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Burn Fat & Have Fun features three 30-Minute workouts each with a different twist. Walk 1 is Steady, Ready, GO !  and it clocks in at around 30:38. This is your interval workout. The tempo changes or increases as you go from Steady to Ready and then to GO!. There are five intervals and Jessica previews the GO! moves during the warm up.  The GO! moves are squat swim, diamond 1/2 jack, skater half circle, side-to-side half jack, and power pull knee. Jessica combines the warm up and the first steady. After that, each of the steady is probably around 2 minutes; and each steady is a mini combo routine. Then you move into the "ready" phase for about two minutes.  The ready phase is a bit more athletic than the steady phase.  After ready you do 60 seconds of the "GO!" phase. Walk 2 is Stride and Step .  This workout uses an optional 1/2 step and it clocks in at 30:00.  In this workout you are doing a series of basic step moves over and across the step.  Jes

Build Balance + Inner Strength is part of Jessica Smith's Walk Strong series.  This DVD comes with three fusion style 30 minute plus workouts.  The fusion style is a mixture of pilates, dance, yoga and light sculpting.  Jessica performs all workouts shoeless. Along with Jessica, the other cast member is Jessica's mom Debbie. Debbie is the modifier.  There is a countdown clock in each workout. The first workout is Core Control. This workout clocks in at 31:18. In this workout you are moving to music. This is a body weight only workout. There are lots of arm movements as well as balance style moves.  Some of the exercises in this workout are:    ball changes chasse, switch arabesque, side steps side taps,  knee      raise, leg extensions, cross over crunches, thread the needles, and  standing 100s. You are doing approximately 16 reps of each move. The second workout on this DVD is Poise and Grace . It is a 35 minute workout.  After a 5 minute warm up, you pick up a se

I definitely think you get a lot of content with Jessica Smith's Walk On Walk Strong DVDs. And 5 Fat Burning Miles DVD is no different.  The DVD Menu offers the following: Introduction Play All Customize Workout Bonus #1:  Strong Feet & Ankles Bonus #2: Strong Knees & Hips Choosing Customize Workouts allows you to make selections from the following: Warm Up Mile 1:  Brain Booster Walk Mile 2:  Belly, Buns, & Thighs Walk Mile 3:  Power Posture Walk Mile 4:  Turbo Charged Walk Mile 5:  Boogie Down Walk Cool Down Also on this sub-menu you can "Play Selected Order", "Cancel Selections" or return to the "Main Menu". In each of the 1 miles segments, a countdown clock pops up at the 8 minute mark. There is also an advance exerciser and a beginner modifier. The warm up and cool down are about 5 minutes each. The Brain Booster mile clocks in at 14:54 and while you are walking, Jessica throws various patterns at you that requ

Walk Off Belly Fat 5 Days a Week! is a Walk On workout by Jessica Smith.  This DVD comes with lots of options and I used some of the options when I did the different segments. The DVD menu gives you all these options: Play All Warm Up 2 - Mile Belly Fat Blast Interval Walk 3 - Mile Flat Abs Power Walk Belly Blasting Strength Training Cool Down Premixes      Day 1 Flat Abs Power Walk (57 min)      Day 2 Belly Blasting Strength Training (31 min)      Day 3 Belly Fat Blast Interval Walk (41 min)     Day 4 - Flat Abs Power Walk (57 min)     Day 5 - Belly Blasting Strength Interval Combo (61 min)  Cool Down Credits I did the 3 Mile Flat Abs Power Walk which was mostly a steady state walk.  Mile 1 of this workout was basic walking. Mile 2 feature boxing moves and in Mile 3, Jessica builds mini combos.  This portion of the workout clocked in at around 46:25. There has been a lot of talking about this workout skipping and freezing and where it took place for me was in Mi

Boost Metabolism + Muscle is a Jessica Smith Walk Strong DVD that contains three metabolic strength workouts. Each workout is 35 minutes in length and they are presented in the circuit style format where you do two to three exercises and you repeat those exercises before moving on to the next group of 2 to 3 exercises.  This is a relatively high rep workout. You are doing at least 12 reps per exercise but in many cases you are doing as many as 16 or even 24 reps.  Most of the exercise are multi-functional or compound in nature. There is a countdown clock in each of the workouts.  Along with Jessica, there is Debbie.  She shows beginner modifications.  A mat and a set or two of dumbbells are used.  The DVD menu options are: Introduction Circuit #1:  Upper Focus Circuit #2 - Lower Focus Circuit#2 - Total Focus Play All I liked all three workouts and felt I got a solid workout each time out. Circuit #1:  Upper Focus - 3 &3/4 stars Circuit #2 - Lower Focus - 3 &

