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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Highly recommended!, 22 Jan 2009
I was very, very pleased with this workout! Mel B is a revelation as a fitness instructor and unlike other celebrities, she leads the routines without using a trainer, completely owning the programme, very inspiring!
The location is fantastic to look at, outdoors, blue skies and you can even hear the ocean in some parts! There's just the right mix of men and women working out behind Mel and if you look closely, you'll see that one will be doing a low, medium or high impact version of a particular exercise.
The workout is ingeniously organised in that you can programme which parts to do each session. There is 5-minute warm up and cool down (essential to do both of these each time), a 15 minute cardio workout, a 20 minute more advanced total body workout cardio section, then separate sections for arms, tums, legs and bums, all lasting about 10 minutes each. At the moment, I do the warm up, 15 minute cardio, arms and legs then cool down which takes 50 minutes and the next time I swap arms and legs for bums and tums. There's a good mix of familiar moves, plus some new and updated exercises, all of which are carried out in repetitions of 1 minute each or 30 seconds for the floor work. Most of the exercises follow low impact cross training, so you work on specific areas for a short period and carry out multiple reps before quickly moving onto the next set of movements. The cardio sections (especially advanced cardio) include fat burning along with a complete body workout.
Mel cheerfully moans all the way through it which has the effect of making you feel that she is working alongside you whilst reassuring you that the burn you're experiencing is normal, plus she is extremely good at leading and keeps your motivation going all the way through with her infectious and down to earth enthusiasm. She also includes optional non-expensive items to help you get the most of your workout, like using bottled water or cans as weights (would suggest using a bottle that is easy to grip, one that is indented in some way) and a kitchen chair is needed for the legs section.
The music is nothing to get excited about, but like other reviewers I was concentrating hard on getting to the end of each set of reps and found I was listening for Mel's reassuring, 'you're half way there, only 10 more to do' more than focusing on the music.
Overall, I am very happy with this. It's been very much planned to accommodate the audience, and pleasingly, there has been alot of thought given to keeping you motivated, not only does Mel excel here, but also the sessions are so intense, you'll be concentrating so hard that you won't notice how quickly the time goes, plus you can mix and match your workout to suit. If you are new to regular exercise or out of condition, then work at your own speed and build up from 30 minutes at the start, to a 50 minute workout, 4 times a week. It's inspiring to see how much you can improve over a 4-week period!
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