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Your Best Body Circuit is the third workout in Michelle's Your Body Breakthru series. The other two are Rockin Body Cardio Jam and Slim, Strong, Sexy Body Sculpt. This series is like a intro to Michelle's Peak Fit Challenge Series. There are a lot of similarities with perhaps the Peak Fit Challenge series being more refined. This workout, Your Best Body Circuit ( YBBC ), would be like one of her Cardio Strength workouts, except she includes what I consider to be a true warm up in YBBC . YBBC is about 58 minutes in length. The DVD does contain a 35 minute express option. Also you can select individual chapter points and make up your own/mix and match the sections. If you do the workout as designed, which is what I did, it breaks down as follows: Warm up Circuit 1 (Back & Biceps 1) Circuit 2 (Chest & Triceps 1) Circuit 3 (Back & Biceps 2) Circuit 4 (Chest & Triceps 2) Circuit 5 (Shoulders with Legs) Circuit 6 (Legs) Circuit 7 ( Abdominals ) Cool Down. E...

Slim, Strong, & Sexy Body Sculpt - This is a long title. The workout - well it is not short if you do both portions, clocking in at just over 60 minutes. There really is two separate 30 minute + a few seconds workouts. The first workout is called Upper Body and Core. The second workout is called Lower Body and Core. Each workout is broken up into 4 blocks. The DVD is chaptered in a way that you can select individual blocks to do. Both workouts contain their on warm up and a brief stretch at the end. Michelle uses a band and dumbbells in both workouts. The workout comes with a band - it is blue. It looks similar to what Michelle is using in the workout. I am not a big fan of band workout, although quite a few of the band exercises she chose I like. Sometimes she has you using the band and dumbbell at the same time - wrapping the band around the dumbbell for even more resistance. Quite a few of the exercises I found challenging. Also I felt that I had enough time to set up t...

My first workout for 2012 was Michelle Dozois's The Ultimate Workout . The workout, which is about 75 minutes is actually 3 workouts in 1. Michelle calls it The Ultimate Workout because it contains the three main components of a good fitness program. These components are cardio, resistance and flexibility. So you can play the whole workout, which I did because I was off today and had plenty of time to work out; or you can do any of the three parts on their on or in combination. 30 Minute Ultimate Cardio Blast Workout 30 Minute Ultimate Super Sculpting Workout 15 Minute Ultimate Flexibility Session The cardio workout . I am a huge fan of Michelle's cardio workouts, so I l0ve this portion even though it included push up. The cardio is mostly athletic, with a little kickboxing thrown in. There is some high impact but their is a modifier showing modifications. The cardio section contains a warm up, 3 combos consisting of 3 main exercises that Michelle builds intensity around...

Rockin' Body Cardio Jam is a 50 minute cardio workout that is a part of Michelle's Your Body Breakthru Series. It features a warm up, six cardio section and a cool down. I am fast becoming a real fan of Michelle's cardio workouts. This workout is pure cardio. There are some old school aerobic, dance, kickboxing, and athletic moves. There are no burpees or squat thrust. The only time the hands touch the floor was during a front kick touch down. There is a modifier that keeps the moves low impact but even the impact stuff isn't very high impact. The workout moves from one section to the next with a simple video transition. So there is no real down time. Michelle starts each combo with a march and that is your time to grab a drink of water. You cycle through each combination twice. Within each combo Michelle teaches the combo on the right and then on the left. The first time through is the break down. The second time through Michelle tightens up the combo so th...