Review: Bob Harper's Ultimate Body Cardio Body DVD

Good snowy evening!  It's been a good, but busy, day!  Yesterday, I did a review of Bob Harper's Cardio Conditioning DVD that I worked through on Saturday.  Since I have been really working hard to incorporate variety into my half marathon training to avoid burnout and my body becoming too used to walking, I decided to do another workout DVD today.  Although I had only planned enough time to do a 30 minute workout, I ended up doing a 60-minuter and raced through the rest of my day.  :)

Today, I did Bob Harper's Ultimate Cardio Body DVD.  I bought this DVD at some point but have never done it (not sure why).

Note: I only completed the 60-minute workout, not the 10 minute glute challenge, so I am not reviewing the second workout.

Despite this workout starting off with insane amounts of my least favorite exercise ever, lunges, I loved this DVD!  I felt challenged, though I probably would have been better off with two sets of weights.  This is a similar problem that I had with the Cardio Conditioning DVD as I am stronger at some exercises than others (this, by the way, is my own issue, not the DVD's - just something to be aware of). 

Although this workout didn't feel that much like a traditional cardio workout, my heart was definitely pounding at certain moments.  I loved that Bob took your heart "on a roller coaster ride."  I don't usually challenge myself this way as I tend to walk at the same speed for a long period of time and this left me feeling very energized after my workout! 

Although this isn't a traditional cardio workout, it is not a low-impact workout either.  It's not as high impact as other videos (like Jillian Michael's Burn Fat Boost Metabolism, which does not use weights) but you will be jumping quite a bit, sometimes with weights in hand.  The only thing that bothered my knees was the lunges.  Bob also ends the workout with a 2-3 minute crazy cardio shot that I loved.

Finally, if nothing else, you will get a kick out of Bob Harper's socks.  He wears black shorts, black shoes, and black knee socks.  I don't normally care that much what people are wearing (especially in a DVD like this) but it had me wondering the entire time who picked that out for him.  If you make it to the cool down, you'll get to hear his joke about it.

All in all, this is an awesome workout, perfect for adding a little variety into my workout schedule!  I plan to keep this in regular rotation as I really love to kill weights, abs, and cardio in one shot, especially on busy days like today.  It's too early to tell if I'm going to be sore from this but seeing as I was sore from the Cardio Conditioning video, I likely will be from this one as well.  We'll see tomorrow morning!