STRONG High-Intensity Cardio and Tone Full-Body Workout DVD 60-Minute Workout

This DVD saved me from obesity and a heart attack several times since I bought it more than ten years ago. I started to use it again yesterday after a long period of inactivity due to surgery, and it still kicks and gives those happiness hormones right away. I love Ai-Lee Syarief, I even follow her on Facebook, which is really not my usual behavior. If you're a fan of dancing, music, but also martial arts, it's kind of the perfect combination for you! The way the sessions are built gives almost an endless number of combinations of the exercise sequences, which makes it easy to use and allows you to literally never get bored with it! Thank you, Ai-Lee, for saving my life again and again!

Well for starters I have never been a fan of Zumba. I am mostly into martial arts and HIIT pnly workouts. But when I saw that Zumba put out a HIIT martial art type program I decided to check it out. I have been doing TapouT, Insanity, and a few other types of martial arts workouts for years now. The company Zumba is an excellent fitness company program, period, it's just I've never been into dance fitness or dance type workouts of any kind, but knew that Zumba was an excellent fitness program regardless of my likings. Since they put out this HIIT, martial arts program I decided to buy it. I needed something different anyways.This program is EXCELLENT! It has stages that you can choose depending on your fitness level and or your choice of how hard you would like to workout. The thing that sold me on this video other than martial arts and HIIT was, the fact that EVERY single move is choreographed to every single beat of the music. THAT right there is what sold me. Having an exercise video that the moves are set up at a precise moment is awesome!!!! Not to mention the 2 DJ's {TImbaland and Steve Aoki) who took one year making the soundtrack, they are two of the best DJ's in the music industry and have worked with just about everyone, no matter what genre of music, they work with tons of different artists. This program is fun, it's challenging if you let it, it's not annoying like some workout videos where there damn instructors TALK THE ENTIRE TIME. The woman who leads this program talks the right amount. I love STRONG, and I do it 7 days a week. And for days I want a longer workout, I do this 60 minute workout, and then add the separate 20 minute workout to the mix.CONS: There really are no cons as far as I see it.PROS:1. Great price ($7.99) definitely worth $20 or more (and I would have easily paid that price)2.Excellent choreography. Excellent music that's very easy to workout to and will not distract you from your exercising like some program and their music do.3. Challenging and FUN. There is not one boring second in this program.4. You WILL sweat regardless of what shape you are in, so you know you're working hard.5. Easy to finish. Meaning it's not too tough that you cannot do the entire 60 minute workout.6. Challenging moves which keep your body working hard day after day.7. The DVD also comes with a link to a website that allows you (for FREE) to download a digital copy so that you can use the program with you wherever you go if you chose not to take the DVD with you. Digital download for your phone or computer.8. Crisp bright video, in great focus with great camera angles that are not all over the place like some other fitness DVDs.9. Easy to follow movements, does not take a week to learn any of the moves. Can be learned quite easily.10. Did I mention FUN!!!

This is a low impact high intensity full body workout. I rotate this in at least once a week, usually on Saturday because it wears me out. I notice that I burn calories long after the workout is over and my muscles are always sore. This will definitely tone your whole body. You can skip to whatever quadrant you like and even turn off commentary. The moves are more like kickboxing and martial arts set to Techno/Latin inspired music, which I appreciate. The first time I did the entire workout, I was laid up for 10 days. My body was screaming at me saying, “Why did you do that? What is wrong with you?” Now that my muscles have healed, I’m back at it and stronger than before. I recommend you try this workout. And remember, no pain no gain.December 8, 2020:It’s been 3 months since I’ve added this workout to my weekly routine. I have lost about 15 lbs since then, but 30 lbs total. I still enjoy this workout and still get a great calorie burn. Some of the moves have become a lot easier but I’m no where near mastering this routine. The “push-up challenge” gets me every time. I get so winded trying to complete it that I can barely finish the quadrant. I’m also still a spectator on much of quadrant 3 but I try to follow the modified version. I find the instructor to be very motivating and enthusiastic, which is why I continue to use it. I feel like I’ve gotten my money’s worth since I still like this workout and still haven’t mastered it yet. Finding the right workout is like trying on clothes. It has to fit!June 11, 2021:It’s been a little over a year since I started my weight loss journey. I have lost 50 lbs and have developed a good amount of muscle tone. I can finally keep up with this video and complete the “push up challenge” without feeling like I’m going to die. I use a lot of other material but still rotate this dvd in and get a great workout. I highly recommend this workout and I hope they come out with more videos like this.