With strength work, I am an intermediate exerciser, who doesn’t really want to move up to advanced work. Most of the time, I do traditional strength work with weight. However, I have enjoyed branching out into Pilates and workouts on the ball as well. I have a decent number of fusion and/or “Pilates-inspired” workouts which I enjoy on light days.

Other reviewers have described this workout pretty well, so I’ll just add my thoughts. This is a workout I would give a positive review to. Ellen leads the workout well and pleasantly. The set and production values are good. There was only one background exerciser I watched because I wondered how/if her pants would stay up given how low-riding they were. My heart rate was elevated during parts of the workout with the weights.

And, you will be seeing this DVD on my next trade list. It was good, but simply not good enough to keep my attention or motivate me to work out with it. Plus, it did get repetitive for me as she repeated the sets multiple times. I enjoy her Fatburning Pilates workout more, even though that workout’s start seems much slower to me. It seemed to have more of a “fun factor” for me.

Instructor Comments:
She is a good instructor: cues well, is engaging, describes moves descriptively.

Laura S.