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Body Shredding With Weights!
Get ready for a fresh, dynamic way to work out! Jillian Michaels adds extra weight to her hardcore circuit training techniques for a total-body workout designed to burn maximum fat. Using a kettlebell or a single hand weight, Shred-it with Weights helps you build lean muscle and burn mega calories with two 30-minute boot camp workouts. Begin with Level 1 and progress to Level 2 for maximum body-shredding results. Stick with Jillian’s program and you will see a lean, shredded body.
Two 30-minute workouts plus warm-ups and cooldownsLEVEL 1: Heat up the body with dynamic stretches and cardio moves, then sculpt lean muscle and shred mega fat with arm presses and explosive dead lift rows. Finish with muscle-soothing cooldown.
LEVEL 2: Elevate your heart rate with a vital warm-up then kick things into high gear with jumping presses and lunges that will engage the core and fire up muscles. Finally, calm your mind and rest your body with a critical cooldown.
Extra! Kettlebell Tutorial
Jillian Michaels' Shred It with Weights
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Level: Advanced
Beginner: Just starting out, very overweight or haven't exercised in over six months.
Intermediate: Active in sports, dance or any regular exercise (2 to 3 times per week).
Advanced: Very active in sports or consistently work out four or more times per week.
Aerobics Impact: Higher
Lower Impact: Both feet never leave the ground at the same time. This minimizes stress on your knees.
Higher Impact: Includes movements like jumps, hops and skips. Very high-impact is called plyometrics.
Mixed Impact: This alternates or combines the above styles.
Aerobics Choreography: Basic
Basic: The easiest to follow. It ranges from simple walking-style marches to sports and athletic movements.
Complex: More intricate combinations and patterns. They're ideal for people who like to dance.
Moderate: More interesting than Basic, less dancy than Complex.
Toning Emphasis: Lower Body
Upper body: Arms, chest and back.
Lower Body: Legs, thighs, hips and buttocks.
Abs: Abdominals (stomach), core and sometimes lower back.
Total body: Tones all three of the above muscle groups.
Toning Emphasis: Upper Body
Upper body: Arms, chest and back.
Lower Body: Legs, thighs, hips and buttocks.
Abs: Abdominals (stomach), core and sometimes lower back.
Total body: Tones all three of the above muscle groups.
Instructor: Jillian Michaels (Instructor Profile)
SKU: 5875
Runtime: 56 min.
Region: 1
Street Date: 09/03/2010
Certified instructor description:
Two tough aero/tone interval programs that utilize a kettlebell (but the kettlebell isn't absolutely necessary; one exerciser does the same moves with a dumbbell). It's the swinging motion that maximizes intensity and results — controlling the bell's momentum engages nearly every muscle in your body. The aerobic segments are varied and challenging. They range from jump squats and “split jerks” to power lunges and “rotating heroes” (more low-impact in the first workout). The toning sections combine traditional weight training with kettlebell-specific swings, rows, deadlifts and pushups (on the kettlebell). As always, Jillian is motivating and forceful. Requires signifcant upper-body and core strength, definitely not for beginners.
A 5 to 20 lb. kettlebell is strongly suggested. ©2010.
