I started this blog in April 2012 because I have 100s of workout DVDs and the collection just keeps growing. There are currently 2000+ work out reviews on this blog—and I still have tons of workouts to review. I also have exercise ADHD—so I rarely do a workout frequently enough to remember it in detail. So I decided a database was the answer. And that’s what this blog is—a database of the workouts I own and stream.
The reviews have changed (evolved) over the years and gotten better and more detailed. This blog contains my opinions. You may love a workout that I hate. And I may hate a trainer you love. But I need an accurate account of how I felt about a workout since I reference this blog a lot. I don’t just write it, I constantly reference it to create my own workout rotations.
A little bit about me. This blog is done anonymously but the basics about me are: I am a female in her early 50s, married w/ two adult children, one dog and a well-equipped home gym. I consider myself an advanced home exerciser but I am no power lifter or cross-fitter. Nor am I a fitness trainer. I just love to workout. In 2009, before I created this blog, I was hit head on by a drunk driver, crushing both of my heels. I have 2 plates and 12 screws in each heel. Rehabilitating from this accident was a long road but by the time I started this blog in 2012, I was able to run, jump and lift weights again. But I do sometimes have some unique, foot related problems that I may comment on in a workout review. I mostly do that because a problem I had may not apply to someone else–my problem with the workout could be unique to me because my feet are full of metal. More recently other issues have changed the nature of my posts. In 2018 I was diagnosed with breast cancer and spent all of 2018 going through cancer treatment (mastectomy, chemo, radiation). 2019 was breast reconstruction which required a long rehab since it is a major surgery (DIEP flap reconstruction–much more involved than my double mastectomy). And 2020? Rotator cuff surgery. So although above I said I was an advanced exerciser, reviews from 2018 to around 2022 fall in the beginner/intermediate range.
I have a Current & Upcoming page that I update about once a month. It will tell you what I have in the works. Finally, you can email me at fitness@2lazy4gym.com if you have any questions or comments.
I am a long avid follower of your blog. I have the utmost respect and admiration for you. Your fitness journey reflects the real life scenario, unlike most which are driven by self-glorification and/or marketing hype.
As I mature age-wise, I train in a smarter and efficient way that suits my own personal needs. I enjoy my fitness journey with joy and fulfillment and do not feel it’s a chore I must do.
I have a busy and demanding full-time career. Fortunately, I am able to work remotely.
I have always been a morning home fitness enthusiast. As I mature, I find morning routine suits me the best. I also limit my workout time to one hour max. Ultimately, I’d like to keep it between 30-45 minutes to allow some breathing room in my daily schedule.
Assuming you also have a full-time career, I am curious and wondering if you could share your exercise time and duration. In addition, I am simply amazed the time and efforts you put into this blog. How do you find time to accomplish this feat?
Kudos and best wishes.
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Hello Anne! Yes, I do work full time. The pandemic sent my entire office home to telework and it worked so well we have continued with no end in sight. I am grateful for that because I love teleworking. I workout every day. Prior to teleworking I got out of bed around 4:30am to do it. Now I try to sleep until 5:15am but I am an early bird and am usually out of bed around 5am. I workout for an hour every morning. Though I am only getting around 45 minutes more sleep, my mornings are more relaxed than they were when I had to dress in business attire, wear make up and commute. Less stressful, too.
When I am blogging I break each post into 2 parts. I’ll “pre-blog”–which is when I preview a workout and break it down. Then once I actually do workout I flesh out the review. It is time consuming but I use this blog a lot. I haven’t posted anything new in a while but that is because I am in the midst of doing Cathe’s STS 2.0 and I refer to the posts related to that program every single day to prepare myself for the workout I am doing the next morning. Plus I plan my other workouts (cardio, yoga, etc.) using this blog. So it is worth the time I put into it to save time in the mornings.
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Thank you for answering my questions. I find you very inspiring. 🙂
I am also very fortunate to be able to work remotely. It makes working out first in the morning at home so much easier to manage. That said, I do find that remote work leads to a more blurry line of work and family balance, as it is so easy to just turn on the laptop whenever a thought pops out. I am learning to set boundaries in that regard.
Please excuse me for being full of curiosity. Being a type A perfectionist, I often get frustrated not being in sync with the instructor’s cues on cardio workouts. (That’s why I favor Cathe and KCM with less superfluous chitchat). Over time, I get better – I just embrace the idea of daily movement and fitness progression vs being ‘spot-on’.
I am wondering how you keep up with all the instructors’ notes, cues, etc? Do you ever find miscuing or not being in sync with the instructor frustrating sometimes?
Love to hear your input on this.
Thank you.
Ann
P.S. By the way, I do preview each workout prior to starting a rotation to get more precise on the workout itself.
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Good morning Ann! I luckily don’t have that problem with work-life balance. With my job, everything we need to do our job is contained on a remote server. The encryption is so high it is a 15 minute process to get logged into the system to even start to work. This includes not only every program we use to do our job but work email as well–so I only look at my email M-F when I am logged onto the system. It never bleeds into my off time. Since I cannot do my job without having all of the resources on the server available to me so there is nothing I can do when I am not logged on!
I get frustrated, too, when it comes to cardio. When I first started rebounding it was very frustrating for me when I could not keep pace with the trainers. But once I got a high quality rebounder and understood importance of bungee strength, I was able to get the proper bungee strength so that I could keep pace with the trainers and that relieved a lot of that mental stress! I don’t generally have problems keeping up with trainers in other cardio workouts but I am pretty particular about the type of workouts I do and the trainers I follow. I don’t follow a lot of instructors who miscue. At least not very often. Though there are a lot of trainers and workouts on my blog, I personally tend to stick with a handful regularly.
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Hope my previous post went through. There seems to be some technical issues with WordPress. 🙂
Ann
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I am a long avid follower of your blog. I have the utmost respect and admiration for you. Your fitness journey reflects the real life scenario, unlike most which are driven by self-glorification and/or marketing hype.
As I mature age-wise, I train in a smarter and efficient way that suits my own personal needs. I enjoy my fitness journey with joy and fulfillment and do not feel it’s a chore I must do.
I have a busy and demanding full-time career. Fortunately, I am able to work remotely.
I have always been a morning home fitness enthusiast. As I mature, I find morning routine suits me the best. I also limit my workout time to one hour max. Ultimately, I’d like to keep it between 30-45 minutes to allow some breathing room in my daily schedule.
Assuming you also have a full-time career, I am curious and wondering if you could share your exercise time and duration.
In addition, I am simply amazed at the time and efforts you put into this blog. How do you find time to accomplish this feat?
Kudos and best wishes.
