Re: Jari Love's Get Ripped 1000

I have Ripped to the Core. I've only done it once, but I liked it. I liked the compound exercises and the way it's set up. I have to kind of ignore Jari though. She's a bit... breathy.:p
 
I have all 4 of Jari's workouts so far (and will buy them in the future). "Ripped" (the original) is not as good as the others, IMO (there are miscounted sides in the floor work, and the sequence of pull-overs into tricep extensions doesn't work very well--I always do a set of donkey kicks in between to give the triceps a rest).

I like the other three about equally well.
They are light-to-moderate weight, higher rep workouts that help burn fat by keeping you moving contiuously.
Get Ripped to the Core has mostly compound moves, which are deceptive in that you don't feel like you're working that much, but you're working a lot of different muscle all the time, and I always end up sweating up a storm.
Get Ripped 1000 is an interesting alternance of weights and plyo cardio. The only thing I don't like about it is that there is no advanced notice as to what direction the step is turned in the cardio segments, and most start with the camera focused on Jari's face, and in one, she just cues "let's go" instead of saying what we are going to do! Easy to get past after doing the workout a couple of times. (Oh, I also have a hard time looking at Jari in this one, as she is so thin her ribs show almost all the time! Rather disturbing, IMO, and not a very good testimonial for her workout system, at least not for me!).
Both GRTTG and GR1000 go by pretty quickly. Each segment is different, and they are good for exercise ADD days. Some segments of Slim and Lean seem to go on forever (a very high rep chest press segment is the first one I think of).
 
I like them, too, although I share the same coping tools to get through them... mainly, I ignore Jari's comments! ;)

I got them at deepdiscountdvd.com for a very reasonable price.
 
I bought two of her DVD's recently, Slim & Lean and Get Ripped. I've previewed them several times and am still on the fence about whether I want to do the workout or not. It's not that the workout looks hard. They actually seem interesting. What bugs me is that this woman is the anti-Cathe. She has the personality of a dead fish. Yes, she says encouraging words but there's no smile, no joking, no laughter. When she does attempt to smile, it looks like its really painful for her. Her style probably just takes some getting used to and I'm sure I'll do them eventually but for right now, I'm sticking with Cathe.

Tracey
"Where there's a will, there's a way."
 
I have RTTC and S&L, both of which I like a lot. Because of that I asked for and got GR1000 for Christmas. I've only previewed it bacause I'm doing a S&H rotation right now, but I thought everyone in this w/o looked very "geeky" and uncomfortable. I found that I was so put off by their appearances and expressions that I couldn't really focus on the w/o. I also thought it was interesting how many of the cardio moves are straight from Cathe (not to mention the drop set of push-ups.) DOn't get me wrong, I really llike the other 2 workouts, and I'm sure I'll like this one once I get around to doing it - but I didn't like the initial look of it.

Lorrie

Pain is temporary - quitting lasts forever
Candace Grasso, CC-V-6
 
I LUV Slim & Lean because I can heavy up, GR1000 b/c it is a great, basic, circuit workout that makes me sweat and keeps my heart rate just high enough, and GRTTC b/c the compound weight work works me differently from my usual mode and I sweat and keep my heart rate up (using maximum weight possible while keeping good form). These have definitely been a nice change of pace from my usual mode of exercise. The music is o.k. and nothing great but I don't HATE it or anything.
Angela:7
 
I purchased the Slim & Lean, watched it once all the way through and traded it on the exchange. It seemed like it would get boring fast and she was annoying.

Nicole
 
I have Slim & Lean, RTTC, and Get Ripped 1000. I like all of them. I have to admit that when I first viewed them I was unimpressed and I thought she had the personality of a toad. But after actually doing the workouts, I found she sort of grows on you. The workouts are very effective--at least for me they are--and she is more motivational than I thought initially.


MissL
 
I have seen more results with Jari than any other workout in years.I kicked up my weights a notch and have doms every time...Didn't think I'd like ripped 1000, but it DOES put you in the anaerobic zone, followed by a power circuit, varying upper and lower body - which is proving to be the best way to burn fat and increase stamina. As for her personality,Ifind her warm and encouraging and easy to take.
 
I've only done Slim & Lean so far, and it's perfect for me for a few reasons.

First, it's in bite-sized 5-min. segments that fit nicely into my schedule. When I get home from work, all I have to do is motivate myself to do 10 mins. and I've polished off 2 muscle groups. If I do the whole workout again on the weekend, that's twice per week.

The second reason I'm not so proud of. At 50 years old I have a long history of watching the scale, and I can't seem to break myself of the habit. The more strength training I do, the more weight I gain. I know it's probably "good" weight, but I'm brainwashed into getting depressed when the needle on the scale goes up. Jari's light weight, fast reps workout doesn't make me hungry and doesn't seem to cause me to gain lots of weight. A few pounds of muscle is all I'm really after. When I was doing Cathe's Slow & Heavy I weighed about 7 lbs. more than I do now. It's just my own nutsiness. I even like the name of the workout.

I think different workouts are right for different people, and Slim & Lean happens to be just right for me. I'm going to try the others soon.

Nancy
 
To those of you who have these workouts and haven't tried them because you're turned off by Jari: at least give them a try before you decide to get rid of them. YOu might be pleasantly surprised (and if not, you can Ebay them).

