This DVD is more in line with the level of her 10 Pounds Down workouts. The strength work is not more intense, but it is metabolic so it will keep your heart rate elevated. However, the cardio is more intense than Jessica’s Walk On and Walk Strong workouts. Tracie Long level plyometrics, not advanced Cathe plyo. Though there is impact and plyometrics, it is nothing crazy. It starts with the cardio and ends with the strength work. When I did it this morning I chose “play all” and did a 54 minute total body cardio + strength workout. She still wants chocolate cake, but then adds “everything in moderation.” She said everyone struggles with their weight and doesn’t always want to workout. She started to love working out and thought that maybe she could help other people so she started teaching classes, which led to making workout DVDs. She increased her workout time incrementally then felt comfortable joining a gym. So she made some changes and started working out 10 minutes a day because that was all she could do. She says she used to be 40 pounds heavier and was very unhappy. Then they talk to Jessica about her background. The DVD includes a 4 minute “behind the scenes” where they talk to the background exercisers and show a clips of what goes on behind the scenes of making these DVD workouts. 30 minute workouts (including the warm up and stretch). If you choose “play all” you do everything–the warm up, the strength, the metabolic cardio and the cool down for a 54 minute workout.
The DVD contains one 20 minute strength and one 20 minute cardio (metabolic) workout plus a warm up and cool down/stretch.
There is a one minute introduction in which Jessica says the workouts are based on a 6 week program in which you do 4 workouts per week: 2 strength and 2 metabolic. The workouts are apparently a companion to the book Look Better Naked published by Women’s Health Magazine (Rodale). Look Better Naked is a DVD containing two workouts by Jessica Smith.