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Discount Workouts - B eginner Strength Training Vol 2 contains two 30 minute strength training workouts. Workout 1 is led by Jennie and is a total body workout.  Workout 2 is led by Jodi and is an upper body workout. As in the other Beginner Strength workouts, there are no background exercisers. Jennie and Jodi take you through a series of exercises, varying the rep count, as they work the major muscle groups. Both the workouts uses the same or very similar music selection. I like these two workouts much better than I did the Vol 1 workouts. Equipment used - dumbbell, barbell, step, and a mat. Workout 1 - 3 & 3/4 stars Workout 2 - 3 & 3/4 stars

Beginner Strength Training Vol 1 is a Gymbox Discount Workouts. This DVD contains two 30 minute Strength workouts. Both workouts are led by an instructor name Chrissie and while they  call the workout beginner, I don't necessarily think they are beginner so much as they are shorter in length than their "Advance" workouts. Both workouts are similar in that there are not any background exercisers.  It is just Chrissie. I am assuming this is how she spells her name as their are no credits.  I thought both workouts were decent workouts. I like that they gave you a complete total body workout - hitting all the major muscle groups - in just 30 minutes.  I did find Chrissie a bit annoying in the second weight workout because she would say we were "done" but she would tack on several more reps.  When she kept doing this, I was like "just don't say anything". In all the exercises, Chrissie plays with the rep count, 2-2, single, pulses, 4-4, 3-1 -...