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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...

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, a...

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 l...

Dance Off Fat Fast featurs Leah Sarago.  Leah takes you through five 10 minute dance inspired workouts.  Four of the workouts are cardio and one of the workouts is sculpting. Leah teaches the dance workouts in a layered approach breaking the routine up into two blocks. You learn one block, practice that block.  You then learn the next block and practice it.  Towards the end of the 10 minutes you combine both blocks for three repetitions before the workout ends. The sculpt workout consist of a series of toning moves for the legs, arms and core.  You are doing the exercises on one side of the body before transitioning to repeat the moves on the other side of the body. The transitions moves incorporate the whole body evenly. Some of the dances I enjoyed and some I did not.  The music in a lot of the dances was blah.  My favorite segment was the sculpt segment. The workouts are : Simple  Slimdown - 3 & 1/4 stars Fat Blasting Flashback...

Fat Blasting Latin Dance Mix is lead by Stella Sandoval. Stella takes you through five 10 minute latin style dances.  Each of the dances are self contain and features a mix of the various Latin rhythms such as cha cha, mambo, salsa, merengue and tango. The five dances are taught in the same pattern.  Stella does a very brief warm up and then she layers a series of four to five moves.  You practice these moves until about the five minute mark of the workout, Stella then adds on another series of 3 to four moves.  You practice just these moves for a couple of repetitions before adding in all the moves (taking it from the top) for three times through. I really like this one. The music in all the dances had pretty good tunes. The dances are: Fat Burning Cha Cha - 3& 1/2 stars Salsa Slim Down - 3 & 3/4 stars Hot Cardio Mix - 4 stars Merengue Grooves - 3 & 3/4 stars Tango Toning Twist - 3 & 1/2 stars

10 Minute Solutions Tighten & Tone Pilates is lead by Lara Hudson. The five 10 minutes segments are: Tightened & Tone core Defined Arms & Shoulders Trim & Slim Lower Body Total Body Toner Long & Lean Stretch This workout uses a a resistance band.  The resistance band comes with the DVD. I found this workout challenging.  Typically throughout all the segments, Lara has you do two sets.  Often adding variation in the second set to make it a little different. Working with the band is what made the workout challenging.  The most difficult part for me was when Lara had you place the band on the sole of the foot.  - keeping the band on the sole without it rolling up was an issue but usually in this position you were pushing the leg and arm in opposite direction which created a lot of tension. But overall I like all the segments this workout.  Tightened & Tone core 3 & 1/2 stars Defined Arms & Shoulders 3 & 1/...

10 Minute Solution Pilates for Beginners. There are five 10-Minute segments workouts on the is DVD.  And I did each 10 Minute segment as standalone workout or as add on to my morning workouts. The segments are: Core Basics Lower Body Basics Upper Body Basics Total Body Combo Long and Limber Stretch Even though this workout states that it is basic and for the most part it is, there were around two exercises that I found challenging.  Lara Hudson, the instructor does take time to set up each move. She emphasises proper breathing techniques for pilates.  With each move that Lara teaches, she gives you slight modifications to make the move more challenging.  There are not a lot of reps.  The most reps you will do for any exercise is eight. Equipment required - mat. This workout was okay. I thought Lara did a nice job a keeping pilates at a basics level. Core Basics 3 & 1/4 stars Lower Body Basics  - 3 & 1/2 stars Upper Body Basics - ...

10 Minute Solution Yoga For Beginners stars Angie Stewart a s the lead. Angie takes you through five 10 Minute slow paced Yoga workouts. The workouts are: Energizing Flow Yoga Yoga for Strength and Toning Core Strength Yoga For Balance and Flexibility Stress Relief Yoga Energy Flow Yoga and Yoga for Strength and Toning are your sun-salutation segments.  Angie varies the moves from one segment to the next.  The pace of these segments are done at a much slower speed than the other 10 Minute Solution workout. With Yoga For Beginners, you had time for each pose. The Core Strength segment felt more to me like traditional ab set than Yoga.  This is the only segment where I felt the slower pace a bit too slow.  Side bends, cat-cow, planks, and oblique crunches are some of the exercises that appear. Yoga for Balance and Flexibility was my favorite segment.  I like the standing series of mountain pose, heart center, to warrior 2, triangle, warrior 3...

