This is the third circuit workout of 12 in the Body Revolution series. Jillian leads a cast of diverse (in terms of body type, age, race and gender) backgrounders in a "front of body" workout hitting chest, shoulders and triceps, quads and core/abs. There is a brief dynamic warmup and cooldown/stretch at the end. You'll need dumbbells - they use 3-8# but you can go heavier - and a mat. One exercise uses light-tension tubing but you can substitute dumbbells. I clocked the active warmup plus workout at 33 minutes.

As in the other circuit workouts in Body Revolution, the format is: a strength circuit, 1-minute cardio interval, repeat the circuit, then move on to the next one. There are four circuits total.

Unlike front-of-body Workout 1, which had mostly isolation exercises, Workout 3 focuses on compound moves and lots and lots and LOTS of plank variations. This is a wrist-heavy workout, so if you have wonky wrists you'll want to plan some substitutions or do the plank work on pushup stands or Hex dumbbells. Jillian has backgrounders show some basic modifications, like going to the knees for pushups instead of the toes, but for the rest you'll have to come up with your own ideas.

This is a jump up in intensity from Workout 1. Pushups are on the toes and all the plank work - walk outs into planks, plank to a crescent pose (low forward lunge), elevator planks in which you go from hand to forearm, then back up to hand - are on the toes. Two moves are tricky: I find the standing chest press with the band to be ineffective for chest but a burner/strain for shoulders, so I substitute lying chest flyes or chest press with heavy dumbbells. Jillian also does triceps dips while in reverse tabletop, which aggravate my shoulders; I do single-arm crossbody kickbacks instead. All the weight moves are high rep, in the 14-20+ rep range depending on your pace, so lighter weights are better.

Instructor Comments:
Jillian is motivating and clear in her explanations/cueing. She does very little of the workout, usually starting out the first reps and then walking around to give form tips with her backgrounders as visual aid.

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