Reviewed the day after doing the workout for the first time:

Weights (30 Minutes to Fitness Weights) is my favorite resistance training from KCM. It is infact, one of my all time best resistance training DVDs. It has high energy music, short, effective sets of weight training and brilliant "active rest" options between sets. I have never been able to pop in the dvd and stop with one workout. I end up doing both workouts back-to-back and then doing all the floor abs active rests and low-impact-cardio active rests too.

Why am I starting a review of YBB with a description of Weights? Because YBB reminds me of Weights. It has the same non-stop action with active rests between weight training. But KCM does not repeat herself. YBB has enough differences to make it worth getting even if you have other KCM resistance training DVDs.

I did both workouts on YBB back to back yesterday. I have yet to try the premixes and the yoga.

I dont like Body Pump style weight training. Endless reps at various tempos is not my thing. I enjoy Body Pump while working out, but dont see the same results as I would with less reps and heavier weight.

YBB has a bit of a Body Pump feel, but I find it much more intelligent because it has supersetting. For example, Kelly does alternating arm movements immediately following a set where you work both arms together. You get micro rests even when you are supersetting which makes it more intense than endless bilateral reps. You can use a higher weight because of the mico rest.

I absolutely loved the back and shoulder work. The bicep and tricep racks are great.

My initial impression is that the Standing Abs Rests in Weights is better. The Plank sections of active rest in YBB (on both Workout 1 and Workout 2) are fantastic. I really felt the burn. Perhaps I will appreciate the other standing ab rests more, as I do this DVD more and more. What I like about Weights is how much I feel the movement in the wasit. YBB is more functional rather than isolating on the Standing Abs, so I may like it more as I try it again.

I must be a stickler for classic moves. In Workout 1, the exercises for Chest are certainly different from how the Chest is worked in most gym style workouts, but I could not engage my pectoral muscles effectively. Workout 2 has flys and presses supersetted. I think that is a great, if "same old" way to work Chest. The next time I may go slower so I can go heavier, instead of keeping pace with Kelly.

I love to work my legs. There is a lot of leg work in YBB. Every upper body superset is followed by a lower body superset. I like classic lower body training with a controlled pace and heavy weights. KCM tends to move fast rather than heavy in lower body training. I loved the deadlifts on both workouts. For the rest, I like to use a heavier weight and I will do 1 rep for every two by Kelly next time so that I can go heavier.

YBB (like everything else from Coffey Fit) is a smart, efficient way to train.

The premix material is unbelievable. IT makes the DVD amazingly versatile. The two main workouts in themselves are great value for money, and the premixes make this DVD seem like many DVDs.

I feel sore in my lats, shoulders and triceps today. I am strength training regularly so it is rare for me to get post-workout soreness. In both workouts, KCM talks of how she is engaging the lats to give the perception of a slim waist. Today, my back is telling me exactly what she meant.

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