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Be Empowered is disc 2 of Michelle's One on One with Michelle series. It contains the following workouts: Total Body Workout (30 min) Core Challenge Workout (19 min) Mobility Workout (10 min) Total Body Workout is a strength workout that combines upper body and lower body exercises. Michelle's takes you through a series of four circuits. Each exercise is perform for two sets.  There are three to four exercises per circuit. There is not much down time in this workout as Michelle moves from exercise to exercise at a steady pace. Two sets of dumbbells, a light set and a heavy set, as well as a single heavier dumbbell are used in this workout. Core Challenge Workout is a 360 degree core workout in that it works all areas of the core region to include back, hips, lower abs, and obliques. Some of the exercises in this workout included a beast hover, several series of planks in a variety of position, reverse crunches and traditional crunches.  Michelle also includes sup

Be Moved is the third disc in Michelle Dozois's One on One with Michelle series. This DVD consist of two workouts: Cardio Strength Cardio Burn These two workouts are reminiscent of Michelle's Peak 10/Challenge system. Cardio Strength clocks in at 36 minutes, 30-minute workout plus a 5 minute cool down. In this workout, Michelle takes you through three blocks. In each block you have a base/recovery period, an ascent, a climb and a peak. The ascent period is your sculpting series. The climb is your cardio and then peak is your burst. After the burst you moved into recovery and start the next block. Like her other Cardio Strength workouts, this workout does not feature a traditional warm up. Michelle uses the first block in the workout to do the workout.  Oh and each block features two rounds. So you are repeating the moves twice. Second time through, Michelle changes the lead side. Cardio Strength uses the same cool down as cardio burn. Cardio Burn clocks in at 26

  One on One with Michelle is a three disk strength training program that includes seven workouts.  Each workout is under 30 minutes. Disk one is Be Stronger . This DVD includes two sculpting strength workouts. The workouts are Upper Body Workout and Lower Body Workout. The Upper Body Workout clocks in at 26 minutes.  Michelle workouts the upper body in groupings. The first group is back and chest.  Second group of exercises focuses on shoulders.  The next group focuses on triceps and the last grouping is more shoulders and then it adds biceps work. The Lower Body Workout clocks in at 30 minutes.  There are two sets of the exercises and Michelle changes the lead leg for the second set. This workout contains standing and floor work. Both workouts are super east to follow but challenging. Michelle gives mini breaks throughout but for the most part you are moving from one exercise to the next. The warm up is short and the cool down even shorter. A mat and two sets of weigh

10 Minute Solution Kettlebell Ultimate Fat Burner is lead by Michelle Olsen.  Despite the title and DVD cover this workout does not use a kettlebell. Although, Michelle does reference the use of the kettlebell though out the workout. She uses a dumbbell for all the moves. The five 10-minute workouts are: Maximum Fat Burner Upper Body Power Sculpt Thigh & Buns Blaster Total Body Sculpt Accelerated AB Toner I used the create a workout function of the DVD and made a 30 minute workout I did one day, and a 20 minute workout I did another day. In Maximum Fat Burner , Michelle intersperses cardio break with dynamic kettlebell style exercises.  Some of the combos in this segment included, single arm swing sequence, double arm swing sequence, bicep curl with kettlebell squat, and double arm swing + squat + Over Head Press. Upper Body Sculpt contain the following exercises:  weighted halo, weighted twist, one arm swing into high pull, clean press sequence, and lunge, knee o

Shazzy Fitness In the Beginnin g is a dance based workout with a hip-hop pop flare that is performed to inspirational Christian based music. The main workout is lead by Vera and the cool down is lead by Leslie. The workout clocks in at around 26 minutes.  The DVD Menu Favorite Moves Play All Workouts      Genesis Workout - 10:57         Chapter 1 - Track "Dancing for You"         Chapter 2 - Track "Church"         Chapter 3 - Track "Church" same as chapter 2 but minimum cuing       Victory Workout - 12:22            Chapter 1 - Track - "Swizzy"            Chapter 2 -  Track - "Living For You"     Chapter 3 - Track - "Living For You" same as chapter 2 but with minimum cuing   Cool Down - 3:27 The Shazzy Message Meet Team Shazzy! Outtakes I enjoyed this workout. The music is really good. The moves were high energy but simple to follow.  The dances are taught in a pattern and then repeated throughout the pa

