World Wind......

My schedule has been super crazy. I have been throwing in workouts here and there. My work schedule is crazy, but I am committed to make a video happen. It may not happen until the very end of the year or possibly the beginning of next year, but I promise it will happen. Please have patience with me through this crazy time. But I will make it worth the wait. In the in between time I am working on choreo, running, and doing videos. I plan to do the Rock n Roll marathon in November here is Savannah. Will post my workouts and keep you posted on my progress.

Thanks

Katina Hunter

Out of Town

I will be out of town x2 this week. My daughter has a softball tournament on Wednesday and Thursday in Augusta, Georgia and then we come back home for one day and we are off the Atlanta for another tournament. It is going to be very challenging to get my workouts in. However, on down time I plan to do a lot of walking around the park. I will check in next week when I will be home for a whole 4 days.

Katina Hunter

Cardio Core

I have named my workout for Memorial Day Cardio Core. The devil was busy today and did not want me to do my workout, but I showed him. First, I was going to do Vertical Step Party 2 and my dvd player would not work. So then I decide I will get on the treadmill and I must have music to do that piece of equipment. Well, my headphones broke in the process. It was too hot to go outside, so I went in my room and got in the bed. I could have stayed there, but I said, "I will not be defeated!" I grab my remote and found on demand Exercise TV and did what I call a "Cardio Core" workout. If you want to get some good cardio and core work, put these 2 dvds together and you got it. I did the core workout of Jackie's dvd.

It's Hard

OK... It's been hard this week to try to get this in, but I'm committed to getting in 4 workouts this week. Since it is so late in the week, I feeling a double up day coming on. I will wake up early in the morning and do the cardio portion of LIC by Cathe Friedrich and my Upper Body section to Fit Party. I figure if I say it, I have to do it. That's how I roll....

Katina Hunter

Is 4 Workouts Enough?

Last week, I was able to get in 4 workouts with my busy schedule. So my test for the next couple of weeks is to find out whether 4 workouts will be enough to get in the best shape ever. I love cardio, but I know that you must have strength training in order to see the best results. So my challenge for this week is to incorporate more strength into my 4 workouts for the week. I will post my workouts daily and I'm also going to reveal my awesome culinary skills. (joke)

Katina

I'm Back for the Best Shape Ever Fitness Journey!

I am back blogging. I have been super busy with "Life." My days mostly consists of work and driving the kids to their destinations in the afternoon. Exercise, if it happens, is usually late at night because I hate getting up early in the morning. So I plan to get the in "Best Shape Ever" with my busy schedule. Can this be done being a full-time worker, wife, and mother? Come along and see. I will post my challenges, dietary research, best exercises, and mental status along this journey. If I am able to reach my goals, I will plan to film my 10th video, "Kick Party" later this year. I want to be in the "Best Shape Ever" when I film this video. Join me on this journey......


Katina Hunter

Happy New Year!!

I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year!!!

Katina Hunter

Sale on Selected DVDs!!!!

Starting November 1 until..... 7.99 sale on selected dvds:

Interval Party

Interval Party 2

Circuit Party

Keep your workouts in check for the holiday season,

Katina Hunter

Kick Party DVD

Unfortunately, Kick Party DVD has not been filmed. I'm currently having some difficulty with music and production. I will try to keep you updated on the status of this dvd.

Sorry for the delay,

Katina Hunter

Back from Vacation and getting my Music

Back from vacation, Kelsea hit a home run, a triple, and some singles. I'm so proud of her. She has really developed into a great softball player. It was great to get away from everyday life and work. But I really had a hard time this week trying to get back into work and training. But I did ordered my music for the new dvd.... I pray and hope I like it in its entirety. Have five, good , simple, and effective combos. I'm hoping the music will help me with some more combos. Another busy weekend at the softball field, but it is on starting on Monday!!!!

Have a great weekend,

Katina Hunter

Will check in next week.

Out of Town

Hi guys,

I will be out of town for a week on vacation with my family. We will be going to Panama City to the World Series playing 12U softball with my daughter Kelsea. I will answer all emails and orders on my return. I'll be back on July 18th.

Katina Hunter

Almost done with choreography!!!

