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10 Minute Solution Rapid Results Fat Burner w/ Cat Chiarelli
Have you been wishing 10 Minute Solution (10MS) would make a DVD with 5 all cardio segments with more athletic cardio and/or with a little more intensity? Well, they have! It's Catherine (Cat) Chiarelli's Rapid Results Fat Burner.
This has been mentioned before, like on the thread Lots of new releases at Target! - look for posts by Denise R and Jane 1721 on pages 5 & 6 (and on this thread: Who's the instructor for "10 Minute Solution Rapid Results Fat Burner"?). Here's a mini review of it from me (for my full review, which will probably take you longer to read than to do the actual workout, click here): I did the full shebang on Friday, and this gets a thumbs up from me. As you'll expect, this has 5 approximately 10-min. segments, only here they're all more athletic floor cardio. Each has a different focus: Power Sports Drills, Extreme Intervals (15 sec. on, 15 off, rinse & repeat), Low Impact Fat Blaster (basic "old school" hi/lo or floor aerobics), Rapid Results Kickboxing, and Cardio Max (similar moves to the Low Impact Fat Blaster, only here they're higher impact and intensity). I found Extreme Intervals the most challenging, followed closely by Power Sports Drills and Cardio Max, and then Rapid Results Kickboxing, with Low Impact Fat Blaster the least intense. When I ran through all five segments together, I started with Power Sports Drills, did Extreme Intervals, allowed myself a breather with Rapid Results Kickboxing, put in a last push with Cardio Max, and then allowed my heart rate to drift down with Low Impact Fat Blaster; this type of series worked well for me. I can hear the groans as I type that this does have warm-ups and cool-downs in each segment. Power Sports Drills actually has 2.5 min. of warm-up, but she quickly throws in jumping jacks (has someone been talking to Jillian Michaels?). The cool-downs are almost all the same few quick stretches and usually don't last more than about 30 sec. A heads up: This has quite a bit of impact with minimal suggestions for modifications or substitutions. Also, Cat likes to use squats and lunges. But there aren't that many turns, and you could leave out the one pivot that appears. I’d recommend this to intermediate / intermediate + exercisers, as Cat moves quickly through things. This won't impress the Insanity crew, but for someone like me (int/adv) it's a solid heart pumping workout. I feel this one is one destined for tepid praise - the moves are interesting enough, the cuing's all right, the music's just OK, Cat's pleasant, this is a good video - but that's fine by me, as a) it deserves some accolades and b) not every workout in my (admittedly rather large) collection needs to be superlative-inspiring or on my Desert Island list. I’m very pleased this is pretty much just what I expected based on description and previews (Collage has a clip, and Mary should have one soon, too): a DVD with short, straightforward, pure cardio segments that are decently intense. It’s a solid, well done workout that I’m happy to own, and it should earn its keep within my collection thanks to its usefulness and versatility: I can use it in parts as warm-ups, add-ons, or even finishers, or I can do most to all of it as a decently intense stand-alone cardio session. I don't have too many 10MS cardio DVDs. This probably compares closest to Michelle's (Carb &) Calorie Burner; I feel RRFB is like the next step, in that Cat already assumes you know the basics plus takes things up a notch in intensity. I had Keli's Kickbox Bootcamp, but that was so long ago I don't remember much about that. I have Petra's Dance off Belly Fat, but that doesn't compare well with this, except maybe the Low Impact Fat Burner segment, which is similar. Oh, this one of the new ones at Target with the Fitness magazine offer (although I'm going to send it in for the $7 refund instead, making this a good deal ). ETA: Please, anyone else who's done this DVD, consider adding your review both to this thread and to the VF Review section via the link I provided above.
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10 minute solution, cat chiarelli, intermediate workouts, multiple workouts per day, rapid results, rapid results fat burner, sparks |
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