Karen Voight Sleek Essentials - Thoughts


Karen Voight's Sleek Essential consist of three 50 minute workouts.  In the set that I have, each 50 minute workout came on its own DVD.
Sweat Effect is your cardio workout. The cardio is mostly kickboxing inspired and it takes up the first 35 minutes of the workout. The choreography in the kick box segment is easy to follow.  Karen teaches you the pattern on the right and then she repeats on the left.
Following the kick box segment are a butt/thigh segment, abdominal segment and cool down stretch.
When Karen went into the butt segment which is floor based, I wasn't expecting it because I knew there was another DVD focused on Strength and Toning. Plus I was enjoying the kickboxing and I would  have like to see the kick box portion extended.
The different sections of the workout are:
Warm up
Twist & Punch
Bob & Weave
Lunge & Lift
Jump & Kick
Butt & Thighs
Abs with foam roler
Stretch

Strength Effect is your sculpting workout.  It uses two sets of weights (light and heavy) and the foam roller.  The workout starts with a cardio blast segment before moving into the toning segments. Karen uses a combination of isolation and compound exercises throughout the workout.
The different sections of the workout are:
Warm up
Cardio Blast
Legs
Arms & Shoulders
Upper Body
Abs
Stretch


Sleek Effect is your core workout that includes balance and flexibility work as well. The workout uses the foam roller in various positions. You use the roller to increase intensity of a stretch, to add to the challenge in balance moves or simply as a prop.  The workout moves at a slow methodical pace.
You can choose to do this workout with shoes or without shoes using a yoga mat.  A towel is also used.
The different sections of the workout are:
Warm up
Strengthen
Lengthen
Balance
Core
Streamline

Overall I really like this series.  My two main negatives were: I didn't like that sculpting segments were included in Sweat effect and in Sleek Effect, some portions felts overly slow.
Sweat Effect - 3 & 3/4 stars
Strength Effect - 3 & 3/4 stars
Sleek Effect - 3 & 1/2 stars

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