WINNERS
Body Pump with the cardio add ons - Love the instructors, music and format. I would not do this as a rotation as I feel it's too much of the same thing to only do this, but these are my favorite low weight high rep workouts by far.
Body Beast - Doing this rotation now, starting week 7. I do very few sets as official rotations, but this one really needs to be done as a rotation. I still love it and still look forwarding to doing these every day. I love the heavy lifting, and there is nothing else like it on the market. I like the instructor Sagi, the same little funny comments still make me laugh. I have seen better muscle definition, bigger muscles, and am just overall tighter from this.
Tapout - Although my love affair may be coming to an end for now from a little burnout, I was hooked on this for months, I did not do it as a rotation officially, but for about a month I followed the calendar pretty closely while doing workouts at my gym, then just did 2-3 a week with other workouts. I had so much fun and felt so strong doing these. It was fun noticing my progress on being able to do so many pushups, and I could actually feel my core get harder from this.
Kettlebell Kickboxing - Unbelievable workouts. She does talk too much, but it's tolerable, you can barely hear the music, I turn it off and use my own. I love the kettlebell moves, some really unique stuff, mixed in with the cardio bursts. Each move being only a minute, and the 35 minutes workout length just makes this fun, time flies, but I get a great sweaty workout that's fun in a short amount of time.
Just Bought
DeltaFit - I like metabolic style workouts and find my body responds well to them, with the discount this was a great deal.
On the fence
RKS - I never got into this the way others did, but there are definitely good workouts in here, a couple I really did like as stand alone workouts. Still looking one day to try this out again and work it in somehow with other workouts. I also bought this while taking a live kettle class, and injured myself at the class, so it turned me off bells for a while.
Considered, but glad I did not purchase:
Cardio Karate - Glad I waited for the clips, they do not look appealing at all to me.
Horizontal Conditioning - This one, I feel like I must be missing something with all the love, but I can't see me enjoying these at all.
Jillian Body Revolution - I know I don't click with her, but the draw of the infomercial and reviews almost wore me down, but I held strong and did not buy.
Regret
Cathe LIS - It pains me to say this, I do love Cathe, but this set caused my first longer term injury that sidelined me from doing workouts (other than stretching and walking) at all.
Still looking at
JNL - The workouts I am sure are very good, but there is something about her or the workouts when I watch the clips that keep holding me back. I don't need it right now anyway, especially with DeltaFit coming, but I may revisit this some day.
Pre-ordered
Cathe Xtrain - I bought this for the weight work, I am rarely disappointed in her weight work, and hopefully some of the cardio works for me too, especially the boxing one.
Can't wait for!
Les Mills Body Combat!!!!