Muscle Meltdown workouts are individual upper body specific muscle group workouts that come as bonus workouts on the ICE DVDs.  The concept of this workout is that you do five exercises per muscle group back to back and you repeat that for three rounds.  This type of workout allows you to focus in on a specific body part.  Muscle Meltdown Biceps clocks in at 15:22 and it is included on the ICE Boot Camp Circuit DVD.  Muscle Meltdown Triceps clocks in at 13:54 and it is included on the ICE Rock'm Sock'm Kickbox DVD. Muscle Meltdown Ches t clocks in at 15:29 and it is included on the ICE Metabolic Total Body DVD. Muscle Meltdown Shoulder s clocks in at 15:38 and it is included on the ICE Chiseled Lower Body Blast and on the ICE To The Mat: Legs & Glutes DVD. Muscle Meltdown Back clocks in at 21:11 and it is included on the ICE Low Impact Sweat DVD. I really liked all of the Muscle Meltdown workouts. I paired them with Jessica Smith Mix and Match 5 Mile Walk DVD

3 Week Yoga Retreat is a workout program by Beach Body. It features 21 days worth of workouts.  You can get the digital version of the program or buy the program on DVD. I have the DVD version. The DVD version comes with four DVDs, a workout calendar, a pose tracker, a 96 page eating guide and a quick start guide, Each DVD is lead by a different instructor.  The instructors are Vytas Baskauskas, Faith Hunter, Elise Joan, and Ted McDonald.  The workouts are 30 minutes or less and throughout each of the routines, there is a beginner modifier that will show the less intense version of the move.  For each workout, you have the option of having music normal or music off. Also, each workout features a countdown timer and subtitles that tell you which exercise you are performing.  The DVDs Week 1 DVD is Foundation.   It is lead by Vytas and it contain the following workouts: Core - ~30 min Stretch - ~ 30 min Balance - ~ 30 min Flow - ~ 30 min Flow on the Go - ~20 min Week

Classical Stretch Aging Backwards Disc 1 is lead by Miranda Esmonde-White. On the disc 1 DVD, there are four 30-minute-ish workouts.  The setting for all workouts is outdoors. Miranda is the only cast member. The four workouts are: Posture Pain Relief Weight Loss Body Shape Miranda spends a few minutes at the start of each workout discussing the focus of that workout and explaining the benefits you should be striving for as you do the workout. Approximate breakdown of the 4 workouts Posture 4:02 - feet alignment, spine twist 9:25 - psoas 11:30 - platform, feet 13:25  - psoas, kicks, figure 8 17:04 -  Arms 21:06 - more psoas 23:50 - floor work (baby stretch, hips, hamstrings) 32:15 - seated spine stretch Posture workout clocks in at 33:51.  The background music in this was interesting. I enjoyed several of the tunes.  The toughest section for me was the arm section.  In the floor segment, you have the option to use an elastic band and/or blocks. Pain Relief 1:

Country Heat Deluxe Workout DVD is lead by Autumn Calabrese and it includes extra Country Heat workouts. The DVD Menu Wild Goose Chase Cardio Round-Up Saddle Up All three workouts have a breakdown option and a routine option.  You also have the option to select a Normal music level or a Turn It Up music level. All three workouts have subtitles that show the move you are performing. Saddle Up is a 3-minute bonus line dancing workout that is also included with the main Country Heat program. Wild Goose Chase and Cardio Round-Up follow the same pattern.  Autumn shows two moves for which you do for 8 reps each. She then combines the two moves and you do the combination of both moves for 4 reps before moving on to the next two groupings.  Both Wild Goose Chase and Cardio Round-Up clock in at under 27 minutes. There is a modifier that shows the moves with no or limited impact. Wild Goose Chase - 3 & 1/2 stars Cardio Round-Up - 3 & 3/4 stars

