Ultimate Fat Burning is not quite the “ultimate” in cardio, but does deliver a solid intermediate workout.

The workout is led by Alison Davis. The set is sterile, with four background exercisers. The music is non-intrusive and forgettable. Alison cues pretty well, and I had no trouble following along. There’s no fancy footwork, no plyos, no step bench, and no heavy weights used.

The workout itself starts off kind of boring and repetitive, and through the first two-thirds I was thinking that I wouldn’t be doing this workout very often. But then we got to the kickboxing segment, and I started to have fun. I never felt like I was getting a particularly intense workout, but I was sweating and my heartrate was somewhat elevated. But as soon as I started to get into it, we were cooling down. Another fifteen minutes of cardio would have been great.

We cooled down with some interesting ab work, done standing, and some stretches that felt really good (but were too short). I don’t have any complaints with this workout, other than it should be longer. I didn’t care for the first couple of segments, but I think after doing it a couple more times I could warm up to it. It is not an advanced workout by any means. In fact, it would be difficult to “heavy up” to make it advanced. But still, if you want a short (40 minutes) cardio routine that uses light weights, this is the one for you.

Instructor Comments:
Straightforward, cues well, and very fit. I liked her.

Nagqueen