LITE Strong Body Stacked Sets: Lower

Tough, and fun. Works your legs and buns from every angle. High intermediate to advanced exerciser I would say. As always superb quality filming. Bonus and tons of premixes .

I purchased Cathe's Lite Series when it first came out. I enjoy her ICE series so when I learned she was creating another intermediate series I knew I had to pounce on it. I like her as an instructor but many of her workouts are geared towards the advanced exerciser and are beyond my level.Strong Body Stacked Sets Lower is a workout where you do 5 exercises, then repeat them. Then you do 5 more exercises and repeat those. I will be honest, I am not a huge fan of repeats but there are premixes where you can change the order of the exercises, just do one round of them or shorten your workout, or make the workout longer by adding some of the bonuses in with it. The normal workout is around 40 minutes including warm up, cool down and stretch. Cathe is joined by 4 background exercisers, there is no modifier but she offers tips to modify here and there.The exercises performed are as follows:Barbell Squats - 8 singles, 4 down 1 up 3 counts, 8 singles, 4 down 3 up 1 count, 8 singles (I do a 2-2 count for the slower reps)CrossAlternating Cross Back Tap Lunges - 12 total reps (can substitute a rear pulsing lunge here if you don't like the tap back)Barbell Plie Squats - 8 singles, 4 down 1 up 3 count, 8 singles, 4 down 3 up 1 count, 8 singles)Alternating Rear Lunge/Deadlift - alternating lunge on each leg, then 2-2 count deadlift, 10 sets totalSide to Side Sumo Squats w/Pivot - 2 squats facing front, 2 pivoting, 8 total setsrepeat all of these exercises for a second roundStatic Lunges - 8 singles 4 down 1 up 3 count, 8 singles, 4 down 3 up 1 count, 8 singles), I sub a 2-2 count for the slower countWide Squat/Side Lunge - wide squat into side lunge, alternating hands w/weight, 12 total sets each sideWide Stance Deadlifts - 2-2 count, 10 repsForward-Diagonal Lunge combo - forward lunge, then diagonal alternating legs, 6 total sets (I substitute rear lunge/crossback or curtsy lunge instead, or just do all forward or all rear lunges)Side/Crossback Lunge/Side combo - alternating sides, 12 total setsFor this workout you will need dumbells, Cathe uses a range of 8-15 pounds, she also uses a barbell but you don't need it here, you can just substitute dumbells. Cathe uses lighter weights here, but you are certainly welcome to use heavier or even lighter if you like. I like the uniqueness of the exercises she chose, if there is an exercise don't like as is you can always modify. And I appreciate the fact that some of them are done at a slower pace.I initially was hit or miss with this workout because of the repeats, but I have been using the time saver premix where you just do one round of each set of 5 exercises, and I find that I get a nice lower body workout in about 20 minutes. There is also a premix where you can choose to do 2 sets of one round, and one of the other. Or you can choose to do the first set of 5 exercises, then the second set of 5, then repeat them all. There are tons of premixes here, longer, shorter, mishmosh, plus some bonus ab and stretch segments.There are not tons of reps here which is nice as well. My lower half needs to get stronger which is why I am opting to just do one set right now. Also, feel free to modify. I have always been a modifier in some way, though long ago I would feel that I was cheating if I didn't do a workout exactly as presented. Not anymore, I have some back and hip pain and when they speak or bark as they often do, I have to listen.Overall I give this workout 4 and a half stars. I like the unique exercises, and the use of lighter weights. Cathe as always presents very well and is encouraging throughout.