This is a 20 minute DVD that comes with the pink Gaiam weighted gloves (1# each). These are the same gloves that came with the 10 Minute Solution Knockout Body, and are a good quality. While I wish the workout were longer, it was one intense little workout! Cardiomama already gave a thorough review of the DVD, so I’m just going to add my opinions.

Like Cardiomama, I used this workout in conjunction with other workouts (in today’s case, Firm Zen in Ten-one chapter, and Jackie Warner’s Xtreme Abs). This is the new Firm – short and intense bursts with a cardio emphasis (usually high impact) and quick moving multi-muscle exercises. I am thinking this is a hint of what the Firm Express series will be (I’m waiting for retail but have read up on it) and it is really a change of pace from the Firm workouts I have used (BBH, BSS series, and the Pinks). Wow! I love those workouts, but I love the change of pace too. I’m intermediate right now and this workout was a challenge for me – doable but even 20 minutes had me sweating and panting.

Rebekah does NOT waste any time. The warm up is brief, the main workout is basically a lot of sports drills (no choreographed cardio tunes here) and reminded me a lot of 10 Minute Solution Rapid Results Fat Burner with Cat (the Power Sports Drills chapter). If you liked that workout, you will like this. The workout isn’t AS kickboxing inspired as I had assumed, there are two repeated sets of roundhouse kicks, and some punches, but mostly it consists of lunge and squat variations with lots of large range of motion arm movements to engage the core. I was very pleased with how Rebekah intensified the core work in this one, and the planks at the end were great as well. I can see myself reaching for this one often, as a standalone cardio workout or as part of a longer workout. Like I said, my one and only complaint is that I wish the workout was longer – even 30 minutes would have been awesome. Overall grade A!

Instructor Comments:
Rebekah did “WOOO” a lot (and there was one time that it was earsplitting) and she did say “listen up/now listen” a lot as well, but it wasn’t overly distracting. I could do without the WOOS but I’m not going to let it cheat me out of a great workout. She moved very quickly from move to move but kept the viewer up to pace with her cues. She mirror cues as well. All in all I think she’s a very good instructor.

Emily B.