I got this video hoping for a short but intense circuit workout. And boy does it ever deliver! Scott Helvenston is a former Navy SEAL and a personal trainer. He works out on a beach with one man and one woman. The aerobic intervals are all either jumping jacks, quad box runs or quad box hops, repeated many times. The strength intervals include several different varieties of pushups,crunches, and pullups (but the woman in the video substitutes weight work for the pullups and I do the same). Scott counts off the reps:"uh-one, two, thu-ree, four". Some people may find this irritating. I found that it helped to keep me going, and with this workout, I need all the help I can! There is music in the background, but they don't bother to keep in time. Scott keeps you focused on the exercises, and only makes a couple of extraneous comments, like "This workout is the wave of the future". If you need constant variety in your workouts, this is decidedly not the video for you, but if you like simple athletic moves that get the job done quickly, then I recommend this tape. I'm going on vacation in a week, and I plan to bring this along, because it is the type of video that can be done anywhere.

Instructor Comments:
VERY buff. He doesn't really explain the moves, but they are so easy he really doesn't need to. Some may find his counting off annoying, but I'm working too hard to pay attention!

Sasha Castel