This is a review for 30 Hi 30 Lo – Trilogy 1

Main Menu – 30 Hi 30 Lo, English subtitles, Spanish subtitles

Set, Music, & Exercisers -The set is nice, light, and airy looking. There are some 20 Minute Body banners on the back wall and it’s not cluttered looking and the exercisers aren’t too close together. The music is instrumental and I can’t recall it at all which means it was neither really good nor really bad. I do remember that it helped pace the workout nicely. Brett works out with 4 background exercisers. There is 1 man and 3 women and all are wearing athletic tops and bottoms and no one is noticeably mugging for the camera or acting in an obnoxious fashion. One woman shows lesser impact modifications.

Equipment – a mat is required if working out on a hardwood floor or slick surface. Have a towel and water bottle close by because you’re going to sweat in this workout.

Warm Up – This is the same warm up throughout the series. The moves include forward fold to plank, cat/cow, spider lunge w/ a twist, sumo squat to forward fold, sumo squat w/ twist, 8 jumping jacks.

Main Workout – This is a predominantly cardio workout with a bit of strength work to give it a metabolic component. As the title would suggest, this workout has 30 seconds of work followed by 30 seconds of active recovery. There are 5 exercises that make up this workout. Each time you complete the 5 exercises is a round and there are 4 rounds in this workout. Each time through the exercises you are shown options of how to progress the exercise to make it more challenging. The exercises are below.

Side to side burpee
Jump lunges
Plyo push-ups
High knee run
Low to high plank

Cool down – This is the same cool down throughout the series and uses a towel to help increase the stretch. Stretches include seated twist, laying glute/low back, laying hamstring, laying figure 4, and laying twist.

Overall Impressions: I found this workout to be challenging and fun. I liked the 5 exercises repeating but with slight variations each round to keep it interesting. I didn’t have to think about choreography at 5:30 am! I did about 60% of the workout following Brett and the other 40% following the modifier and doing it this way thought it was a solid high intermediate/low advanced workout. If you follow Brett and really push the pace, advanced exercisers will find this a very effective shorter workout. The modifier showed variations with less impact, not without impact, so those folks with knee and wrist issues may need to modify even further. That being said, I think as done by the modifier this is a high beginner/low intermediate workout. If you’re okay with drill based cardio workouts, this one is a winner!

Instructor Comments:
While not as animated as he was in 4x4, Brett is still very enthusiastic and energetic in this workout. There are quite a few fist bumps, loud ‘UHs’, and ‘whoos’ that let the at home exerciser know Brett is into the workout. I don’t remember any cartwheels or other extravagant movements that could be distracting. Most of Brett’s talk during the workout is on working at your pace, what modifications you can do if your wrists or knees are troublesome, and offering encouragement. I found him to be really motivating and encouraging and was happy to see that he was as gassed as I was at the end of the workout.

Sabine Reuter