Jillian Michael's Banish Fat Boost Metabolism

Is this routine designed for women only? If so, does she have one for men?

It's for anyone who wants to sweat, breathe hard, and then feel the wish to die later It's definitely a great workout

Sounds good. I've also been taking a look at the 'fitness blender' videos.

Nice weight loss by the way!

dg, you're so right. I've been doing BFBM for a while now and it's amazing. Glad Jillian had already built up my endurance when I started. That said, the circuit format would make it easy for a true beginner to only do 1/2 or 1/3 or whatever of the workout.

Such a great workout, and so rewarding. Well-designed, too.

Circuit 1- kicky stuff- a lovely intro and lots of fun... more effective if you use handweights during the punches and squat right down.
Circuit 2- My heartrate goes right up from the burpee at the start of Circuit 2. If you give all the moves full effort, it's tough.
Circuit 3- Circuit 3 is lovely because the moves are so basic yet knackering if you give them 100% effort. Bless the standing side crunch thingees which let your heartrate come down from the bum kicks, high knees (ugh) and star jumps.
Circuit 4- abs on the ground- this is when I notice the sweat pouring off my face. I love all these moves, though the ab circuits in "No More Trouble Zones" are definitely more challenging.
Circuit 5- easier, but still tiring, especially moves 2 and 5 (again, going deeply into the moves makes them 999% harder).
Circuit 6- death. I feel it's cheating a bit to miss out circuits 6 and 7 as they are KILLER, so always go on if I can just make it through Circuit 5. The standing mountain climbers and scissor kicks are brilliant for getting you out of breath.
Circuit 7- tough when done after 6 without pausing. I find the crunches bloody awful for some reason, and loooooooooove getting to the relative easiness of the jumprope, which I try to do for an extra few minutes or so as a cooldown before going onto her stretches.
Stretch- only bad thing about this workout. Too talky, and those on-the-floor quad stretches are pointlessly hard on the knees. I try to skip or jog around till she's finishing this segment then do my own stretches, taking inspiration from the excellent ones in Insanity.

Banish Fat Boost Metabolism is in my experience her BEST DVD for weight loss. I did it for 3-4 months 4 to 5 days a week. I lost 81 lbs in just over 5 1/2 months and this workout was one of the major reasons why. I cannot recommend it highly enough. It will give you a HUGE calorie burn.

wow amazing weight loss! well done!!

may i ask, what deficit of calories were you eating? were you eating a calorie deficit?

BUMP for later as just starting 30 Day Shred.

Did this really work this well for you? I want to try it.