Mindy Mylrea
This workout is split up into three 30 minute
sections. One uses weights and a step
bench, another tubing, and the third uses
your own body weight. Each section focuses
10 minutes on lower body, upper body and
core. The warmup is about 5.5 minutes and
the cooldown is 7.5 minutes. In theory this
seems like a really good workout. You can
pick and choose what you want to work in a
day, and make a customized workout. It’s
good if you are short on time, or you want a
no nonsense workout without any fillers.
I have done this workout a few times, and
before I do it I usually grumble about it. It’s
not that it is a crummy workout, it’s just that
I don’t usually want to pick and choose what
segments to do. This workout was designed
to have the exerciser be the one in control,
but I often feel like I will never work my
muscles to exhaustion if I let myself pick and
choose. But this is never true when I actually
do the work...as anyone who has done a
Mindy weight routine should be able to tell
you! Even though the workout moves
smoothly along, I really feel like it is
segmented too much. I just start to get into
working my lower body and it’s over before I
know it. And then it’s on to something else
for only 10 minutes. I guess that’s what my
main complaint is for the 10 Minute Workout
DVDs too; they are great when you are short
on time, but kind of odd when you want to
do them all at once.
Instructor comments:
I like Mindy. She is not chatty at all in this
workout, which I miss. I also don’t think she
miss-cued anything during any of the
segments. To me, Mindy as the queen of lower
body strengthening and plank-type work. Your
triceps and your quadriceps will be on FIRE in
this workout!
Lulu Belle
4/27/06
I like the set-up of this DVD. There is a warmup, followed by a variety of 10 minute segments. Upper body, lower body and core -- with the choice of weights, tubing or no weight.
I have only done some of the segments so far, but feel like I've had a good workout. At first, I was worried that the tubing sections would be no good because Mylrea was using sort of a short tube shaped like the number eight. I used one of my spare Dynastretch tubes, tied a knot in it and made it sort of like what she was using. This worked just fine, but I also had to use a regular tube for some of the other exercises. The weight work all seems to be your average weight work. The exercises without weight seemed a bit like a lot of different yoga-type poses.
This is my first Mindy Mylrea workout. So far, I like what I see.
Instructor comments:
The instructor is a bit overly chatty, especially during the warm-up. She would annoy me, but the workout is so good that I can overlook it...this time...
Lady D
7/28/06