Cathe Live Review: Fit Tower Light Total Body #210
Fit Tower Light Total Body is an endurance strength routine from Cathe Live using the Fit Tower. Wow was this one tough workout! Even though you are only using light weights and your own bodyweight, I really felt the work. My muscles in both my upper and lower body were really burning out, several times, during this workout.
For this workout, after a barre-based warm-up, you start with a group of lower body exercises, move to three groups of upper body exercises (using heavier weights each time) then move back to lower body, before moving towards the floor for push-ups and planks. Then you do a short core section using the Fit Tower.
The lower body work is barre-based using the Fit Tower. I used a chair and a step for this workout and had no issues with any of the moves so if you don’t have a Fit Tower or Barre don’t worry - you can still feel the burn! I only had to modify a few of the floor based exercises and these were very easy to do.
The lower body exercises are all seriously high rep endurance moves that work one side of the body, for a number of different moves, before repeating it on the other side. I particularly felt the plie pulses at the start, the second set of push dips and the high hip pulses – they were really hurting by the end. I really had to convince myself to finish out the set - particularly on the second side - the leg is already so fatigued from being the supporting leg, while you were working the other side, that I was really struggling at times.
The upper body exercises are mainly standing exercises using very light weights. Cathe use 3, 5 & 8# dumbbells. Initially, I wondered if I should start with the 5’s, when she picked up the 3# dumbbells, but I was so glad I didn’t. You would not believe how heavy 3# dumbbells can suddenly feel…! The weights Cathe used were just perfect for me, giving me a serious upper body burn - particularly in my shoulders. The straight arm kickbacks were really tough and the sets seemed to go on forever. The upper body exercises do focus more on shoulders, biceps and tricep exercises, and the chest is only worked through incline push-ups and planks. However, the back, unfortunately, is completely neglected in this workout so it’s not quite total body but still a fantastic routine.
The core work was a nice way to finish out the workout and it was easy to modify the moves to do them without the Fit Tower (modifications I used are detailed below). This section worked the core reasonably well but certainly wasn’t as tough as the rest of the workout.
Overall, this was an excellent tough, high rep endurance workout and one that I will definitely be feeling tomorrow!
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The Workout
Fit Tower Light Total Body is a high rep strength workout that consists of groups of lower and upper body exercises and ends with a short core section. Cathe and class used a Fit Tower, light dumbbells and a resistance band for this workout. I used a chair and a step along with the dumbbells and band. However, I only used the step for the incline push-ups – which you could easily do on the floor if you prefer.
What You Need to Know
(Rating scale – 1= lowest & 5 = highest).
The Moves
Fit Tower Light Total Body is 54 minutes long and originally aired on 9th August 2018 (#210). The workout starts with a 5 minute intensive lower body warm up before moving into the first lower body section.
Lower Body - Fit Tower at hole number 8 or just use a chair
Plie pulsing squats (including with heel lifts)
Straight leg pulses to front
Inner thigh pulse lifts
High & tight (2 sets shallow, 2 deeper & repeat 2x more)
Straight leg pulses to front (other side)
Inner thigh pulse lifts (other side)
High & tight in second position – toes turned out & heels together (2 sets shallow, 2 deeper & repeat 2x more)
Water break & lower body stretch at 14.40 minutes
Upper Body - Pick up 3# dumbbells
Shoulder shrugs
Straight arm front raise to arc
Lateral raise
Shoulder circles
Lateral raises
Front raises
Iron cross
Quick stretch
Pick up 5# dumbbells
Bicep curls
Bicep circles
W curls
Straight arm shoulder press back
Pick up 8# dumbbells
Curl & press
Shoulder pulses & 1 arm overhead press
Tricep overhead extensions (pulsing)
W curls
Reverse curls
Upright row & reverse curls
Stretch for upper body at 27:35 minutes
Lower Body - Fit Tower at hole number 8 or just use a chair
Straight leg pulses to side
Push dips (standing on one leg with other bent behind you – dip down & up)
High hip pulses
Quick stretch for lower body at 34.15 minutes
Repeat above on other leg
Quick stretch for lower body at 40:50 minutes
Upper Body & Core - Fit Tower at hole number 4 or use a step / the floor
Incline push-ups – hands on Fit Tower or step / floor
Plank toe taps – hands on Fit Tower or step / floor
Plank leg lifts – hands on Fit Tower or step / floor
Forearm & straight arm planks (stepping legs out & marching in place) – on floor
Roll downs – sitting on the floor with band looped over top of the Fit Tower – roll down & up climbing down & up the band (I just mimicked this movement on the floor just doing rope climbs with the arms in the air)
Leaning back leg lifts – sitting on floor with band looped over top of Fit Tower - lean back holding the band & lift alternate legs (I just did this without the band)
Rear delt core complex – band in same position – underhand grip leaning back & come forward opening the band (I did this move with the band around my feet, criss-crossed in the hands (as it is done in Xtrain Supercuts))
Crunch up with leg lifts – 1 leg resting on the bar, other leg with heel turned out. Lift the head then lift & lower the leg (again I just performed this move on the floor, holding one leg up)
Sit-ups – on the floor – sit-up with arms long overhead
The workout ends with a 2:30 minute stretch and cool down. (The Fit Tower is set back to hole number 8 – I just used a chair again).
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