10 Minute Solution Yoga is lead by Lara Hudson. When I did the workout, I did three of the segments back to back and I did the last two segments as add-ons to other workouts. The workout segments are: Yoga Basics Yoga For Buns & Thighs Yoga For Abs Yoga Burn Yoga For Flexibility & Relaxation Yoga Basics starts out with a breathing series and then Lara teaches you the Sun Salutation.  Lara's Sun Salutation consist of doing the mountain pose, forward fold, high plank to low plank, upward facing dog,downward facing dog then forward fold, into prayer pose and back into mountain pose.  Lara also demonstrated the Warrior 1 pose. 3 stars Yoga For the Buns & Thighs consisted of doing pretty much the same series in Yoga Basics.  Lara demonstrated the chair pose before moving into the Sun Salutations series.  Lara added on to the Sun Salutation by adding a back leg reach into several warrior poses. The chair pose twist and high crescent pose is als...

  10 Minute Solution Butt Lift is lead by Christine Bullock. Christine takes you through six ten minute workouts.  The first five workouts are all about the "butt".  This sixth workout is a bonus abdominal work. In all the workouts you are doing two sets of the same exercises.  This is usually accomplished by doing one set on the right and then the next set on the left but not always.  Sometimes you will do two sets on the right and in the second half of the ten minutes you will do two sets on the left. Most of the time you are working for 45 seconds per exercise.  The exception to this is during the Hitt Butt Lift workout where you are performing the exercises for 20 seconds. I really like this workout.  By that I mean I pretty much liked all the segments.    I did these as an add on to the Jillian Michaels Body Rev workouts.  I thought Christine was quite good and the music (for the most part) is good.  Usually with the 1...

High Intensity Interval Training is one of 10 Minute Solution 2013 release.  The instructor is Lisa Kinder.  This is my first workout with Lisa and I thought she was okay - in  a good way. There are so many HiiT workouts of late, I was hesitant about even trying this one. I did this workout as add on to the Body Revolution workouts I have been doing.   So I did one segment a day. I really like the format.  In each workout, Lisa gives you 8 exercises that you do for 20 seconds.  You rest for 10 seconds and repeat the exercise again.   So for every exercise in the worksheet, you are doing two sets for 20 seconds each. The one thing that I was wishing that Lisa would do was to take the opportunity during the 10 second rest to tell us what the next exercise was going to be.  She would wait for the 20 second to start to tell us what the exercise was going to be. She would demonstrate the move and then also show the modification. ...

10 Minute Solution Ultimate Boot Camp features Jessica Smith as the lead. The five 10 Minute workouts are: Fat Fighting Skills & Drills Ultimate Total Body Training Ultimate Upper Body Training Ultimate Lower Body Training Six Pack Ab Attack Fat Fighting Skills & Drills is an interval workout.that features high knees, skates, cone runs, ski hops, squat thrust (burpees) plank jacks, side shuffle touchdowns, trench crawls, jumping jacks. Jessica has you constantly moving in this workout.  Your recovery is jogging between drills.  Also there is lots of plank work in this workout. Ultimate Total Body Training uses a set of dumbbells and you also need a mat.  This workout contains several sets of compound exercises that work the lower and upper body at the same time.  For instance, squat into clean and press, static lunges with a one arm row.  Also Jessica put in a lot of power moves such as slam bag squat jumps, power squats, planks lunges ...

10 Minute Solution Hot Body Boot Camp , well as this is "Boot Camp" of course you expect to have burpees and mountain climbers, and you do, but there is not a whole lot of them.  These moves appear in the first workout and mountain climbers appear in Rock Bottom Sculpt. The five 10 Minute workouts are: Hot Body Cardio Calorie Blasting Drills Ab Assault Rock Bottom Sculpt Better Body Stretch Hot Body Cardio is a very intense 10 minutes. Even in the transition, Amy the instructor, has you jogging as oppose to marching.  This is the workout that contains the burpees or squat thrust and the mountain climbers.  This section also include tire runs, cross jacks, squat jumps, and one legged jumps.  Amy packs in a lot in 10 minutes.  You really do not get a break. Calorie Blasting Drills . This workout uses a set of dumbbells and each drill contains, cardio, coordination work and strength training.  I enjoyed this workout up until the last drill which w...

Sculpt, Tone, & Reshape with the Figure 8 .  Long name. This workout comes with two figure 8 tubing.  One is yellow in color and the other is red. I guess they are suppose to be different resistances. I really couldn't tell.  The Figure 8 Tubing is used in all the workouts. So the five workouts in this 10 Minute Solutions DVD are: Sexy, Sculpted Lower Body Upper Body Tone & Chisel Fat Blasting Sculpt Jiggle Free Buns & Thighs Flat and Firm Abs Fast So there are two lower body workouts. The first one Sexy, Sculpted, Lower Body works the lower body in the standing position and Jiggle Free Buns & Thighs mostly works the lower body in the floor positions. Upper Body Tone & Chisel contains both standing and floor work. You do quite a bit of single arm work.  All five upper body muscle groups are worked.  The biceps and triceps are worked simultaneously. Flat & FIRM Abs Fast is another workout that contains both floor and standin...

