I have Kelly's new workouts and have done each one twice, S&L three times.
Overall impressions: My (surprise) favorite of the two is S&L - I thought CSO would be the winner for me, but I really, really like S&L. For me, it is one of the best of KCM's recent offerings and I think will have real staying power on my shelf. Premix w/boxing and strength intervals is *awesome*. However, that is nothing against CSO - I do actually really like this one, and I think the format w/add-ons is going to be a nice option for me. Background in both is crisp, bright and uncluttered.
Kelly is alone in CSO. There is one workout on this DVD w/the option to extend 3 times. So a single 30 minute workout w/3 6-8 minute extenders (each one another circuit). The format is: low impact cardio, boxing, legs and then compound. KCM wears a weighted vest and uses light dumbbells for boxing, which I did too. The low impact cardio moves were good - different, and the vest really ramped up the intensity w/o the impact factor. The boxing moves are jab & hook series at a relatively low pace. The leg work is really good, and gets your heart rate up. The compound moves were great - lots of good ab-related work here.
Kelly has two background exercisers in S&L; Sammy and Jayne. The Strong portion is by body part, with three different moves each utilizing the barbell, then dumbbells, then tubing. You could easily sub dumbbells for her barbell moves. The body parts are: bi's, back, legs & glutes, tri's, shoulders and chest. I really enjoyed the format of the strength - different moves and equipment for each segment, which definitely helps with the boredom factor. The boxing segments were nice tie-ins to the weight work - segments moving at a medium-to-fast pace. The extended add-on was really good too - short but powerful. It had hip thrusts w/the barbell, knee-ins, reverse crunches and then a modified turkish get-up with the dumbbell.
So for lying on the floor: non, IIR, in CSO. For S&L the extended add-on is all floor. And then - I *think* some of the end chest work is on the floor. I would need to go back and check.
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Stephanie
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