The Method: All in One Workout

Jennifer Kries, Lakey Evans, Alexandra Mckechnie
Year Released: 1997

Categories: Circuit Training (cardio and weights) , Pilates/Core Strength


This is one of the better video's of The Method Series. Lakey does a very thorough warmup with all sorts of stretching that will definately get your muscles warm and stretched out for the warmup. She does ballet moves and standing and floor stretching.

Alexandra does the next section with precision toning using very light 3lb weights with fun dancy choreography for the aerobics. She does a very good job on cueing and teaching the moves. She teaches the moves slow and then you speed it up. The toning was too easy for me but would be nice for a beginner.

Jennifer Kries follows with some serious ab work. I like more traditional crunches. This is method toning using a bar. Some moves are very hard. You have to use your legs. Some of the ab moves are where you do a full sit up which hurts my back. This section goes on and on. You really feel it in your abs. There is no music in this section.

The music is very upbeat tribal drum music that is played live in the background. This video has many other people in the background( 2 males and 4 female). The video was made in EP recording so it has a buzzing noise and sometime my automatic tracking would come on which was annoying.

Instructor Comments:
Jennifer Kries does a good job on the floor toning, she has amazing flexibility. SHe used to be a top ballet dancer. Lakey Evens seemed nervous as she did the warmup. But she has perfect form on all the stretches and tells you what to do. Alexandra Mckechnie does a very good job on the circuit dance section although she got ahead of the back group once. She has an incredibly toned body which is very inspriring. She is very friendly too as she teaches

Mandy Lee

06/11/1998