Karen Voight: Energy Sprint [DVD]

This workout is really good in my opinion. It is very squat-intensive. The reasons I like it are: - Although when you first watch it, it seems simple and rather slow, it really kicks your butt. The reason is kicks your butt is because of all the squats and other moves that require a lot of leg strength. She does a good job of engineering weight bearing moves in an aerobic fashion - quite a feat, I think. - The moves are simple and easy to follow. She's good about showing them to you first and giving you warning before a change. - Even though the moves are simple, it's still fun and challenging. - It's a nice long cardio workout. Sometimes I skip this section in the middle that is not terribly aerobic; and even skipping that and the sculpting routines at the end, the aerobic part comes to about 45 minutes, I believe. - The ab section is quite good. It's 13 minutes long. - I believe she only miscounts once. - There is really only one time, that I can think of, where the camera cuts during a transition or new move.

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Energy Sprint is an endurance building step workout, but this 83 minute program has toning work as well. This 1993 video is possibly the best workout that Karen has ever put out, and it's finally on DVD, a very well chaptered DVD at that. You can choose to do those entire workout, or there is a mix and match feature where you can choose which segments you wish to do. Here is a breakdown of the chapters.... warmup - 6 1/2 minutes quads, hamstrings, etc - 8 1/2 minutes calves, inner thighs, sprints 1 & 2 - 10 minutes sprints 3-4 - 10 minutes sprints 5-7 - 23 minutes upper body - 12 minutes abs and stretch - 13 minutes When I do this workout I do the cardio work only so it is nice that I can jump right to that feature following the warmup. Rather than fast forward through the brief lower body toning session. The whole cardio is about 40 minutes of step aerobics including 7 sprints ranging from 1 1/2-5 minutes each. Karen shows you the steps prior to going into the sprint and following each sprint she takes you through a recovery phase. The choreography isn't too difficult to master, Karen is not known for complex steps. But she does a good job calling all the moves and leading the workout in general. Karen is an excellent instructor, some perceive her as being too wooden or dry but she is pleasant and encouraging. She does offer options to make the sprints more difficult, plus she also give you tips on making it easier so you can last the whole sprint until your endurance level improves. All of the sprints are step aerobics except the very last one which is low impact. Preceding the aerobic portion is a brief lower body toning segment using the step but no weights, following the aerobic portion is an upper body section which uses light dumbells, and there also an ab session before the cooldown and stretch. Karen has quite a few participants joining her, men and women all using various step heights. Two of the participants even do the workout without the step. So all levels can do this video, although beginners should start carefully and progress slowly. Karen does have a guest, Wayne Westcott who briefly explains how the sprints work before the workout gets underway. As previously mentioned, this video was filmed in 1993 so some might think it's a bit dated. I think it's great, I like the music a lot, I think it fits the workout well. Some of it is rock sounding with guitars, while I don't have all of Karen's videos, I have always thought that she picks great music for her workouts. Even though they might not be as upbeat or funky sounding as some of the music for todays workouts. This is an excellent workout, you get a lot for the price. A must have if you need to build cardio endurance. Glad that it is finally on DVD. I give this one 4 1-2 stars.

I have had this DVD for a couple of years and find it to be one of the best in my arsenal. The cardio is excellent. KV does a great job with the cues and doesn't run the same move for so long that you get bored. Once she wears you out (and I come away from this routine red-faced every time), she takes you through a good sculpt routine and then abs routine. She finishes off with a good cool down. All the elements and put togther in an easily-followed format but carries enough challenge not to get boring. I have several of KV's DVD's and I like most of them but this is my absolute favorite. Thanks KV!

This is a GREAT workout! All of Karen's workouts are challenging and get results, but this one is fun because you can choose which routines you want to do and even the order you want to do them in. The "sprint" segments are very challenging and will definitely get your heart pumping. The weight and leg segments are also great for targeting thighs, buttocks, arms and abs. The music is engaging and Karen's cues are, as always, perfect. I love this workout and do it every other day (I do her weighted workouts the other days).

Hello when my DVD arrived it wouldn’t play, it was all scratched up.

I find Karen Voight's choreography extremely awkward. Also, she will often switch movements without cueing. She'll cue you as she's doing the new movement, so she's already switched by the time she gets around to cueing you. Very frustrating. On the plus side, it's a decent aerobic workout, if you can deal with the awkwardness and the cueing deficiencies. For better instructors, Gin Miller, Gay Gasper, Kathy Smith, Keli Roberts, Christi Taylor (if you're an advanced stepper, Christi Taylor is the best!)

I have a few Karen Voight Dvds and she's a good trainer. She works your body from head to toe in this one. You can do the moves with a step or just on the floor. The sprints are challenging. I wouldn't call the weight section challenging to me, but I do most of my weight sculpting with Jari Love and this isn't even in the same range as Jari. The weight section is okay. The ab workout is good as are all the ab portions of Karen Voights workouts.

Je fais du fitness depuis les années 80's, j'ai découvert Karen Voight dans les années 90's via DVD, je m'ennuyais ferme avec les très mauvais entraîneurs français avec des cours médiocres, j'ai commencé à acquérir les DVD de Karen, j'en ai maintenant une vingtaine, je les garde précieusement, la plupart sont en rupture de stock depuis plusieurs années, car les programmes d'entrainement de Karen sont toujours d'actualité, c'est toujours ce qui se fait de mieux en fitness et step aérobic, ou yoga, renforcement musculaire. Le premier DVD que j'ai acheté c'était avec Elle Mc Pherson le mannequin, je venais d'accoucher et je devais perdre 20 kilos, et bien pari tenu, un peu tous les jours, je ne me suis jamais ennuyée avec Karen, même quand je connaissais par contre son DVD. Perte de poids assuré et sourire jusqu'aux oreilles quand le DVD finissait car j'étais en sueur et contente d'avoir pu tenir tout le cours. Ces DVD sont accessibles à tous du grand débutant au compétiteur step chorégraphique. Ce DVD dure 83 minutes mais vous pouvez bien sûr ne prendre qu'une partie suivant votre forme ou votre temps. Les mouvements sont bien expliqués, c'est du grand Karen Voight, ils sont assez abordables à suivre, contrairement à d'autres coach qu'ils est impossible de suivre via DVD, il y a une progression intelligente dans son cours, tout s'enchaine avec facilité, et quand on voit la finesse de sa musculature on n'a qu'une envie ... lui ressembler. Même si ce DVD date de 1993 il est toujours et sera toujours au top d'actualité, je suis l'évolution fitness et step et je n'ai pas encore trouvé un coach qui arrive à la cheville de Karen (à part Gilad qui est lui aussi excellent mais dans un autre registre) . Aussi je peux visionner ce DVD bien qu'il soit dit zône USA canada moi je le visionne très bien sur un petit lecteur de DVD, donc no problem le programme des 83 mn : warmup - 6 1/2 minutes quads, hamstrings, etc - 8 1/2 minutes calves, inner thighs, sprints 1 & 2 - 10 minutes sprints 3-4 - 10 minutes sprints 5-7 - 23 minutes upper body - 12 minutes abs and stretch - 13 minutes

I love this tape. Karen is one of, if not THE, best in the business. This is one of her older tapes, but the quality of instruction is superb, as usual. Working out alongside and behind her are "regular" people of all different shapes and sizes, but everyone's keeping up and they're all sweating, including Karen!

You need a stepmaster. A bit dated but the workout is amazing. For intermediate, some choreography. I love that DVD