Product Description

YOUR METABOLISM IN THE KEY TO CHANGING YOUR BODY!  By increasing muscle mass in your body, you really CAN increase your metabolism and burn more calories all day long – even when you’re at rest.  This workout combines muscle-building compound strength moves with cardio activity.  That’s the perfect formula for slimming down with a calorie-burning blast now, and a big boost to your metabolism long-term.  Get ready to build endurance, sculpt sexy muscles, fell fitter, and have a body that you’re proud of.

Metabolism Boosting Meal Plan:Take the guesswork out of eating right with this meal plan specially designed to elevate your metabolism.  Fast and flavorful recipes, along with smart snacks, will kick start your metabolism to keep you burning calories efficiently throughout the day.

About the Trainer: Tracey Staehle (www.fitbytracey.com) is a NASM certified trainer and has been a fitness professional for over twenty years.  Her clients vary in age from 13-89 inspiring her to create workouts that are effective and fun for all ages and fitness levels.

"This workout offers a great mix of high-intensity cardio and super-effecitve strength moves." - Fitness Magazine


"This is a circuit routine with weights and cardio. Rather than just going from strength-training move to strength-training move as some sculpting routines do, this one includes heart-thumping moves, such as jumping jacks, in between. This more than doubles the calorie burn of just doing toning moves." - Mary Anderson, fitness director of Fitness magazine

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #51430 in DVD
• Brand: Boost
• Released on: 2008-12-02
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .60" h x 5.30" w x 7.50" l, .24 pounds
• Running time: 55 minutes

Customer Reviews

yep, it's a butt-kicker...
I am a daily exerciser who does a range of workouts, from taebo, kickboxing, yoga, salsa, step etc. I guess you could say that I have a boredom problem, so keeping it fresh with many workouts to choose from is important to me. As I get older I also look to add in resistance training to keep my bones healthy, which is really important at any age. I found the workout to be challenging (in a good way). The workout is 52 minutes long and led by Tracey Staehle, who is a certified trainer with both the AFAA (Aerobic & Fitness Association of America) & NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine). She also carries a Master's Degree in nutrition.

The workout is 52 minutes long and consists of 5 minutes of warm-up, 31 minutes of Aerobic & Toning with Weights, that alternates, 12 minutes of additional toning and 4 minutes of cool down. You will use a lighter set of weights for some of the exercises (3 lb is what I used) and heavier set (I used 5 to start, but realized 4 was already kicking my butt, so I'll work up to heavier). As you get stronger, you have the option to up your weights for a challenge when you become accustomed to it.

The routines start with an easier exercise and then you progress to a more challenging variation, which usually includes deeper squats, more body parts being active in the exercise, or in the aerobic segments, more jumping.

I would caution, that this is a higher impact routine in the aerobic section and you will be doing some jumps, which rev up the metabolism and heart-rate, but may not be especially kind to those that have any knee issues.

The routine is a one-on-one, and it is a straight up workout-Tracey is excellent on the cuing, has great form and keeps the workout at a good pace (I especially like when she tells me only a couple more to go!).

All and all a good work-out. Is it fun? Well, I do have ones that I enjoy more, but for a sheer kick-butt workout that had me in a sweat, I'd say this one was the ticket. Oh, as a bonus....there is a booklet for meal planning to boost the metabolism as well. I have not tried this, as I am happy with my diet at this point, but looked through it and the meals and recipes noted were definitely things that could assist you. As someone who has lost over 45 lbs and kept it off for 4 years I can tell you the best eating program is the one you will stick with, so if this does it for you, great. If not, or you just use the work out and some of the good ideas, you are well on your way!

Quite a good workout :-0
I don't know why Amazon won't release this yet, when you can already buy it online elsewhere ... so that's what I did and I like this alot.
I already have another workout of Tracey's and that's why I decided to give this a go. It's pretty good and definately more geared toward the intermediate to advanced exerciser. It is interval training with good cardio and intense toning. There are modifications if you find some moves too hard; she'll start with a base move that you can stay with, and then shows ways to add more intensity if you are feeling that way inclined. All you really need are some dumbbells and you are good to go. The dvd even comes with a little booklet about planning out healthy meals.
It's about 50 minutes all up and when you are done, you feel great. You will feel this the next day or two and work up a big sweat. I enjoyed it and will try and use this at least once a week or so along with all the other workouts I do. This is fun and Tracey is a good instructor. Give it a go.

Better Than '10 Days'
I was surprised at how much I like this workout. I'm not a fan of Staehle, but this well-cued workout is nicely advanced at the level of Kelly Coffey or Cathe Friedrich. It is chaptered into cardio and weights and each section is long enough to make a difference (about 10 minutes alternating). Unlike '10 Days to a Better Body', this one allows you to do just weights or just cardio if you wish, or switch the order. It includes lots of balancing and compound moves. It also allows you to go heavy with the weights. The pace is just right and the music is pretty good as well. It is not at all the same as the other Results workout (with Cindy Whitmarsh). I really find the negative reviews here ignorant. If you're torn between the two DVDs, this one is the better one.