I also thought it was interesting how many of the
>cardio moves are straight from Cathe (not to mention the drop
>set of push-ups.)

Cathe didn't invent these moves, and I'm sure Jari didn't 'copy Cathe.'
 
>I like all of
>them. I have to admit that when I first viewed them I was
>unimpressed and I thought she had the personality of a toad.
>But after actually doing the workouts, I found she sort of
>grows on you.

I agree that these are 'better on the doing than the viewing"! I wasn't really impressed with GR1000 on viewing it, but once I did it, I realized how effective it was and I could ignore Jari's annoying stuff (like talk about 'burning carbs').

As for her personality: at least she's not giggly (like Cathe in ME).
 
Kathryn, as always you are of course correct. I certainly didn't mean to say that Jari "copied Cathe". My very limited video workout library consists only of Cathe, Tracie Long, The Firm, P90X, and a smattering of others. Not nearly the vast collection that Kathryn has. So I should have prefaced my remarks by saying that my observations were only based upon what I have. I did indeed find Jari's use of the step and moves on it to be more akin to Cathe's than the other instructors I have. And while I am sure many other instructors incorporate things like drop sets, these are the only two whose work I have that use them. Forgive my erroneous insinuation please.

Lorrie

Pain is temporary - quitting lasts forever
Candace Grasso, CC-V-6
 
I don't find Jari annoying at all. She has a very low key kick back manner. Her comments are positive and encouraging; where is the fault in that? Her workouts are a nice change from traditional weight work. RTTC and the compound moves are my favorite and Ripped 1000 is an amazing weight and aerobic workout. It is a sweat fest. The workouts kind of grow on you.

Cheryl
 
I have all four that have been released and like them all. I think Jari was more "natural" in the first one and I enjoyed the music better, but I definitely have had to modify *up*. The last three are good workouts, but Jari seems more scripted (almost reminiscent of Firm, but a different conversational style). And one of my petty annoyances is I wish she would tie her hair out of her face.

They are all well worth the money. Straight-forward weight work for the first three. Ripped 1000 has cardio bursts. I like the fast-feet kind of cardio that's included. The time flies by for me on all of them.

Diane
 
I have to chime in here again and say that upon preview I thought, "eh" also. Also, I did not care for the original Ripped. I gave the others a try because I found the 3 pack (Ripped, S&L, GRTTC) at TJ Maxx for $14.99 and GR1000 at Ross for $5.99. I'm so glad I did. There is something to be said for this mode of training. All I know is that I sweat, feel adequately worked, and get my heart rate up while getting a good weight workout. I feel like Jari's workouts are a good mix of traditional weight work with somewhat of a functional feel and a few balance moves thrown in there to boot. I have learned how to make the core work more difficult by adding weight or substituting the exercise(s). In a million years, I NEVER would have thought that I would joing the Jari Love bandwagon, but, alas, I have and I'm happy I did. I'm learning that I really like the variety. Oh, I also thought I would hate the basic cardio in GR1000, but it works for this workout and it is just enough to get the heart rate up but not too high so I can go right into the weight segment, keeping my heart rate up but again, just high enough. And I DO apologize, because when I find workouts I love, I DO tend to gush about them.
Angela:7
 
I have all of them and don't do them that often cuz I really can't stand listening to Jari either. Glad I'm not alone. I usually play my own music since the screen lists the next exercise and the aerobics is easy athletic type drills (very short also). I just did it yesterday. It was an okay workout....but the cardio segs are short and then she cools down and stretches between that and the weight segment. I did not do that, as I thought it was a mute point since I was trying to burn megacalories and keep my HR elevated. Yes, it elevated during the short cardio, but not enough to have to cool down. I can't stand how she constantly said, super and awesome thru this. Next time, I won't listen to her. I wanted to do it the first time thru listening though.
 
Ok - I just did this workout. My opinion may change in the future, but this is my least favorite of the 3 Jari's I have. I agree that the short cardio bursts really weren't sustained enough to feel truly effective for me. I used 2 risers on both my long step and my high step platform. I kept the platform separate so I didn't have to keep changing my step placement.

I never feel that Jari works either triceps or abs that well. So I added on some triceps extensions and did a coremax segment when this was over. I still didn't feel that I had a great workout, so I also did the Drill Max cardio blast premix (minus warmup) and a short stint on my elliptical.

Overall I did like most of the compound weight work (which is what I really like about RTTC), but the clean and press segment felt a bit off re: when she was doing the squats and switching the weights. I also found that my shoulders didn't burn nearly as much as in RTTC. (Again that may change as I only used 10 lbs total on that segment since I did S&H shoulders yesterday). I found this to be an ok workout, but after my first attempt, I certainly wouldn't call it advanced.

Lorrie

Pain is temporary - quitting lasts forever
Candace Grasso, CC-V-6
 
I have all Jari's workouts & I would have to say I think they are OK. I did GR1000 for the first time today, while I thought it was good...I didn't feel the cardio was enough to get my heartrate up. Her cuing isn't the best either!
I too would love for her to pull her hair up, to me it seems like all the women in her videos are made up to look pretty, not to work out! The reason I LOVE Cathe so much, she sweats like the rest of us (not once have I seen Jari sweat in her DVD's)...


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