I'm still working on my choreography for Kick Party and believe it or not ..... I'm almost done. Right now I have 5 combos and power parties. I just need to come up with 1-2 more and I'll be done with the meat of the workout. I can't believe how all of the this comes to me. It's got to be GOD.

Katina

Working on my own!

o.k, I popped in another kickboxing dvd and got pass the warm up and something told me to start working on my own workout. So I put in some kickboxing music and I came alive. When I get started, I never really know what to do or where to start. So I just let the music and my mind take me. I had a great hour workout. I have 2 combos and 4-5 power parties to incorporate in Kick Party. I will continue to work on Kick Party throughout this week. I also want to do a couple more kickbox workouts and I will post my thoughts and learning.

Holla,

Katina

Kimberly Spreen: Absolute Kickboxing Workout

Had a stomach bug the last 48 hours. I am just now feeling up to par to exercise, so I decided to do Kimberly Spreen- Absolute Kickboxing Workout. I did not do the combat interval segments with the weighted bar, I only did the kickboxing segments.

Katina's 7 F's:

Format:

Warm Up

Combo 1 & 2: The first combos are kickboxing and the second is kickboxing but with a focus on the lower body

Combo 3 & 4: Follows the same format as combos 1 & 2

Combo 5 & 6: Combo 5 consists on kickboxing and combo 6 is kickboxing with a focus on the core.

Cool- Down: Focus on Balance

Functionality:

Cardio with strength moves for lower body and core.

Flow:

All moves flowed well together

Fun:

Kimberly once again is fierce and I love the music on this dvd.

Fat- Burning:

45 minutes I burned 280 calories.

Frugal Find:

8.99 @ www.jr.com


From: There are lots of ways to construct a kickboxing workout. How will I format my workout? The sky is the limit.

Out of town this weekend. Will be back on Sunday and will try to do another kickbox workout. See ya Sunday,

Katina Hunter

Oldie But Goodie

Kathy Smith Kickboxing Workout filmed in 1999.

This was workout from yesterday. This was my first time doing this workout and I enjoyed it. I was surprised to see Keli Roberts featured in the video. She had short red hair. Anyhoo, here is my 7 F's breakdown.

Format:

Warm up

Several combos that incorporate punches and kicks.

Standing lowerbody kick segment (with a chair for balance)

Cool-Down/ Core segment

Functionality:

This workout worked the entire upper and lowerbody with a standing lower body sculpting and core workout.

Flow:

All of the moves flowed well together throughout the whole workout

Fun:

Kathy had pretty good energy and music was o.k.

Fat-burning: 250 calories in 45 minutes

Frugal Find: Hard to find this dvd in print. It must have almost sold out. But I did find it @ www.alibris.com for 7.93.

From: What I learned from this workout was to definitely include breakdown moves and variations to the combos when teaching it. They did this very effectively throughout the workout. But I also need to make sure not to compromise the intensity while doing so.

On to do my second workout for the week,

Katina

Kimberly Spreen Kickbox Bootcamp

Today's workout was Kimberly Spreen's Kickbox Bootcamp. I have not done this workout in quite a while. And I was surprised to see that I needed my step. This workout format was a little different and here is the breakdown of my 7 F's:

Format:

Warm-up

Combo 1-- Simple step moves that vary in intensity (she calls them power ups)

Kickboxing Combo on the floor

Back to the Power Ups and Kickboxing combo

Strength segment (with the weights or body bar)

Combo 2-- Follows the same format as combo 1 but with different moves

Combo 3-- Focuses on strength that works your back and chest

Core Workout

Yoga inspired Stretch

Functionality: Cardio/Strength/and Flexibility throughout this workout. This was a total body workout.

Flow: All of the moves flowed well together.

Fun: Kimberly is a great motivator and I think she is made to be a kickboxing instructor. She just looks right when she does all of the moves. The music was o.k. I really enjoyed one of the songs on the video.

Fat Burning: 310 calories in 53 minutes.

Frugal Find: The cheapest I could find this video was at www.amazon.com for 11.34.

From: While doing this video, I thought and prayed that I look like a fierce kickboxing instructor like Kimberly while filming Kick Party.

