Elite Forces: Rapid Readiness Workout

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Summary: Fantastic workouts with great music, addictive fun.
Review: This DVD set consists of three separate workouts depending on your mood (toning, shadowboxing and cardio), my favourite is the cardio which consists of moves based on punches, knees, kicks and squats. This workout gets your heart rate up and works up a very decent sweat. The music is the best I've found in a workout DVD, it's very cool and very addictive. The DVD can be a little cheesy a times i.e. "the missions", however I consider this set of workouts to be one of the best purchases, if not the best in my collection which consists of over 40 fitness DVD's. I would definately recommend this for anybody looking for exciting, challenging workouts that are visually appealing and present a very polished production.

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Summary: ACTION Workout
Review: This is cooler than those Jane Fonda workouts my girlfriend used to make me do with her. Now we both get that we're looking for...she gets a flat stomach and I get to watch action movies. Someone needs to teach Reese Witherspoon this formula...

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Summary: Too much hara-kiri, too little substance.
Review: Well, I got this dvd based on v. good reviews by others; ultimately, however, I was dissapointed. 1) One of the DVDs arrived scratched and was unreadable, 2) the 3 workouts that are on the DVDs are simply not worth the 60 dollars. I have a significant exercise dvd collection and was looking more of a martial arts-high impact training. However, the workouts just did not click with me. A workout dvd in my book should be a no-nonsense exercise, with good camera angles and lighting. Here, there was too much unnecessary material (...), the camera angles sometimes made it difficult to follow the exercises, and there was no light in their studio! C'mon, we need light to see how to position that leg!. With all due respect, the form of Katrina often was not good - the form of backup people was much better(after my meager two years training in taikwando, you learn something about punching and kicking form), the exercise itself could have been better organized - was too chaotic, not providing the optimum workout. I could have invested my 60 dollars in better exercise dvds. Alas, bad choice.