Strong & Lean is a Kelly Coffey Meyer 30-Minute to Fitness workout. The DVD Menu Intro Workout 1: Weights (Strong) Workout 2: Kickboxing (Lean) Bonus Extension Premixes Credits Workout 1 is Weights  and it clocks in at 29  minutes. This workout is broken down into six groupings that focus on a particular body part.  There are three exercises per group.  One exercise uses a barbell,  the next will use dumbbells, and the last move uses resistance tubing. This is a timed workout in that you are working for a certain amount of time, not necessarily a certain amount of reps. The second workout is Kickboxing and it is your cardio/lean workout.  During this part of the workout, Kelly takes you through a series of kickboxing combos and drills for about 33 minutes. There are lots of premixes on this DVD. Strong Premixes Barbell Only ~14 min Dumbbell Only ~14 min Tubing Only ~14 min No Shoulder Moves ~25 min No Leg Moves ~25 min No Barbell ~22 min No Dumbbells ~22 m

Cardio Sculpt Overload is not a traditional Kelly Coffey Meyer 30-Minute Workout.  Kelly uses a different format with this workout. Now, Kelly does give you a 30-minute workout of sorts.  The way the workout is broken down is that there is the main workout, that clocks in at 25:55. After the main workout, you can skip to the stretch which is around 2:33  or you can go on and do an overload segment.  There are three overload segments and they are between 7 and 8 minutes and follow a similar pattern as the main workout. The pattern is interval base with each interval is approximately a minute in length. The workout pattern is: Cardio Boxing  with light dumbbells Bodyweight Legs Compound weighted movement   The DVD menu : Intro Start Workout Premixes Credits Premixes are: Low Impact + Box  ~29 min Low Impact + Lower Body - 29 min Low Impact + Compound Moves - ~29 min Box + Lower Body ~29 min Box + Compound Moves ~30 min Lower Body + Compound Moves ~30 min No L

Grand Total Geared Up is the third volume in Tracie Long's Grand Total series. Geared Up clocks in just over 48 minutes. The workout is broken down into chapters. Each chapter features either a weighted segment or a cardio segment. One of the cardio segment uses a medicine ball and the other cardio segment contains floor work (i.e. mountain climbers). See attached table for a list of weighted exercises. The ending stretch segment uses a band. The workout is synchronized to music. Each chapter has its own tune and there were some pretty catchy tunes. I enjoyed the music selection. Equipment list includes dumbbells, medicine ball, and band. 3 & 1/2 stars

Grand Total Vol. 2 Rarin To Go is a 50-minute total body workout that is lead by Trace Long.  Tracie is the only cast member. In this workout, Tracie takes you through a series of weighted exercises and functional cardio movements. The workout is broken down by chapters. In fact, the DVD menu immediately comes up and allows you to select or start with any chapter point you like.    Each chapter title features that move plus more complementary exercises.  See attached table for the list of exercises. Each chapter is accompanied by a music selection. Some of the tunes were unique to this workout; meaning they are not tunes I heard in other Tracie Long workouts. At times, the song would finish before Tracie was done with the last exercise.  I did like the tempo and flow of the workout. At no time, did I feel rushed during the workout. Equipment used in this workout, include dumbbells, slider, loop band, and a medicine ball. I liked the workout and from the clip, I did not think

