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Extremely Ripped & Chiseled is a compound and isolation exercise workout. The DVD menu offers the following options: Introduction Complete Workout (78:10) 30 Minute Workouts - Lower Body (45:20) - Upper Body (42:35) Each of the workouts includes a 6 & 1/2 minute warm up and a 5 & 1/2 minute cool down.  The warm up is quite energetic and the cool down is relaxing. I like both of these segments. The workout alternates isolation exercises with compound exercises and there are a lot of reps and multiple sets for each exercise performed.  I definitely felt the burn towards the end of some of the sets. What annoyed me is that Jari identified Workout 1 as Lower Body and Workout 2 as Upper Body.  Yet the lower body workout had quite a bit of upper body work.  However, what is excellent  is the chaptering. Each exercise is a chapter point so you can skip different segments easily if you want.  Also, there is a 30 second countdown clock that ...

Get Ripped! To The Core is approximately 65 minutes in length. It is a resistance weight training workout with a focus on muscle toning. The exercises chosen are compound in nature. In almost all the exercises, you are working both the upper body and lower body at the same time. As you move through the workout, you are given a brief introduction of the exercises that appear in that section. During this introduction, you will see someone demonstrate the move, as well as an announcer that tells you what muscle groups you are working. After the introduction segment but before the workout segment begins, Jari gives you even more tips and encouragement. So there is a lot of time between the various exercises. While this gave the feeling of the workout moving slowing, I also thought it was okay because the reps are pretty high and it gave you a chance to rest before beginning the next series. The warm up is performed using weights. Along with Jari, there are three other cast members. ...