Total Body Workout

Tom Holland
Year Released: 1999

Categories: Circuit Training (cardio and weights) , Total Body Workouts


Ok, Tom Holland, you're pretty good. This is a no-nonsense circuit weight workout that covers each muscle group. The time went by very quickly and I felt he had covered it all. The warmup is just one minute of cardio followed by a few stretches. Tom then began alternating sculpting exercises for legs, upper body, abs and pushups, adding in 30 second cardio bursts (I chose to do jump roping, while Tom did pendulum swings).

What I liked was that Tom did the weights slowly, telling you to increase or decrease weight as you saw fit. I used a combination of 8, 10, 12 and 15 (back row) lbs. I was sweating by the end of the workout and it was short enough that it made me want to come back and do it again another day. It was not grueling, but comprehensive.

The set is plain and it is just you and Tom, but the music was noticeably good - very motivating.

Best part of the workout was how Tom had you do two sets of the upper body exercises (separated by leg exercises such as squats and lunges) and then you did 30 sec. of cardio followed by abs and most times pushups. It did not bother me to go to the floor after cardio, since it was short and rather lite cardio, not a full 20-30 minutes. He then put everything together at the end in groups of upper body, all abs, all legs and pushups for the final and third sets. Very nicely done.

The only negative was that the stretches were too short for me. I also decided to add weights to the lunges and squats, while Tom did not (he suggested the participant could add weights if they chose to).



Instructor Comments:
Tom's personality is very pleasant and he is working hard throughout the video. He even said at one point how he was sweating and that the cameras were not stopping. He knows his form and gives good cues throughout.

Janet O'Neil

06/30/2003