I normally don’t buy fitness magazines at the grocery store, but Fitness RX caught my attention. Not only is Jackie Warner on the cover but inside she details a boot camp workout that involves a kettlebell! Her 20 minute workout is going to “transform my body into a fat burning machine” , so I figured that has got to be worth the $4.99, right?
The circuit wasverytough and included many of my favorites such as jump lunges, mountain climbers, push ups and planks. Add in the planks with tricep kickbacks and abs using a kettlebell and I was definitely burning. I could not do the donkey kicks with my kettlebell hooked onto my foot and would love to see someone actually do that. (since I almost put a hole in my floor when the kettlebell dropped off my foot!)
Jackie recommends that you do this workout in deep sand, which definitely would make it very difficult. Since I do not live near any sand, I did the workout in my family room and it was still very intense.
Jackie also has released a new DVD,Workout: One-On-One Training with Jackie
, has anyone tried it out? I wonder if any of these moves are on there?
The accompanying article includes Jackie’s top fitness tips for 2008.
Some of them make a lot of sense such as:
#1: Be a smart consumer and read food labels carefully.
#2: No over complicated routines/no over complicated diets.
#3: Never skip meals
#5: Sugar is the devil
#11: Eat natural foods
#12: Don’t be afraid to lift weights
Yet some of them seem to contradict each other:
#6: Clean house: remove all junk from your kitchen
#7: Deprivation does not work.
#9: Eat the good, the bad, then the ugly. Good=veggies/fruit/lean meat. Bad=starches/bread, Ugly=dessert/alcohol. Fill up on the good first.
and then some I just don’t agree with:
#10 Water helps you lose weight. Three liters per day can burn 50-75 calories and double your energy.
I want to drink some of Jackie’s water if it is doubling her energy!
#13 ONLY do intensity cardio.
No, I can’t agree with that. Not every cardio day needs or should be intense. Jackie says in the article that if you don’t have time for an intense workout, then you should skip it altogether. I definitely believe that some movement/cardio is better than nothing! It’s all about balance.
#8: Crunches are a waste of time.
They may not build a six pack, but when done properly, they do play a role in building a strong core.
Overall, I think it was $5 well spent. I got a great workout and enjoyed many of the articles.
Meanwhile I am waiting for Jackie to give me a call and offer to train me in person. Is that the phone I hear ringing?
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Boot camp with Jackie Warner
The circuit wasverytough and included many of my favorites such as jump lunges, mountain climbers, push ups and planks. Add in the planks with tricep kickbacks and abs using a kettlebell and I was definitely burning. I could not do the donkey kicks with my kettlebell hooked onto my foot and would love to see someone actually do that. (since I almost put a hole in my floor when the kettlebell dropped off my foot!)
Jackie recommends that you do this workout in deep sand, which definitely would make it very difficult. Since I do not live near any sand, I did the workout in my family room and it was still very intense.
Jackie also has released a new DVD,Workout: One-On-One Training with Jackie
, has anyone tried it out? I wonder if any of these moves are on there?
The accompanying article includes Jackie’s top fitness tips for 2008.
Some of them make a lot of sense such as:
Yet some of them seem to contradict each other:
and then some I just don’t agree with:
I want to drink some of Jackie’s water if it is doubling her energy!
No, I can’t agree with that. Not every cardio day needs or should be intense. Jackie says in the article that if you don’t have time for an intense workout, then you should skip it altogether. I definitely believe that some movement/cardio is better than nothing! It’s all about balance.
They may not build a six pack, but when done properly, they do play a role in building a strong core.
Overall, I think it was $5 well spent. I got a great workout and enjoyed many of the articles.
Meanwhile I am waiting for Jackie to give me a call and offer to train me in person. Is that the phone I hear ringing?
Copyright owned by:workoutmommy.comDo not reprint without permission.
Boot camp with Jackie Warner