30 Minutes to Fitness: Weights

Kelly Coffey-Meyer
Year Released: 2008

Categories: Total Body Workouts


I am reviewing this workout after doing the Full Body Premix once.

One aspect of Kelly's style is that she seems to do always to do two sets of an exercise interspersed with a set of legs or an alternate body part. She does the same here. The Full Body Premix consisted of 1 exercise per body part, two sets interspersed with a set of another exercise. This method prompted me to do the leg sections (and I almost never work lower body with weights, due to hip and low back issues - parenthetically the lower body exercises in this workout did not cause me any exacerbation in pain level). The ab section is not included in the premix.

Just like most of Kelly's workouts I have done, this gets the job done. I felt nicely worked out afterwords, but the workout didn't kill me or go overkill, and I didn't get bored and want to finish early. The exercises were tried and true without any unusual variations except for the "lawnmower pulls" which I tend to find a bit odd, however I did have sore lats the next day so they did something different!

Music: Music can sometimes either make or break a workout for me. The music here didn't stand out for me one way or another. I do have the impression of, at one time thinking "oh, I really like this song," but overall the music didn't impress me as being either great or terrible.

Overall I really liked this workout. It is a keeper and will be definitely be doing it again.

Instructor Comments:
I really like Kelly's style. She is upbeat, professional, down to earth and a joy to work out with. I love that she is not over the top. I like Kelly a lot for weight training, but I also keep an eye on Lauren. Kelly is not too chatty and doesn't go overboard with instruction. She seems to hit a really nice middle ground for me.

ivorygorgon

04/03/2011