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Prevention: Shortcuts to Big Weight Loss |
  Nice, varied workout- good music |
| I like the variety and the music. Its 3 sections- cardio/weights, abs and pilates, kickboxing. Pretty easy to learn and a very good, diverse workout. Cueing is good. I really dont know how Leslie Sansone is so popular when you see the diversity of movement in other dvds. - posted by Barbara on 10/2/2008 |
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| Pretty Good! |
| I tried for the first time last week and felt it the next day in my hips! I will agree that some of the moves do go a little fast and the weights section should be slower to focus on proper form. If you're looking for a circuit DVD that is moderate this is a good one. If you're looking for a Circuit or Weight training DVD that is challenging, this is not it. The upper body moves are too fast to focus effectively on strength gains. The lower body moves are pretty good and if you concentrate on the movements, you can really feel it working. - posted by Julia on 9/28/2008 |
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| I like this |
| I like this video on "toning" days. I do the cardio sculpt, then the kickboxing, then I reach for the Firm Total Body Time Crunch. This way I get a little cardio when doing my toning days. I do not like the Pilates section. I skip that every time. - posted by Patty on 8/1/2008 |
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| Too Fast |
| I sometimes like this video; it's a lot of fun and Chris' energy is nice. But it's all so rushed. The squats are done way too quickly to be safe, in my opinion. Some of the exercises in the cardio sculpt segment are done too fast to get the full benefit of the move. Even the background exercisers were losing form and just trying to keep up with Chris. I find during the cardio I just do a march at times while following along with the weighted arm moves because otherwise I'm just swinging my weights at random to keep up with the footwork. The Kickboxing segment is my favorite. I use this vid occasionally, but it's not part of any regular rotation of mine. - posted by JS on 4/9/2008 |
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| Good short workouts |
| I do these workouts on the end of my longer workouts. The way my mornings are I sometimes have 10 minutes left to add something else, and these work great. However, I have always liked Chris Freytag, but this one, she is looking at the cue cards too much. You can tell she is reading them, alot of things she says is not the way a typical person would talk, and I am so distracted thinking she is going to lose her pants because they are so low, that I can't even think about the workout. - posted by mt on 3/31/2008 |
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| I love doing this workout! |
| I bought this a month ago, and realize how frequently i reach for it. It's not that hard, but so what I feel energized and refreshed when I'm done. Chris Freytag looks amazing. - posted by Robin on 2/19/2008 |
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| Quick and Efficient |
| This won't challenge you unless you are a true beginner,but it is fairly well balanced with the weights,strength and the cardio elements. The pilates section should DEFINITELY be at the end so I recommend skipping it till last. I like this because it is quick for those days you don't have an hour or you don't feel like something too taxing. - posted by Kelly on 2/5/2008 |
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| Energizing |
| This is a great, energizing, fun video. I'm sitting at my desk here at work and don't feel that afternoon "slump". The instructor is very encouraging. Some of the choreography is a bit fast and confusing, but I recommend it! - posted by Jessie on 1/15/2008 |
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| just want to make clear about the programming options |
| I just wanted to say that this DVD is not progammable in the sense that on the initial menu you can choose three workouts to do in a particular order and then play them without stopping. However, you can choose the workout you want to do first from the menu, play that, then go back to the menu and choose the second one, then go back to the menu, and choose the third one. You do not have to do the three segments in any particular order. I think this workout is fun, but not terribly difficult. - posted by Barb on 12/8/2007 |
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| Good, but not programmable |
| I purchased this DVD with some hesitation, as Prevention videos have been hit and miss with me. Happily, this was a hit! Chris leads you through 10 minutes each of cardio sculpting, pilates sculpting (which includes some nice ballet leg lifts), and kickboxing sculpting (kicks and punches.) I wish the kickboxing and pilates sections were reversed, or that I be given the option to program my own workout, because my heartrate was up after cardio sculpting, down in pilates sculpting, and back up in kickboxing sculpting. This is probably a beginner-to-intermediate workout ... and since I exercise at about an intermediate level, I was not disappointed with this workout. - posted by Debbie on 10/7/2007 |
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