This morning I did the last one I hadn't already done, the Abs, Buns, and Thighs workouts from the Personal Trainer series. This is two 25-minute routines, but the way the DVD is chaptered it was easier to just do them both together. Wow, this is probably my new favorite of everything I've done in this rotation! It burned SO many calories and even though all the aerobics were low-impact, my heart got pumping! This is co-led by Michelle and Kim, who have appeared in some of Jane's other videos. If you string everything together like I did, you'll get six aerobic segments interspersed with toning segments, and two stretches. Everything is honestly very easy, but where it's effective is in its repetition. The sound is mixed well, and everybody looks like they're having a great time. The music is even pretty good, too. And I find I like the smaller class; it's just the three of them, with Jane doing lower-intensity and Michelle or Kim (depending on which one is leading) doing higher. Jane focuses on warm-up, cool-down, and the toning segments, which are almost entirely chair-assisted. The only other negative, though, is that there is truly barely any actual "buns" toning going on here, and for anyone used to doing slightly more intense weight training, the toning segments feel a bit wimpy. Again, doing both 25-minute segments together for a full 50-minute session will help you feel like you did more.
I'm definitely going to keep doing Jane, having slotted all her workouts into various appropriate categories of pilates, yoga, and aerobic weight training/cross-training, and as I go through these different modalities as part of my regular fitness regime, I'll keep using her stuff. I may also dig into the stuff only available on YouTube.
I hope this has been fun for everybody following along and doing Jane, too!