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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 cl...

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....

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 ar...

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. ...

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 ...

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 thi...