30 Minutes to Fitness: Weights

Kelly Coffey-Meyer
Year Released: 2008

Categories: Total Body Workouts


I enjoy Kelly Coffey-Meyer's 30 Minutes to Fitness series, although I have not clicked with all the workouts. This is one that I have kept because I enjoy it and find it motivating. The two 30 minute workouts are separate splits-style workouts. Usually, I prefer full-body strength workouts but I like this DVD because I find Kelly motivating in these workouts and because the premixes offer a couple of different options for a full-body workout. It's a great use of the premix technology.

A lot of the premixes center around giving different options for active rest portions, options for different types of moves between the strength segments. The next three premixes give options for different mixes that give a full-body workout.

In these workouts, Kelly is backed up by two background exercisers; Lauren is the modifier, although she does less modifications than in some other workouts. These workouts are designed to be heavy strength workouts and I use a set of heavier weights (8-10 pounds at this point) and a set of lighter weights (5-8 pounds at this point). Kelly recommends that beginners use 5 lbs., intermediate 7 lbs., and advanced 10 lbs. I'm coming back from a bad fitness year last year and have moved from beginner level into intermediate territory.

I really like this DVD. Kelly's instruction and cueing are good and she seems passionate about the purpose of this DVD - getting me to work out with heavy weights. And, she succeeds at that.

Instructor Comments:
She's motivating and she cues well. She constructed a good workout with this DVED.

Laura S.

04/20/2015