I bought this workout recently and did both workouts on consecutive days.Jeanette is a very bubbly instructor and I enjoy her personality.Workout 1 (Circuit A) is 38 minutes long and Workout 2 (Circuit B) is 36 minutes.Each circuit covers different body parts (except the abs, which are worked in both circuits).Both have virtually the same warmup and cooldown (but the outfits are different in each, so they are slightly different).If you combine both of the workouts and skip the 1st cooldown and 2nd warmup, the workout probably comes in at around 60 minutes total.All you need for this one is a mat and a couple of sets of dumbbells...I really enjoy strength workouts that don't require lots of equipment, and this one fit the bill.
Jeanette describes this as a circuit (strength + cardio) workout but the cardio bursts are neither long nor overtly intense so I don't consider this a circuit workout myself.The cardio bursts work the abs pretty good, though and they keep the heartrate up.
All body parts are covered.I wasn't really happy about the upright rows in Circuit B, as they work the shoulders (which I did the day before in Circuit A) so I did hammer curls instead (because the bicep work is light in this workout).Other than that, I stuck to Jeanette's format.I appreciated the rotator cuff exercise, as a lot of instructors skip that.
The music was pretty good instrumental stuff with a nice loud beat and I recognized a couple of songs.
My main issue with this workout is the counting.Jeanette has the beginners do 15 reps of the strength work and everyone else do 25 reps.Unfortunately, the girl cannot count accurately!I frequently found myself above or below the 25 reps stated (once I found myself at rep 42)!This doesn't bother me if both sides of the body are being worked at the same time (ie - squats) but it bugs the Heck out of me when I'm doing 1 leg at a time (static lunges, 1 legged squats).So if you're a stickler about even counting on both sides, be sure to count the reps during the 1 legged exercises or you will be uneven.
It would have been nice if Jeanette had had someone off screen counting for her to insure that each side was worked evenly!
Good workout in spite of the uneven counting and I will be keeping it.I liked this one Much better than Jeanette's 1st Hollywood Trainer series.
Recommend to intermediates, but advanced and beginners can use this one as well (just modify to your level).
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Jeanette Jenkins The Hollywood Trainer 21-day TOTAL BODY CIRCUIT -- Will take your body from flab to fab in just 30 minutes a day. Alternate back and forth between Circuit A and Circuit B to sculpt and tone your entire body!
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