Rev It Up Cardio Delivers Burn and Sweat
Brett Hoebel’s Rev It Up Cardio from Rev Abs works up a good sweat and brings a good burn in my legs and booty everytime I do it. It is my favorite Rev Abs workout but be prepared to do a lot of jumping jacks. I still haven’t figured out if the jumping jacks are for a working rest period or a warm up to go through another series of cardio exercises.
Rev It Up Cardio incorporates traditional exercises like jumping jacks and squats with kicks and Capoeira moves. The first time I tried any Capoeira exercises was in Chalene Johnson’s Turbo Jam. Chalene made the moves fun and more of a stretching out or flexibility routine than cardio.
The next time I did Capoeira moves was in Brazil Butt Lift. I was not particularly fond of Brazil Butt Lift because I felt like a fish out of water. The Capoeira exercises did not come naturally for me. What I have found in Rev It Up Cardio though is Brett changed my views of Capoeira.
He does the move and directs you through it. The choreography and trainer made all the difference for me. I love doing this workout. Not only do I get a great cardio workout, but I also get a lot of work on my legs, butt, and abdominal muscles.
The Rev Abs programconsists of ten workouts on eight dvds, the RevAbs guide which has training tips and motivation from Brett, a nutrition guide to help you fuel your body while losing fat, and an awesome RevAbs calendar. The calendar showcases Brett’s rock hard abs. I have mine haning in my workout room for inspiration to push myself and stay consistent.
The 90 day cardio program also comes with an Anytime, Anywhere Abs guide chart, a body fat caliper, 24 hour online support and a 30 day money back guarantee. If you order from this website, you will also get me as your Team Beachbody Coach to help motivate and support you in the achievement of your fitness goals.
Brett joined popular Biggest Loser series this year as a trainer. You can get him as a trainer in your home for less than you would pay for a gym membership. Call up your sister or a friend and invite them over for a Rev Abs workout or exercise by yourself in the privacy of your own home. Get ready to lose weight, boost your metabolism, shrink inches, and improve your fitness.
Killer Full Body Workout with Five Pound Weights
I just finished a forty five minute interval workout that alternataed about every two minutes between strength endurance exercises and cardio drills. Did I say cardio drills? Did I say interval training? Yup…I worked out with Chalene Johnson again. She is my favorite Beachbody trainer because her training style makes me push for my best.
The workout I just finished was Burn Intervals from ChaLean Extreme. If you have done any of Chalene’s workout programs, you will feel comfortable doing any of them because although one program might stress one area more than another, all Chalene’s program thread in common exercises such as boxing moves.
Turbo Jam is an earlier program which I would classify primarily as cardio for weight loss. It is a good starter program and fun to do with a friend or two. ChaLean Extreme is a strength training program designed to build muscle, tone, and shed fat. It has plenty of cardio but the focus is on lifting weights (or buidling muscle with bands).
ChaLean Extreme is my pick for an overall balanced workout program for women. I like the fact that most of the workouts are around 35 minutes. I also like the fact that the workout schedule is only for five days. That seems to fit into busy schedules a little easier than some of the stepped up programs like P90X and Turbo Fire.
Unlike ChaLean Extreme, Turbo Fire focuses on cardio. The workout times vary from fifteen minutes to sixty minutes. Interval training is used to raise your metabolism and burn the maximum amounat of calories.
So, I am working a hybrid program right now. I am pulling together workouts from Turbo Fire and ChaLean Extreme. Later, I plan on pulling out some P90X moves again. Afterall, both Tony Horton and Chalene Johnson teach us to mix it up.
I think that is a good philosophy. It has been several months since I last did ChaLean Extreme Burn Intervals. It was a challenging workout for me. I feel both tired and energized now.
The toughest part about combining ChaLean Extreme and Turbo Fire is the constant work on my lower body. This is an area that I want to improve though so I push myself like I have a drill sergeant behind me. I love Beachbody home fitness workout programs. It is part of my healthy lifestyle now.
10 Minute Trainer Cardio
My workout tonight consisted of a combination of Chalene Johnson and Tony Horton, two of my favorite Beachbody trainers. I started off with the ChaLean Extreme Burn Circuit 3 workout and followed it with Tony’s 10 Minute Trainer Cardio session.
I had really thought about doing some Brazil Butt Lift tonight but I guess I had forgotten how much the Burn Circuit 3 works your legs and butt. My lower body was wiped by the time I completed the ChaLean Extreme session. I was feeling pretty good though, so I turned to my 10 Minute Trainer series. This was one of Tony Horton’s programs in the years prior to P90X.
The basic 10 Minute Trainer series includes five workouts: Total Body, Lower Body, Abs, Cardio, and Yoga Flex. I knew Lower Body and Total Body were out! These ten minute workouts are good to have in your video collection for a many reasons. Here are some of my reasons:
1. You can use the 10 minute workouts individually if you are short on time. This is me in the morning before work! I like to do a little something to wake up, but I do not like doing a full workout in the morning.
2. You can use the workouts together to form a stand alone program to reach your fitness goals. In other words, you can do more than one workout in a day. Do them together or break them up throughout the day.
