Product Details

• Actors: Jillian Michaels
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Jillian Michaels
• DVD Release Date: January 2, 2007
• Run Time: 54 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000J10KNC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #145,348 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Working out should not be intimidating. Fitness expert Jillian Michaels is back with a beginners program for everyone. This 54-minute workout targets your back, buns, hamstrings and biceps through six fun and easy circuits of cardio and strength training certain to burn calories and get you toned. Join former contestants from The Biggest Loser - Kimmi Dove, Shane Giles and Pete Thomas - as they workout along with you and provide limitless motivation with their inspirational interviews. In combination with Jillian’s FRONTSIDE workout, prepare to lose big.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

46 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Challenging Workout from The Biggest Loser Show, April 12, 2007

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Rebecca Johnson "The Rebecca Review" (Washington State) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jillian Michaels for Beginners - Backside (DVD)

Jillian Michaels puts three contestants who lost weight on The Biggest Loser Show through the paces again. Here they demonstrate exercises in five circuit-style segments. The circuit-training workout is themed so you are working the muscles of the back, but you also do some abdominal exercises and you keep the heart rate up by doing cardiovascular exercises.

This is a challenging workout that might be enjoyed the most by intermediates but will give beginners some real challenges for abs, arms and muscles on the back of the body. Shane joins her on the first segment and she teaches how to adapt the exercises for low impact. 3-5lb weights are used and weights are also used during the lunges. For the second section, Kim joins Jillian and uses a step. The back exercises look pretty tricky, so you may want to do a pelvic lift from yoga or pilates instead of the more complex bridge when you first start this exercise routine.

In the third section, there is more of an emphasis on traditional weight lifting with dead lifts and then some fun speed skating moves. Jillian's edgy teaching style comes through as she playfully teases the contestants and gets them working out at a higher level with encouragement and motivational tips.

The fourth segment is especially interesting as you can learn to row at home by using an exercise band. The donkey kicks and bicep curls in the fifth segment alternate with more stepping. Variations are shown for the donkey kicks, using the exercise band. Then back to skating and more working on the abs and back for the sixth section.

Overall this is an excellent workout
with many challenges for beginners.

~The Rebecca Review

32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Back to Back Basics for Beginners, November 4, 2010

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G. Max Gooding (Miami, Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jillian Michaels For Beginners: Backside (DVD)

Firstly, if you have already purchased Jillian Michaels for Beginners - Frontside / Backside you may want to skip on this one.

As usual, this DVD projects attitude and personality that will motivate you to want to get that gluteus to the maximus. You will find that the workouts are designed to be challenging but not overly stressful. Jillian also takes the time to explain some of the movements.

You will need some stuff to use with this DVD:

- Dumbbells
- Exercise tubing
- Small step
- Chair or bench

The features of Six circuits are as follows:

- cardio intervals
- 2 resistance exercises
- 3X repeats
- on the front end: back, hamstrings and glutes
- in the middle: biceps
- on the back end: abs

Points to note:

- variations are provided to allow you to fit the routines to your ability;
- the high impact cardio section has a low impact variation;
- there is no warm up or cool down, so you should incorporate these into the workout for yourself.

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Rerelease, October 24, 2010

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Elfskin - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jillian Michaels For Beginners: Backside (DVD)

I really like this video but just so everyone knows it is a rerelease of a dvd that was out a few years ago. It's a good workout but a little long for what I consider "beginner". Also, there is no music and Jillian doesn't do the workout, she coaches a past biggest loser contestant through the workout.