A Strength, Cardio & Ab workout with a no-nonsense approach

Tom Holland's Total Body Workout II: Guaranteed to whip you into shape in just 20 minutes per session - this is a heart-pounding, energy-burning Strength, Cardio & Ab workout with a no-nonsense approach.

Although shorter than the first Total Body Workout, this 20-minute program is just as jam-packed with circuit-training that utilizes compound movements. In addition to the cardio, the workout simultaneously addresses the lower and upper body, while carving out time to work the abs and lower back.

Total Body Workout II came about because so many people loved Tom Holland's original workout and wanted more. You get the same circuit-style workout only this time, thanks to upper body and lower body combo moves, it's just over 20 minutes long.

This is a scientifically-based fat-burning, muscle-toning and abdominal workout all in one. Shorter, harder, and incredibly effective - it's simply the best complete workout in the shortest time possible. The DVD also features a great music soundtrack by Tom's brother, Joe Holland.

Tom Holland gets down to business right away and offers lots of form pointers. Although he maintains a no-nonsense professional stance, Holland conducts his workouts in a way that is friendly, to-the-point, and attentive.

As with Tom's past workout DVD, you choose the type of cardio being done. Tom usually does jumping jacks, but you can jog, walk, etc. The workout consists of doing cardio spurts for 30 - 60 seconds in between a long series of compound movements such as:

• Forward lunges & bicep curls
• Forward lunges & overhead press
• Alternate lunges & alternate side and front raises
• Bent rows
• Bent knee pull-ups for abs
• Plank pose (30 seconds)
• Child's pose stretch
• Plie squats & bicep curls
• Stationary lunge & overhead press
• Stationary lunge & front raise
• Squat & side raise
• Two-armed tricep kick-backs
• Bent-over flies
• Raised bent-knees (abs-obliques)
• Push-ups
• Alternating dips w/ bicep curls, overhead presses, with front and side raises
• Bent row & tricep kickbacks
• Squats

Tom Holland is an exercise physiologist committed to helping people better their lives through fitness. The host of "Real Fitness with Tom Holland," an hour-long weekly radio show heard across the country, Tom has also appeared as a fitness expert on CNN Headline News and Good Morning America. He has been published in such magazines as Self, Fit, Inside Triathlon, American Fitness and The Journal of the American Athletic Association.

Tom is a member of PowerBar's Team Elite and has completed numerous marathons, ultra marathons and is a 10-time Ironman Triathalon finisher. He has encouraged and coached hundreds of people to reach their fitness goals; from losing weight to climbing mountains, running marathons and completing Ironman Triathlons.

Tom Holland received his Master's Degree in Exercise Science and Sports Psychology from Southern Connecticut State University. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association [NSCA-CSCS] and has also been certified by the American College of Sports Medicine [ACSM], the American Council on Exercise [ACE], the National Academy of Sports Medicine [NASM] and the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America [AFAA].