For more than a decade, guys have been sharing their weight loss success strategies with Men's Health magazine. Using their tips - and science that backs it all up - we've developed the Men's Health Belly Off! Diet, a real food, real workout system that has helped thousands of guys lose weight.
In the Belly Off! Workout: The Body Weight Routine, you can lose pounds quickly and easily and increase your strength and muscle mass. The Belly Off! Workout includes:
*The 2-min. drill: 8 heart-pumping exercises that you'll do for 15 sec. each.
*Non-stop body weight circuits that use your own body weight as resistance and get your heart rate up.
*The Power of 10: Ten exercises done back-to-back for a complete cardiovascular and strength workout
The Belly Off! Workout Program - powerful workouts and targeted nutrition that keeps you full while you burn fat and build muscle.
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Workout!!!
R. Mccoy (Orlando, FL)
This review is from: Men's Health: The Belly Off! Workout - The Body Weight Routine (DVD)
Since making the decision to live a healthier lifestyle, almost a year ago I have amassed quite the collection of workout dvds. Being able to workout at home keeps me on track because it eliminates the excuses that keep me from going to the gym or for a run; no personal training appointments to miss, inclement weather, etc. After doing this workout just once, I can already tell that this is going to be one of my favorites. It reminds me of a group fitness program that I participated in earlier this year that gave me fantastic results, both in terms of pounds and inches lost.
The current description of this workout leaves a lot to be desired so here's my attempt at breaking it down:
* Warmup (8 min)
* 2 minute drill: series of 8 cardio moves done for 15 seconds each to elevate your heart rate
* Bodyweight Circuits (5 mins): challenging strength training moves
* Bodyweight 100 (8 mins) different sequences of toning exercises. For instance, you might do squats, pushups, & mountain climbers, then repeat the sequence before moving on to the next sequence.
* Power of 10 (10 mins): Just when you think the workout is over (or that you can't go on) the instructor challenges you to do a series of 10 cardio and toning exercises for 30 seconds each.
* Cooldown (11 mins)
Pros:
* The workout left me sweaty.
* I felt it the next day.
* David Jack (the instructor) is really likable and not overly chatty (when he speaks, it's to explain the exercises or to issue brief encouragement).
* David does the entire workout with you. I also liked that you could tell that he was pushing himself throughout the workout (I hate it when I feel like the people on the TV are just breezing through a workout... especially when I'm still doing the beginner modification LOL).
* As far as modifications, there are beginner, intermediate, and advanced moves for most of the exercises that are done. So you should be able to get quite a bit of mileage out of this DVD.
* The DVD has a menu so that you can choose to do individual parts of the workout when you're pressed for time. I can see myself using the drill or Power of 10 to warm-up before going out for a run and the Cool-Down after.
Cons:
* There were a couple of times when I found myself wishing that the instructor would count off the reps (especially when doing mat work).
* There were a LOT of pushups in this workout! Pushups work a lot of muscles at once so I understand why they were there. I couldn't do any more after a while so I grabbed my dumbbells and did chest raises and chest flys instead of idly waiting for those sections to be over.
Oh, and I should mention that I am a woman... so don't let the "Men's Health" in the title scare you away from this excellent workout DVD.
