Cathe Live Review: Kickboxing Plus Core (#255)
Kickboxing Plus Core is a steady state cardio kickboxing workout with a nice core section at the end. This was definitely a much more intermediate level routine, than some of Cathe’s kickboxing workout, and more in keeping with her recent Live kickboxing workouts that have been on the easier side.
I really enjoyed this workout as it was little bit different to Cathe’s usual kickboxing routines. There were some new combinations and the general flavour and flow was interesting. However, this felt very light in terms of intensity. The kickboxing was a mix of cardio boxing, a few cardio drills, heavy bag work, punching combos and leg conditioning drills. There were only a few cardio drills and they were not done for very long. The majority of the workout is cardio moves and punching so the choreography is pretty easy here too - as they are all familiar moves just put together in different patterns.
The workout starts with a long warm-up and then moves into mainly cardio with a boxing feel to it. You then move to the heavy bags for punching combos and tabatas. I don’t have a heavy bag so I just used wrist weights and shadow boxed instead. Following this section, you then do cardio drills and punching combos. You then repeat the same format for these two sections but with different moves and finally end the kickboxing section with leg conditioning drills. For this section you take your gloves off and perform high rep of various kicks – no jumping.
The final section is core work on the floor. I enjoyed this section and found it a nice mix of different moves that worked the core well.
Overall, this is an intermediate level cardio kickboxing and core workout that includes some different moves and combinations. This is a good workout for a lighter day and that is the way I will use it in future.
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The Workout
Kickboxing Plus Core is a steady state cardio kickboxing workout that ends with a short core section. Cathe and class used boxing gloves for this workout and a heavy bag. I used wrist weights and shodow boxed instead of using a bag.
What You Need to Know
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The Moves
Kickboxing Plus Core is 50 minutes long and originally aired on 11th July 2019 (#255). The workout starts with a 9 minute warm-up before a quick water break and moving into the cardio boxing.
The combos below are often built up slowly so you have a chance to learn the moves before stringing them all together. Just the final combos are shown below.
Kickboxing
Shuffle
Tap leg out & punch up (whilst hopping)
Jacks / shuffle
Shuffle travel x3 & punch / then hook / then upper cut
Side steps / jump rope
Repeat on other side
Step out into squat pulses (jump feet forward & side)
2 Side step & step together side kick
2 Jabs high, 2 cross low
2 Low hook, 2 high hook
Back weave & cross
Repeat on other side
Move to Heavy Bag (at 18 mins)
Jabs
2 Jabs & speed bag (whilst hopping)
Tabata runs with fast punches / jacks
Move away from Heavy Bag (at 20:50 mins)
4 Attacks (jumping legs out) / 4 heel clicks
2 Jabs, cross, jab
Cross high & cross low
Open & attack (jumping)
Repeat combo on other side
Move to Heavy Bag (at 25 mins)
3 Jabs & cross
Jab, cross
Tabata runs with fast punches x3
Repeat combo on other side
Move away from Heavy Bag (at 30:20 mins)
4 Pop squats / 4 jump ropes / 2 jacks
Jab, cross, hook, upper
Fast cross, jab, cross
Duck & upper cut
Repeat combo on other side
Take gloves off. Quick water break
Leg Conditioning Drills
Alternating front kicks
2 Side kicks
Single side kicks
Repeat on other side
Marching sumo squats – forward & back
Quick cool down & stretch before moving to the mat on the floor for core (at 39 mins)
Core on the mat (at 42 mins)
Ankle grabber sit-ups
X-crunches
Rotating tap crunches (leaning back, rotate - bringing bent legs in, touching hand to foot)
Triangle choke reverse lifts (lying on back with one leg hooked behind the other lift up the hips)
Reverse crunches
Bear crawl tap-ins (in bear crawl position, walk in each foot under body & back out)
Canon ball squats
Supermans (elbows bent / reaching straight arms forward & back)
The workout ends with a quick 1 minute stretch as you have already stretched out your lower body earlier.
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