Denise Austin Hit the Spot 10 five-minute Target Toners Review

DISCLAIMER: If you are looking for a cardio workout, most commonly associated with weight loss, this is not it. If you are looking for a strength training or pilates workout that gets your heart beat up, or, you are looking to tone, you are in the right place! 

Let me first say that I have never been a big workout person. That is, until 1.5 years ago. I hired a personal trainer in August 2006. And, after several sessions together, I realized that I liked pilates. Not only did I like the way it made me feel, but it also started to sculpt my body. So, my personal trainer and I worked on a couple of pilates routines, and I have been doing them ever since. The really cool thing is that she gave me routines to do outside of the gym-- so I didnt need her or to spend money on a gym. Fitness on a dime- GREAT!

I now check in with my trainer every 3 months to talk about boredom in my routine. During my last checkpoint, my trainer recommended that I try out a bunch of workout DVDs-- since I genuinely had the interest in working out just not the know-how.So, I went online and ordered 10. Yes, 10 exercise videos. Each excercise DVD was on sale for about $7-$9 and all were focused on toning or pilates.It was the best $100 I have spent in a long time.

One of the DVDs was Denise Austins Hit the Spot 10 five minute target toners. 

I have now been doing this workout video for about 3 months and I have grown to like it alot. But, let me lay out the plusses and minuses:

Advantages of Denise Austin's Target Toners DVD 

• I really like the diversity of the programs. She has legs, butt, arms, shoulders, etc; A little something for every body part. 
• I also like that it is fully customizable. You select the sections you want and then add them all together. You can make any combo you want-- it's like 10 workouts in one. Here are some of the workouts: ab chisler, thigh trimmer, chest trimmer, back sculptor, arm shaper, shoulder definer, hip slimmer, etc.   
• I also really like that Denise works you out very hard in 5 minutes. So, she doesnt waste time... she gets right to the workout and doesnt stop
• I like the pyschological advantage of only having to workout 5 minutes. It causes me to do more than I would have otherwise.

Disdvantages of Denise Austin's Target Toners DVD 

• The audio quality is very poor. Denise's voice is cut off during every introductory. It's weird.
• Denise's language is a little cheesy. She will say things like "your butt is the last thing to leave a room" or "these are concentrated exercises (like 400 times)"
• Sometimes I wish she had 10 minute video segment instead of 5 minute

Overall, I really like Denise Austin's Target Toner DVD. For anyone open to working out at home and looking for a customized, yet kick your butt DVD,you can find it here!