SHAPE 20-Minute Makeover workout is lead by Elise Gulan.  There are five workouts on this DVD.  One 20-minute workout that actually clocks in at 23 minutes and four-ten minute workouts. I only did the 20-Minute Makeover workout. This workout is an interval workout that alternates body-weight strength moves with cardio burst and low intensity cardio moves.  The cardio interval portion range in time from 2 minute intervals to 4 minute intervals. The Exercises Cardio Intervals (CI)- Knee lifts + pull downs Strength Training (ST)- lunge pulse CI - Knee lift         Side lunge lift off         Alternating touch and throw         Squat Jumps in 2nd ST - Side Knee lift Crunch        Abduction/adduction              leg extension - ronde de jambe         Side windmills CI - Knee Lift + Squat Knee lift         Jumping jacks ST - Chair + Pulse         Chair + heel lift         Figure 4 CI - 1st position jumps        2nd position jumps        Combinations 1st & 2nd j

Shape Ultimate Bikini Body Workou t is lead by Dominique Hall.  This DVD contains four workouts. One 30 Minute Total Body Workout and three 10-minute focus specific workouts. I only did the 30 Minute Total Body Workout.  The 30-minute workout is a cardio strength interval workout. It combines cardio burst with strength moves. For most of the strength moves, you are using a pair of dumbbells. The Exercises: Cardio Burst - Football Runs Squat + Lunge Spiderman push ups Lunge Rotation Cardio Burst - Cross Country Deadlift Squat Prone Row Standing Core Curl + back leg lift Cardio Burst - Box corner Curtsy + Leg Lift Military press + knee lift Triceps hip extentions Cardio Burst - Side to side squat hops Side Front lunge Rear fly + leg slide Climbing rope abdominals Along  with Dominique, there are two other cast members. One cast member does show beginner modifications. Nice clean open set.  Music is up tempo techno. 30-Minute Total Body  Workout - 3 s

Yoga Fusion Fix is one of Jessica Smith's latest yoga inspired workouts.  There are three workouts of varying lengths. Workout 1 is Yoga for Stress Relief + Relaxation.   This workout starts seated and the first move is a seated cat cow pose.   Side stretches, rotational twist  and chest extensions and seated forward fold are next.   For the next sequence, Jessica has you move into the table top position for more cat-cow and downward dog.   Other moves in this workout include, plank to floating child pose, baby cobra, puppy pose and bridge pose.   This workout is around 17 minutes. Yoga for Balance + Core Strengt h. This workout is around 20 minutes.  Workout starts off with a chair spine stretch extension and cross-legged forward fold sequence.  Next Jessica takes you through the first flow which consisted of mountain pose, one leg chair, crane, warrior 3 and crescent lunge.  The next sequence includes table top floor work, plank work, a bridge series, and lying spine rotat

10 Minute Solution Pilates Perfect Body is lead by Suzanne Bowen. The five 10-minute workouts are: Pilates Perfect Belly Pilates Perfect Buns & Thighs Pilates Perfect Arms Pilates Perfect Silhouette Pilates Perfect Stretch Pilates Perfect Belly is your ab/core workout.  Suzanne starts this series with breath work.  This is followed by c-curve, pilates 100, upper crunch, rock crunch, criss cross, cork screw series, crossing stretch series, plank drop up dog, and grass hopper. Pilates Perfect Buns a nd Thighs was my favorite workout on the DVD.  The exercises:  side series (up down leg lift, posse, three point, crab legs leg lift,  hamstring, circles, inner thigh series) bridge series (single leg lift, static leg lift, pulse up) and kneeling hip circles. Pilates Perfect Arms uses a set of light weights.  The exercises here are shoulder shrugs, arms lifts, side circle arms, hug the tree, scissors, front raise, triceps into front raise, and back circle series,  In th

