The Biggest Winner - How to Win by Losing: The Complete Body Workout (5-Disc DVD Set: Shape Up - Front, Shape Up - Back, Cardio Kickbox, Maximize - Full Frontal, Maximize - Back in Action)

The workout only lasts about 25 minutes and I initially thought this was short, but I definitely feel it the next day. I thought it would be more intense (because Jillian seems tough), but it is not that intense and yet it seems to be effective (my whole body is sore!). I wish it had energetic music to go with the workout (and subtitles or close captioning).

This workout is a complete joke. I don't think I even broke a sweat. It lasts a little over 22 minutes and that's only b/c at the end of the video, one of the students mutters "that's it?" under her breath. Ms. Michaels extends the video two whole minutes with another set of jumping jacks.

If you have worked out at all in the past couple of months, this will NOT be a challenge for you. The video consists of her mostly giggling and gloating about how "difficult" this workout is and how "tough" of a trainer she is.

on the off-chance that you are reading this, Ms. Michaels- I want my money back.

I'm intermediate when it comes to working out. I love kick boxing and this video was a joke. First of all Jillian seemed like she was on dope, giggling away for no apparent reason. If you are Jillian Micheals fan then I would suggest sticking to 30 day shred. That is a great workout dvd.

This was my first (and last) purchase of a Jillian Michaels workout. I was very disappointed, and found many of the moves to be ineffective because of the pace at which you have to do them. For example, doing bicept curls while simultaneously doing jumping jacks just doesn't allow for an effective pace. It felt like I had to rush through the moves just to keep up (and, no, I'm not unfit). I found this to be a problem for a lot of her exercises. Beyond that, I just found her annoying... the way she asks, "Are you DYING yet???" And she repeatedly laughs for absolutely no reason. I seriously think she smoked something before filming. What a waste of money (luckily I bought this at Ross for dirt-cheap!).

This DVD is wonderful! I really like the works outs. Each work out is only 1/2 hour long - easy to fit in during my son's naptime. I really like that the workouts do not involve any "coordination." She is easy to follow and you don't have to do routines, like other programs. I highly recommend this set.