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Denise Austin's Boot Camp Body Blast |
  I was disappointed |
| I've done Denise workouts before so I was aware of her personality quirks before buying this, so that's not what this review is based on. I bought this for the strength interval workout, I'm not reviewing the cardio interval workout. The problems with it are: 1. I would call this beginner level because there is a break between every segment where she says "take a breather." I think an intermediate doesn't need to walk it out and take a breather every 3 minutes. 2. She starts new moves without telling you what to do. In the warm up she said "walk forward and back" so I started walking forward and back, but what she actually wanted was a V step, but she didn't say V step. During one toning section she says "Keep your back strong, okay GO!" I'm like "Go? Go and do what?" It was supposed to be a stiff legged deadlift but she didn't say that first. (Worst of all she didn't even keep her legs stiff, she bent at the knee! I'm not sure what she was trying to do.) I know that you're going to do a workout more than once, in theory you would eventually learn what she wanted you to do. But if you have a lot of videos in a rotation, by the time you get back to this one you'll have the same problem with the messed up cueing. 3. She calls a lot of common moves by weird names, like a plank she calls a hover. 4. I normally don't complain about workouts being short, because I just use a heavier weight and that makes up for the short workout. But with this one, I think all the rest periods cut into the workout because I really felt there weren't enough reps. Crunch Boot Camp Training was a way better 30 minute circuit workout than this one. Better cueing, less rests, more intermediate. - posted by BAGS on 5/8/2008 |
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| This is a fun workout |
| I look forward to doing this workout. I usually do the whole thing, but some days I only do one of the cardio sections and then add on a section from her Target Toners dvd. - posted by Sandra on 4/20/2008 |
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| GOOD BURN! |
| People like to criticize Denise for her perkiness, yappiness and sometimes off-beat prompting. Okay, so it's kind of true. BUT, her work outs are interesting, easy to follow, AND give you a good work-out without damaging your body. I'll take Denise's perkiness over the tangled legs and wrenched backs of other workouts anyday. I went from 242 to 145 working out with Denise. I stopped, got fat, and am now slimming down again with her. She is tried and true!! - posted by Susan on 1/25/2008 |
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| Good and Bad |
| To start with a positive comment - this is definitely one of the best Denise workouts I've ever done. The workout itself is good - really gets your heart pumping. I would recommend doing the whole thing at once to really get a good workout. But, I just don't care for Denise's instructing. She needs to keep better count, focus on form more rather than running at the mouth, and cue a lot better. I think with a different instructor, this workout would get an A, with Denise it's about a B-. - posted by Ce on 1/10/2008 |
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| Awsome boot camp experience |
| This is a great workout from start to finish! Denise's cuing is a little off at times but it's so much fun and challenging that you don't really pay attention to it. I especially enjoyed the flexibility segment which was a nice complement to the cardio and strength segment of the dvd. Another keeper from Denise along with her new BURN FAT FAST CARDIO BLAST. - posted by D.J on 1/8/2008 |
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| Too short |
| I liked the two cardio workouts but thought they should be longer or combined together. It bugged me that she used such young people for her background people. In her other videos that I have Denise used woman around her (and my)age. - posted by Donna on 12/3/2007 |
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| Surprisingly good cardio from Denise! |
| I don't usually expect much from Denise when it comes to cardio. However, this DVD gave me a good sweat! She cues well (which is another surprise)but then again, the moves are athletic so anyone can do this workout. I would recommend this to solid intermediates. The short strength training segments are not for muscle building but just to add more intensity to the cardio segments. So if you want a good strength training workout then this DVD is not for you. I'm glad I got this DVD! - posted by Jen on 10/23/2007 |
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| Time flew by |
| This is a great workout if you do both 20 min segments in a row. Its a calorie burner and core workout more than anything else but that is just what I need. You get what you put into this workout and the cuing is just fine. - posted by Traci on 9/13/2007 |
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| Cardio pretty good |
| The cardio section was pretty good for only being 20 minutes. The strength workout is more for beginners. Denise seemed confused as to what was coming next so no cuing or bad cuing throughout the cardio section. I don't know why Denise had to surround herself with 20 somethings which I didn't like. She's 50 not 20 so how about having exerciers in their 40'as and 50's as well I have many Denise videos and knew she'd be chatty, which doesn't bother me. What bothered me was her lack of cuing and her confusion. She seemed like the workout was to hard for her. I've never seen a workout that seemed to hard for the instructor before. I think she was trying to get out of her beginner workout rut she's been in forever and to appeal to more intermediate and advanced exercisers but neither section is really long enough or tough enough to accomplish this. The cardio section could accomplish that if there were options to extend it without repeating it. Of course, I don't think Denise could have did an extended version, she was struggling with the 20 minutes. - posted by Dawn on 7/30/2007 |
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| Not for Me |
| So disappointed with this workout! I bought this DVD before I discovered Collage's website, so sadly I didn't see the reviews before I bought it. While I do like Denise's personality, her terrible cuing and off-beat reps throw me off every time I try to do this workout. She does a lot of reverse lunges, and, as with several of the moves, I found the reps too fast to get a really good "burn." I thought the strength workout was too easy (and I'm beginner/intermediate). I'll keep it for days when I have only 20 minutes to workout, but this DVD won't get much play otherwise. - posted by Joanne on 7/26/2007 |
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