The American College of Sports Medicine recommends that if you can't fit long workouts into your daily schedule, you should break fitness time into 10 minute increments spaced throughout the day. Anchor Bay Entertainment took this concept and created the 10 Minute Solution series of workout DVDs. Each DVD has a full 50 minute workout on it, broken into 10 minute segments that you can pick and choose to create your own workout.
Boot Camps
The American Council on Exercise named boot camp-style workouts a top fitness trend in 2008, then again in 2009. Although you can do a boot camp workout with almost any fitness methodology, they usually focus on calisthenics and agility drills. The 10 Minute Solution incorporates this trend in three of its videos: Ultimate Boot Camp, Hot Body Boot Camp and Kickbox Boot Camp.
Pilates and Yoga
The 10 Minute Solution also incorporates both Pilates and yoga, two fitness methodologies that, once the hottest new thing, have become common additions to any gym's group fitness schedule. Your DVD options include Pilates, Slim & Sculpt Pilates, Quick Sculpt Pilates, Pilates Perfect Body, Pilates on the Ball, Prenatal Pilates and Rapid Results Pilates. Yoga options include Yoga and Yoga for Beginners. Some "kit" models come with the DVD and all the equipment you need to do the workout, like exercise balls and resistance bands.
Dance
Dance is an entertaining and effective way to burn calories -- 10 Minute Solution offers themed or goal-oriented dance workouts like Dance Your Body Thin, Dance it Off & Tone it Up, Dance Off the Belly Fat, Hip Hop Dance Mix, Dance Off Fat Fast, Fat-Blasting Dance Mix and a Latin-themed version of the Fat-Blasting Dance Mix.
Strength-training and Other Workouts
Some 10 Minute Solutions DVDs work strength-training with light dumbbells or resistance bands into the fast-paced workouts. These include Sculpt, Tone & Reshape, Tone Trouble Zones, Target Toning for Beginners and Belly, Butt & Thigh Blaster. Other workout options that defy categorization include the original 10 Minute Solution DVD, Fitness Ball Workouts, Carb & Calorie Burner and the kickboxing-themed Knockout Body Kit.
Member Comments