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Karen Voight's Great Weighted Workout
by Karen Voight

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Karen begins this video with a thorough warm-up and follows with standing leg exercises such as plies squats, lunges and squats. Next is a 17-minute standing upper body workout using light weights (3-5 lbs), but don't be deceived!  This is a very intense workout that targets every muscle in your upper body with unique, fast-paced exercises.  After the upper body routine she goes into an intense 30-minute lower body workout using ankle weights and a weighted body ball (you can substitue with a dumbbell).  This is the most intense section of the video that includes leg lifts for the inner and outer thighs, leg extensions, hamstring lifts and some classic butt exercises.  Following this is a 15-minute ab routine using dumbbells or a body ball that seems to go on forever.

Karen is a great instructor and her form pointers make is difficult for you to cheat during the workout (sorry!).  The only drawback is the length of the video.  It is 85 minutes long and the intensity of it may make it difficult to complete all at once. It is also very fast-paced, so you really need to make sure you're using your muscles and not momentum to lift the weights. However, it's easy to split this routine and the fact that you need very little equipment will put this video at the top of your list.

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