Jessica Smith Get Strong! - Thoughts

Jessica Smith's Get Strong! DVD contains two strength inspired workout.

Workout one is Stepping Strength and it is 45 minutes long.  This is a muscular endurance workout with high reps. You are performing most exercises for about 16 reps.
The exercises are compound in nature and very often you are working both the upper body and lower body or you are doing an upper body move with a stepping move, hence the name of the workout.
There is a  bit of a pattern to the workout and a lot of single arm work. After performing the single arm work, you perform a similar style move with both arms.
Jessica throws in cardio intervals that are 45 seconds in length.

The set is nice and bright and the music is decent. Two sets of dumbbells (light and heavy) are used. The warm up is around 5 minutes and the cool down is under 3 minutes.  Debbie and Beth join Jessica in this workout.

Workout 2 is Strictly Strength and it clocks in just over 40 minutes.  Jessica divides this workout into circuit and/or pairs. There are six such circuit pairs.  The are two to four exercises per circuit pair and you are performing each circuit twice.  This workout moves at a slower tempo. In many exercises, the first four reps are performed at a slower tempo and  for the last 8 to 12 reps, Jessica speeds up the pace.
The warm up is around 6 minutes. The cool down is around 5 minutes. There is a countdown clock. Three sets of dumbbells are used. Jessica encourages you to go heavy as you are able to as this workout is about building strength.


Stepping Strength - 3 & 3/4 stars


Strictly Strength - 3 & 1/2 stars