I was recently promoted at work and finding time to exercise has been a real challenge, but now that I have crossed that 40 year old threshold I just don’t have the metabolism that I used to, when all my pants started to get a little tight I knew I had to do something, but with my lack of time it made exercises a true challenge. Lucky for me I have a wife that likes to spend a lot of our money on exercise DVD’s, so I asked her if she had anything that I could do that was quick, that would help me lose a few pounds. She pulled out Prevention Fitness Systems Drop it in 30!

Prevention Fitness Systems Drop it in 30! Is lead by fitness expert Chris Freytag. Chris Freytag is a contributing editor for Prevention Magazine. The workouts on the DVD were designed by both Freytag and other fitness experts from Prevention Magazine.

The DVD consists of two different workouts. Both of them are cardiovascular type workouts. What I found ironic about the DVD is that it is supposed to contain two 30 minute workouts, yet the total running time of the DVD is only 50 minutes. That is kind of strange, don’t you think. When you actually play the DVD you find that it is actually 2, 20 minutes workouts, the 3 minute warm up and 6 minute cool down are meant to be used for both workouts. So the actual work out time per workout is 29 minutes. If you actually have more time than I do to work out you can do both workouts, along with the warm up and cool down, this will provide you with a 50 minute workout.

I thought that this was a strange choice for my wife to pick for me, this was not my kind of workout. I never imagined myself dancing around like the woman on this DVD. I was relieved to find that along with the dancing type moves there were also some intervals, and some athletic drills this made it seem not as feminine to me. That is the reason my wife said she chose this one for me as a lot of her work out DVD’s have a lot of dancing around in them. This one has that too, but there are some less feminine moves. The short 29 minute workouts are good as well.

The workout starts out with about a 2 minute introduction where Freytag explains the work out and how to modify it and how to do it. There are also some bonus features. There is a section where you can individual moves broken down for you if you need to have that. It also has a section that explains how to maximize your work out, and a quick section that has 4 moves to help you firm up fast.

One of the segments is all aerobic, the other segment or work out is what they term as aero/tone, which means there is some toning involved with the moves. You do things like lunges, and squats and plyometrics. The aerobic section is not to difficult to follow, if you can handle a grapevine you can handle this section, that is you can learn the moves. Weather or not you can handle the work out is up to your own fitness level. I got a bit winded the first couple of times.

To be honest after I only did the all aerobic section a couple of times, it is just not for me. I have been doing the aero/tone workout 4 times a week in the morning before work. I wish I could do more, I would much rather be lifting weights, but my goal right now is to drop a few pounds not build muscle. There is at least enough toning in the workout that I can maintain my current muscle while I am getting my heart in better shape, and burning some calories.

The set is pretty basic. There are three women in the studio doing the workouts. Freytag and one other woman do the work outs at a regular pace, while another woman does the modified lower intense work out.

For me this is not the most manly work out I could possibly do. I think it would be nice if they would make more fat burning workouts geared towards men. However it does serve my purpose I have already lost a couple of pounds, and my pants are starting to fit better again. So for now until I find something that fits my own personality a little better I will stick to this. It is simple and quick and seems to be working so I am not complaining.


Recommended:
Yes

Viewing Format: DVD
Video Occasion: Better than Watching TV
Suitability For Children: Suitable for Children up to Age 4