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I believe that this is the first Jillian Michaels DVD that is purely strength and no cardio (besides a little in the warmup). This fills a niche that I had been looking for in my home workouts. This DVD also uses the heaviest weights of any Jillian workout (I used dumbbells ranging from 5 lbs to 12 lbs, and I will probably go heavier on a few moves next time). Level 1 consists of basic moves such as squats, lunges, bicep curls, shoulder presses, lat-pulls in bridge, crunches (the only exercise where she mentions that you could leave the weight behind), etc. There are four circuits, with each move performed twice. It leaves behind all of the more complex moves that we've come to expect from Jillian; you'll never have to blankly stare at your TV and try to figure out what the heck is going on. She also tells the truth on time! The workout is done in just under 30 minutes, 32 minutes with the cooldown. Update: Just did Level 2, and I like it even better than Level 1! It moves a little faster and the moves are a little more complex than Level 1 (though still less than the average Jillian strength circuit). Two of the moves involve jumping - a weighted jump-squat (for which she shows a non-plyo modifier) and a sort of jumping lunge move with an overhead press, which she surprisingly does NOT show a non-plyo modifier for. The rest of the moves build on the sort of strength work done in Level 1.