3. You can use a specific ten minute workout to supplement another workout which is what I did tonight.
4. If you are not feeling well physically or just can not seem to get yourself motivated, you can use a ten minute workout to brighten your attitude and promote well-being.
The girl in the Cardio workout uses a band fastened to a door to give her resistence in her running, jumping, and lunging moves. That looks like something interesting to try some time in the future, but I was a able to get a good cardio workout just using my own body’s resistence.
If you are not familiar with the 10 Minute Trainer series, it makes a good starter program for those new to fitness. I say this because each routine has a “trainer” track where Tony Horton talks a lot about form and how each exercise should be performed.
When you are not a novice any longer, keep the 10 Minute Trainer in your library. I think you will be surprised at how effective these workouts can be even though they are only ten minutes in length. Hey, we are talking about Tony Horton afterall. He would not dare let you out of the gym with a little sweat equity!
ChaLEAN Extreme Burn It Off!
At the completion of week 1 of ChaLEAN Extreme, you’ll be introduced to a cardio workout called Burn It Off! Although the workout is only about 30 minutes long, it is comparable to the Plyometrics workout in P90X. Yes! It’s intense and involves jumping. You’ll be breathing hard and your heart will be pumping. I was sweating more than I thought I would with a 30 minute cardio session.
Chalene Johnson shows us a different type of aerobic conditioning with moves far different from her Turbo Jam series. You won’t see one punch, cross, jab, wheel, or kick in this workout. It’s different from the Cardio X and Kenpo X moves that Tony Horton uses in P90X. What is similar is the use of high intensity interval training to get your heart rate up in a short time.
This fitness workout starts with a warm up followed by five back to back exercises approxiamately two minutes each. At the end of the five exercises, you get a one minute break to rest and hydrate. Then, you’ll be back on the floor for six more exercises and a cool down.
This was an intense workout for me. I tried to push myself because I want to get the most out of my workouts. Chalene has two women in her group who perform modified versions of each exercise to demonstrate how to decrease the intensity or impact of a particular move. She also talks to you throughout the video and reminds you to push yourself but only to your level.
The best part about this workout was getting to the end! I mean that in a good way. This was a challenging workout for me. I made it to the end, so I’m thrilled about that. I know that I’m burning fat. I know I’m boosting my metabolism. I know that I made it a little closer to my goals today. Keep pushing play! It works.
Turbo Jam: Ab Jam
When I first looked at this dvd, I thought twenty minutes was an incredibly long time to be working on my abs. I’ve got to tell you that the time just flew by. I’m not sure what it is about Turbo Jam or Chalene Johnson, but each workout is fun. Fun means you’ll keep doing it. Fun means you get through the workout before you realize you’re exercising…just kidding.
Keeping with the trademark of Beachbody workouts, Ab Jam uses cardio interval training to keep your heart pumping. You’re going to sweat, burn calories, melt fat, and pump up your metabolism.
The first half of the workout is standing. If you’re used to working your abs with crunches, a ball, or ab machines, you’ll be surprised at how many different ways you can work your abdominal muscles standing up.
You may not be comfortable doing standing ab exercises. Give it a chance and work through it. It’s probably just new to you. Some of the standing ab exercises are similar to those in Debbie Sieber’s Slim in 6. I also noticed some similarities with Tony Horton’s P90X Extreme Home Fitness System.
The second half of the workout moves to ab exercises on the floor. I learned some new moves. I was expecting something in between Slim in 6 and P90X’s Ab Ripper X or Yoga Belly 7. My favorite floor exercise in Ab Jam involves sitting on the floor with your hands on the floor behind you. Your knees are bent…feet off the floor. You then lean back and touch your knees to the left until they hit the floor. Then, your bring them to the right until they hit the floor, etc. This works the lower abs really good!
I’ve got a few more ab routines to review for you, so you’ll have plenty of information on how to get yourself a tight, flat set of abs. Still coming up: Turbo Jam Booty Sculpt & Abs, Tony Horton’s One on One Core Ball Sandwhich, and Brett Hoebel’s new 90 day ab solution Rev Abs.
Rev Abs isn’t available, yet. This Beachbody workout won’t be released until the fall; however, I have a preview dvd. It’s the first dvd in program. Getting free preview dvds of upcoming releases is one of the benefits of being a Beachbody Coach. Speaking of previews, I have an extra Tony Horton One on One Cardio Intervals dvd.
Here’s all you have to do to get it. Click here to sign up for a free Beachbody account. When you sign up for your free account, Beachbody will let me know that you signed up from this website. I will then send you an email to make arrangements to get the dvd to you. If you’re not the first to sign up, don’t worry. I will personally make sure you get a dvd for free just for visiting my site and signing up for your free account. (Of course I won’t be able to extend this offer forever. You must act by August 31st, 2009.)
Do you know the benefits of getting your free Beachbody account? They’re amazing…
1. Access to the WOWY (workout with you) online supergym. Here, you’ll be able to schedule workouts and track your progress. You’ll also be able to connect with other people in the supergym with you and be eligible to win cash and prizes of up to $1000 per day.
2. You can compete for the $25,000 grand prize in the Million Dollar Body Game.
3. Your own personal coach (me) to help guide you to the support, tools, and motivation you need to reach your goals.
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