Jillian Michaels
I received this DVD yesterday and tried it this morning. It's a short workout, only
35 minutes long. This is definitely a circuit workout. You can't lift heavy at all,
the reps are too fast. Jillian doesn't holler and scream like she does on the Biggest
Loser. She really motivates the background exercisers to push themselves past the
comfort zone. There are 4 background exercisers, two female and two male. One female
does everything beginner level. I'm not sure of the exact order of the exercises
but here is the breakdown from what I remember:
Warm up
push ups
plank/knee in-out
pec flye
abs - oblique twists
squat
mountain climber
jumping jacks with military press using light weights
rear lunge with front kick
plie - 10 times and then hold for 10 count (long 10 count)
REPEAT
tricep dip
abs on step (bring knees in to chest and back out)
alternating lunge with side lateral raise
squat thrust
tricep kickbacks
stationary lunge with triceps
jump rope
abs - bicycle
standing mountain climber
inner thigh sitting on step
REPEAT
stretch
The warm up actually has some high impact work in it. You do standing leg raises
trying to touch the opposite hand, 30 times, lateral jump side to side, into a small
plyo lunge on the step and then the plyo lunge on the side of the step. It really
gets your heart rate up quickly. You repeat that twice through and then go right
into the workout. The ending stretches consist of a chest stretch, quad stretch,
shoulder stretch and tricep stretch.
I consider myself to be advanced and I worked up quite a sweat with this little
workout.
Instructor comments:
I really like Jillian's personality. I think she is a great motivator and makes
me push myself.
Dawn Henson
9-28-05
