On Monday, April 20, 2009, Jari Love’s Get Ripped: Slim & Lean DVD came to me by way of Netflix. The next day I popped in the dvd and began what I think is a huge step in the right direction with strength training.
There is a major difference between Love’s Get Ripped: Slim and Lean workout versus The Biggest Loser Workout: Power Sculpt one. Although Power Sculpt is great, it lacks changes to really tear deep muscle tissue which is essential for building muscle. Consequently, there aren’t a lot of repetitions so after a few sessions of doing the workout, you can easily lift the weights, although you can go heavier once that happens.
On the flip-side, Slim & Lean wears down your muscles. You don’t just do 18 single count bicep curls and move along to another exercise. Oh no. Jari Love constantly changes the dynamics of the entire session. You count four up slow and down slow, then up two and down two, down three and up one, pulsing, and finally single counts–then you repeat this three to four times. It’s the same whether you’re doing squats, shoulder presses, lunges, dead-lifts, or triceps. When it comes to bicep curls I start out with eight pounds and then end up using five. As for shoulder presses? Oh. My. Gawd. I do one set with eight pound weights, do 1/4 of the next with five pound weights and then finish the second and third sets with three pounds in each hand–shaking and grunting to lift them!
Another difference between Power Sculpt and Slim & Lean is the length of the workout. The Biggest Loser workout is broken up into five segments: 5-minute warm-up, 20-minute sculpting section, two 10-minute sculpting segments, and a five minute cool down. Once you’ve gained strength you can tailor your workout to do all three strength training sessions which adds up to 40-minutes. Jari Love’s Slim & Lean workout is broken up into 15 segments–12 of them equal almost an hour (including the warm-up) and that doesn’t include the cool down.
Even though Jari Love’s Get Ripped: Slim & Lean workout is harder, beginner’s can adjust the amount of weights used and pause if need be. And like I said previously, The Biggest Loser Workout: Power Sculpt dvd is great. I really recommend it for beginners looking to ease in to weight training without half dying in the process. Make no mistake about it though, I used it for a few months before learning about Jari Love through a friend and felt it!
Three wonderful similarities stand-out to me between The Biggest Loser trainers, Bob Harper, Jillian Micheals and Kim Lyons, and Slim & Lean’s Jari Love; they are all very encouraging and definitely will keep you motivated, the workouts are fun, and you can tailor your workouts accordingly.
I’ve done the Get Ripped: Slim and Lean workout every other day since April 21st (minus this past weekend when I was camping) and can already feel a difference in my body.
My fitness goal is to do the entire Get Ripped: Slim & Lean dvd without stopping or switching to lower weights and then I’ll move along to Love’s cardio and strength interval training video.
Have a happy and healthy day!
Hugs ~ Sandy
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