Ann
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Thank you so much for this blog!! I refer to it every night while deciding which workouts to do the next morning. You have no idea how much I appreciate you taking the time to give such thorough reviews! You and I have very similar taste in trainers and workout styles. I hope all is well with you and your family! Take care. 😊
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You’re welcome!I am glad it is so helpful. It helps me, too–re-read my reviews to prep myself the day before a workout!
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Hey!
You reviewed a couple of my workouts on Gymra (julia bognar😘👋) Just wanted to thank you for the kind review. Im so impressed by all the videos you’ve done! Amazing 🙌
Ran across your site when I was looking at my website ( google does that “people also look at…” thing)
Ok. Hope you’re still doing well & staying healthy❤️ Julia xo
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Thank you! It’s been a while since I’ve done a GymRa workout but they (and you) always deliver a good one!
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Hey!
You reviewed a couple of my workouts on Gymra (julia bognar😘👋) Just wanted to thank you for the kind review. Im so impressed by all the videos you’ve done! Amazing 🙌
Ran across your site when I was looking at my website ( google does that “people also look at…” thing)
Ok. Hope you’re still doing well & staying healthy❤️ Julia
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Just wanted to say thank you so much for this blog! Really great resource in researching workouts! And I’m impressed with how strong you are – both physically and emotionally (given the health challenges you’ve shared.) Thanks so much for doing this! It’s a true public service.
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Thank you, Amanda! I am glad this blog has been helpful to you!
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Wow! It is as awesome as I imagined. I love the little pops of rainbow colors. Your space is seriously dreamy— you are a lucky lady! Speaking of your husband, does he ever complain about how much room your gym occupies? He uses it too though, right? Thank you so much for sharing this!!!
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Thank you! And no, my husband does not workout. I try to get him to exercise but the few times I have succeeded in getting him to do something it has been short lived. He doesn’t care about my workout room since he has an entire room that he uses for comic books and Funko pops. And my children have to sleep on an air mattress or on the couch when they visit because we have claimed their bedrooms for other things (one is an office and the other is the comic room).
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I had to google Funko pops, lol–a whole room full of those and comics! Wow. Must be a fun room to hang out in. My guy is the same way. I succeeded in getting him to do Jillian’s Ripped in 30 with me for about 2 weeks earlier this year and I was THRILLED! I had only been asking him to join me in my workouts for like 3 years. He bought weights and a mat and now they just sit there. It was fun while it lasted.
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Yes, the few times I got my husband doing things he improved my workout room. He did the first 2 phases of Tony Hortons P90 and installed a vertical bar on the wall of my workout room where we can secure resistance bands for exercises. Then he quit and it’s all mine now. He prefers comics and TV.
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I know I can’t be the only one, but I am soooo curious what your home gym setup looks like. It must be DREAMY! (Have you ever posted a pic?) Just for fun I counted my collection of exercise DVDs and it’s around 75, but I can only imagine what your count is?! I love this stuff!
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I haven’t posted a picture of it before but I will here. I do love my workout room! It’s a panoramic picture so it’s a bit distorted. My husband took the picture and he did not do a complete 360 so some of the room is missing. I also have another book shelf right outside of the workout room full of more DVDs–I don’t even know how many I own anymore. I stopped counting! And you can see my dogs, too. (o:
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Wow, you have a big space. That is wonderful!
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Wow! It is as awesome as I imagined. I love the little pops of rainbow colors. Your space is seriously dreamy— you are a lucky lady! Speaking of your husband, does he ever complain about how much room your gym occupies? He uses it too though, right? Thank you so much for sharing this!!!
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Have you seen Yvette Bachman’s new streaming platform? She posted about it this week. I signed up for a month to see how I like it. I will have to mirror/cast it to my TV so we will see how that works out. https://yvettefit.com/
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I did see that! I am not ready to subscribe yet. I’m already subscribed to Bellicon streaming for the next year and I donate to some YouTubers. I’m not sure I am ready to spend any more money on streaming. You’ll have to tell me what you think.
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Hey, found another rebounder on YT Jill Cooper. She has lots of other workouts but I did save some of the rebounding ones. She teaches in Spanish. I only know basic Spanish myself but maybe I can follow along LOL.
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Thanks–I’ll have a look. And language wasn’t a problem with the Trampit workouts! I subscribe to Bellicon streaming. They have a lot of workouts in English but also a lot in other languages. I haven’t tried any of the non-English ones even though I am intrigued. I should tho since Trampit’s instructor speaking Danish wasn’t a problem.
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Hello-I have been following your blog for around 6 months or so and it is absolutely amazing! I recently injured my shoulder a week ago and was wondering if you had any suggestions on workouts you would recommend? I am waiting to get in to see an ortho specialist, but have had xrays and nothing is broken and I’m going crazy! I’ve been walking some, and I was set to start Xtrain with Cathe(your blog led me to start working out with her!) and now I’m at a stand still. I know you’ve been doing some rebounding workouts and unfortunately I don’t have one. Thanks so much for all your reviews and insight!
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Thank you! So glad my blog introduced you to Cathe! She creates the best workouts out there IMHO.
As for your shoulder, it all depends on the injury. If it happened a week ago and it is still hurting, I would wait to see the ortho. I had the same problem–the X-ray showed nothing. But the MRI showed a torn rotator cuff. Until you know what is wrong with your shoulder you don’t want to do anything to make it worse. I was able to do a lot even with a torn rotator cuff–I just used lighter dumbbells for shoulder strength work. I googled exercises to avoid with rotator cuff injuries and when I worked out and a trainer did those exercises I modified the exercise or substituted a safe exercise. Then after my surgery I took all of my cues from my physical therapist. Until you know what is actually wrong with your shoulder don’t want to make anything worse. Once I found out I had a tear in my rotator cuff–the pandemic happened and elective surgeries stopped. While I waited until they were allowed again, I lived in fear of making the tear worse since there is a big difference in the surgery and recovery time of a partial verses full rotator cuff tear.
I would google “safe strength exercises for shoulder injury” and limit yourself to that until you see your ortho.
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Yes I was afraid you would say that! I can’t get in to see a specialist until October 6th..I fell on my shoulder playing catch with my nephew on my driveway, so I went to the ER and while they think it’s probably just a deep bruise, it’s hard for me to raise my arm still and sleep on it. I must commend you for staying so positive through all your health issues, I feel like I’m going crazy! I injured my knee a few years back and wasn’t able to workout for months and started doing barre type workouts which I loathe! Thanks for your help and keep it up, you’re such a wealth of knowledge and I’ve had several personal trainers over the years before I worked out at home and your blog has helped much more! I will look into safe shoulder exercises when the time is right..
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It is very frustrating. After my surgery I had to wear an arm sling and I could do zero impact. So I spent a lot of time riding my recumbent bike, doing power walk workouts and strength training my right arm. I did not enjoy it. But I got through it and you will, too.
