Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Acacia: Escape Your Shape: 21-Day Body Makeover


 Edward Jackowski, PhD (creator), 2013

This dvd contains six 20 minute workouts, 2 per body type. First determine your body type: hourglass, ruler, or spoon and go from there. You will need dumbbells for these workouts. Each body type has a different instructor leading. They workout in an open space with a beginner and advanced modifier & the lead showing the intermediate option.

Hourglass: These workouts target the core and focus on cardio with light weight work. The same warmup is used for both workouts. You perform an upper body segment with a 90 second cardio burst then a lower body/core. Strength work: standing knee pulls, sit ups, x crunches, arm raises, overhead press, lat raise, leg extensions, and pelvic tilt. Cardio bursts: march, speed rope, jacks, and ski.

Spoon: Focuses on unweighted lower body work and core. The same warmup is used for both workouts. You perform an upper body segment with a 90 second cardio burst then a lower body/core. Strength work: standing leg circles & knee raises, overhead press, front & side raises, kicks, crunch to situps, leg drops, leg scissors, pushup variations, and glute raises. Cardio bursts: marching, jogging, and calf march.

Ruler: Focuses on upper body & lower boy work. The same warmup is used for both workouts. You perform an upper body segment with a 90 second cardio burst then a lower body/core. Strength work: pushups, military press, lat raise, upper back fly, lunges, side lunges, deadlift, bi curls, and standing leg extensions. Cardio bursts: toe touches and tip toe march.

These are lower intermediate routines that are suitable for most exercisers because of the modifiers. The instructors are cheerful & do a good job cuing. These workouts are designed to hone in on your trouble spots and provide results with 2 weeks of use. There are a ton of workout minutes on the dvd, if you are not focusing on your body type & use all of them. I received this dvd to review.



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2 comments:

  1. Oh this looks good. I love Acacia fitness videos. Thanks for reviewing.

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  2. This one is good! Very versatile :)

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