Product Details

• Actors: Denise Austin
• Directors: Cal Pozo
• Format: Color, DVD, 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: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: December 17, 2002
• Run Time: 49 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006SFJG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,524 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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ULTIMATE FAT BURNER - DVD Movie

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52 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars UFB Workout=High Impact Aerobic conditioning, July 12, 2003

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David Seguin "djzilla" (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ultimate Fat Burner (DVD)

This is the 1st DVD I bought from Denise Austin who has a show I watch regularly on Lifetime TV. The Ultimate Fat Burner workout is frankly not a workout for everyone. It's of my opinion that you need to be in pretty decent shape already to do this. Here's why.

Denise incorporates a lot of material into this workout. Not only are you do aerobics but you are also doing weight training (3 lb weights are recommended on the DVD!), step work (I don't own a step so this is a problem!), and some yoga and kickboxing moves. She does a lot and a lot of it is very VERY high impact. However, she does introduce each aerobic move with 3 levels so you can stick to lower levels if you need to. Its a fun workout but challenging and by 1/2 way through I am usually pretty tired. Lots of jumping and jaring on some moves, this is not low impact aerobics folks so for those with bad joint problems may want to look elsewhere.

Overall not a bad DVD but does require a lot of additional equipment and I think would be best served for those who have already done other step work and interval training. Lets hope Artisan will release some more aerobic DVDs from Denise as this is the only one available and it's not for everyone!

46 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars High-Impact Circuit Training with Light Weights, March 21, 2003

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C. Bennett (New England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ultimate Fat Burner (DVD)

This new workout from Denise Austin (2001) features circuit training, mixed with light weights. To do this workout, you need a step and dumbbells (3 pound weight are recommended on the DVD). This DVD uses seven 3.5 minute intervals of cardio vascular exercise mixed with 1.5 minute weight segments. The workout runs for a total of 45 minutes.

The cardio segments are broken down into three "levels": Level One is a light, low-impact move, Level Two includes upper body motion, Level Three is a high-impact cardio intensifier. For example, the first circuit is boxing. For Level One, you are punching. For Level Two, you are doing light jacks between punches, for Level Three, you are doing full jumping jacks between punches on alternating sides. If you have knee problems, you may lose some of the benefits of this workout because you will be limited to Level One or Level Two low-impact exercises.

The weight segments of this workout are very light, and suitable for beginners. Weight exercises include tricep kickbacks, bicep curls, and military presses overhead.

The cooldown has some very light stretching and features predominately Yoga moves. If you have done Yoga before, you will recognize the Exaulted Warrior, Downward Facing Dog, and Brave Warrior postures.

This is a great workout for beginners, but may not be beneficial for intermediate or advanced levels.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, Denise has produced something that gets my heart rate up..., July 11, 2006

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F. Ali (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ultimate Fat Burner (DVD)

Ok, harsh title. I generally love Denise Austin's workouts, but until I came across this DVD it seemed pretty hopeless that I'd find a good Denise cardio-centric workout. Anyway, let's get down to the critique. Denise Austin, if you're not familiar with her, is known to be an extremely perky workout instructor, so if you don't mind energetic and sometimes lame cheers of encouragement, then Denise Austin will work fine for you.

More specifically to this DVD: This is a circuit interval training workout, where you alternate every few minutes between cardio and weight lifting. For this workout, you'll need a step bench and some weights. Denise recommends 3 lb weights, but I say if you're more advanced, or if you've been working out for a while, you can use whatever you feel comfortable with. I started out with 5 lbs but now, after a few months of using this DVD I keep a few different weights handy, 8 - 15 lbs, and use appropriately. That's one of the advantages of this workout, in that if it gets too easy, there are ways to adjust it w/ little inconvenience. In addition to changing your weights, you can also increase the height of your step, do the cardio workouts with ankle or wrist weights or bands (I use Billy bands - they're individual bands for each foot/hand with loopholes at the feet. they work great for the kickboxing segments of this dvd!).

In terms of difficulty: I've been working out regularly for 3 or 4 years now, and I found this to be relatively challenging when I first tried this DVD. Not challenging in the sense that it was hard to keep up with or had difficult moves, but challenging in that the cardio kept my heart rate up, and I felt my muscles getting stronger with the weight lifting. Denise is pretty easy to follow, although her queuing isn't the best. She sometimes says "last one!" when it really isn't, for example. But that's easy to overlook, and with a few goes at it, you fall into step with Denise and her background exercisers.

On the whole, this is one of Denise's better workouts, and definitely one of the better sources of cardio fitness out there, and definitely worth the money. Use it 3-4 times a week and I think you'll see a difference. :)