This workout is a follow-up to Kathy’s earlier Timesaver Weights release, but it is very different in structure and feel. There are two 20-minute workouts (plus a bonus ball workout) but the format is the only similarity. As far as the exercises go, Kathy uses some kind of odd core twists and such for added challenge. These did not entirely work for me---even Kathy had to pause mid-set to adjust her posture, and I just felt these twist things were a needless complication.

Anyway, the warm-up is fairly standard stuff, marches and toe touches with arm motions etc. nothing fancy. Then we have a standing leg section that involves regular squats and one-leg squats with some balance work. You do the regular squats, then a longish set all on the right set, then repeat on the left. Then there is a section with a chair where you do extensions to varying tempo. There is a short lower body stretch too.

The upper body section was the really weird one. You do one set each of two shoulder exercises, one biceps exercise and one for triceps. First you do it while balancing on one leg and twisting to the right, then you repeat it while twisting to the left. The twist part was weird and distracted me from the weight work so I quickly abandoned it. Then you do one set of one-arm rows, and a set of chest presses. Then you move to the floor for a push-up and body weight sequence and a short stretch.

The dvd version has a bonus ball workout which I have not done and which is also 20 minutes. There have been a lot of reports on the forum about people having trouble accessing it. Basically, you need to move the cursor in the main menu onto the little arrow beside the resume button to page up to the next screen.

My overall verdict on this dvd is that it is just okay. There are much better choices out there. Kathy is a competent instructor but I personally tend to prefer a higher-rep approach and the twisty stuff was just goofy. I’ll keep this dvd so as not to break up my set, but I doubt I will use it very frequently.

Joanna