| | |  | Exercise & Fitness | Home » » » Cathe Friedrich's STS Shock Cardio: Athletic Step DVD | | | | | | | Description: | | Athletic Step is an advanced, all step workout that will keep you jumping and pumping with both new and energizing choreography. While there is no dancy footwork here, you will surely be challenged by scrambling new moves with some familiar moves and making them feel totally different. Be prepared to power up, straddle down, jump forward and shuffle around. There's lots of variety for everyone!
Athletic Step is easy to learn and fun to do. Coming in at just around 47 minutes, you'll find yourself reaching for this quick pick me up often. | | | Features: | |
• Released December 2009, part of Cathe's STS Shock Cardio series
• 47 minutes of advanced-level athletic step aerobic moves for a heart-pounding, fat-burning workout
• No dancy footwork, just pure and intense athletic moves
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 7.5 inches | | Product Width:
| 5.5 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.5 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.25 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.4 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.4 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 7 reviews |
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6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Athletic StepApr 01, 2010
By Ready2Move
I purchased all of Cathe's STS Shock Cardio DVD's to go with the STS program. This one is my favorite. It is a non-stop, high intensity step workout that is both killer and fun. The music in this series really helps keep you going. Just as you think you are done (and your thighs are on fire), she throws in a bonus at the end. Have to love those! All of the moves are familiar if you have done any of her workouts. If not, they are easy to learn. Athletic Step and HiiT are in my opinion the best of this series. Worth a try if you are looking for tough cardio routines that are short on time, not intensity.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Killer workoutApr 17, 2010
By R. Bordelon
If you want a high intensity, fat burning workout, this one delivers. Not too dancy, moves are easy to learn, but you will definately sweat. Great workout!
6 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 Athletic, yet still somewhat complex step choreographyJun 22, 2010
By Nancy Loderick
"Internet strategist"
This is one of Cathe's step DVDs from her STS Shock Cardio set. It's described as a 45 minute step routine with athletic step moves, rather than dance-like step moves. I liked this DVD much more than Cathe's the Step Moves, the other step DVD in the Shock Cardio series.
The format:
**lengthy warm-up (6+ minutes)
**3 step routines
**3 step routines all together
**athletic drills
**NO cool down
**stretch.
What I liked about this workout:
**the lengthy warm-up
**the step routines were fun. The routines were more complex that I would have expected from a DVD billed as "athletic step." I like complex choreography, so I didn't mind. This makes the routines more interesting for me.
What was neutral about this workout:
**the music. It was more of the techno hip hop music that Cathe uses in her recent DVDs. It was okay, not as annoying as in the music in her Step Moves DVD. The routines were on the beat of the music, which is a plus.
**Cathe was somewhat subdued in this DVD. I missed her energy and enthusiasm! I thought her cuing was okay, but then again I don't need a lot of explanation for a move.
What I didn't like about this workout:
**Some of the moves are very twisty and turning, and hard on the knees. In the 1st routine, there's a core repeater off the step, you then twirl around to the back and walk to the back of the room. No way was I going to risk wrenching my knee on this move since I workout on carpet.
**In the 2nd routine there's a skip across the step move. My feet get all tangled up and I'm really afraid of tripping, so I skip this move as well.
**The athletic drills after step routine 3. They seemed to be just stuck in there to fill time. Maybe the workout description should read "athletic step and drills." They weren't that intense, so I didn't consider them to be drills, more like additional moves.
**NO cool down. At the end of the drills, Cathe states that we should cool down on our own before doing the stretch. Well, that's not going to happen for me. It might have been better if the warm-up was a tad shorter. This routine is not that difficult or intense that a 6+ minute warm-up is needed. Cutting 2 minutes from the warm-up and using this for a cool down would have been good.
Overall, this was an okay workout. I'll do this one more frequently that I do Shock Cardio Step Moves.
If you love step, you'll love this DVDApr 24, 2012
By CO
I absolutely love this workout! It rivals any live step class I've ever taken. While the routines can be a bit tricky, I was much improved between my first and second attempts. It is a perfect length for me - about 45-47 minutes - with a short cooldown and stretch. Cathe really knows how to make you work!
 Too IntenseMay 30, 2011
By Lenore M. Lugo
I love Cathe Friedrich's Beginning Step DVD, and I became a real pro at it...so, I thought that I needed a bit more of a challenge...but STS Shock Cardio was far too intense for me. After several attempts of keeping up with this DVD, I gave up and gave it to my local library. If you live in Jackson County Oregon, you can check it out for free :)
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