The Reviews Are In
After much agony the stupid workout videos finally arrived. In an effort to rationalize not jogging today I decided to do all of the videos so that I would know what they are all about. Not a good idea.
Jillian Michaels: Picture rabid rabbits jumping and hopping around on speed while lunging, weight lifting, power kicking, and doing manic jumping jacks. Hmmmm. The workout is excruciatingly difficult and definitely kicks butt. The problems are that Dear Jillian doesn't know her left from her right. So when she says right she should be moving her left so that you mirror her. Instead, she moves her right. Sheesh. She is not very good with giving directions either. She just yells "Hollow Man, now, in the floor, go, go, go" and your just thinking "What the @#$T% is she talking about" and by the time you figure it out you have to rewind. Very annoying. I don't like her style either. She likes to sit on the men's chests and give them crap. Very junior high like. Overall this is a very high intensity cardio workout combined with strength training. It's a great way to burn tons of calories on those days you don't feel like going to run.
Kathy Smith: "Weight Training to Lose Weight". I can see why Kathy is a bestseller. Picture a very polite air hostess giving very concise directions on how to exit a burning plane while remaining calm, graceful, and beautiful while all you are thinking is "Please Let This Be Over" I think I like the way her body looks the most too. Michaels looks a little bit hard while Kathy (although much older) looks very feminine. Of course, the fake boobs probably help in that department too. Overall an excellent upper and lower body workout to tone and strengthen. The DVD comes with 4 total workouts and she is very smart because she each one you can vary use different weights so that you never plateau. It's an excellent system because you could use it and vary your routine for a long time. Definitely worth the money and I could see myself doing this after a run to strengthen up. Each workout is only 20 minutes so it's very easy to squeeze in.
Dennise Richards: Imagine you are on Mars with huge big silver shining plastic balls floating around. This is her set. It's very odd. The other 2 have these neat loft like sets with wood floors and brick walls but her set has these weird shapes everywhere with odd colors. I didn't actually do her workout because after 80 minutes of hell I'd had enough. Her "Shrinking Female Fat Zones" seems to incorporate more pilates and calisthenics than anything else. This is a good balance because Jillian will be cardio, Kathy will be toning, and Dennise can be flexibility. The bad part is I don't think this woman looks very fit or toned (I'm very critical of course). Not only that she speaks a lot with her eyes. So when ever she emphasizes something her eyes bug out. Her voice is very rhaspy kind of like a WWF announcer or something. Some of her moves remind me of the seniors workout you can sometimes catch on PBS. It's all very disconcerting because it's a bug eyes WWF workout doing senior moves in space. Who knows. I can see myself doing this occasionally. I think the Windsor Pilates videos I have may be a bit better.
Overall I'm very please as now I have tons of variation to keep me motivated and to keep my muscles energized.
Jillian Michaels: Picture rabid rabbits jumping and hopping around on speed while lunging, weight lifting, power kicking, and doing manic jumping jacks. Hmmmm. The workout is excruciatingly difficult and definitely kicks butt. The problems are that Dear Jillian doesn't know her left from her right. So when she says right she should be moving her left so that you mirror her. Instead, she moves her right. Sheesh. She is not very good with giving directions either. She just yells "Hollow Man, now, in the floor, go, go, go" and your just thinking "What the @#$T% is she talking about" and by the time you figure it out you have to rewind. Very annoying. I don't like her style either. She likes to sit on the men's chests and give them crap. Very junior high like. Overall this is a very high intensity cardio workout combined with strength training. It's a great way to burn tons of calories on those days you don't feel like going to run.
Kathy Smith: "Weight Training to Lose Weight". I can see why Kathy is a bestseller. Picture a very polite air hostess giving very concise directions on how to exit a burning plane while remaining calm, graceful, and beautiful while all you are thinking is "Please Let This Be Over" I think I like the way her body looks the most too. Michaels looks a little bit hard while Kathy (although much older) looks very feminine. Of course, the fake boobs probably help in that department too. Overall an excellent upper and lower body workout to tone and strengthen. The DVD comes with 4 total workouts and she is very smart because she each one you can vary use different weights so that you never plateau. It's an excellent system because you could use it and vary your routine for a long time. Definitely worth the money and I could see myself doing this after a run to strengthen up. Each workout is only 20 minutes so it's very easy to squeeze in.
Dennise Richards: Imagine you are on Mars with huge big silver shining plastic balls floating around. This is her set. It's very odd. The other 2 have these neat loft like sets with wood floors and brick walls but her set has these weird shapes everywhere with odd colors. I didn't actually do her workout because after 80 minutes of hell I'd had enough. Her "Shrinking Female Fat Zones" seems to incorporate more pilates and calisthenics than anything else. This is a good balance because Jillian will be cardio, Kathy will be toning, and Dennise can be flexibility. The bad part is I don't think this woman looks very fit or toned (I'm very critical of course). Not only that she speaks a lot with her eyes. So when ever she emphasizes something her eyes bug out. Her voice is very rhaspy kind of like a WWF announcer or something. Some of her moves remind me of the seniors workout you can sometimes catch on PBS. It's all very disconcerting because it's a bug eyes WWF workout doing senior moves in space. Who knows. I can see myself doing this occasionally. I think the Windsor Pilates videos I have may be a bit better.
Overall I'm very please as now I have tons of variation to keep me motivated and to keep my muscles energized.
posted by bobette @ 12:10 PM
1 Comments:
At 3:52 PM ,
Megan said...
Wow. If I'd ordered three tapes, it would take me a good three months to watch the first one alone. I can't believe you did two and watched the other. It takes me so long to get up the motivation to try them. The Kathy Smith one sounds the best to me.
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