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Hi, I really enjoy your Cathe live rotations. I was wondering if you would consider doing a rotation of the other trainers from YT? I know there are so many out there that we all do. I know you do your own thing but it would be great if you could put one out there with Heather, Yvette, Angie etc. Like you don’t have enough to do already right!! Thanks for all you do. It really helps the rest of us 🙂
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I have thought about doing that in the past. I will definitely give it a try, even if I don’t do it myself immediately. Thanks for the prompt!
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I’ve followed your blog on and off for awhile.
Found it when searching for more information on Ript90.
Having read about your fitness background and subsequent challenges as you continue to pursue fitness have been extremely inspirational.
Furthermore I can honestly say that you are as qualified if not more so than many of these “celebrity” trainers.
Through your blog, I liberated myself from the gym.
I’ve been able to workout more efficiently and get better results than I did training at the gym, wasting time as people “hogged” equipment while texting as well as distancing myself from those that boasted about their two hour workouts when they actually worked out for thirty minutes and spent the rest of their time talking and socializing.
I am not ashamed to publicly state I became a fan and have gained immensely from your reviews.
All the best to you always!
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Thank you for your kind words! I am so glad my blog has liberated you from the gym! I know I will never go back!
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Hi There – I am new to your blog – I found you last month while researching home workouts – I have been an at-home exerciser on and off since my teens in the 80s – I remember recording “Body Electric” episodes from PBS on our Betamax! I am pretty much a perpetual beginner exerciser due to autoimmune joint problems but I am really enjoying reading your reviews of more advanced workouts. So glad to hear that you are doing well after your cancer treatment. Thanks so much!
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You’re welcome! I am so glad you are finding my blog useful!
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Hello,
Thank you for creating this website! I really love the information I get from it. Now for someone who has gained some weight but has experience with weight lifting what’s the best weight loss (bonus if there’s muscle building included) program you would recommend? What workout vid here would burn the most calories?
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Hello Sandy! Weight loss from exercise depends on so many things. When I went from not exercising at all to exercising all of the time I lost weight. That was the beginning of my home workout addiction and I used The Firm workouts, which are cardio + strength metabolic workouts. However, after exercising regularly for years (and getting older) no amount of exercise helps me lose weight without also drastically changing what I put in my mouth. A few years ago I did diet along with a metabolic rotation. Here is a link to that rotation: https://2lazy4gym.com/2017/01/06/metabolic-rotation-dvds-cathe-live/
In the summary before the rotation I write a lot about my goal with the rotation–to lose weight–and how I changed my eating. I got a lot of questions about it so make sure you also read the comments below for additional info.
You don’t have to subscribe to Cathe Live for a metabolic exercise plan. I have another all DVD metabolic rotation: https://2lazy4gym.com/2017/01/10/metabolic-dvd-rotation/
But you don’t even need to follow an established rotation. The key is to do metabolic workouts–cardio + strength workouts. I list every cardio + strength workout I have reviewed on my workout types page: https://2lazy4gym.com/cardio-strength-workouts/
You could look at the rotations I already created and get an idea of how I put them together, then use the workout types page to create your own rotation.
Hope this helps!
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Thank you so much for your response! I believe in your advice. You actually have lived and done them. We need to preserve your website. I agree with the diet being crucial to the weight loss success and the combination of activities for exercises. I was just overwhelmed with the options I didn’t know where to start but I think you helped me make a start. Stay fit, healthy and safe my Queen.
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Thank you so much! I need to get back in the habit of controlling what I eat. No matter how much I workout, the weight still creeps. )o: But working from home is helping me to be more active during the work day at least.
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I’ve been keeping up with the blog for a very long time! I was just wondering how you have been doing since your cancer treatment. Wanted to let you know someone out here in blog land cares! 🙂
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Thanks for asking Carrie! I am doing great. The worst of it is behind me. I have hair and eyelashes again and I have regained a lot of my strength. My metabolism has changed tho but I am guessing that is due to being forced into menopause.
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I have enjoyed your blog for years. Thanks for sharing it. I so hope you are recovering well and done or soon done with chemo/reconstruction by now.
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Thanks Ginny, and yes–I am finally on the other side of it all. I am still recovering from reconstruction but hopefully at the end of this month I can start re-building my strength. I’m just waiting for my surgeon to give me a thumbs up to lifting heavy weights and jumping. But I am doing what I can until then.
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LOVE the new look! I hope you are continuing to heal and feeling better. Positive thoughts out to you, as always!
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LOVE the new look! I hope you are continuing to heal and feel better. Positive vibes to you!
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Thanks! I have been wanting to update the blog for a long time. Odd that major surgery gave me the opportunity–lemonade out of lemons, right? Hopefully soon I can start doing and reviewing more intense workouts.
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I hope you’re feeling better after your surgery. I really love and appreciate your site.
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Thanks Linda! I am doing better every day!
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Take care of yourself just read about your heart, I pray that you heal and can get back to your workouts you had planned You are an inspiration
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Thank you Roselyn! Yesterday my oncologist gave me an even stronger medication which finally seems to be working. So hopefully soon I will be doing better.
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I wandered onto your blog when I was considering buying JM’s Body Revolution and I am totally awed at the thoroughness of your reviews. Thank you so much for making all this available to the community.
Furthermore, your determination to keep fit through physical illness is inspiring, a model to live up to.
For your blog, you might consider reversing the order of comments so the most recent are at the top. It should be pretty simple to implement (unless you have deliberately set it up the way it is, in which case ignore my comment!).
Lastly, I did buy the body revolution and I will start it in a couple of weeks when I have finished re-doing Ripped in 30 but do you have a recommendation for a kettle bell workout which is true kettle bell moves rather than regular moves that just happen to use a kettle bell?
I wish you the very best with the last phase of your treatment (I had radiation a couple of years ago and was lucky enough to sail through it but I hadn’t gone through surgery and chemo first).
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I wandered onto your blog when I was considering buying JM’s Body Revolution and I am totally awed at the thoroughness of your reviews. Thank you so much for making all this available to the community.
Furthermore, your determination to keep fit through physical illness is inspiring, a model to live up to.
For your blog, you might consider reversing the order of comments so the most recent are at the top. It should be pretty simple to implement (unless you have deliberately set it up the way it is, in which case ignore my comment!).
Lastly, I did buy the body revolution and I will start it in a couple of weeks when I have finished re-doing Ripped in 30 but do you have a recommendation for a kettle bell workout which is true kettle bell moves rather than regular moves that just happen to use a kettle bell?
I wish you the very best with the last phase of your treatment (I had radiation a couple of years ago and was lucky enough to sail through it but I hadn’t gone through surgery and chemo first).
