The Biggest Loser - Power Sculpt DVD
Workout at Home with Jillian Michaels, Bob Harper, and Kim Lyons
May 12, 2009
Home exercisers can continue to workout with their favorite trainers in this Biggest Loser: Power Sculpt DVD. Doing endless amounts of cardio is not enough to keep the weight off, strengthening and toning the muscles is an equally important part of being healthy.
Power Sculpt
The Biggest Loser Power Sculpt DVD program includes three workouts plus a warm up and cool down.
- Warm Up
- Level One Sculpt
- Level Two Sculpt
- Level Three Sculpt
- Cool Down
For maximum results, start slowly and carefully. New exercisers should start with the Warm Up, Level One Sculpt and Level Three Sculpt. When this is no longer challenging enough, add on the Level Two Sculpt and Level Three Sculpt.
Modifications
The trainers offer modifications on most exercises, follow the modification to make the workout easier or more challenging. Dumbbells are used throughout the video and can be heavier or lighter depending on what the exerciser needs to do to be challenged.
Warm Up
Jillian Michaels leads six former Biggest Loser contestants through the five minute warm up. It’s easy to follow as Jillian uses lunges and jumping jacks to warm up the body and stretching movements to get ready for the strength training workout to come.
Level One Sculpt
Jillian leads the 20 minute Level One Sculpt as well. Her pointers on form are invaluable to new exercisers. The exercises consist of a series of lunges, back rows, arm work, squats and chest work among others.
She incorporates many full body movements to work more muscle groups and burn the maximum amount of calories. Each muscle group is hit in this routine, making it a complete workout in itself. It is very easy to follow and would be appropriate for a beginner to intermediate exerciser.
Level Two Sculpt
Four former contestants workout with former Biggest Loser trainer Kim Lyons in this 10 minute workout. Kim uses upper and lower body movements together to work the entire body and burn more calories than what would be worked in doing upper or lower alone. She talks a lot about the “mind – muscle connection” but doesn’t really explain it to viewers. Studies show that thinking and focusing on the muscle area that you’re working will help that area to become stronger, faster.
Level Three Power Sculpt
This 10 minute workout, led by Bob Harper works the entire body. Bob wastes no time in getting started on movements that incorporate the legs and upper body. Each exerciser does the movements differently, giving the viewer several difficulty level options to choose from.
Cool Down
The 5 minute cool down is led by Jillian and focuses on stretching every major muscle group in the body, all of which were just worked in the routine.
Effective
Each section can be done on its own or with one of the other levels, making for several workout variations from 10 minutes to 50. This will make an effective home workout for strength training. For complete overall fitness, make sure to include a cardio component, such as Biggest Loser Cardio Max.
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