Search - All Systems Go! The Ultimate Nonstop Cardio & Strength Rush Workout With Mindy Mylrea on DVD

EXTREME CARDIO

Mini Marshmallow | Bergen County, NJ | 01/21/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Not to mention extreme cardio AND strength...the Body Bar intensifies this workout that I found myself mostly using the modifier who was always in clear view behind Mindy to watch. Excellent camera angles helped. Your options are: Strength/Cardio 1, 2, 3 & Cardio Drills 1, 2, & Floor Strength. Get ready to use big, bold moves if you want the advanced level. The options run about 25 minutes or so making it fast tempo workouts. Exercises alternate between strength & cardio with little or no breaks. The cardio portion is very dynamic & you always have the modifier in clear view, as an option. You'll hold the Body Bar upright, like a ski pole, for all those cardio moves and then, perform multi-joint moves for the alternating strength moves. High reps challenge your endurance as well. I used a 4 lb. Body Bar & found myself at times leaving it aside.

As for the Cardio Drills, the choreography was similar as to working on a Step. Mindy uses the Body Bar as a marker on the floor and you'll perform quick footwork (hops, straddles, slides) all around the bar, so use extreme caution or FOLLOW THE MODIFIER, as she works strictly as a floor aerobics workout. Strength/Cardio & Drills 1 mainly works the total body, Strength/Cardio & Drills 2 focuses on the lower torso, while Strength/Cardio 3 focuses on the upper torso muscles & Floor Strength isolates the upper torso with rows & twists while sitting, then onto the side plank (a killer) with single arm raises (I switched to my shorter Body Bar), concluding with "not just ordinary push-ups", but using the Body Bar as a marker, you'll alternate one hand up and below it the bar.

Mindy is just a huge shining star of hyper-motivation. She cues perfectly, is fun to listen & watch to, and comes up with clever choreography. Never, ever boring."

Advanced for sure

dusty | Ohio | 01/23/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Tough workout, but well cued and uncomplicated. As an advanced exerciser you might find yourself modifying quite a bit. She alternates cardio with toning, but each section has some of the other. If you own a body bar, it will be put to good use in this video. Mindy is superfriendly, as always. One of the other exercisers shows modifications."