Joyce Vedral: On The Ball Workout DVD - Full Body Exercise Routine with Stability Ball for Home Fitness & Core Strength Training | Perfect for Beginners & Advanced Users

Joanna did a very thorough review of this DVD, so I'm going to just add some of my own points to it.This is my favorite of Joyce Vedral's strength DVDs. Like Joyce Vedral: Quick Quartet- No Stopping Quick Shape-Up Workout and Joyce Vedral: Speedy Non-Stop Fat Meltdown Plus Stomach Zapping Abs, this is a pyramid-style workout with no rests. All the Upper Body and Lower Body exercises are done together as one giant superset. You do the entire set before shifting from light weights to medium, and medium to heavy. Because of this, I was able to get away with one set of adjustable barbells (and a remote control to pause between sets for 30 seconds while I changed weights) for my first few workouts with this DVD.Joyce claims that it is 100 percent aerobic. While I am dubious about that claim, I have found this to be a solid and enjoyable workout that tones my entire body, and seems to burn quite a few calories while doing it.What I love about this workout is that it is fast-paced and has some very fun workout moves to use with a stability ball. This DVD also helped me adapt other weight-training exercises to the ball, which I found very helpful as I do not own a bench. It does share the weakness of all Joyce Vedral strength workouts that it does not include an adequate warm-up or cool-down, but I found that I could easily provide those myself.The upper body workout has some fairly standard strength training exercises and primarily uses the ball as a workout bench. However, I love the cross-face extension triceps exercise, which I have not seen elsewhere, and the entire workout is fast and balanced. The lower body workout has more unique moves that make use of the ball's more interesting qualities. I think that my favorite exercise is the one that Joyce rightly describes as a "killer": the inner thigh squeeze that uses the ball as resistance. It's a great exercise for an area that is relatively hard to tone. In addition, I loved the squats and hack squats on the ball -- Joyce's variation here made an otherwise tedious exercise an outright pleasure. Doing these exercises were just plain FUN.Here is a list of the exercises from this workout.UPPER BODY (all done on the Ball, using the Ball as a Bench)Preacher CurlHammer CurlBent LateralSide RowAlternate Side RowPressFlyOne-Dumbbell Triceps ExtensionOne-Dumbbell Crossface Triceps ExtensionLOWER BODY (all done with the Ball, in various positions)Crunch Lifting BallLeg Raise Crunch (ball between legs)Butt Lift on BallInner Thigh squeezeLeg Raised Inner Thigh Squeeze (a killer!)Leg Raise on BallSquat on BallHack Squat on Ball