Trainer's Edge - Killer Abs & Back

[Guest guest]

Hi!

In spite of having a rough night last night w/ DD I did manage to get up and

do Olajide, Jr.'s Killer Abs & Back. I was both relieved and

disappointed that there weren't more jump rope segments - I was expecting

more as in Kathy 's Aerobox workout. Overall I'd say it is a moderate

cardio workout - the last jump rope section gets tough, but it is not overly

long so it is do-able. For the aero/tone portion you mostly do boxing

moves, torso twists, some knee " kicks " (knee lifts I guess would be the

appropriate term) and jump rope moves (which I did just fine w/out a jump

rope). For one section (the knee lifts) you'll need a body bar or other

type of bar or chair for balance (or you could probably just test your

balance and try it w/out!) and one of the background exercisers use

light weights ('s appear to be around 3-5lbs and the background

exerciser appears to be using 1s or 2s) for some of the torso twists (I

didn't - felt weird to me). He also does punching moves to work the torso

as well as the lower body (which is to remain still - and therefore

isometrically challenges the muscles) and upper body. Some of the punches

are done at a rapid pace -- if you have Kathy 's Aerobox it is fairly

similar. The ab work on the floor mixed traditional moves w/ some new

twists - such as " teaser " type moves from Pilates. The workout is about

40-50 min. There are two female background exercisers, who IMHO, don't

always show the best form (for instance, cues you to hold your lower

body steady, but one of the background exercisers is obviously twisting!)

The music is decent - good beat for this type of workout. seems

very sweet and motivational. I would have liked more cardio, but I can

always add on some of the Aerobox sections next time or maybe some Tae Bo.

The DVD is chaptered well and contains a 10 min " bonus " buns workout led by

a different instructor (forget her name - Dolores something or other). It

contained basically standard " butt " work like donkey kicks, " hydrants " , etc.

I also did the 10 min " bonus " yoga workout on Petra's Trainer's Edge DVD

and that made a nice cooldown.

Overall, I would do this w/out again -- but depending on what else was going

on in my rotation I might add more cardio next time.

Take care!

Donna

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[Guest guest]

Great review! Thanks! I always wanted to know if these were hard (I

like tough workouts).

Does DD mean Dear Daughter?

TTYL

> Hi!

>

> In spite of having a rough night last night w/ DD I did manage to

get up and

> do Olajide, Jr.'s Killer Abs & Back. I was both relieved

and

> disappointed that there weren't more jump rope segments - I was

expecting

> more as in Kathy 's Aerobox workout. Overall I'd say it is a

moderate

> cardio workout - the last jump rope section gets tough, but it is

not overly

> long so it is do-able. For the aero/tone portion you mostly do

boxing

> moves, torso twists, some knee " kicks " (knee lifts I guess would

be the

> appropriate term) and jump rope moves (which I did just fine w/out

a jump

> rope). For one section (the knee lifts) you'll need a body bar or

other

> type of bar or chair for balance (or you could probably just test

your

> balance and try it w/out!) and one of the background

exercisers use

> light weights ('s appear to be around 3-5lbs and the

background

> exerciser appears to be using 1s or 2s) for some of the torso

twists (I

> didn't - felt weird to me). He also does punching moves to work

the torso

> as well as the lower body (which is to remain still - and

therefore

> isometrically challenges the muscles) and upper body. Some of the

punches

> are done at a rapid pace -- if you have Kathy 's Aerobox it

is fairly

> similar. The ab work on the floor mixed traditional moves w/ some

new

> twists - such as " teaser " type moves from Pilates. The workout is

about

> 40-50 min. There are two female background exercisers, who IMHO,

don't

> always show the best form (for instance, cues you to hold

your lower

> body steady, but one of the background exercisers is obviously

twisting!)

> The music is decent - good beat for this type of workout.

seems

> very sweet and motivational. I would have liked more cardio, but

I can

> always add on some of the Aerobox sections next time or maybe some

Tae Bo.

>

> The DVD is chaptered well and contains a 10 min " bonus " buns

workout led by

> a different instructor (forget her name - Dolores something or

other). It

> contained basically standard " butt " work like donkey

kicks, " hydrants " , etc.

> I also did the 10 min " bonus " yoga workout on Petra's Trainer's

Edge DVD

> and that made a nice cooldown.

>

> Overall, I would do this w/out again -- but depending on what else

was going

> on in my rotation I might add more cardio next time.

>

> Take care!

>

> Donna

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

It wasn't easy, but I didn't find it terribly hard either (maybe it was the

sleep deprivation -- yes, DD+ Dear Daughter!) I'll see if I'm sore

tomorrow! :>

Are you finished w/ your project?

Donna

>Great review! Thanks! I always wanted to know if these were hard (I

>like tough workouts).

>

>Does DD mean Dear Daughter?

>

>TTYL

>

>

>

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