What's the High Step Challenge strategy?

[cathe-convert]

Cathe,

I love this workout--I love circuit workouts!--but this one puzzles me. Usually you use a strategy of working each muscle to exhaustion. Even Cardio & Weights does this, inserting one upper-body muscle group between each segment of cardio. In HSC, we work a muscle group, move on, and then come back to it. I was thinking this might be to cause muscle confusion, to make the hard work harder by pumping blood back and forth to changing muscle groups, or just to change things up.

What was your goal in organizing the workout this way?

Thanks!
Laura

 

[Cathe Friedrich]

Hi Laura! High Step Challenge is designed to increase your muscle endurance, enhance your aerobic capacity, and put your physical stamina to the test. It is high energy metabolism booster which can be used in many ways. Here are a few:

1) To break through a plateau

2) To assist in muscle confusion

3) As a timesaver workout when you have one hour and you want to hit some weights as well as cardio.

4) As a supplement workout when you have already done all of your weight workouts for the week but you want a light recap which hits all the muscles again.

I hope this helps clear up any confusion

 

[cathe-convert]

Thanks, Cathe! I appreciate your responding, and the info was helpful. This workout is challenging and fun, and the variety certainly keeps us hopping (literally!) I'm glad to know some of the goals behind it now.

I'm excited that your new videos include a circuit!