Workout: One-On-One Training with Jackie | Jackie Warner | Good, bad, or ugly--Jackie's "Workout"...

Workout: One-On-One Training with Jackie | Jackie Warner | This DVD gives you an hour with a quality, high priced personal trainer!!!

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	Workout: One-On-One Training with Jackie Jackie Warner Lions Gate, 2008 average customer review:based on 149 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Good, bad, or ugly--Jackie's "Workout" DVD produces RESULTS!

I work out at a health club (cardio and circuit), but not regularly enough to achieve good results (at age 40+), so I was looking for a flexible at-home solution to augment the health club.

I'll give that the Bravo reality show "Workout" was entertaining and motivating (The Good). I'll give that reality shows in general can muck up their stars' credibility or image (The Bad.) I'll also give that the episode where Jackie cattily snickered about a client's cleavage was disappointing (The Ugly).

In protest, and becasuse I'd heard good things, I tried Jillian Michaels's "30 Day Shred"--but found her Level 2 style a tad abrasive and belittling. (If her routines are going to torment me physically, don't need to augment that with low self-esteem because I can't keep up with her grueling routines or burn that stubborn fat. Found myself cussing back at her on the TV...)!

So I revisited Jackie Warner's "Workout: One-on-One Training." Figured with a successful Beverly Hills fitness club and a rock-hard body at 40 (that my sister enviously insists is from surgery because no one over 35 looks that good without it), Jackie must be doing something right. I started with the 20-minute Core routine every morning, with the Upper-Body routine every other morning. (As mentioned in other reviews--there are three 20-min. workouts--core, upper body, lower body. I have lower-back and knee issues, so I shy away from high-impact lower-body routines.)

Bottom line: It works!

In 6 months: lost 8 lbs, 3" from waist, 2" from hips, 4" from ribcage, arms and abs more sculpted than 2 decades of health club. 6 months later, I still burn (adding ankle weights and a balancing disc for core + increasing weights for upper body keeps it effective.)

PROS: Schedule flexibility (quick 20 minutes daily, or all 60 3x/week); includes warm-up and cooldown stretches + beginning/advanced modifications; motivating, personable coaching (Jackie is encouraging, but sometimes forgets to address her at-home viewer-clients); fairly good job emphasizing good form throughout DVD; includes 1-minute cardio-burst moves (more effective than just the routines--just don't expect it to be a substitute for cardio workout--it isn't).

CONS: Moves fast, lack of clear instruction from one routine to next (example: stands up between modified plank and bicycles--both floor routines, so keep the remote pause/rewind handy until you learn the routines); doesn't emphasize good core form throughout core routine (i.e., press belly inward to spine, spine into floor); some routines change timing/don't keep time w/music; severe lower-back strain with some upper-body moves where you bend over with weights (bent-over rows, rear-delt flys, alternating one-arm row--try over exercise ball or bedside/sofaside to support lower back).

RECOMMENED? Absolutely! (Esp. for beginners/intermediate fitness-seekers.)

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This DVD gives you an hour with a quality, high priced personal trainer!!!

Whether you watch the show or not, you can see that Jackie and her trainers have awesome bodies! Who wouldn't want the experience of working out with them? I'd love to be personally trained by Jackie, but she's off the charts cost wise, and I'm in Wisconsin, so I was THRILLED to be able to buy her DVD! I think that it's pretty good for her first one, and I bet she'll come out with even better ones as time goes on. I have to pry myself off the floor sometimes after she kicks my a** for 60 minutes! (I prefer to do the whole thing instead of breaking it up into the 20 minute segments) So, summing it all up, this DVD gives you the best bang for your buck...and if you watch the show, you'll feel like you are exercising with friends! I can't wait for her next one! I hope she's all over that right now! :-) Thanks Jackie!

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Awesome workout!!!

I love this workout! The first time I tried this video I wasn't expecting to make it too far before having to quit. But to my surprise, I finished all 3 segments. This is one of my favorites so far because it doesn't seem like an hour of exercise (at least not until the next day!). I like the fact that she spends a full minute on each exercise instead of just 10-12 reps. You have time to work on form and really get it right. Plus there's enough time between trainer changes to grap a drink of water throughout the workout.

I'm Still Sore

My roommate and I just bought this DVD and it's great. You definitely get a good sweat just a few minutes in, but you can push yourself to get through it. But boy are you sore afterward! I appreciate that on many of the exercises, Jackie shows way to modify the difficulty level depending on your fitness level. Good buy!

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Fan

I am a fan of the show so I was very curious to see how the video turned out. Altho its a little slower than some of the other work out videos I have done...I feel the burn after:)I like that the work out are split into 3 20 min workout(upper body, core, lower body). Makes it very easy to combine with your normal routine and easy for a beginner like myself. I like that you can make it more challenging. They may be simple excersizes but they work. The 20 mins flies by because they switch up the trainers every so often. I have noticed faster than other routines that my arms are toning up and I dont even do it as consistent as I should.

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