I'm an active beginner and I've been working out with weights for several months. I've been using this video as a total body, heavy weight, low rep workout. Its great because its so short. Good for times when you over sleep and don't have time to do a longer workout. Its also good because it requires no other equipment than your dumbells. I use 8 pound dumbells for everything except the sholder work. For sholders, I use 5 pound dumbells.

As I have become more advanced, I'm not positive anymore that this is a heavy weight, low rep workout versus an endurance type of tape. The reps do seem slow enough that you can go as heavy as you need on the weights.

The most recent time I did this tape the leg work didn't seem to be quite tough enough. But the tape does a pretty thorough job of working your biceps, triceps, sholders, lats, quadracepts and abs. The workout starts with lunges, squats and calf raises combined with some upper-body work. Then you lay down on the floor for chest flies and lat work. You also do some interesting hamstring work as described by another reviewer here. I haven't really felt this in my muscles yet.

The tape is one of the most annoying I own. It has an actual whoop-track like a laugh track. I guess they have to overdub the whooping since the particpants other than the instructor aren't miked.

My favorite part of this tape is the ab work which is quite thorough and intense. You do regular crunches and then progress to extra intense crunches in which you raise higher and hold for 3 counts. Then you do reverse curls and oblique curls.

Overall, despite it's annoyances, I think this is a good total body workout for such a short tape. Its especially good for beginners.

-Jennine

Instructor Comments:
This is the most annoying instructor with whom I have worked out. There is something about her intonations that stay with me all day when I do this tape. I also disliked the way she talked about how these exercises will make you look good in a mini skirt or bikini. The annoying aspects aside, she provides good form pointers.

Jennine