10 Minute Solution Slim & Sculpt Pilates is lead by Suzanne Bowen.  This workout utilizes a resistance band in all the segment and each segment actually clocks in under that 10-minute mark. The workouts are: Lower Body Pilates Upper Body Pilates Pilates for Abs Total Body Pilates Pilates for Flexibility Lower Body Pilates started off with some hamstring stretching and then move into the following exercises typically alternating lead legs:  single leg work, frog, side leg lift, 3-point lift, inner thigh, donkey kick, reverse plank leg lift and bridge pulse. Upper Body Pilates   workout packed in a lot in 10 -minutes. You perform the following moves:  shoulder circles, zip ups, bug, boxing, bicep curl and hold, straight arm back lift, lat raise, circle front and back, draw the sword. paint under the stairs, bicep press up, chest press, and beach ball press. Exercises in Pilates for Abs include Pilates 100, roll down, oblique roll down twist, roll like a ball, hip lif

10 Minute Body Transformation 2nd Edition by Jillian Michaels is very similar in concept to Jillian's first 10-minute workout DVD. The DVD Menu : Workouts Workout Recommendation Set Up More From Jillian You will find the workouts on this DVD listed under workouts and they are: Warm Up HIIT/Plyo Hard Core Animal Style Lift Yoga: Stretch & Strengthen Cool Down The warm up and cool down are around 2 and 1/2 minutes each.  Each of the workouts clocks in at just under 11 minutes. In HiiT/Plyo you are doing 20 seconds of work and 10 seconds of recovery. The moves are Squat Jack, Rock Star Burpee, Long Jump Hop Back, Sumo Scissor Hops, Star Jumps, Jumping Lunges, Knee Touch Jumps, 180 Touch Down, Side to Side Jumps and Skater Hurdles.  You repeat all exercises for a second set. Hard Core is an ab focus and core workout.  There are 9 exercises:  (1) lunge psoas stretch, (2) standing crunch/cross crunch, (3) boat sprawls, (4) V ups, (5) plank taps, (6) oblique le

Jillian Michaels 10-Minute Body Transformation workout contains five 10-minute routines plus it include a 2 & 1/2 minute warm up and cool down. The five workouts are : Calisthenics Kickbox Blast Booty Boot Camp Pilates Power Cardio Burn Calisthenics is a body weight workout that actually clocks in at around 11:30.  Jillian does 9 exercises for approximately 30-seconds.  She repeats the exercises for a second set. The exercises are Lunge Lunge Squat Ninja Jumps Blast-off Push ups Supermans Rolling Bear Front Kick Shooters Plyometric Thrusters Dips Wheel Press Up Kickbox Blas t is a kickboxing and mix-martial arts inspired workout. In this workout, Jillian takes you through several kicking and punching combinations. You do each combination for 30 seconds. After doing each combination once, you repeat the whole series for a second set.  Jillian does not change lead sides during the second set. Booty Boot Camp clocks in at just over  11 minutes. You are u

Sexy Abs Cardio Sculpt with Kelly Rowland is a 85-minute total body workout that is lead by Jeanette Jenkins and it features singer Kelly Rowland.  Along with Jeanette and Kelly, there are three other cast members. One cast members does show beginner modifications. The DVD menu Play All with music Play All without Music, Instruction Only Chapters      Chapter 1 - Warm up      Chapter 2 - Metabolic Boost      Chapter 3 - Total Body Blast      Chapter 4 - Amazing Arms & Legs      Chapter 5 - Bye Bye Love Handles      Chapter 6 - Beautiful Back Chapter 7 - Booty Patrol Chapter 8 - Super Calorie Burner Chapter 9 - Long, Lean, & Toned Chapter 10 - Abs, Butt, & Thigh Blaster Chapter 11 - Ab Smash Chapter 12 - Lengthen & Meditation Most chapters are 5 minutes in length. Chapters 9, 10, 11, & 12 are 7 minutes long.  All the chapters feature a countdown clock except for Chapter 12.  At the beginning of each chapter, Kelly or Jeanette gives a brief intro

