Great Workout

Before the sweat cools from my body I wanted to get down my thoughts on a new workout DVD I just tried by THE FIRM called Get Chisl'd. The Firm workouts have been my favorites over the years and I own 30 of them, however anything repeated over time tends to get boring.Variety is very important, especially in workouts not only to avoid boredom but also to challenge your body. As a Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor I was always challenged to come up with new ideas since there are only certain exercises that work certain muscles in certain ways. I am a believer in work smarter not harder and continually tried to figure out ways to combine upper body moves with lower body moves to maximize the time spent exercising.

This DVD certainly fills that bill. There were moves on here that were very original and certainly refreshing to me. Upper body moves combined with lower body moves with balance challenges interspersed. There were also short "power bursts" raising your heart rate to provide interval training. Interval Training is great for fat burning. Even the abdominal floor work at the end combined some unique upper body moves moves.

This DVD is an intermediate or advanced level, but there is someone on there showing a beginner level, with no weights and no power bursts. The total time including warm up and cool down and final stretch was about 42 minutes. I find that as I get older I like to keep my intense workouts around 45 minutes and then supplement with walking, biking, hiking and other activities I enjoy.

This workout is definately going to be one of my favorites.