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 Michelle Dozois: Your Body Breakthru - Your Best Body Circuit
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| Get ready to create Your Best Body Ever with this workout, which will get you lean, defined and beautifully sculpted. Michelle ahs skillfully combined the best and most efficient exercises to help you reshape your body and shed unwanted fat. Using a powerful combination of fun and easy to follow CARDIO INTERVALS and metabolism boosting SCULPTING EXERCISES, you'll keep your heart rate elevated and make the most of every workout. As we age, we lose muscle and g gain fat. This workout is designed to reverse that process and get you in the best shape of your life. As a BONUS we've included a 35-MINUTE EXPRESS version of the workout for those days when you are feeling crunched for time! Join Michelle and her group of women who have used this program to achieve their own Body Breakthrus. They're real people like you, juggling work, family obligations and everyday challenges. Work out with them, hear their stories and let them inspire you to you personal Body Breakthrus! Designed for all fitness levels! For best results, 1-2 sets of hand weights and a resistance band (included with purchase) are recommended. 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 alot of workout DVDs from many different instructors and this is one of the best workouts I have ever done! The above reviewer did a great job of breaking down and explaining the workout so I won't repeat it.
Michelle Dozois is a true professional,her cuing is excellent,the production is beautiful and the music very upbeat and motivating. The Express feature is wonderful for time crunched days. The ladies in the workout are busy moms,'real' people,their stories are very inspiring. There is simply no way that, combined with a sensible,portion controlled eating plan, you will not get great results doing this workout.
This is the first workout in The Your Body Breakthru series with two additional titles to be released in September. I will definitely be the first in line to purchase them when they are released.
I can't say enough great things about this workout! It's so much fun,very refreshing with new moves I have not seen in any other workout,the cardio steps are easy to learn. It's PERFECT! I highly recommend this workout,perfect for beginners to advanced exercisers,you advance simply by increasing your weights. Michelle uses BOTH dumbbells and a resistance band in this workout,which I loved,you truly get the benefits of both types of training. AWESOME!!
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Author: Guest
I really love Michelle Dozois as an instructor. She's friendly, encouraging, a good cuer and easy to listen to. She leads a group of four exercisers in this circuit routine. You can start by watching a small introduction and then can either do the full workout or an express one.
It's high energy all the way and with good music and a fun set, it's motivating. She uses intervals of intense aerobics alternating with body sculpting in 7 circuits. Each circuit targets a different area of the body and almost no muscle is left untouched. This is an easy workout to follow as she lets you know in good time, what's coming up next. All the equipment you need is some weights and the dynaband that comes with this (mine is a great purple band). I have to say that it's nice for a change to see 'real' people working out on the dvd. Not all are size 0's which is great to see.
I really love this new workout and I've done it three times already and found it challenging but fun and as long as you are somewhat fit already, you'll find it easy to do but still feel the burn the next day. I really love this and highly recommend it.
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Author: Guest
Your Best Body Circuit is part of the Your Body Breakthru series by instructor Michelle Dozois. This was my first video in the series, and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. The DVD Main Menu offers the following options: Full Workout, Express Workout, Chapters, Testimonials, More on Your Body Breakthru, Michelle's personal message, and Contact. The Full Workout is 58-minute workout consisting of a warm-up, seven cardio/strength circuits, and a cool-down, while the Express Workout provides a shorter (35 minutes) version of this. Equipment used includes 2 sets of dumbbells (medium and heavy) and a resistance band (Michelle and crew use a straight band, but my handled one worked fine).
Here are the chapter breakdowns:
Warm-Up
Circuit 1 (Back and Biceps 1)
Circuit 2 (Chest and Triceps 1)
Circuit 3 (Back and Biceps 2)
Circuit 4 (Chest and Triceps 2)
Circuit 5 (Shoulders w/Legs)
Circuit 6 (Legs)
Circuit 7 (Abdominals)
Cool-Down
The warm-up is just under 5 minutes long and is consists of some light aerobics plus moving stretches. Each circuit begins with a short (2-3 minutes) cardio segment consisting of a simple series that is repeated 3 times. The cardio sequences are performed first on 1 side of the body, then the other (ie, you do the same cardio moves for Circuits 1 and 2, but your start on your right leg for 1 and then move to your left leg for 2). The cardio is fairly basic, with moves such as jacks, lunges, and knee lifts, but the addition of some punches and kicks adds a kickboxing flavor. Although there is a bit of impact to some of the exercises plus a few plyometric moves such as power jacks, one of the four background exercisers always shows a low-impact option (I chose to follow the modifier at times and still had no problems keeping my HR in my target zone).
I especially enjoyed the strength work for assorted reasons. First of all, the exercises were quite varied and different, especially the band work. However, Michelle also offered new twists on more traditional exercises, such as lowering into a squat, pulsing while lifting one foot, and then raising back up. For further variety, Michelle varied the count of the exercises, doing 2-2, 4-1, 1-4, etc. (similar to Jari Love's Ripped workouts). Furthermore, I liked that there was a functional fitness component to many of the moves, with twisting exercises like the wood chop as well as balance work. I also appreciated the strong emphasis on back work, as this is an area that is often overlooked. The only complaints I had about the weight segments were that 1) Michelle moves very quickly, sometimes making it difficult to set up the next move in time (particularly when working with the band), and 2) in Circuit 2, there was a push-up series that was extremely challenging--although a modification was shown, the difficulty level of this exercise seemed out of proportion with the rest of the workout.
I consider myself to be an advanced intermediate exerciser, and I found this workout to be perfect for both my level and my preferences. However, given both that modifications are shown and that you can always vary the amount of weights used (I used mainly 8# and 10# dumbbells), I think that this DVD would appeal to a wide range of exercisers, from advanced beginners to intermediates to those at a full advanced level. Michelle has done an excellent job in creating a challenging workout that is both interesting and fun to do; highly recommended!
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