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The One Week Shred DVD contains two 30-minute plus workouts. One workout has a strength focus and the workout has a cardio focus.  Jillian design the workouts to do one in the morning and one in the evening. Each workout contains a beginner modifier and an advanced modifier. As in other Jillian Michaels workouts, she might start off showing you the exercise before she breaks off to offer instruction to the other cast members and us at home. Throughout the workout she is providing the motivational tips and forms points, and yes she is loud is certain parts. Strength - AM Workout clocks in at around 39 minutes. It does include a warm up and a cool down. There are a total of four circuits. Each of the circuits feature weighted exercises, and body weight moves for the lower and upper body. Some moves are performed from the standing position and other moves are floor based. You perform each circuit twice. Cardio - PM Workout clocks in at around 34 minutes. There is not really ...

Jillian Michaels Beginner Shred features three workouts.  Jillian labels these as 20 minute workouts, however, they are closer to 25 minutes. Each of the workouts features a warm up, three circuits, and a stretch. There are five exercises per circuit and each of the three circuits  are performed twice through before moving on to the next circuit. Jillian states that the workouts get progressively harder as you move through them. I didn't really think workout 3 was any harder than workouts 2 and 1. Jillian might start off doing one or two reps but she is mostly coaching and offering form pointers. There are two other cast members.  One cast member keeps the moves at the beginner level and one cast member shows more advance options. I like the set. It was nice bright and spacious. Equipment:  mat, dumbbells The DVD Menu offers the following options: Workouts        Workout 1        Workout 2  ...