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Thanks for the suggestion Rebecca. I can’t figure out how to do it right now (I gave it a cursory look) but I will look into more this weekend. I agree–newest comments first is better. I have two identical posts from you btw–but one is from “Polly Fragrant.” WordPress stuck you both in my Spam folder. I think that’s why. I actually have a kettlebell program that haven’t tried yet (I will some day) called the Skogg System. You can get it on Amazon. As for individual kettlebell workouts Paul Katami has some really good ones, then there is the Iron Core kettlebell collection and finally Brook Benten has created some good ones. I also really like Kelly Coffey-Meyer’s kettlebell workout.
So far radiation isn’t affecting me anything like chemo. I did have some pretty brutal fatigue for a few days but that has cleared up so I am wondering if I can attribute it to something else. My oncologist thought it was a little early for the fatigue to be setting in (I am only in week 2 of radiation and I have a total of 7 weeks; I had 3 days of extreme fatigue after only a week of radiation). But she also said it could be because I only completed chemo a little over a month ago. Who knows? But I feel fine again (no more fatigue), so it’s all good.
****I figured it out and changed it so now the newest comments are at the top! Thanks for the suggestion!
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Thanks for the advice. That’s helpful.
I hope you are kind to yourself on bad days and that whoever gives you hugs is doing a good job.
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I am so very sorry about your breast cancer diagnosis. Here’s hoping the chemo treatments are tolerable and extremely successful for you. I read your reviews all the time (ok, 99% of the time I’m reading Jillian Michaels ones, but still…lol), and appreciate the time, dedication, and detail you put into them. Even though like you stated, you post this blog anonymously, I feel a connection with you because most of your assessments are spot-on with mine. Please feel free to contact me if you need help with this blog in any way. In the meantime, be kind and gentle with yourself, and be patient as your strength returns. Because it will. Because you’re healthy, strong, and determined!
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Thank you so much Renee! And I am glad I was able to post a new Jillian review! Though I am sure Beginner Shred is too easy for you. I appreciate your offer to help, too. I will keep it in mind.
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I’m pretty much like you…like to have cardio+ weights. Funny u say kbing circuit…that’s one I wrote down to do. I have never tried yoga. I am going to do the 4 u suggest.
Thanks,
Michelle
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I like all of her yoga workouts. Some are very gentle and some are very intense. Since they are all pretty short (most 30 minutes or less) I like to combine them–start with an intense one and end with a nice gentle one.
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I have another question! I’m loving barlates thanks to you, and wanted to check out other instructors from your streaming page. Jessica Smith has caught my attention. She has sooo many workouts,just like Linda! Do you have a few favorites that you could suggest?
I hope you are doing well.
Michelle
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What type of workouts are you looking for? Cardio? Strength? Barre? Jessica’s barre workouts are easier than most of Linda’s Barlates barre workouts but still very effective. She does excellent strength workouts and great little intense cardio workouts. Overall tho, one of my favorites of her free YouTube workouts is her HIIT Mash Up. I also loved MetCon 5, Kickboxing Circuit Workout, Leg Day and most of her yoga workouts. I really love more than that–she does awesome workouts and they are free! But those are probably my favorites.
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I love your blog – I’m a strictly home exerciser primarily with Cathe and I always use your reviews to decide which purchases to make next 🙂 I’m starting to feel like there’s something missing in my routines – getting some nagging pains here and there. I think it might be good to mix it up even though no one competes cue-wise and quality-wise to Cathe so I’m hesitant even though I think it would be good. So in your opinion, would KCM or Yvette be the right people to check out? I’ve heard of KCM but never done her or Yvette’s exercises. I’m looking for something slightly different, challenging but not too high-impact or something that could be modified, and results worthy. Thank you!
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Hi Angela–I’m not sure what you mean by pains? Maybe what you need to add is some flexibility/yoga? I try to do that once a week. Both Yvette and KCM are excellent. You will get more variety with KCM as well as shorter workouts. However with Yvette you will get phenomenal calorie burn and be working very hard. They are both different from Cathe yet complementary. KCM is easier than both Yvette and Cathe but not easy–especially if you challenge yourself weight-wise. And again, Yvette is non-stop hard work with cardio in every single workout. If you go to my Streaming page (pages are listed across the top of the blog) and scroll down to the list of Yvette’s workouts (with links to the reviews) I break them down beside the workout so you can see at a glance what muscle group are worked and if it is possible to shorten the workout (many of hers are over an hour long). Yvette’s workouts are not as high impact as Cathe’s but there is impact. KCM is the same–not as high impact, but there is impact. The difference with KCM is that most (not all) of her workouts has a modifier showing low impact versions of the exercises.
Hope this helps! And if you are having pain, I would suggest adding yoga to your weekly workout routine.
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Thank you for your thoughtful response. You’re totally right – I popped in a stretch DVD shortly after I wrote you and was humbled to say the least 🙂
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I was looking over your blog as I do often, and came across Yvette Bachman. Her utube videos look fun & hard! I work out to cathe and Kcm, how are her workouts compared to theirs? I really think I am going to try one of them!
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Hi Michele! I find her workouts more challenging than most of KCM’s but she is on par with Cathe. But she is also very different from Cathe, so you are not getting the same kind of workout. But I do think they all work very nicely together (Yvette, Cathe and KCM).
It’s good that you have worked out with Cathe already, too. Tho Yvette’s workouts are excellent there are form issues. She lifts heavy and that is good, but sometimes too heavy and uses momentum to lift the weights–that isn’t good. So as long as you don’t try to lift too heavy because she is and maintain good form, then you will get a lot out of her workouts. I personally love them and just ignore any poor form I see since I know how to perform all of the exercises properly.
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Would you consider reviewing Science Based Six Pack by Thomas Delauer sometime in the future? I’m curious but skeptical about it….
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I googled it and looked on Amazon but I cannot find any actual program. I did find his website and his YouTube channel but nothing about a 6 pack program. Do you have a link?
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Hi there, I’m looking at your own rock Bottom rotation. Most weeks you have A workout for the day then it says double with another workout. Does that mean you do both on that chosen day? Thx Lyanne
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Hello Lyanne, Yes, that is what doubles are–my second workout of the day. Monday-Friday I workout for an hour in the morning and Monday-Thursday I also workout another 30 minutes after I get home from work. On weekends I can do a longer workout all in one session since I don’t work on weekends.
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First I want to say thank you for this great website. I value the information you give about every workout. Like you, I have been working out from home for years. It’s great to see others out there like me. I was wondering what you think of coffeyfit raw not being free anymore. I love KCM but just don’t know if it’s worth $10 a month. Any thoughts? Right now I subscribe to Cathe. I also have 100’s of dvd’s that I use too. So many options! I’m also loving all the youtube workouts that you suggested. I look forward to hearing what you think. Thanks again!
