One of my first experiences with a workout video was a Barbie workout with Jennifer Love Hewitt as the main girl. In the video she went as "Love" rather than Jennifer or anything else. I was three when I started doing this workout and thought the video and "Love" were some of the best things ever. Now, I am a few years older and still looking at one of her workouts... Nostalgia.
There are tons of great workouts in this month's Shape magazine, but I just had to do the one by my first ever fitness instructor. The workout also looks like a lot of fun with some moves I have never seen before, making it extra high on the "must try" list!
The Workout
First things first, I have to give massive credit to JLH for looking so good on the cover of this month's Shape Magazine. She has been pretty open with her weight battles, but looks absolutely fantastic now! Jennifer gives lots of credit to a form of exercise called Buti, created by Bizzie Gold. It combines dance, yoga, and plyometrics for a full body workout. These are Jennifer's five favorite Buti moves...
Each move is done in a sequence for 40 seconds per exercise. The sequence should be done four times total with a one minute break between each.The best part: No shoes are necessary and there is no workout equipment either. Jennifer created this workout for me.
The Review
The workout took me sixteen minutes total and burned 106 calories. That is a little lower calorie burn than I usually like, but the workout was not some massive cardio expendature either. My heart rate stayed somewhere between 70% and 85% the entire time. Overall, it was a lot of fun and I could definitely see myself doing this some night instead of yoga.
The chair circles and wide squat to burpees were definitely my favorite. Both did some major damage to the fat on my inner and outer thighs, and I am always a fan of that! I really enjoyed these and will be adding them to some preexisting workout routines and creating some workouts around them in the future.
The only part that I was not too fond of was the time doing each exercise. Forty seconds does not seem like much, it is there and gone before I get five reps done. The one minute break also felt way too long since I had only been working out for a little over three minutes . If I do this workout again, I will do each exercise for one minute and complete three circuits with a one minute break between each. This will take about two minutes longer, but the calorie burn and muscle toning should be much greater!
If you do this workout- which I completely recommend, try the one minute variation for a circuit and let me know how it goes. I am quite interested to know the difference twenty whole seconds will make!