10 Minute Solution Tone Trouble Zones features Amy Bento as the instructor. It is a band workout and the the band does come with the DVD or at least mine did. The five 10 Minute workouts are: Arm & Shoulder Sculpt Butt & Thigh Blaster Total Body Tone Zone Sleek & Sexy Abs 10 Minute Stretch Arms and Shoulder Sculpt worked the entire upper body, although I felt it was light on the chest work.  The workout started with rear chest flys working the back.  Amy continue working the back with the bent over row. There is some double arm work as well as single arm work.  Biceps is the next muscle group work; bicep curl and isolated curl in what Amy calls the spider position. Some single arm shoulder work is next followed by a triceps kickback.The last exercise is a triceps push up.  Butt & Thigh Blaster features the following exercises - skater squats, outer thigh & rear glute lift, pendulum kicks, donkey kicks, seated outer thigh pulls, ly...

Rapid Results Fat Burner features Cat Chiarelli as the instructor.  Cat leads you through 5 cardio based routines.  And not one routine featured mountain climbers or burpees. The five 10 minute workouts are: Power Sports Drills Extreme Intervals Low Impact Fat Blaster Rapid Results Kickboxing Cardio Max In Power Sports Drill s , the following sports are featured - soccer, volleyball, basketball and hockey. Also there are a series of jumping jacks and gate swings in the workout as well.  "This is about having fun"  Cat must have said that phrase about 10 times. Extreme Intervals feature high and low moves. This workout kind of threw me at first because I was expecting the high part to be double time and it is not.  The intensity came from just adding a bounce. So it was like single time and then for low, 1/2 time.  I still like this section though.  Some of the intervals are high knees, split lunge jumps, skaters, and snowboard jumps. Lo...

Happy August 2013 to you all. This month I start training for a 10K I have coming up in October. So along with a regular treadmill run,  I am doing Cardio Karate, Cardio Coach, and 10 Minute Solution workouts.

10 Minute Solutions Cardio Hip Hop is lead by Heather Graham. Heather takes you through five dance routines that have a hip hop flair to them. The dances are: Hip Hop 101 House Party Signature Moves Hip Hop Jam Street Style Hip Hop 101 starts off with isolation's for the rib cage and the hips.  You do this for about 4 minutes.  This is followed by a series of knee pulls for about a minute.  After this section you move into a mini routine consisting of knee pulls, hip hits, a move called the chicken up and a figure 8 toe taps. In House Party there is a lot of bouncing and you are working on the balls of your feet.  The first music tune in this section was blah and it faded out.  It didn't sound a strong or loud as the music used in Hip Hop 101.  It was almost background music.  The second tune was a little bit stronger.  Moves called the quick step, slice and wave up appear in this routine. Signature Moves are Heather's personal ...

10 Minute Solution Hip Hop Dance Mix features Kristin Jacobs as the lead. Kristin takes you through 5 Hip Hop inspired 10 minute workouts. You can play all 5 sections, select only one section or created a personalized workout. You can select up to six solutions when you create a personalized workout. So if you wanted, you could double up on a segment. The dances are: Hip Hop Basics Fat Burning Funk Edgy Grooves Body Re-Mix Cardio Street Heat. I found Kristin's instruction to be clear and concise. There is just enough repetition to ensure you get the move but not so much you get bored. The steps themselves start out basic and Kristin adds rhythm as you repeat the moves. All the music tracks (although instrumental) had a real hip hop flavor to them. So they fit the dances and vibe very well. I really like this work and I like all five dances. Usually there is at least one dance or segment in the bunch that I wouldn't particularly care for but not so with this workout. 4 ...

Carb & Calorie Burner features Michelle Dozois as the lead. It contains 5 - mostly cardio based- 10 minute workouts. One thing to note about the 10 Minute Solution workouts is that each 10 minute workout is fairly self contain. Meaning they contain some type of warm up and cool down - although brief they may be. Because of this, there is a lot of stopping and starting if you are doing all 5 workouts back to back. I found this to be true in all the 10 minute workouts I have done. What I found in Carb & Calorie Burner, is that there is a lot of instruction within each 10 minute segment - so it seems like there is even more stopping and starting than just when one workout ends and the next begins. The five 10 minute workouts are : Slow & Steady Burn - all cardio - simple moves such as side steps, knee pulls, & marching, Carb Killer - all cardio with a Kickboxing influence Power Blast - leg cardio drills Interval Burn - Boot camp influence (this segment uses a mat and con...