See the DVD cover | kettlebell or handweight
This workout DVD is part of the 10 Minute Solution series and has Michele Olsen going through five 10 minute workouts that she says will build endurance and burn fat.
The five workouts on this DVD are:
Maximun Fat Burner
These ten minutes were filled with almost all squat based movements and by the end of it I was glad it was over as I was bored even though the squats were broken up with hamstring curls and other aerobic movements.
Upper Body Scupt
A lot of squats with one arm rows, overhead presses, bicep curls and a few lunges.
Thighs & Bun Blaster
More squats and lunges, bicep curls, figure 8s which is a squat where you pass the kettlebell or dumbell through your legs in a figure 8 pattern.
Total Body Sculpt
More squats and lunges with a lot of overhead lifting, plie squats with upright rows and a little plyo with jumps added to the plies.
Accelerated Ab Toner
Pushups, sit ups, Russian twists, side planks with the weight extended above the head.
I did all five of them for a workout which basically turned out to be the longest squat workout I have ever done! All the ten minute workouts incorporated aerobic movements to break up the kettlebell exercises so you kept moving throughout.
Check out this video to see how the basic KB moves are all squat based – it’s a killer leg workout!
The main gripe I have with the 10 Minute Solutions workouts is that Michele doesn’t use a kettlebell! She holds a dumbell and tells you where to hold the kettlebell if you have one. In the intro she holds a kettlebell though. I know most people have handweights and not kettlebells so by appealing to a wider handweight audience more DVDs should theoretically sell, but I felt somewhat duped when I saw her sans KB, telling me I was doing ‘kettlebell style’ movements. Oh well.
On the positive side I like the fluidity of the moves in this type of workout and it really worked my legs. Now I am on the hunt for another kettlebell workout DVD.
Filed under: workout DVDs | Tagged: kettlebells, kettlebell, Michele Olsen, leg workout, 10 Minute Solutions
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