David Kirsch's One On One Training - Upper Body DVD

Advantages: Hilarious...essential viewing
Disadvantages: erm...not enough easter eggs?

...Following hot on the heels of the repeat series on BBC2 comes this fantastic 2 DVD set. If you have not sampled the genius that is David Brent, or are part of the ever dwindling group of people who have only seen one episode, where have you been? David Brent is the utterly hapless branch manager of a paper merchants in Slough. He attempts to laugh his way through the day, but his humour invariably falls upon deaf ears - watching him try to be 'one of the lads' is cringeworthy in the extreme. The first DVD takes us through the first series, as the title suggests, with only a couple of add ons, which I'll come back to later. Episode 1 introduces us all to the unhappy paper workers, most notably David Brent, his assistant Gareth - who is obsessed with his territorial army training, and a couple of other characters who, at this stage... Read review

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Advantages: Works all major parts of the body. Good trainers.
Disadvantages: Annoying soundtrack.

...I bought this wokout because I'd read in many fitness magazines that it was one of the best fitness DVDs. I must say I was impressed. The workout easily breaks down into sections, so it is easy to do as much or as little as you like. Davina is funny and the trainers Jackie and Mark are encouraging. Because it is broken down into chunks the workouts feel manageable; however, the lower body workout maybe particularly difficult for beginners. The DVD starts with a warm up which features gentle aerobics and some stretching to get your heartbeat up. Then the first workout is for the lower body; this involves interval training with lots of squats and lunges separated by 1 minute of cardio work to really make you work. The lower body workout is definitely the hardest in my opinion. You can really feel it in your bottom and thighs afterwards... Read review

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Advantages: Good for both strength training and cardio
Disadvantages: bad music

...' basically means there are 3 routines to follow; you do them all 3 times a week and eat 3 sensible meals a day, although I can never stick to the last point! The workout part of the DVD contains 5 sections > Warm up > Legs and bum > Upper body > Abs > Cool down Each section includes interval training, which are short bursts of fast aerobics that are designed to keep your heart rate up so you are in your fat burning zone. The intervals last for 1 minute and are varied throughout the DVD to suit the regime. Each exercise is done in three sets of 8 reps, i.e 24 altogether. There are easy versions of the exercises shown too in case you can not manage the advanced ones all in one go. For each section I have included which exercises are involved. *Warm up* This section is relatively short, it lasts around 10 minutes. You do a few steps to raise... Read review

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