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Hi Kimberly! You’re welcome! I am so glad this blog is helpful. I’ll be honest, I am disappointed that KCM is charging for her Raw workouts after doing the for free ones YouTube but I do understand why she is charging. If I was doing her workouts more frequently then I would pay the $10 a month but currently it would be hard for me to justify. I can’t even justify Cathe Live anymore because I spend more time doing free YouTube workouts and DVDs I own. I honestly don’t know if I am willing to pay for a streaming subscription anymore. Not while Yvette Bachman, Fit Body by Julia and Jessica Smith continue to post free workouts. And their current workout libraries are already so vast that even if they stopped posting new ones they have plenty to keep me busy.
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do you know anything about X-Factor:ST (Weider)? PS love your website. I always check it out before doing a workout and before I purchase. Appreciate the time you take to do this!
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Thanks! I’m glad my blog is useful. And no, I don’t know anything about X-Factor.
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I am fairly new to your blog, and it is amazing! I honestly don’t know how you keep up with it! My favorites are your Cathe Live reviews and rotations! I’m excited for the day you come back to it and catch up with the new workouts! Until then, I thank you for your time and effort! It is obviously much appreciated by so many!
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Thanks! I am glad you are enjoying it. I imagine one day I will return to Cathe Live again. I do have to say, with Yvette Bachman offering some of the best and most enjoyable workouts I’ve ever done on YouTube for FREE, it won’t be any time soon.
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I remember when I could go like you. I did not think I would ever slow down but after 60 BAM! I could no longer train so hard. So be careful and don’t overdo it. After age 65 you will realize you are no longer bionic. Please be careful!
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Have you tried 22 Minute Hard Corps or have you heard anything?
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No, I have not tried it or heard much of anything about it. I probably won’t try it either. I never say never, but it’s something I am currently watching.
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I wish your blog had a “like” and a “love” button! I really appreciate everything you post! 🙂
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Thank you! I am glad my posts are helpful!
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I am new here, I’ve spent time looking through a lot of content, so if there’s an answer to my question already, please forgive me asking it again. In a nutshell, I need a recommendation for me: 54, life-long exerciser EXCEPT I’ve had to take an entire year off due to a torn meniscus. I have recently started walking but am itching to get back into a stronger, healthier post-menopausal woman. Do you have any recommendation for a dvd, or trainer, or specific program to start again in a way where I won’t re-injure my knee?
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I have been there! I was hit head on by a drunk driver in 2009 and both of my heels were shattered. I have plates and screws in both heels. The rehab for that was long! And similar to what you are going through, I had to start with no or low impact. I don’t know where you are in the rehab process, but I started with Leslie Sansone’s walking workouts and pilates workouts. After that it depends on what type of strength training you are looking for. I just discovered Barlates and Jessica Smith and they both work very well for people looking for low/no impact. Barlates (Linda Wooldridge) is more advanced and does not show as many modifications, but most of her workouts are intense with little to no impact. Jessica Smith is more intermediate but she shows a whole range of modifications from beginner and/or no/low impact, to advanced/high impact. So her workouts can be modified to all fitness levels. BTW–both of those trainers have TONS of free workouts on YouTube. And finally, Kelly Coffey-Meyer workouts are always perfect. In the majority of her workouts she has a modifier showing modifications to almost every exercise. She has strength, cardio and metabolic workouts.
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By the way, what do you do with all of the workouts you never see yourself going back to? Do they get relegated to some “wall of shame” in your workout library? 🙂
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Ha! I give them away or store them in a box in my closet.
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I just want to say that I LOVE YOU! You are helping me get my 55 year old self in decent shape by following your reviews regarding at home workouts. I’m a Cathe lover, I have about 6 of her DVD’s (one HIIT set) that’s my version of hording! 🙂
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I’m so glad this blog is helping you! It’s amazing how much is out there! But once you find that (or those!) soul mate workout(s)–it makes it so much easier to motivate yourself.
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I think I am going to subscribe to her streaming service. I already want to buy her XTrain series and I want the new one she just announced. I want to try the ICE series. Question: when her new Advanced Fit Split Workouts DVD is released (she is taping now) will it be available on the streaming service as well? If so, I should join right away because I already want to purchase about $200.00 of her workouts today alone not even including the new one that will be released in the fall!! lol
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I think so. I haven’t been subscribed to her streaming when something new comes out. Except maybe the fit tower workouts and since I wasn’t interested in them I didn’t notice them. Plus I only used the streaming for Cathe Live and blender since I own all of her DVDs. And yes, these obsessions can get very expensive. I have purchased everything Cathe has done on DVD (except Fit Tower stuff) plus subscribed to streaming. I am currently on hiatus from blender and Live because I am doing Katami 4×4 but I will be subscribing again soon!
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Still loving your blog and wishing I had some of your motivation! Curious about the new Cathe Fit/Split. Seems similar (but different) than 4DS. I’m always so tempted to buy during the pre-sale. Appreciate your thoughts! I figure it is Cathe – how bad can it be? 🙂
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Hi Nancy! That’s what I thought. Sounds like an updated 4Ds–which I LOVE–so I, of course, pre-ordered the moment I opened the email! I’m pretty excited about it. especially since I’ve passed on all her Fit Tower stuff.
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I really didn’t see myself using the Fit Tower or DVD’s. I passed, too. Pretty much the only Cathe stuff I’ve really passed on in years. I wish KCM would come out with more DVD’s. I really love her, too. My current favorite is Circuit Burn, but there are many!
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Circuit Burn is one of my favorite KCM workouts, too! Have you tried her CoffeyFit Raw workouts on YouTube? I am loving them so far.
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I just saw that she had them because of your blog! I haven’t tried them yet, but am definitely planning on it!! How did you discover she had them?
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I follow Kelly on Facebook. Now I have the YouTube app on my phone and it sends me an alert every time she (and other YouTube trainers I follow) upload something. So now I learn about it even quicker.
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I really love your page! Such great information! It pushed me to lift heavier like you did for ICE Chiseled Lower Body and boy am I feeling it. Will regularly view your page 🙂
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That is such an awesome workout, isn’t it? I really love her ICE series. I didn’t think I would but they turned out to be excellent and challenging workouts–and more fun than many of her other workouts.
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Thanks for your reply, I do plan to give On Demand ago at some point, so will give them a go then. Although looking at the video clips, I think they will be modifable.
