Customer Reviews

10 Minute Solution: Hot Body Boot Camp

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This is a tough workout for beginners, but nice for intermediate. I would not recommend this to people with knee or back problems, because it involves getting up and down from the floor really quickly and other moves that are hard on the knees. Its a pretty good workout for those of you who exercise regularly, but not for short term users.

Amy Bento is a great instructor. She's outgoing and friendly and not annoying or too much. She's motivating and encourages you to keep at it when you might want to give up. These mini workouts are great to do because they are a little challenging and you know they're short so you can do at least one (and before you know it, you might want to do another one or two of them to really increase the cardio time you put in to your workout).
The five routines here are Hot Body Cardio, Ab Assault, Rock Bottom Sculpt, Calorie Blasting Drills and Better Body Stretch (my favourite). Normally I wouldn't workout for this short amount of time, but this is a fantastic idea for either when you are just starting out and want short bursts to help increase your fitness, or when you are short on time. I really enjoy these mini workouts and do the stretching on it's own after either this dvd, or another dvd or a long walk. I highly recommend this new 10 Minute Solution dvd as it's as good as all the others.

This workout doesn't mess around. I workout everyday and I was struggling to keep up, especially on the first section "Hot Body Cardio"...wow! I also loved the amount of cardio that is featured on this DVD. I really liked the instructor, Amy Bento. She was very encouraging and gave helpful instructions. I can definitely feel my muscles after this workout plus I feel that I got a good cardio workout, too. The toning sections "Ab Assault and "Rock Bottom Sculpt" had some really unique moves that I have not done in other workouts. I will be adding this to my rotation to do on a regular basis, that is for sure!

Love it!! This workout kicks my butt but really makes me feel strong and empowered. I can't do the whole video yet, but I keep coming back to it because it's GOOD! I can definitely feel the workout in my muscles. I like the fact that it's a bit challenging--ensures I won't get bored and gives me something to strive for--completing the whole video! I also like the instructor, Amy Bento; she's very encouraging and makes me want to keep trying. This is my second workout video by her, and I'll definitely try other videos by her when I see them.

This is my first dvd by Amy Bento and I will purchase more. She is great as an instructor. No nonsense with great exercises. I really worked up a sweat. I loved how I could customize my workout based on how much time I had.

I have several of Amy's other workouts and rank this right up there with my favorites. I also purchased the other Amy Bento ten minute solution with the band and together these are a great total body workout. What I like is you select the sections you want in the order you want. I do the entire dvd at one time and really get a great heart pumping workout with the bootcamp style she uses. In three of the segments she uses weight to really hit the target areas. You feel this workout the next day and know you did something good for your body. The instruction is straight forward and she does use some really innovative and fun moves that hit areas you normally don't in other workout dvds. The music is upbeat and Amy is a great instructor. If you want results I suggest this dvd.

Hot Body Boot Camp is a fun, yet effective workout. Amy keeps your interest by changing movements often...something I appreciate since I get bored really easily! There a some tough "bootcamp" moves in this - my fav was the mud crawl. Mountain climbers, good mornings or cherry pickers, high knee jog are some moves Amy includes in this.

Her footwork isn't difficult to catch on to. She says the moves before she does them....if it's confusing, just back it up - it won't take long before you get it =) Worked up a good sweat, good glute work too! I wish there were a couple more 10 min. segments on this!

Generally, I tend to like the 10 minute solution fitness series. Not this one. I would only recommend this video to someone who is BOTH at an advanced fitness level and can adapt easily to more complicated choreography.
The video's main weaknesses lay in its inconsistent and ineffective cueing (verbal directions given to the home audience). There were also not enough hints/instructions given that described how to protect particular vulnerable body areas (like joints or back)for the more difficult moves. This made me feel that the instructor did not have her audience's best interests in mind.
For a better value in the 10 minute series, I recommend Kelly Martin's Kickboxing workout or the Belly Flat blaster with Suzanne Bowen.

I thought this would have a lot more cardio, bootcamp style. There's a lot more toning, and the toning segments seem to alternate so much between picking up and putting down the weights that it seems like a bit of a time-waster.

the aerobic moves were kind of difficult and corny. But the 10 minute abs, butt, and stretch segments are great.