Get Ripped to the Core

Jari Love
Year Released: 2006

Categories: Total Body Workouts


This was my first experience with Jari Love's workouts. For the most part I liked it.
RTTC is a 60 minute strength routine that works multiple muscle groups with combination exercises. For example, Jari has you do a side squat with a lateral raise. The net effect of this is that your heart rate will be raised more than with a standard strength routine.
Jari kept explaining that this workout is high rep/light weight, but I did not feel that I needed to go particularly light for it. By comparison, for Gilad's Cuts and Curves I do go lighter than I usually do with most strength workouts. I usually stuck with the weight Jari was using, but for some exercises I went higher.
Following a warm up that has you use light weights (similar to Cathe's Power Hour warm up), Jari goes through 11 circuits that are about 5 minutes each. Well, actually they are 1 minute of instruction, 4 minutes of actual exercises. Jari begins with the largest muscle groups and works her way down to the triceps. Abs finish off the routine.
What I liked: The workout was pretty thorough, it goes by relatively quickly, and not a lot of equipment was required --participants are shown using dumbbells, barbells, or weight plates. (A step bench is also useful.) Jari also has someone performing modifications or a substitute move. This is helpful.
The music is decent. I've heard it all before, but it provided a good beat for strength training.
What I didn't like: All the talk about calories and/or carbohydrates burned. Whatever. As if it can be easily quantified.
Jari's frequent assertions like "Ladies, you're not going to be building bulk." Again, whatever.
The background wall with words such as "persist" and "intensity" written on it was really corny.
And finally, Could they not have the instruction as its own chapter? It is a little annoying to have to FF through each little tutorial.
Still, I see myself using this one with some frequency. It's a decent strength routine and not too boring.

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Roz

03/20/2008