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Amy Bento's Hi-Lo Dome Challenge |
  Very repetitive |
| I found this video to be repetitive but also hard to follow. I thought that I would get several different routines but found that it was one routine clipped together in several different ways to create different routines. If you don't like the steps in the first routine then you're stuck with them throughout the rest of the video. I was not excited by the constant jumping either. The dome portion of the workout was too short and did not challenge me enough. I have been working out hard for several years now and did not like the old "aerobics" style moves. If you want a really challenging interval training video I recommend Michelle Dozios. - posted by Shannon on 2/24/2011 |
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| FUN! |
| I have recently purchased this workout and am very glad I did. Amy has such high-energy, fun workouts that challenge the advanced exerciser. I love the premixes when short on time. I like how she keeps the workout moving so one doesn't get bored with the same move(s). I highly recommend this workout! - posted by Patti on 2/15/2011 |
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| a good one, but not my fav |
| Amy bento is a great instructor and very easy to follow. This is a professional production on all points, but it took me a while to really appreciate this w/o. When I first did it, I thought it wasn't going to be intense enough (I formed this conclusion after I had worked through most of the first half). but the truth is, it's more challenging than what it seems to be because the rate of exertion is constant and sustains over a long period of time. When you realize that the intensitiy of the combos is more or less the same,(I should point out there are small higher intensity moments punctuating each combo) you feel like it's going to be too easy while you're doing that first combo. The truth is that the longer you press on the harder it gets simply by function of time. I was dying by the 4th combo, not because it was winding me, but just because I was tired out! I was shocked to feel so tired. It really sneaked up on me. Anyway, it's a worthwhile workout. Engaging and satisfying to get through. A good use of an hour! - posted by suzy on 11/29/2010 |
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| EXCELLENT WORKOUT! |
| This workout is fun and gets you sweating. I like the way it keeps the mind/body coordinated while keeping it fun and challenging. Amy cues very well and keeps you on your toes--literally! - posted by SOPHIA on 10/28/2010 |
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| LUV LUV LUV AMY BENTO :) :) |
| This video is the BEST!!! Everything about it just rocks, the music, AMY (of course), the fun combos and challenging intervals, and the bosu workout at the end. IMHO, this workout is slightly easier than hi/lo extreme. I found that I caught on to the moves much quicker and I didn't need to take as many breaks. GET IT, YOU WON'T REGRET IT!!! - posted by annon. on 5/16/2010 |
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| Excellent |
| Wonderful workout. Highly Recommned. Filled with a variety of workouts that keep you energized. - posted by Teneka on 5/1/2010 |
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| Awesome workout |
| Another fantastic workout from Amy! This one I found to be one of the more challenging choreography wise. Although apparently I'm in the minority here. My only complaint is that the intervals are just not hard enough. I usually love the intervals. Its hard for me to keep my heartrate up so I need very difficult intervals to hold it through the combos. This one's intervals are more of a break time than a work time. I also think that this one is far harder than her hi-low extreme or kickbox extreme. This one is easier to modify to make harder than those are. The dome workout has some odd moves that you can't do well on a carpeted surface but I just throw in some other moves during that time instead. - posted by Amanda on 4/2/2010 |
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| One of Amy's easier advanced workouts |
| I'm an advanced exerciser who has become a HUGE Amy Bento fan because her workouts are usually so challenging! While this was indeed a fun workout (her energy is always great), I felt it was intermediate/advanced both in terms of the level of the cardio and the choreography. Usually, it takes me at least 4-5 runs with one of Amy's videos to really get the choreography down, but I got this one almost completely on the first try. Perhaps her cuing is better than usual in this one? More importantly, while my heart rate was definitely in a nice training zone throughout, I'm used to Amy leaving me ready to fall into a heap on the floor. Overall, her Kickbox Surge and All-Cardio Hi-Lo Knockout are MUCH more difficult. This is a good, solid cardio workout, though, and it'll remain on my rotation for days on which I'm feeling less masochistic :). - posted by neatski on 1/20/2010 |
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| Bento is best |
| My first bento tape was kickbox xtreme and it eclipses all other floor exercise tapes she has produced in terms of really keeping your heart rate in a challenged place for a good part of the time. Dome Challenge and In the ring are comparable workouts in that they both keep you in a kind of "jogging in place" heart rate zone (except for the interval parts). That's fine, but I do wish there were more moments of higher heart rate. True, the intervals tend to get you winded, but they don't last very long and don't happen very often. Having said all that, I do enjoy engaging my mind in the workout, and having the more complicated choreography keeps it interesting if you can just have the patience to learn the moves -it really does only take one time through to get familiar. However, at times this kind of workout can feel like a memorization test, which is a little frustrating, especially when you know you're near the end of the hour and interest starts to fade...just a few of my own insights. I do love AMy's energy. It is absolutely contagious. - posted by Amy on 3/23/2009 |
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| So much fun! |
| I'm a couple of years late in purchasing this one, but that doesn't diminish the fun in this workout. As usual, Amy's choreography is refreshing and challenging; you are really dripping with sweat early into this one. The added Dome workout is great and completely modifiable. I use a step bench (like Jodi) and I substitute a heavy medicine ball instead of the "woody bag". I also use a kettlebell instead of a hand weight for some of the core exercises. - posted by Anita on 3/9/2009 |
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