers as seen in Butts and Gutts. No wasting time, you have seen
the close up demo of how to put that band around your feet, let's move
it (was that a whip I heard cracking, wink). Now, quickly get on your
ball to ultimately fry your glutes with prone glute squeezes. Squeeze
HARD and use good form if you want those well defined cheeks.
Upper Body (3 min.):
While you have your ball out, do push ups right there on it.
Now
you can also get a 5 pound weight and do one arm rear delt presses.
This is a tough pace here but make it work with good form.
Drill # 5
Cardio (3 min.):
Okay,
here is some hardcore heart pounding agility training (insert evil
witch laugh again). You must jump with all of your might or it is
considered cheating. 3 jumps in one direction and then jump turn ( do 8
laps) then rest BRIEFLY and do a forward bounding movement for three and
turn (for 8 laps). We will do this until you .....
Lower Body (2 min.):
Now grab five pounds in each hand and do a variation of walking lunges and lateral raises for 8 laps.
Upper Body (3 min.):
Grab
your ball and lie on it in a prone position and use light weight (3
pounds) for front/side raise combo. Then wide and straight rear flys for
back/shoulder.
Drill # 6
Cardio (3 1/2 min.):
Using
the step as a prop you will do football drills for another
agility/speed/quickness drill. You will straddle your step and run in a
starddle to the end of it and then circle around the side and run back
to your starting position. It's hard to explain but you'll see it soon
enough. Because this drill is more of a coordination and spped drill,
the heart rate will not come as high so I made the next two drills heart
rate raisers to balance out.
Lower Body (3 min.):
Squat
thrusts along side the step with a tuck jump as you stand up....then
jump with two feet laterally across 4 times. We do 8 rounds of this and
it spikes the heart rate if you tuck to your max on the tuck jump.
Forward/back
functional reaching lunges using your ball as a reaching guide. This
move will be mixed with a couple of power scissors to kick it up a
notch.
Lower Body (3 1/2 min.):
Tricep dips on the ball followed by see saw push ups on the ball.
Plank
push ups with three pounds in the hand. Feel free to use 5's or 8's but
you will need to ignore the beat of the music if you go heavier to keep
proper form.
Cool Down Stretch
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Wonderful workout! 
