Hollywood HardBall

This workout was fairly challenging, but thankfully the time didn't drag due to the workout format. As described by the other reviewer, after the warmup, there are three, 15-minute segments. Each segment is composed of 5 minutes of cardio followed by 10 minutes of weight training and then a 1 minute burnout. The first 2 weight training segments keep your heart rate nicely elevated because they involve compound weight moves (my favorite!), whiel the 3rd weight training segment is "heavy weight training" (my least favorite). I used a 7# Zobi (which is a soft pyramid-shaped weight) for all the medicine ball segments except the "under knee pass") and 8# weights for most of the handweight segments, which resulted in a great sweat.

I found this helpful breakdown on an Amazon review (credit to Peter Tsang):

Warm up [medicine ball]

Twist

Lunge, with reach

Squat, with reach

Bat swing

Jumping jacks, with press

[Medicine ball]

Step touch

Slalom hop

Skate, with chop, with hop

Shuffle, slow run, run

Power squat, with drive

[Light dumbbells]

Alternating front lunge

Side squat

Back lunge

Alternating front lunge with biceps curl

Side squat with lateral raise

Back lunge with triceps kickback

Alternating front lunge 3 & 1

Side squat 3 & 1

Back lunge 3 & 1

Alternating front lunge 3 & 1 with biceps curl

Side squat 3 & 1 with lateral raise

Back lunge 3 & 1 with triceps kickback

[Medicine ball]

Crawling push up

Double dribble/bounce

Lateral lunge with lateral toss

Under knee pass

Catch and shoot

180 ball sweep

[Light dumbbells]

Lateral lunge

Lateral lunge with reach

Lateral lunge with double reach

Lateral lunge with row

Lateral lunge with reverse fly

Lunging chop

Back lunge with overhead press

Back lunge hold with triceps extension

[Medicine ball]

Double squat/repeater knee

[Double up on your light dumbbells]

Single bent over row

Single biceps curl

Overhead press

Triceps extension, with balance

Wide row

Outside biceps curl

Forward overhead press

Wide triceps extension

Plie push

Plie hold with curl

[Medicine ball]

Ball push up

Cool down stretches

This is a circuit style workout that alternates 5 min cardio with 10 min muscle conditioning with dumb bells. The cardio is athletic style drills without choreography (and I think it's mostly low impact also). Weight work is high rep, low weight (I used 8 and 10 pounds throughout). A weighted ball is also used in both the cardio and weight secions. I used a 6# ball and will probably get a 3 or 4 pounder for the faster and more dynamic movements. He does an exercise that moves the ball under lunged legs . . . my ball was too big to keep in my hands.

I LOVED this workout. I typically prefer "advanced" DVD's and I would say this one is advanced. I found it to be very challenging. It kept my HR in my target zone throughout (even in the weight sections). I felt I got a great workout.

I highly recommend this workout.

The con: Music is for background only, not motivation. There is a music off option. Also, there aren't premixes or chapters.