Guest guest Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 I have never heard of this workout Carolyn. I like Spreen!I sooo hear you on the exercises that are combined. I get frustrated too when combining them. I don't get it at all either?? I can see, I guess, where it would be okay for beginners who go from nothing to a bit of strength toning and where they arne't truly challenging all their muscles maybe? I don't know, but couldn't agree more! Way to go on your walk and workout Carolyn!!DarcyOn Jan 10, 2008 10:35 PM, Festival City Concrete/ & Carolyn Visser <pvisser@... > wrote: hiya - this morning i walked chinook for 70 mins... 380 cals... yay! it was a nice day... quite mild, dry and no wind. almost warm enough to ride my bike! wow, how weird for january. now it has turned back to cold and windy though this evening i did 'self: trim & tone fast' with kim spreen. 58 mins, 288 cals. this is a toning workout that is split into a bunch of small segments... light cardio warmup, lower body (unweighted), back, chest, arms & shoulders, core and cooldown stretches. these were all 5-6 minutes long and went by very fast! the segments use light weights (i used 5 lbs) because kim combos the exercises (so you are doing biceps with shoulders, and back with triceps, for example). why do instructors do that??? it gets a bit annoying because i can use heavier weight for biceps and back than i can for shoulders and triceps, so it feels like parts of my body are getting cheated. there is also a 16 minute full body segment during which kim compounds the upper and lower body and since this was the last segment before the cooldown, i found it to be challenging. the reps are moderate to high... the combos and compounding increase the difficulty and therefore the burn factor. the exercises mostly flow together well and there are some unique moves with variety in exercises and tempos. i liked that the core segment was not all crunches done on your back on the floor. the scenery is lovely! kim is excellent at cueing and is calm and personable. the backgrounders look great and follow along nicely. i recall that the music was ok... some standard instrumental workout music. the dvd is programmable so you can pick and choose the segments you want and play them in any order. upper intermediate level, imo, and recommended! :*carolyn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 ugh thanks for the review carolyn. this one can be removed from my list. i hate all that jumping around in toning workouts. the only way i stand for it is the firm and denise austin, so i am good on light weight combo toning workouts. just makes room for something else LOL. kassia ldy_solana's domain Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.-Will Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Darcy Ledman wrote: > I sooo hear you on the exercises that are combined. I get frustrated > too when combining them. I don't get it at all either?? I can see, I > guess, where it would be okay for beginners who go from nothing to a bit > of strength toning and where they arne't truly challenging all their > muscles maybe? well, i dont know about that... but i think that with the push to put out short time effective workouts, many instructors started doing endurance workouts (light weight, high rep), compounding the exercises and putting them into combos, in an attempt to get as much done as possible in a little amt of time. this is another one of those. and yes, that does limit the weights that you can use because, not only do they move quickly to give a cardio effect, it seems to me that they often mis-match the muscle groups that worked together. it just seems logical to put the typically stronger muscle groups together, doesnt it?? oh well, its not like im doing this workout over and over all of the time and will end up unbalanced or something....lol. :*carolyn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Kassia wrote: >i am good on light weight combo > toning workouts. just makes room for something else LOL. yep, i feel that way too kassia. :*carolyn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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