The Method: Cardio Boot Camp

Tracey Mallett
Year Released: 2002

Categories: Floor Aerobics/Hi-Lo/Dance


Having been to boot camp, I had a very different impression of what to expect from this video! Somehow I don't associate tai chi or dance with "boot camp" at all. I bought this tape based on the boot camp label and I was embarrassed to do some of these moves under the guise of "boot camp." It destroyed the mindset I had prepared at the start of the workout. Boot camp for who? The Joffrey? I got the distinct impression that the instructor had no clue what a boot camp workout is.

Although not as cardio focused, The Crunch Boot Camp tape is superior to this one, and Scott Helveston's tapes are even more challenging. The corny wardrobe and put-on "attitude" on this Method tape don't make it a boot camp workout. It just comes off as silly and pretentious.

As a workout per se -- and as a Method workout in particular -- it's okay and, ultimately no different than the other dance/Pilates tapes in The Method series. But The Method should stick to what they do best: Pilates and dance, and leave the boot camp training (and kickboxing) to someone else.

Kathy Bright

01/24/2001