Gentle Yog a is right.  This DVD contain four 20 minute yoga segments that primarily focus on stress relief, light stretching and joint mobility. For instance in the neck and shoulder workout, Jessica perform massages for the face.  In the hips and knees segments, we massage the feet and toes. The workouts moves slowly allowing you time to perform each rep and/or time to get into the poses and hold them for a nice stretch.  I didn't feel rushed in any of the workout segments.  It was methodical but with a purpose.   And there are no sun salutations. Jessica is the only cast members and as the workout progresses, she offers various modifications and tips in the form of motivation.  Jessica cues the workout live. There is no voice over. The DVD contains the following menu options: Introduction Customize Your Selection Flow 1:  Neck and Shoulders (19:03) Flow 2 - Back and Chest (21:22) Flow 3:  Hips and Knees (22:20) Flow 4:  Total Body (21:09) Play All I enjoyed

So I have started a Jessica Smith three week rotation based on her Walk On Walk Strong workouts. The 15 Minute Fast Fat Blasts workout comes with four 15-minute workouts.  Each 15 minutes is approximately 1 mile in length. All four workouts are strictly walking.  There are no obvious toning segments. The DVD menu comes with the following options: Introduction 15-Minute Fast Fat Burn 15-Minute Belly Blaster 15-Minute Power Pick Up 15-Minute Dance Party Credits Each segment features high energy music. Some of the tunes are familiar. I heard them in other workouts, but I thought they were fun songs and that there were a variety of tunes across the four segments.   You are walking to the tempo of the music. in a couple of segments, Jessica and the advance exerciser jogs.  There is also a beginner modifier. So of course you are walking or marching throughout. Other moves that appear in all four workouts are knee pulls, hamstring curl, and side steps. Jessica adds various ar

Les Mills On Demand is now adding longer workouts to the On Demand channel. At first most of the workouts were shorten to be just 30 minutes in length. Now for some of the workouts, you have the option of doing  a shorter 30 minute workout or the longer original version of the workout. Les Mills On Demand Body Combat #66 clocks at around the 55 minute mark. Dan and Rachael are the presenters. The different segments and approximate times are below.   The segments are: 1a.  Upper Body Warm up - 4:20 1b.  Lower Body Warmup - 4:15 2.  Combat 1 - 5:22 3.  Power Training 1 - 6:49 4.  Combat 2 - 5:54 5.  Power Training 2 - 6:08 6.  Combat 3 - 4:11 7.  Muay Thai - 4:52 8.  Power Training 3 - 7:25 9.  Conditioning Core - 2:57 10.  Cool Down 3:11 Now while the Power Training Segments are long, and they are long; Dan and Rachael do give you breaks within those training blocks. You get a break when you are ready to switch sides. In Combat 2 track, you are hitting the floor for

15 Day Fit Zumba Fit DVD is one of the three DVDs that are a part of the 15 Day Fit Total Body Transformation program.  The system comes with 8 workouts on three DVDs.' The DVDs are : 15 Day Lower Body Fit       Fit Legs & Booty (15 min)       Fit Lean Legs (15 min)       Fit Booty Camp (15 min) 15 Day Cardio Fit       Fit Core + Strength (15 min)       Fit Fat Blast (15 min) 15 Day Zumba Fit      Zumba Let's Dance! (30 min)      Zumba Max 1 (30 min)      Beto's Ab-Stravanaganza (15 min). I only did the Zumba workouts and thus will only be reviewing those.  Beto is the lead for all the workouts and the workouts are narrated. Zumba Beginner's Let's Dance is the first workout on this DVD. In the intro Beto, tells us we already know the steps, however there is not a learn the step sequence on this DVD. This workout could be an extension to the Can't Dance Zumba 101 DVD which does feature a Step by Step segment. The workout included dance as w