Great Body Guaranteed! – Debbie Siebers and Tony Horton
This is an early Beachbody production, apparently filmed in a corner of a gym. There are tons of club step risers stacked behind the exercisers, and you can see cars going by in a window or mirror at the back of the room. This doesn’t really affect the workout much and isn’t as distracting as it sounds. The exercisers each have their own little mat for the floor work.
The Beachbody timers are onscreen, albeit in a more primitive form than Slim Series or any of the newer workouts. Music—was there any? It was so short I guess I didn’t care. Production values are obviously not up to the latest Beachbody standards, but I didn’t really mind the simple setting. Though it’s a slightly older production (her hair is REALLY short) the clothes and the set probably won’t end up look dated.
As with the other Guaranteed workouts, there’s no warmup or stretch, just 13 exercises done for 45 seconds each. It’s actually not 13 different exercises as each leg counts as one exercise. All of them are done unweighted, though you could easily hold dumbbells or wear ankle weights. I didn’t even bother to wear shoes.
Exercise 1 – Squats
Exercise 2 – Roundhouse kick (right leg)
Exercise 3- Roundhouse kick (left leg)
Exercise 4 – Rear kicks on hands and knees (right leg)
Exercise 5- Rear kicks (left leg)
Exercise 6 – Rear pulse with foot flexed, going straight upward (right leg)
Exercise 7 – Rear pulse (left leg)
Exercise 8 – Fire hydrant with leg bent going out to side, then straightening, then bending to come back down (right leg)
Exercise 9 – Fire hydrant (left leg)
Exercise 10 – pelvic tilts
Exercise 11 – pelvic tilt with right leg up
Exercise 12 – pelvic tilt with left leg up
Exercise 13 – Small, pulsing pelvic lifts
I got this on a VHS with Great Stretch and Great Arms. It was a good buy, but would probably be best on DVD so you could easily mix and match. On its own, it’s a nice little add-on, sort of like Power Half Hour or Slim in 6 Lite. Of course, you could repeat the sequence of exercises for a longer workout.
The Great Body Guaranteed series seems like a good introduction to Beachbody for someone who’s interested in Debbie or Tony but wants to be able to do a full body workout in an hour, or can only work out for short periods during the day. These could also be added on to other Beachbody workouts for a bit more sculpting, since Slim in 6 focuses a lot on cardio.
Instructor Comments:
Debbie leads this workout, with Tony Horton and a woman named Sondi in the background. Debbie is her usual self—encouraging, a little silly. She discusses proper form, though I did notice Tony’s roundhouse kicks were a little off.
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