Quick Workouts- 10 Minute Solution Exercise DVDs

The folks at Anchor Bay have amassed an extensive collection of workout DVDs, each with five 10-minute workouts.  Each 10 minute workout is designed to stand alone for those days when you are too busy to workout.  You can also mix and match workouts, using any order and any combination of two, three, four, or all five 10-minute workouts.  The “programmable chapters” feature allows you to make your selections, in the order you choose, programming up to 6 selections, meaning you can program all five segments, and repeat one. 

The overview information on the 10 Minute Solution exercise DVDs is from Collage Video, but I have included customer satisfaction ratings from Collage and Amazon.  Many of the workouts include both aerobic and toning segments.  Hopefully you will be able to figure this out from the summaries.  I have also included a short video clip of each exercise DVD. 

If you are not familiar with Collage Video, you may want to check out their site.  All of their staff are video exercise enthusiasts, and knowledgeable about many of the offerings on the site.  They have a live chat feature on the site, or you can call and talk to a staffer to help you make decisions about your purchases.  Look for “staff favorite” on many of the exercise DVDs on the site. 

Quick Workout DVDs reviewed in this hub: 

10 Minute Solution:  5 Day Get Fit Mix

10 Minute Solution:  Belly, Butt, and Thigh Blaster! 

10 Minute Solution:  Blast Off Belly Fat

10 Minute Solution:  Carb and Calorie Burner

10 Minute Solution:  Fitness Ball Workouts

10 Minute Solution:  Hot Body Bootcamp

10 Minute Solution:  Kickbox Bootcamp

10 Minute Solution:  Knockout Body Workout Kit with Weighted Gloves

10 Minute Solution:  Quick Tummy Toners

10 Minute Solution:  Sculpt, Tone and Reshape Kit with Figure 8s

10 Minute Solution:  Target Toning for Beginners

10 Minute Solution:  Tone Trouble Zones

Amazon Rating: 5 of 5 stars from 9 customer ratings

Collage Video Rating: 4 of 5 stars from 9 customer ratings

Collage Staff Favorite: yes

Workout Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Aerobic Impact: Higher

Choreography Difficulty: Basic

Toning Emphasis: Total body

Instructor: Amy Bento

Each of the five 10-minute segments is full of fast paced, targeted movements, and tempo, position and intensity variations. Segments: 1) aerobic and toning intervals 2) abdominal toning 3) upper and lower body toning 4) kickboxing 5) yoga. Dumbbells are used.

Amazon Rating:  4 of 5 stars from 10 customer ratings

Collage Video Rating:  4 of 5 stars from 8 customer ratings

Collage Staff Favorite:  yes

Workout Difficulty Level:  Intermediate

Aerobic Impact:  Mixed

Choreography Difficulty:  Basic

Toning Emphasis:  Lower body

Instructor:  Jessica Smith

A loop of resistance band comes with the DVD, and is used in both body sculpting toning routines, and to add a toning component to aerobic segments.  Includes a variety of movements:  side stepping, squats, crunches, marching, jumping jacks, cross-country skiing, and Pilates. 

Amazon Rating:  4 ½ of 5 stars from 99 customer ratings

Collage Video Rating:  4 ½ of 5 stars from 16 customer ratings

Collage Staff Favorite:  no

Workout Difficulty Level:  Intermediate

Aerobic Impact:  Lower

Choreography Difficulty:  Basic

Toning Emphasis:  Abdominals

Instructor:  Suzanne Bowen

Four floor-based abdominal toning segments, and an aerobics segment that focuses on abdominals.  Abdominal segments include plank work for transverse abdominals, Pilates techniques for core strengthening, crunches and curls, and intervals of traditional and Pilates moves. 

Amazon Rating:  4 ½ of 5 stars by 65 customer ratings

Collage Video Rating:  4 ½ of 5 stars by 10 customer ratings

Collage Staff Favorite:  yes

Workout Difficulty Level:  Intermediate

Aerobic Impact:  Mixed

Choreography Difficulty:  Basic

Toning Emphasis:  Total body

Instructor:  Michelle Dozois

This workout is a calorie burner, and proposes that since carbohydrates are the energy source that the body uses first, it is therefore a carb burning workout.  Based on this logic, wouldn’t all workouts be carb burning workouts?  There are four cardio segments:  traditional aerobics, kickboxing, plyometrics, and bootcamp-style intervals.  The final segment is a toning routine.  Dumbbells used. 

Amazon Rating:  4 ½ of 5 stars from 84 customer ratings

Collage Video Rating:  3 of 5 stars from 12 customer ratings

Collage Staff Favorite:  no

Workout Difficulty Level:  Intermediate

Aerobic Impact:  Mixed

Choreography Difficulty:  Basic

Toning Emphasis:  Total body

Instructor:  Kimberly Spreen

Segments:  1) lower body toning  2) upper body toning  3) core strengthening  4) cardio  5) flexibility.  Segments use the ball in interesting and fun ways, with good transitions between movements.  Workout accommodates multiple intensity options.   Dumbbells used.

