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Cardio Interval Burn Fat Blaster is the 4th Cardio Interval Burn workout in Michelle Dozois Peak 10 Workout Systems. The workout moves fast and is base on Michelle climb the mountain system. You start out a Base camp (rest-recovery) Ascent (lower part of the mountain - low intensity moves) Climb (moving toward the top of the mountain with higher intensity moves) and Peak (top of the mountain - high impact moves). The DVD menu offers the following options: Introduction Movement Review Play Full Workout (60:58) Play Express Workout (39:40) Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5 Cool Down As I stated the workout does move fast but there is a definite pattern to the workouts that make the combos easy to pick up.Within each block and even the warm up, you perform the combo on one side and then your repeat the sequence leading on the other side. Usually starting with 8 reps per move and then breaking it down 4 and/or sometimes 2 reps before moving on or repeating the sequen

Cardio Strength Fat Blaster is the 5th iteration of Cardio Strength in Michelle's Peak 10 workout system. Although, Michelle does have couple of extra Cardio Strength workouts that she never release to DVD. You can find those on FitnessGlo.com. Cardio Strength Fat Blaster uses the same format the other Cardio Strength workouts. There are 5 blocks. The first block is the warm up block and does not contain a Peak Interval.  However the warm up block does use weights.  The other four blocks includes all four interval points; Base camp, Ascent, Climb and Peak. The Ascent segments  use weight. You will need two sets, a heavy and a light pair.  Most of the Ascent segments you are going to the floor for a plank/core move. The Climb is your cardio segment (no weights). The Peak segments are the high intensity high impact segments. There is a modifier that is showing less intense options.  Base camp is your recovery-rest period. If you do the full workout, it clocks in at just und

Bodyweight Athletic Conditioning is Volume 3 in Michelle Dozois's Bodyfit 360 program. This workout uses a combination of cardio and strength moves to work your body all using a towel and your own body weight.  The workout contains  high intensity moves, low intensity moves, full body moves, floor work, and flexibility moves. Set to up tempo high energy music, the workout moves fast.  At times, I felt like I was all over the place or rather the workout was all over the place.  With that said, it does follow a particular pattern. You are just doing a lot and there is a lot of up and down movements - That is standing up and getting down on the floor. The workout has the following chapter points. Block 1 - Warm up Block 2 - Athletic Conditioning 1 Block 3 - Athletic Conditioning 2 Block 4 - Athletic Conditioning 3 Block 5 - Athletic Conditioning 4 Block 6 - Upper Body Block 7 - Core Block 8 Stretch The workout clocks in at 40:32 and there is a beginner modifier. This

Bodyweight Dance Conditioning is Volume 2 in Michelle Dozois' Bodyfit 360 series. This is a fusion workout - combining dance, fitness, pilates into a series of moves that works the body in several directions and on several planes. There is a beginner modifier who shows a simpler way on how to do some of the more challenging bodyweight exercises. The first part of the workout is the cardio portion. Michelle does several segments in which you keep your heart rate up. The second part of the workouts focuses on strength and flexibility.  Although these two components show up in several of the dance conditioning segments as well. The workout moves fast but I didn't have a hard time following it. You can count on doing each move at least 4 reps before Michelle moves on.  Within, the block you are doing each sequence twice, once on the left and once on the right. The DVD Menu offers the following options: Introduction - ~ 1:05 Movement Review - This is around 3 minutes P

Workout 3 on the Peak 10 Essential 30 Workouts is Pure Cardio. Pure Cardio Essential clocks in at 30:43. This workout is fast pace almost non-stop from beginning to end.  There are seven segments total.  In each of the segment, you do the combo on one side and then you repeat the moves on the other side before moving on. Within each combo, you go from low impact to high impact and back to low impact. I did not think any of the combos difficult to learn. Michelle cues very welly and by the second if not the third time through I had the moves down and then of course the combo gets repeated on the opposite side.  The combos are fast though. This workout was also filmed in Michelle's gym.  The music is up tempo and you are working at the tempo of the music for most of the combination.  The workout does not have the countdown timer but it does feature "the bells". You can hear the bells as each segment comes to an end. I really like the high energy in this workout and

Pure Strength is workout 2 on Michelle Dozois' Peak 10 Essential 30 Workouts. 30 refers to the time length. The actual workout clocks in at 28:45.  Along with Michelle, there are three other cast members. Michelle does have one cast member showing modifications. Pure Strength Essential 30 alternates using  a set of light and heavy weights to sculpt the body.  The moves are continuous with exercises following directly behind one another.  So there is a cardio effect.  Including warm up and cool down, there are 7 segments.  Within each segment which are around 3 to 5 minutes, you do the right side and then repeat the sequence on the left side.  Most of the exercises are total body exercises or compound in nature. For example, you will hold an upper plank and add an alternating side kick and then take it directly into triceps push ups.  There is an entire segment dedicated to core/lower back. Michelle hits all the muscle groups in this workout in less than 30 minutes.  The wor

February 2015 Wow did January fly by or what. I signed up for Michelle Dozois' 30 Day Peak 10 Challenge.  So the majority of the workouts I do in February will be her workouts.