Slim in 6: Burn It Up

Debbie Siebers
Year Released: 2002

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


I really enjoyed Burn It Up! However, I don't believe it is one I will pull out of my collection very often. I got out of exercising due to injury for several months, and bought Slim in Six as a way to get back into exercising, and it worked.

Burn It Up is approximately an hour long and is a full body workout. Your heart rate stays pretty high due to high repetitions of squats, lunges, etc. There is very little "aerobics" to it. A few jumping jacks and jogging in place sections that last 15 or 20 seconds to get your heart rate back up.

The second half of it is working with resistance bands for upper body work and then floor work for push ups, lots of different legs lifts and ab work. Although there is only one exercise for each upper body muscle group, after six days for four weeks you definitely tone up!

At the end of Burn It Up I was in much better shape and lost six pounds and about 4 inches. Nothing extreme, but I didn't have much to lose in the first place.

If you are already an avid advanced exerciser, I wouldn't necessarily recommend purchasing this workout, unless for some reason (pregnancy, injury, etc.) you need to get back into shape. It does get a bit monotonous doing the same workout six days a week, but that's where the success in it lies--in working the same muscles everyday with low resistance. But it might be a great full-body hour workout once in awhile.

Instructor Comments:
I really like Debbie in this series. Very calm, helpful and friendly. The only thing I do not like is her counting is off from one side to the other sometimes.

Kellee

02/12/2005