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I always check out your blog as completely trust your opinion on whats hot or not! I was just wondering if you could give me a bit of advice.. I love Cathe & have pretty much all her DVDs. However I have not purchased the new Fit Tower Advanced DVDs as I don’t have a Fit Tower & living in the UK I have no way of purchasing one. I was just wondering if you have tried these DVDs yet & if so could I modify with a chair for some moves? I really want to get the DVDs but no point if they are not able to be modified in some way. Thanks
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Hi Aimee–no, I haven’t tried these DVDs and I don’t plan to. I just can’t see myself using them very often. However, if I were ever to change my mind, I wouldn’t buy them with the Fit Tower. I would just use a chair. I don’t know if that is a suitable substitute. You can sign up for her OnDemand and try them that way to see if they are modifiable. There is a lot more to OnDemand–even tho it is $19.95 a month you could do a lot in the month–Cathe Live and Blender–plus trying those workouts to see if they are modifiable.
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LOVE LOVE LOVE your site! I belong to a mom-n-pop fitness operation that does quite a bit of Insanity type workouts. But I want the option of working out at home too. You do a great job of describing the workouts. Doing Insanity 30 with Shaun T now and I like to know what the workout is before I do it so I’m mentally prepared. Plus now I don’t buy a DVD set until I read your reviews.
Thank you for taking the time to do this!!!
~ Fanatic in Iowa
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You’re welcome! I am so glad my blog is so useful! I feel the exact same way. I always want to be mentally prepared when coming to a workout. If it’s been a while since I’ve done a workout, I always re-read my own review before doing it again!
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I just wanted to stop in and thank you for making my workouts so much easier and more efficient. The fact that you have taken the time to write the breakdowns out has helped me improve my physical fitness level with ease.
You are awesome! Thank you again!
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You’re welcome! So glad it’s so helpful!
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I stumbled upon your reviews because I have over 300 workout dvds and am always looking for the next one. I tried a few new ones thanks to you (Meta Shred and the Anarchy workout), so thanks for the info.
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You are welcome! I hope I directed you to some good ones! I know I love MetaShred Extreme! One of my favorites.
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I just recently came across your blog and I’m so glad I did! I love working out at home, but I’ve been bored with my usual workouts lately after doing them for years now. I need to find something new to motivate me and after reading just a few of your reviews so far, I already have a list that I’m excited to try. This is just what I’ve been looking for. Thanks!
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Hi Sandy! And you are welcome I am so glad this blog is helpful!
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Hello!! I recently found your page, and it´s amazing!! I´m a big Jillian fan, but in my country `workout at home´ is something very weird. When I try to explain my habit to other people, they look at me like If I´m crazy!! And of course they are always telling you that you´re never going to get results with that. So it´s a pleasure for me to meet a workout DVD fan like you!! Thanks for sharing all this good information with us! (and sorry for my english)
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Hello Cris! It’s crazy, isn’t it? I worked out at a gym a long time ago and I get much better workouts now than I ever did when I went to a gym. That’s what happens when people judge without trying–they miss out on a great thing!
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That is impressive! I’m going to give it my best shot, but i hate every second of it. And, there is NO chance I am getting up that early on the weekend. I’ll get in a workout somehow those days!
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Hey, there! I assume from your background that you workout in the morning before work. I need to do the same (before my 8yo gets up and I have to get her ready and to school, then drive to work). I just don’t have the time or energy for a longer workout by the time I get home. While I can get out of bed at 5am to get to a meeting or catch a plane, it is really a struggle to drag myself out of bed an hour early for a workout (even though I feel great when I’m done). I’ve read all of the tricks and such, but wondered if you could offer any motivation!!
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Hi Nancy! Yes, I work out every work-day morning at 4:30am (6:30am on weekends). To be perfectly honest, what “motivates” me is habit. I have been doing this for more than 10 years (when my kids lived at home, too). And sometimes when I get out of bed I don’t feel like working out but it is such a habit that I do not even think about it or consider it. I just do it. Many times I am not even really awake until the warm up is nearly done! I do not have any tricks unfortunately–just persistence. Do it enough times and it becomes more than a habit but in intrinsic part of your day. So that when you do not do it, your day seems all wrong and “off.”
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Hello,
I just discovered your blog through VF. I love your reviews! I’m a huge Cathe fan, dating back to the 90’s. Like you, I work out for 60 minutes in the morning. Since her more recent DVDs are less than that, I am always looking for an “add-on” which many of her DVDs work well for as you point out. It would be great if you tag – label these shorter workouts.
Thanks!
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That’s a good idea and one I have actually been thinking about. I did add the time lengths to the workout lists under Streaming and Cathe Live, but now I think I will add some categories to the category menu along the right hand side for 10, 20 and 30 minute workouts. It will take some time tho! Once I create them I’ll have to go through 300+ reviews and add the category to the review but I hopefully I can get it done in a week or so.
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Hi
Really appreciate your blog. I read that you do two workouts a day. I am thinking of doing the same. I want to workout at lunch time then after work. after work i am thinking of doing cathe low impact workouts- cardio and at lunch strength three times a week and spinning the two others. Can you give me any advice on doing doubles? I don’t want to get injured(already have slight knee pain) or crash on my workouts. Thanks for your help!
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Hi Yolanda! The biggest thing that I do is schedule everything out in advance. Even if you only do a week at a time. That way you can be sure you are putting enough time between any workout that gives you a lot of impact. I make sure I don’t do HIIT level workouts that include plyometrics any more than 3x a week and make sure there is always a day between them. However, looking at the plan that you have, it looks workable just as it is. There is no impact and cardio can be done every day. As long as you’re giving yourself some recovery time between strength workouts, then you have an excellent plan already mapped out!
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Thanks so much! It is so nice to have someone knowledgeable to ask for advice!
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Love your blog. I use it almost daily. What is your favorite live met/circuit workout that is heavier focused on weights? I did scrambled cardio and weights Mon and it had a cardio focus I thought (great wo !) So now want more weight focus
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Are you referring to Cathe Live workouts? If you are looking for workouts that are cardio + strength and give you good strength work then my favorites are Low Impact Cardio Leg Blast + Ball Upper Body; I also love High Intensity Aerobic Weight Training w/ Step. Now, she has some fast paced circuit workouts without cardio blasts but that elevate your heart rate into the cardio zone. Those you can lift heavy on. Those would be PHAT #1 and PHAT #2 and Total Body Giants Sets. If you meant something else–or DVD workouts, let me know!
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I learned about your site through Cathe’s site. Great information and I love just how relatable you are. I will be following you from here in out.
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Thank you! I am so glad this blog is helpful!
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Love this blog! So helpful. Thank you for putting so much time into this! I was wondering if you could make a recommendation for me, since you know what you’re talking about! 😉
I’m a HUGE Kelly Coffey-Meyer fan. It looks like you’re a big Cathe fan. I’ve never done anything by her before–if you were to pick one Cathe workout to get started on…what would you recommend? Bonus: I love step aerobics. Any thoughts? Step or otherwise?
