Star Trainers: Cardio
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Movie Reviews of Star Trainers: Cardio
Movie Review: Its All About Kimberly Spreen
Summary: 5 Stars
There are 5, 30min workouts on this video and there is an option to mix and match the individual workouts. Ranking them 1-3 stars 3 being the best
2 mens workouts **
Blond women workout **
Violet Zaki kickboxing 0, not even a 1 because it is that bad.
Kimberly Spreen ***, amazing
The ** ratings they are descent workouts that I rotate in but Kimberly's workout I keep on going back to again and again. It burns almost 300 calories in 30min and I really enjoy doing it. I'm buying some of her other DVD's because I am so impressed.
Movie Review: There's a workout or two for every taste
Summary: 3 Stars
I actually bought this DVD because I really enjoyed Violet Zaki's segment when it was on Comcast OnDemand. I figured since her segment was so good, the others on this DVD would be good as well. Not quite.
Pros: I enjoyed Violet Zaki, Kimberly Spreen, and Kendell Hogan's work outs. I suppose 3/5 isn't too bad, especially considering the price! It certainly raised my heart rate, I had fun, and after 2 weeks, I lost about 3 lbs. Not bad! I did all 5 workouts (on seperate days) and according to my heart rate watch, burned 220 calories for each workout...NOT the 350+ calories they say they burned after the workout is over. Nonetheless, I was happy with the results!
Indifferent: Many people have complained about the Propel Fitness water hype throughout this DVD. Honestly, I don't care. They obviously helped keep the price of this DVD low. Plus, I enjoyed having the water break 20 minutes into the workout. I don't like having to pause the workout, take a drink, and then unpause. It's nice to have that break built in.
Cons: I HATED Rob Glick's workout. He'd show one simple move, like step touch, then add 10 more moves on in the blink of an eye, and say, "Are you ready?" and then modify the whole thing a minute later. It was ridiculous! 4/5 workouts contain mambo-cha-cha moves. I'm sorry, but mambo cha-chas are NOT cardio. I find it boring and confusing, especially when the instructor wants you to do it all directions, including ones where you're not facing the TV.
All in all - 3/5 stars, one star for each workout I thought was worthy.
Movie Review: Great variety!
Summary: 4 Stars
I really like this dvd for 1 big reason: Variety! I don't have to do the same workout or see the same trainer day in and day out - that really beats my biggest problem - boredom.
All of the trainers are fun and most of the workouts have one person (there are 4 in the background) doing a lower impact version of the moves. Some of the choreography can be tricky and take a few times through to pick up - but that is part of the challenge.
This is my new favorite cardio dvd and I use it 2 times a week.
Movie Review: This video is fantastic
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm surprised by all the mixed reviews on this video. I am fairly fit, and I still get a great workout from most of these routines. Violet's workout is especially my favorite.
You'll notice that most of these reviews who didn't rate the video well only had a problem with the advertising and didn't spend too much time on the actual workouts. The advertising didn't bother me much, and I actually appreciate having a water break in the middle of the routine!
Movie Review: Propel Ad - Oh and Some Cardio Workouts as well!
Summary: 1 Stars
Beware Reviews of this DVD Where The Reviewer Has Only Reviewed Star Trainer Videos, as they may be from the company or from the advertiser! While we live in an age of advertisements, it is beyond comprehensible for a company to insist that before each workout the instructor must mention to "bring your Propel" and get ready to workout. And then to top it off, each workout is stopped for a Propel water break, in which the instructor and the people working out behind him or her, explicitly show that they are drinking the branded water! The camera even zooms in on the water bottles before they are picked up from the floor! If anything, we should all ban Propel for pushing this onto a DVD we have purchased. Banning companies that cross the line may be the only way to get through to them, and hopefully stop this practice in its tracks. If they really needed to advertise, maybe they should have just had the instructor wear a "Propel" t-shirt or something. But since they did not, I will never drink Propel again!