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Body Weight Blast is a Patrick Goudeau workout that clocks in a little bit over the hour mark. This is an interval style workouts that features some high energy throughout the workout. There are 8 interval segments that are 6 minutes each. Each 6 minute interval is broken down as follows: - 3 minutes of body weight exercises - 2 minutes of heavy weight (dumbbells) work - 1 minute of high intensity cardio. Within the 3, 2 and 1 minute sets,(in several of the segments) you are often working one side of the body and then repeating the moves on the other side of the body. Along with Patrick, there are four other cast members.  Patrick teaches this workout in his signature style.  He will start the exercise and then he often stops to coach and talk to the camera or the other cast members. Even though I know he does this, sometimes I would find it confusing because he would start the move and as he is stopping to coach, I am thinking he is going into a different varia...

Hi/Lo Recharge features Kristen Dowell as the instructor.  This workout is good old-fashion aerobics. Kristen takes you through seven combos. Although, combo 1 is an extension of the mini routine taught during the warm up. Kristin introduces each combo with a low impact variation before layering on with more complexity and impact. After learning all the combos, Kristen combines them all back to back for a final cardio push. After doing all the combos, you move into a cool down, this is followed by core work and then a final stretch.  I didn't do the core work or the final stretch. There is a beginner modifier. As well as a person that will show an even more advance option from time to time. The DVD comes with lots of options: Introduction Play All Chapters Premixes Credits The Chapters option allows you to select any of the cardio combos or core or stretch segment. There is also a Splice and Dice option you can select as well. The Premix option gives you seve...

Breatless Body Three HiiT It Big is a 60 minute high intensity interval workout. After a warm up, Amy takes you through 4 rounds of 8 different exercises.  You do each exercise for 40 seconds and you get a 20 second break. So you are repeating each exercise 4 times.  Amy gives you three different levels for each exercise. At the end of completing 4 rounds of each of the 8 exercises, Amy has you do each of the 8 exercise one time through for 30 seconds without a break.  This is four minutes of non-stop work. Following the 8 exercises is the Core Blast section. During this section, you do 4 core focus exercise for one minute each.  Amy gives you a choice of three levels for this portion as well. After the Blast section comes the cool down. The exercises are: 1) Lunge Hops 2) Three Knee Slams 3) Plank Tuck Jacks 4) Squat Bound Pistols 5) Mogul Burpees 6) Boxer Blitz 7) Chugs 8) Scorpion Slide Core Blast Segment 1) Core Roll 2) Leg Drop Crunch 3) H...

Breathless Body Volume 2 , The Edge is another Amy Dixon workout.  This workout clocks in at around 55 minutes.  It is similar to the first Breathless Body in that it is a high intensity workout. Amy calls this workout threshold training. Breathless Body two however seemed less repetitive to me than the first. The workout is set up as follows: There are four intervals.  Each interval contains three drills.  Each drill consist of three rounds of three exercises that can be performed at a level one, level two or level three intensity.  You do each exercise for 30 seconds with a 15 second rest. In the workout, Amy has one person performing level one, another person performing level two, and a third performing level three. Amy is typically performing the level two intensity of the exercise. After a drill is completed, you get about a minute and 1/2 before the next drill set. Amy is setting up the next drill for you during this time. After the four interv...

Breathless Body stars Amy Dixon and it is around a 55 minute tabata style workout. You repeat one drill eight times before moving on to the next drill.  You do 20 seconds worth of work and then you get a 10 second rest.  Each drill takes 4 minutes to complete.  You get about minute of rest between drills. Amy is using this time to demonstrate the next exercise. For each exercise, Amy gives you three levels or alternatives for each exercise. She and her cast mates show each exercise level variation before performing the exercise. One cast member does a beginner variation.  One cast member does the advanced variation and Amy does the intermediate variations. There are a total of 8 exercises (drills) plus a warm up and cool down. The warm up is around 4 & 1/2 minutes and the cool down is around 4 minutes. The DVD menu offers the following : Play All Intro Warm-up Power Jacks Speed Skaters Athletic Beach Volleyball Hot Feet Core Kicks Ole Lunges Bo...

March 2014 Monthly Rotation Emphasis on Metabolic Conditioning and High Intensity Interval Training Rotation Breakdown Sunday - Kickbox Cardio Monday - Metabolic Conditioning Intervals Tuesday - High Lo Cardio Wednesday - Metabolic Conditioning Intervals Thursday - High Intensity Cardio Intervals Friday - Cardio Sculpt Intervals Saturday - Rest Instructors Cathe Amy Dixon Michelle Dozois Patrick Goudeau Kristen McDowell & Heather Corndorff