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Denise Austin's Boot Camp Body Blast |
 Excellent fun workout! |
| This is a fantastic workout, and I'd say one of Denise's best if not her best. I love the athletic moves and the combination moves. Her cuing is excellent in my book and the workout class behind her is also enjoyable. Its great how you can divide up the workout if you are short on time, but the two combined are wonderful so I have a hard time not continuing! She has an amazing ability to incorporate warm-up/cool down when moving to the next workout or whether you end it there - she makes it seamless when you do continue, I really like that. Cheers to Denise for a superb workout. Its a solid intermediate but you can make it intermediate/advanced by your own efforts. - posted by Maureen on 10/19/2008 |
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 Good, but needs more upper body toning |
| The first 20 min is cardio, with abs at the end. I wish the abs were put in the strength training section. The cardio is good. The next 20 min. is the strength training, which really get the legs- many lunges/squats. There is upper body weights, but not enough. If you dont have her Personal Training dvd I would buy that one over this one. It really gets the arms alot and has a very long ab section. It has everything on that one, including cardio, and at 3 levels. Getting back to the Boot Camp dvd, I add more arm exercises at the end to work my back and chest. Too bad it's missing some arm work, cause it is an enjoyable workout otherwise. - posted by Barbara on 9/11/2008 |
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| Too slow for an "intermediate" level workout |
| This was too slow. I decided to give her chance. I have watched her on tv and done workouts with her long ago. I have been looking for a boot camp video that is equal to my boot camp class but haven't found it yet. It just seemed more like a cardio class that was kicked up a notch or two...not really challenging, didn't break a sweat - posted by Nell on 8/12/2008 |
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| meh. |
| I do this workout only every once in a while when I just want something light, or as a warmup to something more substantial. It's not going to challenge most intermediates, in my opinion. Denise's cueing is consistently terrible, and it's hard to not feel bad for her scrambling backup people. I am always distracted by the blond ponytail girl behind denise on the viewers left - she is amazingly unenthusiastic about moving her body. - posted by carol on 8/5/2008 |
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| Pleasantly surprised, but.... |
| I expected not to like this video, as Denise's personality is way too sugary on most of her other videos. I will definitely say that I do not agree with her warm up. Do your own warm up first, then skip hers and go straight to the workout section. She has you doing push ups and impact aerobics in the warmp up, and for being AFAA certified, that is truly improper. Her cuing is also off. She would start a new move without telling you. There were moments when you have to get equipment, going back and forth between cardio, weights, and floor work, so have your equipment close by, and move fast. My surprise to me was her exercises are very good, effective and unique. I could definitely see and feel how each body part will get worked out well. You definitely sweat but truly, its not super challenging. Its great to split up in doable time frames if short on time, or you can do the whole thing (just 50 minutes). But the workout goes by so fast, and with doing boot camp training, I was not wondering 'when is it going to be over.' I love her flexibility section at the end, it is so unique and very thorough. There are segments that I have to modify for myself but otherwise its very enjoyable. - posted by Sher on 6/8/2008 |
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| A great work out for your legs |
| I bought this dvd thinking that it would be more cardio but it was mostly lunges and squats...both of which I'm not fond of. But Denise is so upbeat and fun and the reps are low with cardio drills in between so it makes it a lot easier. I'm glad I have found a work out that will motivate me to do leg work because it is my least favorite. The arms sections don't do much but the abs sections are good and the cardio drills definitely keep my heart rate up. I didn't care for the "new" method of her stretches at the end where you have to keep moving to "release" the muscle...I loved her old style of stretching like the ones in her Lifetime shows. All in all this is a solid work out for your legs and having fun with Denise! - posted by T on 6/4/2008 |
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| I was disappointed |
| I've done Denise workouts before so I was aware of her personality quirks before buying this, so that's not what this review is based on. I bought this for the strength interval workout, I'm not reviewing the cardio interval workout. The problems with it are: 1. I would call this beginner level because there is a break between every segment where she says "take a breather." I think an intermediate doesn't need to walk it out and take a breather every 3 minutes. 2. She starts new moves without telling you what to do. In the warm up she said "walk forward and back" so I started walking forward and back, but what she actually wanted was a V step, but she didn't say V step. During one toning section she says "Keep your back strong, okay GO!" I'm like "Go? Go and do what?" It was supposed to be a stiff legged deadlift but she didn't say that first. (Worst of all she didn't even keep her legs stiff, she bent at the knee! I'm not sure what she was trying to do.) I know that you're going to do a workout more than once, in theory you would eventually learn what she wanted you to do. But if you have a lot of videos in a rotation, by the time you get back to this one you'll have the same problem with the messed up cueing. 3. She calls a lot of common moves by weird names, like a plank she calls a hover. 4. I normally don't complain about workouts being short, because I just use a heavier weight and that makes up for the short workout. But with this one, I think all the rest periods cut into the workout because I really felt there weren't enough reps. Crunch Boot Camp Training was a way better 30 minute circuit workout than this one. Better cueing, less rests, more intermediate. - posted by BAGS on 5/8/2008 |
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| This is a fun workout |
| I look forward to doing this workout. I usually do the whole thing, but some days I only do one of the cardio sections and then add on a section from her Target Toners dvd. - posted by Sandra on 4/20/2008 |
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| GOOD BURN! |
| People like to criticize Denise for her perkiness, yappiness and sometimes off-beat prompting. Okay, so it's kind of true. BUT, her work outs are interesting, easy to follow, AND give you a good work-out without damaging your body. I'll take Denise's perkiness over the tangled legs and wrenched backs of other workouts anyday. I went from 242 to 145 working out with Denise. I stopped, got fat, and am now slimming down again with her. She is tried and true!! - posted by Susan on 1/25/2008 |
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| Good and Bad |
| To start with a positive comment - this is definitely one of the best Denise workouts I've ever done. The workout itself is good - really gets your heart pumping. I would recommend doing the whole thing at once to really get a good workout. But, I just don't care for Denise's instructing. She needs to keep better count, focus on form more rather than running at the mouth, and cue a lot better. I think with a different instructor, this workout would get an A, with Denise it's about a B-. - posted by Ce on 1/10/2008 |
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