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Hi Laurel! And you’re welcome! I’m not sure what your fitness level is. Cathe is more advanced than KCM. I will tell you what my absolute favorite Cathe workout is: High Step Challenge. It uses the high (square) step and is a cardio + strength workout and the step choreography is basic and athletic. Cathe’s step cardio can get pretty complex and KCM’s is easy in comparison (her choreography I mean). Party Rockin’ Step #2 is a lot of fun and not too complex. Let me know the type of workout you are looking for and I could probably give a better recommendation. Strength (split series or total body)? Cardio? Cardio + strength? More metabolic cardio (using dumbbells)? And level–intermediate? Advanced? And finally–do you like high impact or do you prefer lower impact workouts? Oh–and length? KCMs are all 30 minutes but Cathe’s are longer–some are really long and others in the 40-50 minute range.
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Thanks for the quick reply!! I’ll definitely check out those two you recommended. I would love more difficult step choreography–so that’s welcome!
I’ve always just done videos to stay in shape, but just recently have gotten more into it with trying to plan workout rotations–very beginner in that regard.
Trying to gain muscle and get rid of a few pounds that seem to hang on. So, I’m guessing total body? Would love to become more knowledgeable on what workouts to do when in order to get where you want to go (reading your workout rotation section right now! 😉 )
As far as level, probably intermediate to advanced. I like a variety of lengths! 30 minutes for weekdays before work and longer ones for the weekend.
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Then I think you will like Party Rockin Step #2–more complex choreography than KCM but not overcomplicated. It is more of a steady state cardio workout and it is fun. And if you find the choreography too easy? Then try Party Rockin Step #1–that one is way too complex for me! Cathe doesn’t have any workouts that fall in the 30 minute limit that aren’t HIIT workouts. However, she always has “timesaver” premixes, so you can do a shorter version of her workouts. One of my favorite Cathe strength workouts that is total body and high-intermediate is Push Pull wonderful workout with premixes that can make it more advanced. The best bonus about this DVD is it has two full strength workouts on it. The other one is Supersets and it is also an excellent total body strength workout!
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Thank you so much for this blog! I stumbled upon it while looking for some reviews of Cathe’s DVDs after trying and loving her ICE series and your site popped up. It’s become an invaluable reference source because you take the time to break down every part of a workout – I’ve been copying and pasting a ton of those breakdowns into my Word reference guide! I don’t know if you’ll see this but this 40-something female (who also has two golden furballs and while not a husband a long term boyfriend) thanks you so much! 🙂
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Hi Kathy! I am so glad my blog is so useful. And I am loving the ICE series, too. I especially love the Muscle Meltdowns.
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I LOVE the muscle meltdowns! Before Cathe I had a hard time finding DVDs that provided enough weight training (sorry but I don’t buy Tracy Anderson’s claim that women should only lift three pounds…then again, I don’t buy most of her “scientific” claims LOL). I especially love the triceps and biceps meltdowns! Your blog is wonderful, it’s been so helpful when trying to decide what DVD to buy; I just bought Cathe’s Body Max 2 based on your review. Having a lot of trouble with the choreography (hopefully that will come in time) but it was worth it for the strength and ab sections alone! 🙂
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Hi! I found out about you from the Cathletes Facebook site. LOVE your reviews! I’m in my low 40’s with 2 kids as well and a home fitness junkie. Will be following you for future reviews!!
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thanks! For a while at least I will be doing mostly Cathe Live reviews since I am trying to stop buying so many workout DVDs!
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I just wanted to thank you for your reviews! They are so helpful and well written. I am a new Cathe Live Subscriber and your reviews of those workouts have been invaluable. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this!
Chris
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You’re welcome! I’m glad my reviews are helpful. Sorry it took me so long to reply–I have been out of town!
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i have a 15 min a day workout program Extreme 15 i would like for to review to see if its the real deal
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Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll have to look into it, but right now I’m trying not to purchase anymore workouts for while.
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looking for a review
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Thank you very much for the Cathe Live reviews! I agree that they are generally easier than her DVDs, but have enjoyed her cardio, step and lower body workouts so far. I look forward to reading your thoughts on those!
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Though they are easier, they aren’t easy! I am still getting a great workout from the Live workouts. And so far, I am honestly finding them more fun. I did not expect that. I really love Cathe’s DVDs, but these live workouts have really reminded me of why I got addicted to home workouts in the first place!
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Yes, me too! Sadly, my Cathe DVDs (as well as pretty much all my DVDs from other instructors) have been laying dormant on my shelf since I discovered streaming workouts like Cathe Live. The spontaneity and continual freshness of their content make the streamed workouts so much more appealing to me.
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Wow!!!Just stumbled across your site….fantastic information and I’m so glad I found it. Have been working my elliptical trainer for many years, day in day out, but suddenly decided I needed a change earlier this year, so I sold the elliptical, bought a spin bike and discovered the world of DVD programs which I didn’t know existed. Wish I had done this years ago. I’m just finishing up XTF Max (one more week to go) and will be starting PiYo in January. I can’t wait to spend time looking at all of your reviews. Thank you so much for all the effort you put in!
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Hello! I’m so glad you are finding my reviews helpful. I have seen XTF Max before and have wondered about it. What are your thoughts about that program. I believe that is the same company that created RIPT90–and I really like RIPT90.
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Hi again. It’s the first program I’ve done, so I don’t have anything to compare it to, but I would say it is probably beginner/intermediate. It is “no frills” for sure, and I know many people find the instructor annoying (based on Amazon reviews), but I didn’t have a problem with her–in fact, I think I’ll probably miss seeing her after I finish the program on Tuesday! She does repeat a lot of the same jokes on different DVD’s, and she talks about sweating a lot, but I am used to it now. Anyways, I am definitely seeing body changes over the 3 months that I have done this (I don’t have weight to lose) and I am approaching 50 (quickly), so I would say this has worked well for me. I didn’t like the yoga DVD (way too many down dog routines for my wrists), so I did level 1 of JM’s Yoga Meltdown on my yoga days instead (free on youtube) which worked out well. One of the other issues is that I don’t think she works both sides of the body equally–it all seems kind of random in terms of time and/or reps for each side. Now I am interested in RIPT 90 (since you say you like it)….seemed like it was mostly for men, but I do want to emphasize weight-lifting more, so I will check that out. I would really like to get her one-on-one 5 disc series because they are similar to “circuit burnout” (my favorite DVD of the whole XTFmax set), but they don’t ship to Canada from Amazon.com–I’ll have to see if I can find it somewhere else. Anyways, if you have any specific questions about the program, please ask! You can probably find some clips on youtube as well. Take care.
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Thanks for the quick response! I haven’t done those particular workouts, but I have done other Tracy Anderson and Pure Barre dvds. I’ll be interested in your impressions!
