30 Minutes to Fitness: Circuit Burn

Kelly Coffey-Meyer
Year Released: 2010

Categories: Circuit Training (cardio and weights)


I really, really like this DVD. I hesitate to call it a workout because with two workouts and the premixes on it, the uses for it seem endless.

In recent years, I have gotten into circuit workouts. I really enjoy being able to do one workout and get multiple benefits out of it. This circuit workout is great because she bounces between different emphases - boxing, cardio, legs, and sculpting. She doesn't have you get on the floor, so the heart rate doesn't drop due to that. And, it's just plain fun. Kelly and her backgrounders all seem like they are having fun and getting a good workout at the same time.

Like I said above, the premixes make this DVD an incredible value. My favorites are:

Boxing & Legs (32 Min)
Sculpting & Boxing (32 Min)
Cardio & Legs (33 Min)
Cardio, Boxing, & Sculpting (46 Min)

I follow Lauren in this workout some, but less than other workouts with more high-impact moves. She is incredibly helpful, as usual, in figuring out how to modify the workout to fit my needs. Kelly is informative in this workout in describing the moves and in how she builds the combinations. Multiple times, she starts with a couple of moves and then adds on once those have been learned. It eliminates the learning curve for me when I do this workout.

I am an intermediate exerciser who is in her upper 40s and who has two kinds of arthritis - osteoarthritis of the knees and psoriatic arthritis that mainly affects the hands and wrists. I have no problem doing this workout and almost match Kelly's weights. I usually choose a weight 1-2 pounds lighter than the weights she says she is using.

Instructor Comments:
Kelly is engaging and fun in this workout. She talks like she is talking to me (and sometimes I answer her LOL). I love how she leads a workout video.

Laura S.

08/30/2011