The Biggest Loser Workout, Vol. 2

Just a side note... I have never actually watched The Biggest Loser, I just saw good reviews on the DVD's and started buying them :-)I really liked the first DVD so I went ahead and got this sequel. It is different from the first in that Jillian is gone. Otherwise it's pretty much the same set up with different segments you can mix and match or do alone, except there are 9 this time. Most are 10 minutes but they are not easy by any means. You need weights and a mat (if your floor is hard) and for Bob's segments you do need to get a stability ball. I found one at Walmart for $9. It's not a bad investment especially when I got this DVD on Amazon for like 50 cents.You will have to mix and match at least two of the segments in order to get any real benefit (I'm gonna guess 10 minutes isn't gonna burn any fat) but it's fun because you can switch it up pretty often. Make sure you have a good assortment of DVD's if you work out at home, that helps keep you motivated as well as keeps your muscles from doing the same moves every day.Kim is slightly annoying to me , I prefer Jillian's personality than the perky happy cheerleader type Kim sometimes comes across as. But I really like the workouts and would recommend them to beginners or regulars.

I love this workout because it is challenging and as short or as long as you want to make it. On days I dont have much time for a workout, I do the 10 minute high intensity workout. It comes with a pretty good warm up and cool down. I love that you can pick and choose from the option menu what you want to do for your workout. It definitely works your butt and thighs.

I have had this DVD for a couple of months now, and it has become one of my more frequently used workout videos. As with the first Biggest Loser workout, I really like the fact that you can mix and match workouts to suit you. The DVD contains 9 segments. After reading previous reviews, I tried all of them, not just those gender-specific to me. The Women's workouts tend to focus more on the hips, thighs and butt, while the Men's workouts work the arms and chest more. I tend to like Bob's training style over Kim's - she can be a little too 'aerobics instructor' for me. Still, I have to hand it to the girl, she does most of the exercises with you, and she's still able to talk and be perky doing it!This volume also uses more equipment - several segments use the stability ball, and a medicine ball in addition to the hand weights used in the first volume. And while I enjoyed doing the arm and ab workout on the stability ball in the boot camp segment, I thought that the boot camp in Volume 1 still provided a better workout.I also didn't particularly enjoy the Functional Flexibility segment, which focuses more on range of motion and slower movements. Not much in the way of cardio or weights as I have become accustomed to with BL workouts.Also, as some other reviewers mentioned, a lot of product promotion went on. And there was less of the contestant's success stories, which I personally found to be motivating.I still prefer the first volume over this one, but, in the end, it does provide a good workout. Like the previous volume, it is guaranteed to make you sweat, and work all those areas you want to target. Definitely, a lot of bang for your buck.

2 months ago I purchased a Treadmill with the IFit program. Though I love how I feel AFTER the workout, it gets a bit boring, staring at the walls. I was not able to locate any treadmill specific Biggest Loser DVD's, so I bought other Biggest Loser DVD's and adjust my treadmill workout accordingly. I pop the DVD's into my laptop, sign on to IFit, put the laptop on the treadmill and run the Biggest Loser DVD.It's great for interval training! I walk at varying speeds to the workouts and run or sprint during jumping jacks for instance.Love Bob's count downs from 10-0. They help me stay focused.

This DVD has workouts for everybody and you can make it shorter or longer, depending on your time availabilty. I like the chapters menu and the combinations one can make. "Music only" option too. I also like the nice outdoor location of some of the segments. I never followed the TV show, but I thought this DVD offered a variety of workouts for all and I don't regret my purchase. Recommended for every beginner or low intermediate.

This is a great workout that complements Biggest Loser 1 very well, adding variety to cardio, toning and sculpting. Very challenging, and I see and feel my body changing. Unfortunately, Bob Harper is not the only trainer in this one. An additional trainer, not part of Biggest Loser, is added. My wife and I call her "Barbie on Steroids." This takes away from the "real people doing real workouts" feel, and her too perfect body is distracting. If you are choosing between Biggest Loser 1 or 2, choose 1.

Having never been a huge fan of workout videos, I thought I would give this one a go since I fell in love with the tv series. I was so amazed by the contestants weight loss and how their workouts were so varied and interesting.The DVD is set up very nicely. There are about 10 or 12 different workouts and the dvd allows you to choose how you would like to set up your workout. So for example you can pick warm-up (5 minutes), functional flexibility (10 minutes), women's or men's cardio (10 minutes)and the cool down (5 minutes). So you have now just created your workout of 30 minutes. It is very high intensity and the good thing is that you can go at your own pace and you switch up your routine according to the exercises you choose.I usually do 20 minutes in the morning, just by picking 2-10 minute sessions. It will have you sweating in no time, it's quick, it's realiable and your favorite contestants are right there with you.Great job Bob and Kim!

4 stars for this. The workouts are very good, you can start off doing one or two then work up to combining the workouts that are available. It could possibly do with another warm up and cool down routine - there is only one of each and can get boring doing the same warm up and cool down if you do the exercises more than 4 times a week as I do. (reason 1 for minus 1 star). The second and main reason for loosing a star is the commentry. An example - during the warm up which starts slow (rotating your shoulders) you are soon told that its really going to pick up at which point you start to rotate your whole arm. Now if I am wrong please tell me but I am sure that going from rotating your shoulder to rotating your arm is not really picking up the pace!! If you can ignore the commentry and the wierd looks the guy gives to the people behind him then this DVD is highly recommended, just be prepared for a bit of a giggle.Just better add - some routines use small dumb bells - As a substitute I used 2 tins of beans.

Love this DVD, brief short sharp bursts of exercise and not your typical routines not complicated and easily I can see results could be achieved in no time if you stuck to it. Currently I am only wishing to focus on one area of my body and this is ideal as you can select sections for a personal workout or do it all.

Great! Highly recommended to shift the pounds after Christmas!

Fairly hellish, but it's a workout you know you're doing and that you did. I wish the female presenter remembered to tell us when the moves were changed, but it is a good DVD. I do Workout 7 which is reasonably exhausting and satisfying in a masochistic way.

I brought this after already having the first biggest loser and I was not disappointed. It makes you sweat like you wouldn't believe but you always feel gr8 at the end. there is more choice for different workouts on this one so you can have some veritiy which really helps. Also love the fact you do these workouts with real people of all shapes and sizes, it makes you feel if they can you can which is gr8.