Sexy Abs with Kelly Rowland is a 43 minute ab and core focused workout.  Along with Jeanette and Kelly, there are two other cast members. The workout is lead by Jeanette and Kelly. Kelly introduces each segment but Jeanette actually leads and talks you through the exercise, with Kelly chiming in from time to time to offer encouragement and motivation. The DVD menu Play All Welcome to Sexy Abs Love Handles 6 Pack Sculpt Tone Define Burn Stretch I really liked this workout.  The only annoying parts of the workout was when Kelly would do her sound effects. They were so unnecessary.  The music is up tempo, a bit of dance, a bit of band, a bit of techno. The set is a stark white back ground and the cast members are highlighted against it.  A mat is used in the workout. 4 & 1/4 stars

Tighten, Tone, and Torch is a total body workout DVD that is broken down into various segments and all segments are lead by Suzanne Bowen. The DVD menu is as follows : Play All Warm Up Lower Body Lean Upper Body Sleek Cardio Torch Stretch If you do all segments, the workout clocks in at over 74 minutes. The warm-up is just over one minute. Lower Body Lean is a 20-minute workout.  Suzanne uses a pair of 3lbs weights and a mat.  This workout is roughly broken down into the following segments: Plie series Front Lunge Series Side Lunge Series Knee Series Table Top Series Inner Thighs In each series, you are doing a group of exercises where Suzanne varies the rep pattern.  Expect single count, pulses and holds. Suzanne also works to the beat of the music which is a steady techno tempo.  There are standing, kneeling and lying exercises.   Upper Body Sleek is also a 20-minute workout.  Suzanne uses 3lbs dumbbells and a mat.  The sections in this workout are:

Thin In 10 is a workout DVD that accompany The Thin In 10 Weight-Loss Plan book written by Jessica Smith and Liz Neporent. This DVD contains five roughly 10-minute plus workouts. The DVD Menu Introduction Cardio Quickie Strength Shot Total Body Band Core Conditioning Stretch & De-Stress Play All Cardio Quickie is an interval workout that alternates 40 seconds of low intensity movement with 20 seconds of a higher intensity of work.  At the lower intensity Jessica says you should strive to be at around a level 6 and for the higher intensity move strive for an 8 level of effort. The moves in this workout are: 1. Side to Side Hop Through + Reach for It 2. Single arm swim arms + Double arm swim arms 3. Walk forward & back +  Run in place 4. Step Punch Front + Scissor Jacks 5. Figure 8 Lunge + Figure 8 Skate Strength Shot is a strength workout that uses your body weight for resistance.  Jessica  recommends a mat for the floor segment. You are doing each move f

Cathe Body Weight & Bands clocks in at just over 43 seconds.  This is a dumbbell free  workout.  Instead, this workout uses various resistance tools and your own body weight.  The DVD Menu is as follows: Getting Started Play Chapters Basic Premixes  (total 10) Timesaver Premixes (total 7) Scrambled Premixes (total 6) Bonus (Calorie Crush, 6 Pack ABS #2, Pyramid Pump Triceps, Extended Stretch #2) Audio Settings The resistance tools used are loops, bands, and tubings.  There is a standing segment and a floor segment.  The only body weight exercise are the push ups. One of the exercises, uses both the band and  the loop.  Throughout the workout, Cathe would vary the rep pattern. She also throws a few bonuses at the end of some exercises.  In the past, I have not cared for tubing/band workouts but I thought this one was okay. Other equipment used in this workout include a mat and Cathe was also using lifting gloves. Body Weight & Bands - 3 & 3/4 stars

