Re: Jari Love's Get Ripped & Chiseled (review

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She does the weight loads in several videos she does it to help give people a guide as to what they're using. Laurie does them Military style in all the workouts the only difference is that this one includes pulsing, the others IIRC there wasn't pulsing just the straight reps. The Abs section is from Slim & LeanThe way they do their Ripped classes R & C is actually the 3rd workout and is used as a plateau buster so I thought it was interesting that they released this one last because what I understood was that the releases was to have matched the classes which was easiest to hardest.

This morning I did this new workout. It's definitely at least as goodas Jari's other stuff. Some of the exercises turned out to be morechallenging than they looked.You can do the whole workout with dumbbells if you want. (I did.)

For some reason when the video shows how much weight each participantuses, it lists the total weight though. For example, the text willsay that Jari is lifting 10 lbs., not 2x5, which got kind of confusing.

Many of the exercises are similar to what's in Get Ripped, but sheadds variations that make them tougher. Lunges with the back foot ona step, for example. She also goes faster, which doesn't give you

time to recover or dilly-dally. The body parts are also groupedtogether more, I think. Much of the leg work is done right away, andwhen you get to arms there isn't much time for your muscles to recover

between exercises.My shoulders and biceps especially are killing me! I had to back offon my weights to get through those parts. Triceps got so hard that Icouldn't keep proper form and I'll have to drop down next time.

There is a pushup track in the workout. You ladies will be interestedto know that the women in the DVD do them military-style, so you havesomething to aspire to.The abs bonus track was obviously not filmed at the same time. The

participants and outfits are different. The abs workout is wimpy andshort, but it does contain some exercises I've never done before, soit's worth taking a look at. (It also contains Laurie--that cute girl

who appears in Get Ripped and Ripped to the Core.)I did less weight than I needed to for most of the tracks because Iwas just getting the hang of it. I'll add a little weight next time.Now the part you're all waiting for--the eye candy. There isn't much

here for you ladies. " Mike " in the back looks like a slightly olderversion of " Ben " in Ripped to the core. Jari uses people of variousages in this DVD. We learn in the bonus tracks that Gaylee (the

nice-looking dark-haired lady) is actually 57. (She sure doesn't lookit.) I did notice that Jari seems to look more manly in this videothough.So that's my review of Ripped & Chiseled. If you want to know more,

please ask.Tomorrow it's on to Amy Bento's Kickbock Xtreme.