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Kelly Coffey's Cardio-Sculpt Fitness |
  Worst workout I've ever done |
| I do a lot of videos and I got this one for Christmas. Thanks goodness I didn't pay good money for it. It is awful. Her cues are virtually non existent. And the music is so non inspiring. I wish I had the option to turn the music off. It's going in the garage sale pile. I won't waste my time with it anymore. Also, the choreography is not basic all the time. She does have some complicated moves. I just found myself doing jumping jacks because I couldn't figure out what she was doing. - posted by Stacie on 1/2/2012 |
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| Well... |
| I generally like Kelly, but this isn't one of her best. Although she breaks down her cardio combos quite well, her cuing (which is never the best) is lacking. Another thing here is the very high BPM of the music which makes it difficult to move with control-- both in the step and the weight segments. Kelly herself likes to use momentum with weights which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Here, though, with the high rep speeds, unusual exercise variations, and lack of form pointers (it's not always clear exactly what muscles she's targeting)just mirroring Kelly seems pretty risky to me. Using lighter than normal weights the first couple of times and modifying certain moves made the whole thing safer, but doesn't really give me the intensity I'm looking for. - posted by Hej on 8/22/2011 |
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| very energetic |
| This is a great video. Fantastic workout. - posted by Darlene on 6/30/2011 |
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| Hooray! A truly ADVANCED Workout! |
| I'm so glad I finally got this video! This is my fourth Kelly DVD and it certainly is the hardest. It's also a little longer at 70 min, but there are other premixes to shorten it if you need to. I did this workout, then skipped a day to recover--feeling the soreness for sure, then did it again to make sure I got past that. The kickboxing segments are not cued as well as in her other videos and they're more complicated too, but I'll figure it out as I use this video again. I catch on really easily with the step, because Kelly is not dancy. The toning is pure Kelly fast, not like Cathe or Jari would do, so keep the weights lighter. However, I do switch up to 10lbs for the lower body. I can handle it!! And to respond to the abs complaints, I do know what you mean, because Kelly usually has energizing music. But I enjoy every minute of this segment, I need every ab workout I can get :) If you want something HARD, but VERY doable this is the DVD! - posted by Andrea405 on 5/18/2011 |
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| Challenging but frustrating |
| I am an former personal trainer and aerobics and step instructor as well as a retired teacher. I am 59 years old and workout at least 6 days a week, with cardio and circuit training. I do different types of weights...one day is machines, one day is dumbells and the other is body bar. I try to do everything with the step, bosu or the new 360 device which is awesome! This video is an awesome workout and is exactly what I like to do, but I feel that the step intervals were a little hard to follow and it took me a a bit of time to get the pattern. So I got frustrated and just did my own thing at times. Other than that, this video is intense and varied and exactly what I like to do. It also gave me moves that are new, which is key. But I must admit I made my step higher and could barely make it to the end, which means that the workout really does not have to be made even more intense. Next time I do it, I will do it with the same height. However, as a former trainer, I find that on some of these videos, they try to combine different upper body movements without changing weights. For example, I can use heavier weights for biceps but cannot do lateral deltoids with the same weight, since it hurts my shoulders. This might be due to my age. I have been doing weigths and cardio for 19 years! - posted by Sharon on 3/24/2011 |
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| Challenging and Satisfying |
| I've now done this video several times, twice for the whole 70 minutes. Kelly has got to be one of my favorite instructors. The premixes give a good choice of fairly short options that make you feel like you haven't wasted your time. This is good for when you have to go to work during the week. The 70-minute version will definitely be a good weekend choice. - posted by Cécile on 1/29/2011 |
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| Intermediate not Advanced |
| I would rate this as an intermediate workout not an advanced. The muscle toning is OK. I was barely able to get my heart rate high enough to consider this a cardio workout at all. - posted by Patti on 6/30/2010 |
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| GOOD BUT NOT GREAT |
| I usually love Kelly Coffee workouts. This one is good until the last aerobic routine. I'm not big on kick boxing moves. Also I totally agree with one of the other reviews about the very annoying music during the ab section. I will continue to do the workout but will stop just before the last routine and pop in another DVD to finish up. - posted by Ann on 5/9/2010 |
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| My New Favorite |
| I liked this workout as soon as I tried it, but now, after doing it four times or so, it's one of my absolute favorites. I'm in my late 40s, with many years of step and toning experience. I like doing Cathe for smooth choreography and tough workouts, and I like Kari Anderson for her flawless, fun choreography on my cardio-only days, but this one is just a good, fun, total-body workout that can be quite hard if you give it your all. More athletic, NOT dancy at all, and short segments with just a few moves so you can learn them quickly and work them to the max. Kelly's cueing is never great, but the routines are so short and you can follow along without difficulty, especially after you've gone through it one or two times. Fun, solid workout! - posted by Jody on 4/7/2010 |
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| Good Cardio, not for weights |
| This is a great cardio workout. I thought the cuing was fine, and I have two left feet. It did take me a couple tries on some combos, but I got them. the weights segments are lacking. use Cathe or Jari for toning. I will be keeping this workout most definitely as I thought it was fun. I will do it in between my heavy toning days. This video was kind of like GR 1000, but less weight emphasis and the cardio was not quite as intense. - posted by Alicia on 3/30/2010 |
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