Personal Training with Jackie: Power Circuit Training
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Actor: Jackie WarnerBrand: Team Marketing
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 57 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-11-17
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Anchor Bay
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- Condition: New
- Format: DVD
- Color; DVD; Full Screen; NTSC
DVD Reviews of Personal Training with Jackie: Power Circuit Training
DVD Review: Not the best workout DVD you can buy
Summary: 3 Stars
The DVD begins with Jackie discussing the way she will take you through the workouts and she introduces you to her form of circuit training.
She has you do three exercises plus a power burn for each body part. For example, there are three exercises and a power burn for the hamstrings.
She doesn't give you any modifications and expects everyone to be able to tackle each exercise at the same level she does. She has several other trainers with her on the set. She calls them "your training team."
The warm-up consists of jogging and jumping jacks (which I hate), squats and kicks, chain breakers (upper body), back stroke and finally trunk twists. It takes just under two minutes and the same warm-up is used in all segments.
For most of the workouts you'll need two sizes of weights and a mat. She doesn't say what weight to use but she indicates it's best to go heavy or as heavy as you can.
Even though Jackie has admitted crunches are "worthless" she does them in the ab section --- especially in the upper ab section. Moreover, some of the crunches are full sit ups with a weight in the hands. This is actually a dangerous exercise and most people are no longer doing the sit up type of exercise. "It's working if it's burning," she says.
The lower ab section includes the basic crunch and tummy tucks. Then she has you do a single leg jackknife.
Then she goes into the "power burn" which is a combination of all the above exercises.
She then goes into the obliques and other areas of the abs. These are done standing in a side to side motion in windshield wipers. Then, you lay down and do a side to side roll in the half-way mark. This is an excellent exercise.
Next is a side plank. This move is hard to do and some people won't be able to do it. Moreover, if you have bad knees, you may not want to try it. This is followed by another power burn.
Next comes the stretch at about 14 minutes. It's a good stretch and does stretch the muscles just used in the ab workout. The same cool-down is used in all sections.
Total time with warm-up and cool-down in the ab section is 16:36.
I personally don't like the ab section and won't do them.
The lower body workout is fairly basic with some rather obnoxious exercises called UFCs built into it. Weights are used in some of these moves. I prefer to use resistance bands in my lower body work or even just body weight.
I didn't much like the lower body workout. I don't doubt it would be effective. It's just not a workout I enjoy personally.
The upper body work was pretty traditional and well done. Warner does a decent job of explaining the moves and how to do them. Unfortunately, she often doesn't tell you until after the move is started. So be sure and watch the workouts before doing them.
She does lots of isolation exercises, which I consider a waste of time. Most bodybuilders and exercise professionals prefer to do the big compound muscles since you need those for function. But, if you want big biceps or a six pack, you'll have to do isolation moves. It's just that they're not especially functional.
In reality, there are only six compound exercises that are needed to make a great workout. Isolation exercises work only one muscle or muscle group and only one joint at a time.
Today's fitness programs tend to focus on functional fitness, which refers to exercise that simulates real-life activities and uses a wide variety of movements through a wide range of motion. The basis of these routines are a variety of compound exercises. Compound exercises are multi-joint movements that work several muscles or muscle groups at one time. A great example of a compound exercise is the squat exercise, which engages many muscles in the lower body and core, including the quadriceps, the hamstrings, the calves, the glutes, the lower back and the core. Apparently Jackie doesn't adhere to this doctrine.
Examples of compound exercises are the bench press, military press, deadlift, bent-over row, pull up, dip and squat. The deadlift can be dangerous and a full squat is not necessary, though a modified one is great. Jackie does use the squat and the row but the other exercises seem to be isolation.
While I find Warner a good trainer and her DVD is easy to navigate, I really don't like the workouts. I do like the fact that there's a warm up and cool down with each section without having to click anything on the menu. And there's no doubt the workouts will build muscle and provide strength. I just personally don't enjoy the workouts and prefer a compound muscle workout.
Certainly her method of working to fatigue is the way to go and I applaud her for using that method. But this is not a workout I want to be doing except perhaps on rare occasions when I want something different.
This DVD is for intermediate and advanced exercisers and those looking for an aggressive, non-stop workout using mostly isolation exercises.
Certainly all reviews are subjective and what I may like, you may not and vice versa. I'm only giving my point of view here --- which is all anyone can do. You may find this a great workout.
- Susanna K. Hutcheson
Description of Personal Training with Jackie: Power Circuit Training
Work out with Jackie Warner, celebrity trainer & star of the hit TV show ?Work Out.?Television star, Jackie Warner, owner of Beverly Hills gym, Sky Sport & Spa, is known for sculpting some of Hollywood?s best bodies. Her renowned circuit training workouts command up to $400 per hour.
Now you can experience Jackie?s personal training at home with the next generation of her signature circuit workouts. She?s added the Power Burn, an amped up addition to her famous formula for ultimate weight loss and accelerated results! These are maximum efficiency workouts that will give you the body-changing results in whatever training time YOU have available. Learn her secrets to shed unwanted pounds, decrease body fat, sculpt amazing abs, and tone to reshape your entire body. Jackie will be there to guide you every step of the way.
5 Powerful Workout Options for Real Body-Changing Results You choose your workout:
- 15-Minute Total Body Circuit
- 40-Minute Total Body Circuit
- 15-Minute Abs Only Circuit
- 15-Minute Upper Body Circuit
- 15-Minute Lower Body Circuit
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