: SWAT Workout: Extreme Weight Loss and Fat Burning: S.W.a.T Workout…
I purchased this workout since the description made it sound like it would be a high-intensity, interval training (HIIT) workout, and I’ve been looking for more HIIT DVD workouts to add to my collection since they are hard to find. (I have the Abs Diet and the Women’s Body Type workouts, which are very good HIIT workouts.)
Most of this workout does qualify as an interval workout, where you alternate intense sections of cardio for a minute or so, before recovering by marching in place. However, some of the intervals have you using light weights (to do biceps curls, triceps presses, etc.) and doing things like push-ups, which also makes it fall into the category of a circuit workout. I mention this only because it will make it hard to fit into a training program; the weight lifting wasn’t hard enough to qualify as a true weight-lifting session, and yet I don’t want to lift weights without 48 hours of rest in between my weight sessions.
The workout is fun and moves at a good pace, but the first part of it didn’t get my heart rate up very high. To increase the intensity, I ended up modifying the marching in place to light jogging in place. The workout also includes a tough, six-minute ab section, which I really enjoyed. However, what I didn’t like was that the cardio section just concluded, without any stretching or proper cool down, before moving into the abs. After doing abs, there is some stretching, but it would have been much better to have included some brief stretching and a cool down *before* doing the abs to give the heart some time to recover.
The last thing I wanted to mention is that the background exercisers are all thin women who are clad in short shorts and tank tops. Several times, Commander Tom mentions that they are all “real people,” and yet I would have liked to have seen some men and more people who look like they are just getting started with the workout program.
All in all, it’s a good workout, but I don’t think I’ll be reaching for it that often. Although he had good positive energy, the instructor just doesn’t motivate me like other instructors do. Overall, I’d actually give this 3 1/2 stars.
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