Body Pump

Jackie Mills
Year Released: 1999

Categories: Total Body Workouts


I appreciate what strength training does for my body; I like seeing improvements in muscle tone and size and I know it's good for me but strength training has never been fun for me - until now. I love this workout! OK, to be exact, I "discovered" BodyPump on the May and Oct '99 Cathe roadtrips and loved the workout both times but I never though I'd find a tape that came close to that energy and excitement.

Does the tape replicate that "live class with Cathe" experience? No, but no tape could. Are there any negatives? Yes, the tape quality is not very good and Jackie Mills' cueing could be better. Other than that, this tape rocks, it jams and I love it (yup, even the Backstreet Boys although I didn't know that song was theirs until a discussion the forum!). I suppose there could be more dips (or any lunges) in the leg session but I don't like dips and lunges so the incredible number of squats that you do is OK by me. I can sure feel them in my glutes the next day.

The form of all the participants is excellent - the tape comes out of the box cued to the end of the tape where they've wisely placed the form pointers. After a warmup you work legs (squats), chest, back, triceps, biceps, shoulder and abs and end with a stretch. The work for the glutes and back is very good - I can feel it the next day. The upper body work is fantastic - I go to failure on the chest, triceps and biceps every time. The abs section is short but the variation of where to place your hand on the crunches works very well.

The 40 or so minutes just fly by. The energy of this tape is wonderful, and Renee, I'm right with you - when Jackie asks me to go with them, I do - singing all the way!

JudySP

03/24/2000