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 Method: Cardio Boot Camp :: 0739604449
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| In this extended version of her Boot Camp workout, the energetic Tracey Mallet and her crew (appropriately attired in military-style clothes) demonstrate a three-part routine that is definitely not for new recruits to exercise. The first workout mixes the chasses and sautés of aerobic dance, a little Tae Kwon Do, and the jumping jacks and push-ups of military basic training. ("Your pain, your gain," she announces during the excruciating second set of push-ups.) Workout 2 begins with some Tai Chi and then alternates kickboxing with hand-weight work. The final routine combines the jumps of the first with the "martial dance" of the second. Mallet has an unflagging enthusiasm and a taste for variety that makes this workout a long way from dull. However, with drums pounding in the background and jumps galore, this 48-minute workout is definitely for the young or the young-at-heart-and-knee-joints. --Kimberly Heinrichs Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
I have been doing two workouts from this DVD a day, 4-5 days a week for the last month. I have achieved wonderful results. I lost around 5 pounds and I have excellent muscle tone that I have never accomplished with other workouts. The video has a lot of kicks, jumps, jumping jacks, and jabs. It definately gets your heart pumping. Definately give this DVD a chance to change your body. Don't turn it off after one workout, keep trying for at least a month. You won't regret it!
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Author: Guest
I expected this exercise video to be difficult and tiring. It was difficult to follow the poor cues and tiring doing the same exercise across the three "boot camps".
There was very little warm-up and zero cool down. The first boot camp starts out well, with some interesting lunge and jump combinations. It made me sweat, but wasn't difficult enough for me to feel much toning at all. The second segment starts out with some nifty tai chi, but then morphs into a goofy M.C. Hammer dance with same punches. The third segment is a mixture of the previous two. With a total of two sets of 10 pushups, my arms weren't exactly burning.
It was very hard to follow the hostess (though I guess if you did the video consistently you would learn the routine), some of her "friends" as she calls them had a hard time following her. There was very little variation, and this exercise video hardly deserves the title of "boot camp". You could get the same workout with a jumprope and a couple sets of pushups.
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Author: Guest
This is a challenging workout, makes you sweat, incorporates martial arts, boxing, and dance, which I thought was weird. So, I like that it gives you a good workout, but the mix of dance steps with other boot camp like moves was a little weird for me. Boot Camp shouldn't have dance steps, yeah? DVD is in 3 separate sections, although I couldn't see the point of separating it in 3 sections, as they do similar exercises in all 3 portions... lots of interval workouts, like jumproping/kicking type, then low intensity, and so forth, which I liked. There was not much of a cool-down period, which is a NO NO in my book. Also, she didn't stretch after the workout, I had to stretch on my own after video ended.
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Author: Guest
I've taught aerobic type classes for 15 years and purchased lots of videos over the years. Without a doubt this one of the worst ones I have ever purchased. It has nothing to do with a boot camp class other than the two camo-clad guys in the production.
The music was a constant beat of jungle drums and annoying, again nothing to do with a "boot camp". Don't buy it.
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Author: Guest
I am a certified group and personal fitness trainer who uses a large assortment of fitness DVDs and videos at home to spice up my own training regimen. I also enjoy recommending the good ones to my clientele. When I recently purchased a "The Method-Cardio Boot Camp" DVD I fully expected to be able to give it "thumbs up" rating, but, in all sincerity, I was sorely disappointed by the lack of expertise the instructor of this production (Tracey Mallett) shows. She is cute, she has effervescence abundant, she has great abs, but her ability to lead a class and make the routine do-able, with precise cueing, is sorely lacking. Even the participants on the screen have a hard time following her.
For anyone who struggles with the ability to follow a choreographed routine, an instructor who cues precisely and in a timely fashion is priceless. Most successful "local" aerobics instructors at the generic corner gyms would put this girl to shame. When Tracey cues to go left, she goes right (there's a technique that all good instructors know--it's called mirror imaging--and you always use it when you face the class you're teaching). Additionally, Tracey has no idea of how to break down a move to teach it effectively. Although this disk is not particularly complicated as choreography goes, it does move fast, and Tracey is no help in preparing you for the upcoming changes. The effect of this is frustration, and an ineffective workout. Thumbs down.
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