Amazon Rating:  3 ½ of 5 stars from 18 customer ratings.  Complaints of lack of safety instruction.  One reviewer felt the workout is not suitable for those with knee or back problems because of the quick transitions between positions. 

Collage Video Rating:  3 ½ of 5 stars by 26 customer ratings.  Complaints of poor cuing, and lack of safety instruction.  One reviewer thought the exercise selections were ineffective. 

Collage Staff Favorite:  yes

Workout Difficulty Level:  Intermediate/advance

Aerobic Impact:  Higher

Choreography Difficulty:  Basic

Toning Emphasis:  Lower body and abdominals

Instructor:  Amy Bento

Energizing, non-stop action segments, with calisthenic-type exercises, including “military burpees”, “fast feet”, “mountain climber jacks”, and crawl under the wire squats”. 

Amazon Rating:  DVD not listed

Collage Video Rating:  4 of 5 stars from 58 customer ratings

Collage Staff Favorite:  no

Workout Difficulty Level:  Intermediate

Aerobic Impact:  Lower

Choreography Difficulty:  Basic

Toning Emphasis:  Total body

Instructor:  Dr. Michele Olson

Interestingly, the instructor uses a dumbbell instead of a kettlebell!  She emphasizes the acceleration and deceleration of movements important to the kettlebell.  One segment is cardio and toning, and the other four segments are toning, each focusing on a different part of the body. 

Amazon Rating:  4 1/2 of 5 stars from 90 customer ratings

Collage Video Rating:  4 1/2 of 5 stars from 22 customer ratings

Collage Staff Favorite:  yes

Workout Difficulty Level:  Intermediate

Aerobic Impact:  Mixed

Choreography Difficulty:  Basic

Toning Emphasis:  Total body

Instructor:  Keli Roberts

Sequences:  1) cardio workout with punches, jabs, kicks, shuffles  2) thigh and bun toning  3) arm and shoulder with weights using kickbox toning 4) bootcamp-styled fat burning  5) abdominal toning.  Dumbbells used. 

Amazon Rating:  4 ½ of 5 stars from 30 customer ratings

Collage Video Rating:  4 ½ of 5 stars from 20 customer ratings

Collage Staff Favorite:  yes

Workout Difficulty Level:  Intermediate

Aerobic Impact:  Higher

Choreography Difficulty:  Basic

Toning Emphasis:  Total body

Instructor:  Jessica Smith

DVD comes with weighted gloves, to increase intensity of upper body movements.  One cardio segment, 3 cardio and toning intervals, 1 abdominals toning segment.  Cardio moves include typical kickbox moves.  Toning sequences include floor and standing work. 

Amazon Rating:  4 ½ of 5 stars from 20 customer ratings

Collage Video Rating:  5 of 5 stars from 11 customer ratings

Collage Staff Favorite:  yes

Workout Difficulty Level:  Intermediate

Aerobic Impact:  Mixed

Choreography Difficulty:  Basic

Toning Emphasis:  Abdominal toning

Instructor:  Jessica Smith

Good variety of floor and standing exercises to work the abdominals.  Pilates- and Yoga-inspired moves.  More traditional abdominal moves are re-invigorated with position and intensity variations.  

Amazon Rating:  4 of 5 stars from 6 customer ratings

Collage Video Rating:  3 ½ of 5 stars from 14 customer ratings

Collage Staff Favorite:  Yes

Workout Difficulty Level:  Beginner/intermediate

Aerobic Impact:  Mixed

Choreography Difficulty:  Basic

Toning Emphasis:  Total body

Instructor:  Amy Bento

DVD comes with two “Figure 8” rubber tubings, cinched in the middle to form the 8.  Segments:  1) lower body toning  2) upper body toning  3) abdominal toning  4) bun and thigh toning  5) cardio intervals with upper and lower body toning. 

Amazon Rating:  4 ½ of 5 stars from 59 customer ratings

Collage Video Rating:  5 of 5 stars from 8 customer ratings

Collage Staff Favorite:  no

Workout Difficulty Level:  Intermediate

Toning Emphasis:  Total body

Instructor:  Cindy Whitmarsh

Segments:  1) leg toning  2) arm toning  3) bun toning  4) abdominal toning  5) deep stretching.  Many classic moves, made more interesting with altered positions and pace.  Dumbbells used. 

Amazon Rating:  4 ½ of 5 stars from 66 customer ratings

Collage Video Rating:  4 of 5 stars from 45 customer ratings

Collage Staff Favorite:  no

Workout Difficulty Level:  Intermediate

Toning Emphasis:  Total body

Instructor:  Amy Bento

DVD comes with resistance band.  Toning segments for 1) upper body  2) arms and shoulders  3) lower body  4) abdominals 5) total body.  Fast paced, with good variety.  Lower body toning includes lying, sitting and standing moves. 

Still haven’t found what you’re looking for?  Check out more 10 Minute Solutions in my hubs, Quick Workouts- 10 Minute Solution Pilates and Yoga Exercise DVDs, and Quick Workouts- 10 Minute Solution Dance Exercise DVDs. 

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