Workout Du Jour: Denise Austin's Cardio Blast

Thanks to Netflix Denise Austin winged her way to me this week.  Now, she's a bit of a blast from the past.  I used to do her religiously every morning on lifetime, right near the time Spencer was born.  I'd do her first 1/2 an hour show and feel so ready to jump on the day, or jump SOMEONE because she was SO. ANNOYING.

Well, word, she's still annoying, but in DVD format. :)

Total video time: Up to 50 minutes, at the MAX.  You can do less in 10 minute increments (explained more below)

Intensity: Moderate to high, if you follow her.

Total Calories burned according to cardio trainer (my phone app) 539, I think that's a little high.  I'm guessing it's more in the 400 range (they need a moderately high category, they only have low, moderate and high for intensity)

Weights * Not utilized at all in this workout, it's only cardio.

Cardio ***** Great Cardio!

Sweaty ** --Meh... not too sweaty, not really "clean" either...

Annoyance *********** --Hello, it's Denise Austin.  She's so darn perky, and let's remember people this is 5:45 I'm doing her at.

So, there are 4 possible workouts, along with a 5 minute warm-up and a 5 minute cool down.
You can choose between

• Retro Aerobics -- I actually really liked this one.  It reminded me a lot of the old hooked on aerobics ala KBYU back in the day.  I did this first and it got me going.
• Kickboxing -- I chose not to do this one today, my arms are just barely getting over my golds gym workout from Monday
• Intervals -- This is the toughie.  If I hadn't done this one I would've called it a moderate workout, but this one has a lot of plyometrics and fast moves.  It gets your heart rate up!
• Cardio Dance - Meh.  The dance moves are bad, I got tired of her saying, "just enjoy yourself."  Not a fan.

 I will just tell you that I was BEGGING myself to stay in bed this morning.  Spencer woke up SCREAMING from growing pains in the night, and I was so disoriented from that I couldn't get back to sleep... but I am making a goal to have 1500-2000 calories burned/week with working out so I knew I needed to get up.  The thought of Denise staring at me.  Well, it was more than I could bear.

BUT, I LOVE old school aerobics, the freddy, the pony.  Those move are just, well... she-ZAM.  Anyway, that workout was pretty fun.

There is the option of taking out her voice, but sadly I need help with cuing etc.

Anyway, it's a fun workout, I like how it's varied and you can make it as long or as short as you want.  I also like how you can set your routine at the beginning so you don't have to keep going back to the menu.  I'd give it 3 stars out of 5.  I wasn't in LOVE with it, I won't be buying it but it was fun for today, I'll probably keep it on Monday and do the kickboxing routine, most likely skipping the cardio dance. 

Here's a video ala youtube for your viewing pleasure. :)