Friday, May 21, 2010

Jillian Michaels Banish Fat Boost Metabolism Review

Banish Fat Boost Metabolism
Jillian Michaels, 2008

This is a 55 min cardio circuit workout led by Jillian with two background exercisers. No-one reawlly shows beginner or any modifications but Jillian mentions things for some moves that you can do to take it down a notch. You wont need any props for this workout and it does include some core work.

She does everything in 'circuit' style-there are 7 circuits she does each circuit twice. The 5 min warmup includes a bit of cardio and some nice dynamic stretching that I enjoyed. I found this w/o a lot less challenging (still tough though) than I had the other times Ive done it-not sure what to make of that. But progress is good!

There are 3 circuits that are pretty easy-but easy to modify up if you choose to. For the kickboxing circuits you can easily add lower body movements to the punches, and punches to the kicking moves. The rest of the circuits are tough! She has some 180 jumps, squat thrusts, scissor jumps, plyo lunges, moguls, and other tough plyometric type moves that will seriously get you sweating!

There is one core circuit (on the floor) which I also really liked. She does some walking planks, plank twists, supermans, mountian climbers, and pikes.

All in all I really enjoy this w/o-Jillian is Jillian and if you dont like her personality you probably wont enjoy this w/o. She is fine w/ me, her "tough guy" attitude doesnt really bother me. She produces some good w/o's and thats good enough for me in her case. I would rate this a high intermediate overall. Like I said there are some pretty low key circuits, but there are also a lot of advanced moves in it as well.

13 comments:

  1. I'm not a big fan of Jillian Michael's on-screen persona but I love this workout. I like alternating it with No More Trouble Zones. I recently started using her Yoga Meltdown as well - I like that it isn't "true" yoga.

    Maria

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  2. Mary's special today is Crunch Pick your spot Pilates. Great review of Jillian's workout, I like it as well, I prefer it to her No more trouble zones, just find there is too much core work on it and I end up feeling it in my lower back rather than in my stomach. Have a fun weekend.

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  3. Maria, I am now intrigued by Jillians "non"yoga as Im not as keen on yoga as I should be :) will be checking out clips (thanks for the enabling LOL)
    Susan, You have an awesome weekend as well! Are you on VF/ YFF? I also like BFBM, actually better than all her others I have. Shred has too much shoulder work IMO.

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  4. Today's special is "Crunch Pick Your Spot Pilates DVD" by Ellen Barrett. - This is for the bonus entry.

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  5. Mary's newest special is the South Beach Diet dvd which I happen to own and like alot but for some reason, was disliked on VF???

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  6. OK I looked at the clip on TotalFitnessdvds and it just doesn't do the South Beach Diet dvd justice. It just shows a mat segment (I don't do mat LOL) and doesn't show any of its cardio or weight segments which are really good IMHO.

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  7. Today's special at Mary's is The South Beach Super Charged workout.

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  8. Bonus Entry: Today's special is South Beach Diet Super Charged Workout. Have a great weekend!

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  9. today's special on mary's site is "The South Beach Diet Super Charged Workout DVD"

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  10. HI Lindsey,

    The special at Mary's on Sunday is still The South Beach Super Charged workout.

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  11. No change to today's special: South Beach Diet Super Charged Workout.

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  12. Like Jenn and Karen said, Mary's special is still South Beach Diet Super Charged Workout today.

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  13. Oooh, you’re such an inspiration. I love this blog

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