Will check in next week with some more kickboxing vids. I'm running and going to a softball tournament this weekend.

Have a great weekend,

Katina Hunter

The King of Kickboxing...............

My kickboxing workout for today featured the King of Kickboxing Mr. Billy Blanks in the Ultimate Bootcamp.

Katina's 7 F's:

Format:
Starts with a warm-up and then I believe that Billy has lots of moves/combos and just does them on the fly. So it was hard for me to determine his format. This workout ends with a sort of tai chi cool-down.

Functionality:
I would have to say about 1/2 cardiovascular and 1/2 strength with the Billy Bands. This workout was definitely a full body workout.

Flow:
Moves flowed very well. But I didn't get the roll on the floor between push-ups??

Fun:
I love Billy Blanks energy and motivation throughout the workout. The music was good.

Fat-Burning:
340 calories in 53 minutes.

Frugal Find: 3.50 @ http://www.glyde.com/

From: What I got from this workout to come up with a different type of cool-down for this kickboxing workout. I'm not sure what, but I am going to focus on putting together a different kind of cool down for Kick Party.

Stay Tune for my next workout,

Katina Hunter

Monday's Kickboxing Workouts

PLUS


Short on time today due to work/home schedule. I needed a quick fix for today's workout so here is what I came up with Turbo Jam 20 minute workout and my 15 minute Kick Party workout from Fit Party. Burned 235 calories in 35 minutes--- pretty good combination. I will only review Turbo Jam because I think I might be a little bias on Fit Party.



Katina's 7 F's:



Format:



Warm-up



3 Combos (cardio with basic kickboxing moves and dance moves)



1 Turbo (interval)



Cool Down Stretch



Flow:




Moves flowed well-- one tricky move at the end. But I got it here and there.



Functionality:



Mainly cardiovascular with a lot of upper body kickboxing moves and some lower body moves.




Fun:



Chalene is very high energy and kept me motivated throughout the workout. Music was o.k.



Fat Burning:



Burned 125 calories in 20 minutes.



Frugal Find:
16.24 @ www.amazon.com for 5 dvd set



From:



After doing this workout, I may consider adding premixes on Kick Party DVD to include a 20-25 minute workout if you run short on time like I did today.





Going night- night.





Katina Hunter

Jeanette Jenkins Hollywood Trainer-- Kickboxing Bootcamp

My kickbox workout from yesterday: The Hollywood Trainer Kickboxing Bootcamp with Jeanette Jenkins. Katina's 7 F's

Format:

Warm Up

Kickboxing combos with compound sculpting moves intersperse throughout the workout.

Cool-Down with short ab workout

Functionality:

Cardio workout with total body sculpting

Flow:

All combos and moves flowed very well throughout this workout.

Fun:

Jeanette had high energy throughout and music was good with a good tempo and loud enough for me to really get into the workout.

Fat-burning:

280 calories in 45 minutes

Frugal Find: I believe that Jeanette is the only supplier for this workout. She sells it at her website http://www.thehollywoodtrainer.com/ for 12.95.

From:

My thoughts after this workout was I have to find really good music to make this workout great. I need the right tempo and beat throughout the workout. Wish me good luck,

Katina

Day 3- Jeanette Jenkins Super Charged Kickbox Party

Jeanette Jenkins Super Charged Kickbox Party

Format

Warm-up

Combos 1-5

Cool Down

Each combo consist of 1/2 kickbox moves and 1/2 dance moves.

Functionality

Mainly a cardio routine with a few variations of squats for lower body sculpting. Includes basic kickbox moves along with dances moves.

Flow

Considering that there is a mix of dance moves and kickbox moves most of the combos flowed. However, there was one combo that I felt very uncoordinated.

Fun

Jeanette had great energy throughout this workout. There were times that I laughed at some of the things that she said while doing the workout. She did not hold anything back at all and I like that. Music was pretty good but not loud enough.

Fat Burning

200 calories in 42 minutes

Frugal Find

$7.61 with free shipping @ http://www.deepdiscount.com/

From

What I learned from this workout is not to hold back because you are on camera. Be yourself and have fun!!!

Got to get ready for work,

Katina Hunter