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TotalMix - The Complete Total Body Workout System

TotalMix - The Complete Total Body Workout System

List Price: $19.98
Your Price: $14.99
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Don't be fooled by the cheesy cover
Review: The instructors on this DVD have amazing credentials, and it shows in these carefully planned, effective workouts. There are three 30-minute sessions: Abs, Buns, and Arms & Legs. (Each session viewable in 10-minute segments.) A different woman leads each session, with the other two following her lead. Therefore, there are no offensively perky "students" on this DVD!

By "carefully planned," I mean that these exercises will work you from every angle without exhausting your muscles. If you think it's impossible to work your abs for 20 or 30 straight minutes, this DVD will probably surprise you! I highly recommend it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: 10 minutes can be effective!
Review: I have been using this DVD for about a year now, and I really enjoy it. The instructors each teach three sections on their specialties, and they are very knowledgable without being annoying or too perky like instuctors in similar videos.

You can mix and match sections 10 minutes in length, and if you do all three in a certain area (there are three increasingly difficult sections on abs, for example), you WILL feel a difference.

The instruction in each section is very easy to follow, even for beginners, and repeating the sections day after day does not become monotonous like with some workouts.

The only suggestions I would make are that the music is a little boring, it is mostly just a beat and could use some spicing up. Also, the disk I recieved, from when I first used it, has one section where the action skips a bit. It isn't enough to ruin the workout, but gets annoying, so I just don't do that 10 minutes.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of the Best...
Review: I purchased this DVD over a year ago, just after having a baby. I felt so out of shape (especially in the abs). After only a few workouts, I noticed a change in my body. As an avid fitness guru pre-baby, I'm happy to say that I'm very impressed with this DVD, especially it's mix n' match concept, effective exercises and knowledgable instructors. I just hope they make more videos! There are SO few that I find challenging and stimulating, but I manage to do some of this DVD at least once a week.
I recommend this DVD to all fitness levels and anyone who wants a good at-home workout.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Very Effective Workout
Review: The workouts on this DVD are fabulous!! I felt it on the first workout. Very easy to follow workouts, the customize workouts are excellent for time-constrained people. I would reccommend this DVD to anyone.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great when time is short and you need to get something in!
Review: I really like this DVD because the segments are only ten minutes each. On mornings when I can't drag myself out of bed early enough and in evenings when I'm too tired to make it to the gym I just pop in this DVD at home and can pick whichever segments I wish to do (customize my own workout). The best part is, if all I want to do is 10 minutes of abs in the morning before a shower, this gets me to do it. If I'm feeling more like a half hour, I can do 10 minutes of arms, 10 of legs, and 10 of abs. I highly recommend this DVD for those who are time crunched and can't easily make it to the gym and/or have trouble motivating themselves at home to make up a workout (like myself). The instructors in this DVD go at a medium pace and give a great workout to anyone because none of the moves are complicated but they still get you to work! (By the way there's a time counter in each segment to show you how many minutes are left in it and I've never seen this feature on any other exercise video - it really helps me when I'm rushed for time.)

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: TotalMix - The Complete Total Body Workout System
Review: If you don't have 60 minutes a day to work out, this is the way to go. I do this a couple of times a week for 30 minutes in the morning before I get ready for work. The best part is you can choose your workout routine. Sometimes, though, the DVD doesn't play quite how I think I programmed it, so I'm not sure if it's a flaw in the DVD or user error.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great mix 'n match targeted workouts
Review: This is a great DVD for toning when you have just a little time before work, before bed, etc. There are some days when I just don't have time for a full 30 to 40 minute workout or run, and this helps me feel like I've at least done some strengthening and toning. The exercises are very easy to follow, and definitely deliver a burn in only 10 minutes. I would highly recommend this for folks (like me) who already have a cardio program, and are looking for an easy way to add some toning and light strength training to their fitness mix.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Mix and Match
Review: I love the ability to mix and match the workouts on this DVD. 10 minutes go by so quickly! They provide great instruction and a good combination of moves.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: pretty good for the price
Review: I was disappointed with the abs workout. The instructor spends more time talking and explaining the exercises, than we actually spend doing them. As a result, you are barely warmed up before its over.

Another problem is that the video is not very informative. If you want to know the names of the moves you are doing and why they are beneficial, you are in trouble.

Most of the chatter is not very educational. There's a lot of "great job" "Thanks" and so forth. Unfortunately, there isn't an option to turn off the chatter :-(

The work outs (except for abs) are great for quickies. This video should be used to suppliment something a little more challenging. Don't except body sculpting transformations here. Use only on those days when you know your schedule will be tight and you want to squeeze in a work out.

A great body sculpting video is:
Kathy Smith - TimeSaver series (especially Lift Weights to Lose Weight) And Tamilee Web - I want that body! The Timesavers by Kathy Smith are 20 minutes long and the Tamilee video has 15 minute exercises.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Mix-it-Up Workout
Review: I love this workout DVD concept. You can mix and match nine 10-minute segments in any order you choose. The only thing I wish is that there were a little more variety.

You get three abs workouts; three buns work outs, one upper body, one lower body and one both. This basically means you have 4.5 lower body workouts. I would have liked a more even balance between upper and lower body.

That aside, this is one of my favorite workout DVDs.


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