Biggest Loser: Boot Camp [DVD]

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Product Description Just like the contestants on NBC's hit show, you too can rev up your fat-burning furnace and experience dramatic weight loss in less time. Join "The Biggest Loser" trainer, Bob, and show contestant winners and finalists for a 6-8 week program that beats the bulge one intensity level at a time. Begin with Boot camp 1 and as you improve, add on Boot camps 2 and 3 for a powerful workout that challenges every muscle with dynamic moves designed to give those unwanted pounds the boot! WARM-UP (5 Minutes): Prepare your body for boot camp with athletic conditioning moves that get the heart pumping and the muscles warm. LEVEL 1 (Weeks 1 and 2) -Boot camp Level 1 (20 Minutes): Bob turns on the burn with upper- and lower-body strength intervals, then revs your metabolism with calorie-crushing cardio. LEVEL 2 (Weeks 3 and 4) - Boot camp Level 2 (15 Minutes): Pick up the pace and drop the pounds with Bob's innovative power moves that integrate fat-blasting bursts of cardio. LEVEL 3 (Weeks 5 and 6) - Boot camp Level 3 (10 Minutes): Challenge your balance and fine-tune your physique using bands and weights to further chisel your newfound muscle. COOL-DOWN (5 Minutes): Reward and energize your body with athletic and yoga-inspired stretches that soothe tight muscles and improve posture. desertcart.com "Are you ready?" asks the tag line for The Biggest Loser: Workout--Boot Camp. "You bet you are." Or at least you'd better be, as this 55-minute regimen will be a challenge for anyone looking to drop some weight and get in shape--and that includes those experienced at this sort of thing. Heck, even the brief warm-up, the first of five segments, is tough, as instructor Bob Harper leads his charges through a variety of squats, twists, kicks, and lunges (as one user noted drolly, "he is very fond of lunges") designed to get your motor running. The three Boot Camp levels that follow, ranging in length from 10 to 20 minutes, feature a variety of exercises, from traditional pushups (although there's nothing traditional about the so-called "walking pushup," which is better seen than described), jumping jacks, and cardio bursts to serious arm work (the use of hand weights is recommended; a medicine ball and elastic band are required for other undertakings), abs strengtheners, and so on. Many of the moves are not merely demanding but complex, especially at first, with numerous combinations of moves and virtually no pauses between; while Harper has a good rapport with the Biggest Loser contestants, including several winners, who demonstrate these sequences, by no means does he go easy on them. But that's a large part of the appeal. These are not the kind of smarmy, smiling pros one sees on so many videos; they're fit, but far from perfect, and you can really see them working. And in the end, the results speak for themselves. --Sam Graham Review: Simple but Great Workout - I'm in my late 50's and needed something easy to use for a workout in my own home. I tried Fitness places but most of the battle was just getting out of the house and go. Plus in the winter time and snow on the ground, made the prospect of going even less. So I searched through the various workout DVDs when I came across this series. I have seen a little bit of the show Biggest Loser but not enough to know who was on it or how it was all really done. But what I had seen I liked in the concept...taking average people like myself and helping them with ways of getting in better health, besides losing weight, that was easy to follow. They don't take people who are already in shape to get them in better shape. Another factor was the cost. I could purchase the three Biggest Loser DVD series workouts for the cost of one of the more notable workout DVDs. So it was a small financial risk to try these DVDs. I was very surprised how good all of the DVDs were. Each is a little different in the different types of exercises, but all are broken down into three levels of workout, plus a warm-up and a cool-down session. My preference was the Boot Camp DVD so far for getting started. I needed to get muscles going that I have not used in some time and the workout on the Boot Camp DVD fit me best. The DVD is setup so you pick with workout or workouts and then it will run automatically to each session you selected without having to touch the remote control of the DVD player again. How awesome is that. If you are pressed for time you can select your workout by how much time you have. Level 3 a 10 minute workout Level 2 a 15 minute workout Level 1 a 20 minute workout Warm-Up a 5 minute workout Cool-Down a 5 minute workout I select the Warm-Up, Level 3, and Cool-Down in the menu and then all three run automatically and it gives me a 20 minute workout. As you move up in Levels the time lengthens but also the intensity of the workout. The plan is that in six weeks you'll work your way up to Warm-Up, Level 1, and Cool-Down for a 30 minute workout. But since you set the workout yourself you decide at what pace you will increase your workout if at all. You may be fine with a 20 minute workout. The only optional equipment, and I do mean optional, used was one set of ether 5 or 10 pound weights, a stretch/body band, and a soccer size ball. However Bob shows you ways how to do the exercises without this equipment. Even with 20 minutes I'm sweating pretty good by the end of it and pretty sore for the first few days. Bob Harper has away of putting you through a workout without seeming like it's over whelming. The people working out on the DVD with Bob are average guys and girls. If I can do this anyone can if they so choose. If you want a user friendly, average person great workout, for a great price, this is the DVD set you are looking for - The Biggest Loser. Review: I LOVE LOVE LOVE this workout!!!! - I have been using The Biggest Loser CardioMax workout for quite some time. I usually do the Level 1 workout twice through--that's 40 min. I really like Bob's workout but didn't care too much for the other two. I did have to work up to this, when I first started I couldn't even come close to finishing it one time through much less two, but alas I kept at it and worked my way up to two times through. I did this Boot Camp workout yesterday for the first time and it's GREAT. I don't plan on replacing my CardioMax but plan on alternating. This workout is VERY challenging without being complicated. The moves require strength but you don't have to concentrate to figure out how to do them properly. The Boot Camp does LOTS more arm work than the Cardio Max does but that's not a bad thing at all. My upperbody strength is nowhere near even with my lower body. The Bootcamp doesn't lack for lower body work at all it's just that it combines it with a lot more arm and core workout than the Cardio Max. I read that some people didn't care for the music. I don't either on this one or the CardioMax one. So I started just using my ipod when I do the workout. Since this is not a 'dance' workout it works great. I can listen to my own music that I enjoy but still do this workout. I also saw people complainign about the "dark" background. Honestly, I wouldn't have even noticed had it not been for the reviews and it doesn't bother me at all. This is an EXCELLENT workout and I recommend it for EVERYONE...even if you can only do a few minutes at first, you will be able to work up to the whole thing if you keep at it. All the reviews that have complaints with them really seem like they are just looking for an excuse not to work out. They are looking at the superficial things rather than the workout itself. BUY THIS DVD!!!! You won't regret it...if you're looking to work out and not looking for eye candy.