Miranda Esmonde-White leads two 30-minute Essentrics Aging Backwards Connective Tissue Workouts. Workout 1 is Rebalance Your Connective Tissue . In this workout, Miranda takes your through a series of moves design to lubricate your joints and "connective tissue".  I really did not find the moves to be new.  For me, they were similar if not the same as exercises she does in her previous workouts. The workout is roughly broken up as follows: 3 minute warm up 3:35 Sway + Spine work front and back 5:50 Side Stretch 8:15 Feet 10:15 Plies + deliberate alignment 13:15 Side Rocks (Rib Focus) 16:10 Shoulder Blade Focus + Spine 20:00 Arm Wrist Fingers 23:30 Hips 26:30 Lift a feather + Little Bird 29:15 Touch The Ceiling Miranda still does not cue very well.  She doesn't tell when she is changing sides so you have to keep your eyes on the monitor so you don't miss the switch. Workout 2 is Release and Rebuild Your Fascia .  This workout clocks in at 31:20 a

Jessica Smith's Get Strong! DVD contains two strength inspired workout. Workout one is Stepping Strength and it is 45 minutes long.  This is a muscular endurance workout with high reps. You are performing most exercises for about 16 reps. The exercises are compound in nature and very often you are working both the upper body and lower body or you are doing an upper body move with a stepping move, hence the name of the workout. There is a  bit of a pattern to the workout and a lot of single arm work. After performing the single arm work, you perform a similar style move with both arms. Jessica throws in cardio intervals that are 45 seconds in length. The set is nice and bright and the music is decent. Two sets of dumbbells (light and heavy) are used. The warm up is around 5 minutes and the cool down is under 3 minutes.  Debbie and Beth join Jessica in this workout. Workout 2 is Strictly Strength and it clocks in just over 40 minutes.  Jessica divides this workout into

Metabolic Blast is a total body workout that clocks in at under 41 minutes.  In this workout, Cathe targets the lower and upper body by combining moves into compound multi-joint exercises. Cathe uses relatively light weights with higher rep counts.  There are two sections, a standing segment which is around 25 minutes and a floor segment about 15 minutes in length.  The standing segment contains a lot of 4-limb movement.  The floor segment is primarily focused on core/abs. Cathe combines two compound exercises together. You will perform the group back to back for a couple of run-throughs and then you move to the next group of two compound exercises. The workout moves quickly and there is not much of a break between exercises. The DVD Menu Getting Started Play Chapters Basic Premixes  (total 10) Timesaver Premixes (total 6) Scrambled Premixes (total 6) Bonus (Calorie Crush, 6 Pack ABS #2, Pyramid Pump Back Extended Stretch #2) Audio Settings 4 stars

Strong Body Stacked Sets: Upper clocks in at just over 35 minutes.  This workout follows the same concept as the lower body version.  In the upper body version, Cathe is stacking 5 to 6 exercises one-on-top-of-the-other. There are three groups.  Round 1 groups triceps and chest Round 2 is shoulders Round 3 groups biceps and back Each grouping gets repeated twice.  Cathe varies the rep count, rep pattern and rep tempo depending on the exercise we are doing.   This workout flies by and I like that. It is a get in, get it done workout.  The equipment used in this workout  include step, mat, and dumbbells.   DVD Menu Getting Started Play Chapters Basic Premixes  (total 9) Timesaver Premixes (total 10) Scrambled Premixes (total 5) Bonus (6 Pack ABS #2, Pyramid Pump Lower Body, Extended Stretch #2) Audio Settings 4 stars

Strong Body Stacked Sets:  Lower clocks in at just over 38 minutes.  This workout uses the giant sets concepts meaning you are doing several exercises back-to-back with very little rest.  Cathe calls this stacking the exercises one-on-top-of -the-other. In this workout, there are two rounds.  Each round contains 5 exercises. You do all 5 exercises and then repeat the grouping before moving to another group of five exercises. The workout moves fast. There is very little rest. I definitely had a cardio effect going on.  The rep count varies.  The equipment list include barbell and dumbbells.  Good soundtrack. DVD Menu Getting Started Play Chapters Basic Premixes  (total 6) Timesaver Premixes (total 6) Scrambled Premixes (total 5) Bonus (6 Pack ABS #1, Pyramid Pump Shoulder, Extended Stretch #1) Audio Settings 3 & 3/4 stars