30 Minutes to Fitness: Lean Body Circuits Workout with Kelly Coffey Meyer - Home Exercise for Weight Loss & Toning

I have been a Jillian Michael's fan since I lost my baby weight from my first child with her 30DS. I have almost all of Jillian's DVDs and have depended on them for years to stay in shape. After my second child I had a shoulder injury that tends to cause chronic tendon pain in my shoulder, neck and back. It prevents me from doing the more jarring plank-type movements that Jillian really relies on to up the intensity in her workouts. This left me doing only her less intense level 1 workouts or modifying her workouts so often that it felt it was not even really worth it to turn them on.Jillian's workouts involve a LOT of burpees, mountain climbers, plank jacks etc. and they were leaving me in pain. I struggled to find something equally intense that doesn't incorporate those now *popular* moves that so many instructors rely on. This was the perfect solution! While she does incorporate some plank moves, they are minimal and they mostly involve slow strength building movements rather than jarring and jumpy movements. She also has a modifier that you can watch if you want to skip the move altogether and stay on your feet. I felt that even if I skipped those few moves I still would get a really great workout overall because she doesn't rely on them for the whole workout.Now that I've had my third child I really need a good workout to get back on track. With this workout I found myself sweating hard and really feeling great! Another thing that surprised me was that I enjoyed the fact that she adds a little more choreography, which keeps my mind interested. Her combinations of punches and footwork are not super hard to master, but they keep you thinking and counting. Jillian's workouts just repeat a simple move for 30 seconds like butt kicks or jacks, which can leave you just wishing away the time. This really kept me more entertained!Her teaching style is straightforward and strong. She encourages heavy weights, which I think is progressive and exciting to try. Overall I found this to be a really refreshing change from what I am used to. I love that I can still workout hard without aggravating my tendons. Great DVD! I will definitely be checking out more of her workouts soon, but all the premixes on this DVD will keep me satisfied with this one for quite awhile! Thanks Kelly!