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Jillian's Biggest Winner Cardio Kick Box |
  Good as an add-on |
| In my early stages of fitness, this literally kicked my behind. Now that I've been into the swing of things a bit longer, it's still great, but I use it as an add-on instead of solo, on days that i do weight training. (I'll do this and then an hour long weight workout.)
No, it's not nearly as hard/intense as she plays it up to be - but I think that may be in part to motivate beginners - to make them feel like they've truly accomplished something by completing this workout. And they have. =) - posted by NJ on 10/29/2008 |
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| I liked it! |
| No, this isn't the hardest workout ever made- but that was kind of the point- I think. Collage's reviews described the workout accurately so what do people expect? I consider myself to be advanced and I broke a sweat AND got my heart rate up. Yes, it is short, but let me just say that I have done the hard-core 60-90 minute workouts with Cathe F, Amy B, and Sharon Twombly 5-6 days a week and it is a nice break. More power to those of you who can keep up that kind of routine b/c for 6 months I exercised 5-6 days a week, 60-90 minute workouts and guess what, I got burned out and it took a toll on my body/joints and I'm only 25! I still do those workouts, just not everyday. I even just about stopped exercising for a couple months b/c of it. So now I do about 3-4 hours per week of exercise videos- some are 30mins some 90 minutes and it really made me ENJOY exercising again. - posted by Amanda on 9/10/2008 |
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| Boring |
| This is like an elementary school gym class- kick to the front, kick to the back, do jumping jacks. Lacks the combo moves that are common in kickboxing. Avoid this unless you want something super, super easy to follow. Go with the Firm, Prevention or Michelle Dozois. - posted by Barbara on 9/8/2008 |
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| Good Warm Up |
| I would consider this more of a beginners work out. If you're an intermediate or advanced exerciser this is a good warm up. Some toning programs don't have enough warm up, so this short program gets me good & warm so I can do some toning. Straight forward drill style basic exercises. If you need something to get you moving in the morning and don't want to "think", this is a good DVD for that. It's beautifully basic. - posted by Jess on 9/7/2008 |
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| Looks like elementary school gym class |
| It so boring, and the moves are so basic, I cant believe it. Kick to the front, kick to the back, kick to the side. Then a jumping jack. No combination moves that are so common in kickboxing- jab, knee, front kick, etc. If this was an unknown doing this dvd, it never would have made it to the market. I'm used to the Firm and Prevention, which you know are very diversed. Dont buy this unless you are looking for something extremely easy to follow. - posted by Barbara on 9/6/2008 |
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| The one instructor I LIKE |
| Being a beginner beginner I don't think I'm qualified to comment on intensity or difficulty but for me this is HARD. I finish but am dead by the end. I do it anyway because I LIKE it, and that is a small miracle. I can't stand videos that are too dolled-up or just talk at you like they're reading cue cards, and don't like choreography that doesn't seem to serve much purpose. None of that here. For comparison, the only other videos I used to kind of like were Denise Austin (like WATP), but Jillian makes her look like my grandma. Jillian's definitely got my "real person" vote, and I find her very motivating - a really great mix of friendly and fierce. - posted by Samantha on 8/28/2008 |
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| More intensity more of a challenge PLEASE! |
| I am inter to advanced, I am a "Jari Love" girl but need cardio on the off days so I tried this out. I was super pumped when she kept saying in the beginning this is going to be tough so get ready and it fully fizzled after that. Only 18 min of cardio should have been my indication that this was not going to be tough. I was pretty disappointed but not so much with Jillian- as an instructor she was fine and I didn't mind her laughing it was sort of motivating, what I did mind was that I needed at least half an hour of cardio not 18 min. On the upside, this would be a great workout for beginners getting back into the swing of things! And I did sweat....maybe this would be good for those days where I would rather pull all my teeth than work out :) - posted by Michelle on 8/13/2008 |
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| good! |
| As a person with 2 very left feet I really enjoyed the easy to follow sport drills. People liking complex kickbox choreography will be bored. It is fairly hi impact and fast moving. I am 56 and in fairly good shape and was able to complete it all the first time. I plan to do it daily as I get easily bored and the constant change of drills keeps my interest up plus it's not too long. - posted by Dulcy on 7/10/2008 |
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| Loved it! |
| I consider myself an intermediate exerciser. I'm 41, and in fair shape for my age (I can still do cartwheels). I prefer workouts that are bootcamp-style or athletic as I have absolutely no rhythm whatsoever. I couldn't dance if my life depended on it! I've never seen the show, but heard how good Jillian is, so I figured I had nothing to lose to try it out. I received it today and she suggested just watching the DVD first, which I did. It was tough! The moves weren't hard to do, but she does them fairly quick so that was a bit hard to keep up with. I wasn't sure I was going to make it through the warm-up, but I did. I managed to complete the whole workout. The time flew by. I will definitely be buying more of her DVDs! - posted by Cathy on 6/11/2008 |
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| Good for a Quick Cardio Workout! |
| I´m travelling so I bought a bunch of DVDs to keep up my work out routine, including this one. I felt it was too short, but I usually do about an hour of cardio and this one is not even 30 minutes. However, in those 30 minutes, I think I got in a pretty good cardio workout. With my heart rate monitor, I know that I´ve burned about my average amount of calories that is usual for me. And I actually like her style, and her laugh doesn´t bother me much. - posted by Morgane on 5/27/2008 |
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