If you haven’t already, check out Linda Wooldridge’s Barlates workouts. She has a bunch of free content on YouTube you can try before buying. I think you’d like them because they’re on the more intense side within the barre genre.
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Hi again, you posted that you were interested in trying more yoga and barre workouts. I was wondering which barre workouts are on your list, so I can look forward to reading those reviews. 🙂
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Hi! Yes–I can tell you what I checked out from the library this past weekend. Pure Barre: 16th Street Vol 2 and Element: Barre Conditioning. I’m not sure what Tracy Anderson is at this point but if she is barre, too, then that one is Tracy Anderson Method: Mat Workout. I currently plan to be doing them (and reviewing them) all the first week of November.
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I love love love this blog!!! We have the same taste in workouts. Thank you for your time writing out reviews … I have placed a few orders on your reviews … thanks.!!
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I’m so glad you are enjoying it and that it is useful!
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Just want to add to the fan girl praise of your blog! 😀 I have been addicted to your site recently and reading almost every review (okay not every single review but close!). You have been instrumental in my recent binge collecting of all things Kelly Coffey-Meyer. lol I already had pretty much all of Cathe’s workouts, but I still enjoyed reading your reviews. We have the same taste for the most part! Thanks so much for your time and effort with this blog!!!
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I am so glad this blog is helpful! It is a great (though expensive!) day when you discover that trainer that you must hoard everything they have ever created. It was so expensive when I discovered Cathe–she has so many awesome workouts and none of them are cheap. But so worth it! I do the same thing with Kelly–I already have her new ones on pre-order! I pre-ordered on Monday!
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Me too! lol I pre-ordered Kelly’s newest as well as ICE from Cathe. It is futile to resist… 😉
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Thanks so much! Can’t wait to read more reviews 🙂 you rock
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Awesome review site. Thanks so much for the extensive reviews. I love fitness DVDs and I’ve only just discovered there are others like me. Your reviews are outstanding and unbiased. Thanks again.
What would you say is the most comprehensive fitness dvd or program you’ve done?
What are your go to sets or discs? ?
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Thanks Brandy! There are a lot of good programs out there and they all have their strengths and weaknesses. None of them are perfect and (IMHO) they all need some type of supplementation. However, the best all around programs are Cathe’s. However, her “programs” aren’t comprehensive either (though they get close). Xtrain is excellent and probably the the best program out there but lacks flexibility. She does stretch you out nicely after each workout, but I personally want more. Ripped with HIIT is a close second but again–lacks flexibility. And she doesn’t stretch out as well in Ripped with HIIT as she does in Xtrain at the end of the workouts. So for those two you would need to add in some yoga or extended stretching. However, those two are probably the best fitness programs out there. Now, the most comprehensive program out there there (but not necessarily the “best” program), is Chalean Extreme. One day I will get the review of that up. She covers everything. Not necessarily in depth, but she does a good job covering all of the bases. And it is a very good program btw. My #1 go-to is Cathe. In fact, when I don’t do Cathe workouts for a while I start pining for her workouts–they are like a “fix” and I feel better after I start doing her workouts again. Weird huh? Kelly Coffey-Meyer is a close second. I love a lot of trainers and workouts but if I had to pick just one (or two) and was forced to get rid of all the rest–I couldn’t part with my Cathe or Kelly Coffey-Meyer workouts.
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I just want you to know that I ADORE your site and your reviews! You are my go-to website when I’m deciding which Cathe workout to do next (or Jillian or Beachbody…you get the idea)
THANK YOU for your site and your reviews!!! 🙂
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You’re welcome! I am so glad this blog is so helpful!
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….I have been doing Cathe for about a year now; mixed w/other cardio- I also can’t master much step only routines- but will one day….anyways- have you taken a peek at her website- she uploaded a ~47 min step video at one of trips- I’ve been doing it just as one of my workouts of cardio only- and the Hiit- premix of another fav of mine xfire or To the Max, later in the day….curious is you felt the workout filmed during her trip was a good one- I’m dripping after it- so I really like it; I’m on 3 risers.
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Was the workout free? Because I don’t subscribe to any of her streaming or live workouts. I only use her DVDs.
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I am a little surprised you hadn’t heard of either of those, since you are a fellow fitness DVD addict 🙂 but thank you for investigating them — I am looking forward to your reviews!
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Please post your comments. Would love to hear!
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Thank you so much for writing all these reviews! I refer to them all the time, especially the ones that have breakdowns, and eagerly await your new ones. It seems that we have similar workout tastes (i.e., we are fellow intensity addicts), so I was wondering whether you have tried any of the Dream Body DVDs or the Tonique DVDs. I own both the 1st and 2nd Dream Body series and wanted to see what you thought of them. Likewise, I am thinking about acquiring some Tonique so wanted to get your impressions. Thank you again for your hard work on this blog!
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Thank you for writing! I had not heard of either of these workouts and I am intrigued! I was almost ready to purchase the Dream Body workout collection until I saw the price! I moved that to my wishlist, but I will be buying at least one of the Tonique’s to give it a try! I love finding new trainers and intense workouts–but it is not always a good thing! It can get expensive!
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I did it! I found a Dream Body single workout and Tonique 2. I ordered them! Thanks for the recommendation!
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Your extensive reviews of workout videos have helped me a lot in choosing which ones to buy. Thanks for taking the time and effort to write these reviews. I used to scoff at doing workout videos as I didn’t think they could give me the burn that I had only associated with running or sweating it out at the gym. But when I started exercising to workout videos, I soon realized how terribly wrong my previous impression was. Many of these videos do kick serious butt and have helped me reach my goal weight in no time. Working out at home has many advantages, i.e. eliminating the time-consuming commute to the gym and back, avoiding the clarion call of donut shops and fast-food that beckon from my car window, having to wipe somebody else’s sweat from the elliptical machine (ew!), not to mention that it costs less in the long run than a gym membership.
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Congrats on reaching your goal weight! And I am so glad my reviews are useful. There are some really great–and intense–workouts out there, all on DVD. And I am so glad because I hate the gym and I could never be as creative as all of these trainers who create the workouts then make them available to us–saving us time and money. There are more coming! I still have so many that I already own and haven’t reviewed yet, but even better–I have a wishlist of new workouts I want that I hope will be partially satisfied this Christmas!
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Hello,
I’ve read a couple of reviews, I wanted to thank you for all the detailed info.
Great work and best wishes on your fitness journey!
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Wow–your blog is just what I’ve been looking for! Very helpful. I’m a big Cathe fan so it’s nice to hear someone else’s spin on her workouts along with the others you review. Thanks and keep it up!
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Thanks! There is definitely more Cathe workouts coming, since those are all I seem to do anymore!
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